Gold, Tokens, and the Master Plan!

Hi,

WoW:

First, let's talk about Tokens. I kept getting reminded in the launcher that I only had 4 months remaining. I'm planning to play for a lot longer, and not getting bored with the Master Plan or anything, so I decided that the time was ripe to get more tokens. This is especially because the price has been rising steadily, just got over 30K, and just back to just below 30K. So, I got on Draenybrit, and used some of the 532K to buy 5 tokens for about 29K each. Yay, no more launcher reminding.

Now, let's talk about Gold. Because I was away for a week, I hadn't put anything on the AH for ages. So, I had lots of stuff to sell, and to make and sell. I put up all sorts of stuff"

True Iron Ore, Blackrock Ore, Frostweed, Gorgrond Flytrap, Greater Draenic Intellect Flask, Draenic Agility Potion, Draenic Strength Potion, Whiptail (that I farmed), Raw Beast Hide, Wayfaring Belt, Hexweave Gloves, and Hexweave Essence.

The Hexweave Essence was a test. I bought 15 Savage Blood, and 15 Sorecerous Water on AH (spending about 1.5K). I then crafted one, and it sold for 4.4K. Not bad at all. So, my gold making really went up this week, just doing the Garrison missions, and selling stuff on the AH.

About the Master Plan. Major Progress this week, as Lockybrit made it to 90, and started contributing to Leveling. She also just finished the Frostfire Ridge quests and Bonus Objectives for another point in Completing Draenor. She also got a couple of crafted pieces from Priesty for a couple more points in the Crafted Gear category. She actually got to level 93, and is now ready to hit Gorgrond. I got the Lumber Mill for her (barn later) just to accelerate the GRs a bit. She's already flown to Gorgrond for some small trees. Here she is, completing the FFR Bonus Objectives:

Finishing up the Bonus Objectives

Other than this, Voidbrit leveled a bit, making it to level 72. She'll be the next power leveler :). I also played Combatbrit a bit, and leveled her to 64. Now everyone is at least 64.

Hearthstone:

In Hearthstone, I continued doing quests when I had 3 of them, on both Americas and Europe. I also did the Brawl on both, and got the free packs. I switched from Classic to Goblins and Gnomes on Americas, but when I filtered my collection and showed all the good Classic cards I was missing, I went back to Classic packs :) I also decided to try grinding for wins for 10g for 3 wins. To do this, I crafted a budget Face Hunter, and had fun playing in Casual, winning most of my games. Here's the deck:

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/shengs-budget-face-hunter-deck/

Except that I don't have 2 Arcane Golems, so I subbed in a 3 cost Sleath beast for it. I also decided to play Ranked again, and played my Priest. I had a nice win streak going, but it stopped when I faced a really good Paladin deck, that played Muster for Battle and then the Battlecry all Recruits have +2 attack, after I had already used both my Holy Novas - sigh. Well, I got to rank 18, so that's where I'll stop.

WoW Master Plan:

Now, let's see how the WoW Master Plan is coming along.

Leveling: Get each one to 100. Counting 90-100. Out of 100.
 
Locky started contributing. 43/100 43%

Gearing: Get each character to 675. Counting 600-675. Out of 750.
 
Nothing new this week. 235/750 31.3%

Crafted Gear: Get 3 pieces of fully upgraded gear on each character. Out of 180 (given 6.2).

A little progress. 45/180 25%

Professions: Get 2 professions on each character to 700. Counting each profession. Out of 20.

Nothing new this week. 7/20 35%

Secondary Profs: Get all 4 secondary profs on all to 700. Counting each prof. Out of 40.

Nothing new this week. 2/40 5%

Complete Draenor: Each zone complete and Bonus Objectives complete. Out of 50.
 
Locky started contributing . 14/50 28%

Guild Achievements: Get to 200.

Nothing new this week. 30/200 15%

Gold: Get to 1M Gold on each character. Out of 10M.
 
Good progress. 180,000/10,000,000 1.8%

Dreanor Reps: Get 3 Draenor reps Exalted on each character. Out of 30.

Nothing yet. 0%

Followers: Get 25 followers on each character to 675. Out of 250.

Priesty got more to 675. 12/250 4.8%

Overall Plan progress = 18.89%

More good progress.

