Monday, September 16, 2013

Click to Move - It works!

Hi,

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 473
Draenybrit (85) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 429
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 437
Flictionbrit (74) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering)
Boomybrit (85) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription)
Fengsuibrit (59) - Panderan/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Unstablebrit (58) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning)
Elfybrit (55) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (54) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)

Horde (Britannia):

Priestybrit (36) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (24) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (24) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (22) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (23) - Panderan/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)
Powerbrit (22) - Panderan/Priest (Mining/Skinning)

Well then. I asked on the WoW forums about Click to Move. By using Click to Move and clicking on abilities, I would be able to play one-handed. Well, it works. Flying is not a problem either. Just click the direction you want to go, and click again to stop flying. However, it does seem a little clunky, and I don't trust doing dungeons with it, so I only played Fengsui, Elfy, and Shady a bit, questing.

Elfy and Shady have both finished Winterspring, and now are questing in Swamp of Sorrows. Fengsui and Elfy are finished with Swamp of Sorrows and Fengsui has started in Blasted Lands. I've found that some of the mobs do actually skin for Thick Leather, so I'm going to hold off farming it until Unstable has been through there too.

I've also been doing the Fishing and Cooking dailies on Flaying, Gnomey, and Blizzy. These are fine with Click to Move.

The Alliance guild is now 21 and 61%. The Horde guild is level 4 and 61%. Achievements have bumped up to 2970 (with Flaying getting Proving Yourself: Bronze Damage).

BTW: Didn't really like Proving Grounds. It seems stupid for DPS not to have Tanks and Healers there, and doesn't seem to prove anything. I just gave up on Silver because it wasn't giving any rewards and contributing any guild xp.

The goal for next week is to keep leveling Fengsui, Unstable, Elfy, and Shady to 60. Then, I have no idea what I'm going to do. I may have to play Horde, or maybe even try to do dungeons with Click to Move.

Cheers.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Taking a break

Hi,

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 473
Draenybrit (85) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 429
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 437
Flictionbrit (74) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering)
Boomybrit (85) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription)
Fengsuibrit (57) - Panderan/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Unstablebrit (58) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning)
Elfybrit (51) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (49) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)

Horde (Britannia):

Priestybrit (36) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (24) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (24) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (22) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (23) - Panderan/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)

and a new member

Powerbrit (22) - Panderan/Priest (Mining/Skinning)

I created Powerbrit because having two skinners for LW in the Alliance guild is working out well, and I decided to do the same on the Horde side. So, I rushed Power to get all profs to 75 and get to the DMF just before it ended on Saturday.

The rest of my time was spent on the Alliance side. Fliction is now well into Northrend, questing now in Grizzly Hills and has quite a bit of Honor from the dailies there already. Fengsui and Unstable have completed Winterspring and Swamp of Sorrows, and are now both ready for Blasted Lands. I'm about 40 or so Thick Leathers short and with Blasted Lands only giving Rugged, I'm going to need to farm those.

Other than that, I've started Elfy in Winterspring and was planning on taking Shady there soon too. Also, I got Boomy's Inscription to 600 using herbs that Flaying had gathered.

So, taking a break? Yep, I'm afraid so. I still have my Shoulder issue, and playing WoW just seems to be holding up the healing process. So, I'm going to give it a break and just play Civ V (which can just be played with my right hand). I don't know how long I'll be off. Who knows, I might be back before next Monday, and you may not even notice :)

The Alliance guild is now 21 and 42%. The Horde guild is level 4 and 46%. Achievements have bumped up to 2960 (with Flaying getting Exploring Kun-Lai).

No plans for next week.

Oh, one other thing. With my friend taking a break from WoW and playing a bit of LOTRO, I decided to try it out. After a massive downloading process, I did get to play a bit.

Legobrit (9) - Elf/Hunter (Farmer/Forester/Woodworker)

It is very similar to WoW, but I really don't think it's for me. There are quite a few annoyances about it, particular as it crashed twice while playing yesterday. I'll just have to see if I decide to play any more, after my Shoulder is better.


Cheers.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

A Tuesday Update :)

Hi,

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 473
Draenybrit (85) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 429
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 437
Flictionbrit (69) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering)
Boomybrit (85) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription)
Fengsuibrit (54) - Panderan/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Unstablebrit (52) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning)
Elfybrit (49) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (49) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)

Horde (Britannia):

Priestybrit (36) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (24) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (24) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (22) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (23) - Panderan/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)

Some great things were accomplished over the last week, so let me list them.

1. Just got the Alliance guild to level 21
2. Got Boomy to level 85
3. Got Gnomey to level 90
4. Got Fliction through Outland
5. Got all Alliance toons finished in Badlands

Of course, I took them all through the DMF for the profession quests also.

So, I played nearly all Alliance, all week. I am so focused right now on getting the guild to level 25. Hitting 21 was excellent, and only 4 levels to go now. Most of the work is being done by my lowest level toons who tore through Badlands and are now heading to Winterspring before coming back to Swamp of Sorrows.

I decided to get Gnomey to 90 just for the hell of it. Because they have nerfed the XP required, I just finished up some stuff in Kun-Lai to get the Grummlepack, and then only just did the first few quests in TS and dinged 90 after doing a dungeon. As a consequence, Gnomey's iLvL was way to low to get into Scenarios. I crafted a couple of 450 tailoring items, and made a 450 ring, and got to the required iLvL. Then I went into Areana of Annihilation for the 450 staff.

Getting Boomy to 85 was fun too. All the Herbing in Cata for Whiptail, and then making all the Fortune Cards and Key to the Planes. I made tons of gold. I got a 1000g card out of the couple of hundred I made :)

So, the Alliance guild is level 21 and 4%. The Horde guild is level 4 and 35% (after all the DMF quests). Achievements are at 2950, with the latest being Jack of All Trades.