Horde (Britannia) on Ghostlands:
  
Priestybrit (100) - Undead/Priest (Herbalism 700/Tailoring 700) - iLvl 673
Beastybrit (100) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning 700/Leatherworking 700) - iLvL 665 
Shammybrit (100) - Orc/Shaman (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvL 658 
Elfybrit (100) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining 700/ Jewelcrafting 431) - iLvL 639 
Lockybrit (93) - Blood Elf/Warlock (Herbalism 668/Inscription 1)
Voidbrit (72) - Blood Elf/Warlock (Herbalism 402/Enchanting 11) 
Trappybrit (64) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning 361/Leatherworking 1) 
Huntingbrit (64) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Mining 308/Engineering 1)
Mageybrit (64) - Blood Elf/Mage (Herbalism 368/Tailoring 1) 
Combatbrit (64) - Blood Elf/Rogue (Mining 297/Jewelcrafting 1)

Alliance (Brits United) on Draenor: 

Flayingbrit (100) - Human/Priest (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvl 665
Draenybrit (100) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining 700/Blacksmithing 700) - iLvl 660
Gnomeybrit (100) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring 700/Enchanting 700) - iLvl 665
Flictionbrit (100) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining 700/Engineering 715) - iLvl 663
Fengsuibrit (100) - Pandaren/Hunter (Skinning 700/Leatherworking 700) - iLvl 675
Blizzybrit (100) - Draenei/Mage (Mining 700/Jewelcrafting 710) - iLvl 666
Boomybrit (100) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism 700/Inscription 700) - iLvl 666
Unstablebrit (100) - Human/Warlock (Herbalim 700/Enchanting 700) - iLvl 663
Pallybrit (100) - Human/Paladin (Blacksmithing 700/Tailoring 700) - iLvl 660
Bamboodbrit (100) - Pandaren/Priest (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvl 658
Priestybrit (61) - Draenei/Priest (None)
Raidbrit (10) - Doesn't matter (2nd account)  

Alliance (Brits United) on Echo Isles:
   
Shaolinbrit (100) - Pandaren/Monk (Mining 700/Jewelcrafting 700) - iLvl 660
Slealthybrit (100) - Pandaren/Rogue (Skinning 700/Leatherworking 700) - iLvl 654
Smashbrit (12) - Pandaren/Warrior (None)
Frostybrit (70) - Draenei/Death Knight (None)
Trapbrit (29) - Draenei/Hunter (None)

Alliance on Lightbringer:

Priestybrit (17) - Human/Priest (Mining 38/Herbalism 58)

The plans for next week are level Locky to 100. Also, to level Void much higher, and probably gear all the 100s a bit more in the Timewaling BC event which is coming up next weekend. Also, I'm doing shipyards, and need to get the Battleship plans on Priesty, so I want to get that done too.

In Hearthstone, I'll continue doing the quests, and the brawls, and hope to complete BRM on Americas too.

Cheers.

Back from the Uk!

Hi,

I'm back, and playing again. I was in the UK for a week for my mum's birthday and to see other family. I managed to play a little bit over there on my laptop, but just doing garrison stuff once in a while.

I got back last night and did more garrison chores, went to Sunsong Ranch, trapped some more elite beasts, and then leveled Lockybrit to 85. She's questing in Panadaria now, and got to 86 this morning.

Well, what was I up to before I went, and since the last blog post?

I remember taking Elfybrit through a Timewalking Dungeon and then getting tons of Timewarped gear to make it to 639. Other than doing garrison chores on the level 100s, I also made lots of gear upgrades, and Elfy crafted a ring for Priesty and gearing up is going very nicely indeed. I can't wait for the next Timewaling bonus event towards the end of September, so I can can get more 675 pieces.

The rest of the time was spent on Lockybrit. She leveled through the end of Norhtrend, only needing to do a bit of Icecrown. She then breezed through Cata, only doing Mount Hyjal and Uldum, and made it to level 86. I think I need to level one of the others now also.

Lockybrit hanging out on Grookin Hill

In Hearthstone, I've been waiting until I get three quests before I do them. That's because they usually overlap somewhat, and it's nice to be making progress on two at once. I am getting a new Classic pack every time I get to 100g, and am getting more cards on both Europe and Americas. I also did the Brawls to get my free pack each week.I also cleared quite a bit of BRM on Americas. It's annoying not having the Adventures on Europe, but I'm doing that as strictly F2P. I guess I could save up the gold, but I'm not doing that yet.,

Now, let's see how the WoW Master Plan is coming along.

Leveling: Get each one to 100. Counting 90-100. Out of 100.
 
Nothing new. 40/100 40%

Gearing: Get each character to 675. Counting 600-675. Out of 750.
 
Great progress. 235/750 31.3%

Crafted Gear: Get 3 pieces of fully upgraded gear on each character. Out of 180 (given 6.2).

Lots more this week. 42/180 23.3%

Professions: Get 2 professions on each character to 700. Counting each profession. Out of 20.

Nothing new this week. 7/20 35%

Secondary Profs: Get all 4 secondary profs on all to 700. Counting each prof. Out of 40.

Nothing new this week. 2/40 5%

Complete Draenor: Each zone complete and Bonus Objectives complete. Out of 50.
 
Nothing new this week. 12/50 24%

Guild Achievements: Get to 200.

Nothing new this week. 30/200 15%

Gold: Get to 1M Gold on each character. Out of 10M.

About 143K on all characters. 143,000/10,000,000 1.4%

Dreanor Reps: Get 3 Draenor reps Exalted on each character. Out of 30.

Nothing yet. 0%

Followers: Get 25 followers on each character to 675. Out of 250.

Priesty got more to 675. 10/250 4%

Overall Plan progress = 17.87%

More good progress.

Horde (Britannia) on Ghostlands:
  
Priestybrit (100) - Undead/Priest (Herbalism 700/Tailoring 700) - iLvl 673
Beastybrit (100) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning 700/Leatherworking 700) - iLvL 665 
Shammybrit (100) - Orc/Shaman (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvL 658 
Elfybrit (100) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining 700/ Jewelcrafting 328) - iLvL 639 
Lockybrit (86) - Blood Elf/Warlock (Herbalism 528/Inscription 1)
Trappybrit (64) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning 361/Leatherworking 1) 
Huntingbrit (64) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Mining 308/Engineering 1) 
Voidbrit (66) - Blood Elf/Warlock (Herbalism 380/Enchanting 11) 
Mageybrit (64) - Blood Elf/Mage (Herbalism 368/Tailoring 1) 
Combatbrit (61) - Blood Elf/Rogue (Mining 290/Jewelcrafting 1)

Alliance (Brits United) on Draenor: 

Flayingbrit (100) - Human/Priest (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvl 665
Draenybrit (100) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining 700/Blacksmithing 700) - iLvl 660
Gnomeybrit (100) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring 700/Enchanting 700) - iLvl 665
Flictionbrit (100) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining 700/Engineering 715) - iLvl 663
Fengsuibrit (100) - Pandaren/Hunter (Skinning 700/Leatherworking 700) - iLvl 675
Blizzybrit (100) - Draenei/Mage (Mining 700/Jewelcrafting 710) - iLvl 666
Boomybrit (100) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism 700/Inscription 700) - iLvl 666
Unstablebrit (100) - Human/Warlock (Herbalim 700/Enchanting 700) - iLvl 663
Pallybrit (100) - Human/Paladin (Blacksmithing 700/Tailoring 700) - iLvl 660
Bamboodbrit (100) - Pandaren/Priest (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvl 658
Priestybrit (61) - Draenei/Priest (None)
Raidbrit (10) - Doesn't matter (2nd account)  

Alliance (Brits United) on Echo Isles:
   
Shaolinbrit (100) - Pandaren/Monk (Mining 700/Jewelcrafting 700) - iLvl 660
Slealthybrit (100) - Pandaren/Rogue (Skinning 700/Leatherworking 700) - iLvl 654
Smashbrit (12) - Pandaren/Warrior (None)
Frostybrit (70) - Draenei/Death Knight (None)
Trapbrit (29) - Draenei/Hunter (None)

Alliance on Lightbringer:

Priestybrit (17) - Human/Priest (Mining 38/Herbalism 58)

The plan for the coming week is to level Locky and get her into Draenor. She'll actually get a barn and be my second elite trapper. Then I need to choose my next to level. I think it will be Voidbrit. Enchanting will be useful. In Hearthstone,  I'll clear more of BRM, and continue to do quests and Brawls in both Americas and Europe. I got to Rank 20 on both of them a while back, and won't try to push any higher I don't think.

Cheers.

My 4th Horde 100!

Hi,

Yep, Elfy got to 100 just this morning. She finished off Spires of Arak just after hitting 98. She then did Skyreach for the final quest and to get the 640 ring, and hit Nagrand at about 98 1/2. I decided to grind some Gorgrond bonus objectives to boost the xp and for the Master Plan, and quested a fair bit in Nagrand, and mined tons of ore, to finally get to 100. Oh, she also got mining to 700.

Elfy helping Gazmolf and hitting 100

Other than leveling Elfy, I also leveled Locky a bit this week. She quested in Borean Tundra, hit Dragonblight, did a few dungeons, and hit level 74, and is about to head to Grizzly Hills. She will be the main focus, now that Elfy has hit 100.

I also leveled Mageybrit a bit. She did the Naga quests, a few dungeons, some other Zangamarsh quests, and made it to 64.

Another focus this week was Timewalking Dungeons. When I read up on wowhead what you could get with Timewarped Badges (lots of 675 gear), I decided that that would be the best way to gear up. And indeed it was. Just doing one Timewalking dungeon gave my 100s 500+ Badges to get all the gear they needed, but once they finish 5, then get a 690 random piece too. This is amazing. Shammy got the most benefit, as she was the lowest geared, but Beasty and Priesty also got geared up more. Elfy will definitely have to get one done tonight.

In crafting news, Shammy upgraded her trinket to 685. Beasty crafted a couple more Burnished essence, to upgrade herself and Shammy, and Elfy crafted a neckpiece for herself. She's now getting the Secrets for the Taladite Amplifier recipe.

In Hearthstone. On Americas, I kept doing quests and opening packs. I also cleared Naxx, and will buy BRM this week. My Priest deck is still going well, and I got to Rank 20 again for this season. I don't know whether to bother trying to get any higher, because that's where the really good decks with tons of Legendaries are, and I usually lose a lot there. I also created my own Mage deck for fun. Regular Mage cards, but tons of Protectors. Quite fun, and winning more than losing in casual. On Europe, I also got to Rank 20 with Priest, and got quests done and opened packs. I can't make decks as good as Americas though, because no Naxx cards.

Now, let's see how the WoW Master Plan is coming along.

Leveling: Get each one to 100. Counting 90-100. Out of 100.

4 done now. 40/100 40%

Gearing: Get each character to 675. Counting 600-675. Out of 750.

Massive progress. 194/750 25.9%

Crafted Gear: Get 3 pieces of fully upgraded gear on each character. Out of 180 (given 6.2).

Lots more this week. 35/180 19.4%

Professions: Get 2 professions on each character to 700. Counting each profession. Out of 20.

Elfy got Mining to 700. 7/20 35%

Secondary Profs: Get all 4 secondary profs on all to 700. Counting each prof. Out of 40.

Nothing new this week. 2/40 5%

Complete Draenor: Each zone complete and Bonus Objectives complete. Out of 50.

Elfy Got Gorgrond done. 12/50 24%

Guild Achievements: Get to 200.

Nothing new this week. 30/200 15%

Gold: Get to 1M Gold on each character. Out of 10M.

About 130K on all characters. 130,000/10,000,000 1.3%

Dreanor Reps: Get 3 Draenor reps Exalted on each character. Out of 30.

Nothing yet. 0%

Followers: Get 25 followers on each character to 675. Out of 250.

Priesty got more to 675. 5/250 2%

Overall Plan progress = 15.76%

More good progress.

Horde (Britannia) on Ghostlands:
  
Priestybrit (100) - Undead/Priest (Herbalism 700/Tailoring 700) - iLvl 668
Beastybrit (100) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning 700/Leatherworking 700) - iLvL 665
Shammybrit (100) - Orc/Shaman (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvL 658
Elfybrit (100) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining 700/ Jewelcrafting 129) - iLvL 603
Lockybrit (74) - Blood Elf/Warlock (Herbalism 412/Inscription 1) 
Trappybrit (64) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning 361/Leatherworking 1) 
Huntingbrit (64) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Mining 308/Engineering 1) 
Voidbrit (66) - Blood Elf/Warlock (Herbalism 380/Enchanting 11)
Mageybrit (64) - Blood Elf/Mage (Herbalism 368/Tailoring 1) 
Combatbrit (61) - Blood Elf/Rogue (Mining 290/Jewelcrafting 1)

Alliance (Brits United) on Draenor: 

Flayingbrit (100) - Human/Priest (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvl 665
Draenybrit (100) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining 700/Blacksmithing 700) - iLvl 660
Gnomeybrit (100) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring 700/Enchanting 700) - iLvl 665
Flictionbrit (100) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining 700/Engineering 715) - iLvl 663
Fengsuibrit (100) - Pandaren/Hunter (Skinning 700/Leatherworking 700) - iLvl 675
Blizzybrit (100) - Draenei/Mage (Mining 700/Jewelcrafting 710) - iLvl 666
Boomybrit (100) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism 700/Inscription 700) - iLvl 666
Unstablebrit (100) - Human/Warlock (Herbalim 700/Enchanting 700) - iLvl 663
Pallybrit (100) - Human/Paladin (Blacksmithing 700/Tailoring 700) - iLvl 660
Bamboodbrit (100) - Pandaren/Priest (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvl 658
Priestybrit (61) - Draenei/Priest (None)
Raidbrit (10) - Doesn't matter (2nd account)  

Alliance (Brits United) on Echo Isles:
   
Shaolinbrit (100) - Pandaren/Monk (Mining 700/Jewelcrafting 700) - iLvl 660
Slealthybrit (100) - Pandaren/Rogue (Skinning 700/Leatherworking 700) - iLvl 654
Smashbrit (12) - Pandaren/Warrior (None)
Frostybrit (70) - Draenei/Death Knight (None)
Trapbrit (29) - Draenei/Hunter (None)

Alliance on Lightbringer:

Priestybrit (17) - Human/Priest (Mining 38/Herbalism 58)

The plan for next week is to gear up Priesty with Timewalking, level Locky as high as I can, and probably level Combat a bit, as she's lagging behind. In Hearthstone, I'll continue questing on both Americas and Europe, and see what good cards I can get in packs.

And BTW: No Blog post next week. I'm going to the UK from the 13th->20th. I'll be back with a blog post on the 21st.

Cheers.