The goals for next week are to keep leveling the lower level Alliance toons, and get Fliction through Northrend. I may even play a bit of Horde :)

Cheers.

Monday, August 26, 2013

Just a little progess

Hi,

Alliance (Brits United):

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 473
Draenybrit (85) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Gnomeybrit (89) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 437
Flictionbrit (65) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering)
Boomybrit (82) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription)
Fengsuibrit (48) - Panderan/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Unstablebrit (48) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning)
Elfybrit (47) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (38) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)

Horde (Britannia):

Priestybrit (36) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (24) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (23) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (22) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (23) - Panderan/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)

Well, I said I wasn't going to play this week, but here's what happened. I laid off for a couple of days, but my pain wasn't getting any better. So, I went back to the doctor. He did some tests and told me "It's not your Triceps, it looks like a rotator cuff injury". Sent me to the MRI. The MRI confirmed that I had a tear in my rotator cuff and two other tendons in the shoulder. So, I got a cortizone injection, and am doing some mild physical theraphy to keep the shoulder moving. What this means though is that they don't want it immobilized and I can play WoW a bit. I played tons of Civ 5, but managed to get in a little WoW.

So, not much progress, with the main being on Boomybrit and Priestybrit. I was going to play Horde one week, and Alliance the next, but I've scrapped that, and will chop and change between them whenever I feel like.

Boomybrit finished off Northrend and is now having fun in Mount Hyjal. The Inscription is going great, and because there were herbs left in the bank from Flaying, Boomy is already at 500 inscription. Priestybrit made it through Arathi and Hinterlands, and reminded my of why I remember Hinterlands questing being bad. Not generally, but having to go back up into that Troll place about 5 times for quests is really bad. They should make it like others that auto complete and give you the quests where you are. Oh well, I might just switch over to Stranglehorn Vale for the other toons in Britannia.

The guilds are progressing. Alliance is now 20 and 23%. Horde is 4 and 26%. Achievements have moved up to 2925, with the last two being Needy (finally rolled 100 - Boomy) and Explore Storm Peaks (Boomy - getting herbs for Northrend research).

Goals for next week are to get Boomy to 85 and start working on Fliction. Also, to get others on the Horde side to 36 and ready for WPL like Priesty.

Cheers.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Woe is me!

Hi,

Alliance (Brits United):

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 473
Draenybrit (85) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Gnomeybrit (89) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 437
Flictionbrit (65) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering)
Boomybrit (78) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription)
Fengsuibrit (48) - Panderan/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Unstablebrit (48) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning)
Elfybrit (47) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (37) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)

Horde (Britannia):

Priestybrit (25) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (24) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (22) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (22) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (23) - Panderan/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)

Well, I'll get to the reason for the title later.

Anyway, the big news for this week was that I got my Alliance Guild to level 20! I quested a lot on Fengsui, Unstable, Elfy, and Shady. I also leveled Boomy after realizing that Insciption can be a good money earner at high level by making Ghost Iron Staff. I even played Flaying a bit, doing the Golden Lotus dailies (because they're going away in 5.4). I also decided to do a bit of exploring in Jade Forest, and farming up Green Tea Leaf. They are then made in to Master Healing Potion, giving 60s per. Not using the AH certainly makes one think about the game differently :)

So, now for the title.

I tore/pulled my Triceps in my left arm a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, WoW aggravates it, and is causing it not to heal. So, I'm going to have to take a break from WoW for a while. It could be about 2 weeks.

My Alliance Guild is now level 20 and 2%. Horde guild is still level 4 and 3%. Achievements are now 2865, with the latest two being Explore Grizzly Hills (Boomy) and Explore Jade Forest (Flaying).

Plans for next week are to not play WoW at all :)

Cheers.

Monday, August 12, 2013

The DMF Bag Shuffle

Hi,

Alliance (Brits United):

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 473
Draenybrit (85) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Gnomeybrit (89) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 437
Flictionbrit (65) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering)
Boomybrit (72) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription)
Fengsuibrit (40) - Panderan/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Unstablebrit (46) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning)
Elfybrit (31) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (31) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)

Horde (Britannia):

Priestybrit (25) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (24) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (22) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (22) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (23) - Panderan/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)

As you can see, the majority of the week was spent on my Horde toons. Basically, getting them all through Trisfal Glades and Silverpine Forest, and getting First Aid, Cooking, Fishing, and 2 primary profs to 75 so they could go do the DMF quests. Mission accomplished, on Friday, and I took them all through the DMF on Saturday.

Well, here's one of the great things about the DMF for low level toons. Doing those 5 prof quests, and the lead in quest nets you 22 prize tickets. You can buy the Darkmoon Box with a ticket, and vendor it for 2g 50s. So, seeing as you want one for yourself (they are unique), just buy and sell 21 of them before you get the one for yourself. This will net you 52g 50s. Not bad, and I financed my first Guild Bank tab, and everyone still had about 35g.

Now all the Horde toons are on hold, and I'm back playing Alliance, getting the guild to level 25. In fact, that might be the way to play it. One week Horde, the next Alliance, repeating. Then you get a weeks rested for each toon at the start of the week. Yep, I think that's the way I'm going to do it.

The no using AH or Trading is going well. Low level mats don't make much compared with what you could make on the AH, but things are going to get more interesting with higher level mats. In fact, that's how Flaying's iLvL increased from 371->373. I found that the best use for Golden Lotus is for making Zen Alchemist Stone. After I made the first one, I realized it was an iLvL improvement :). Also, I switched Shady and Elfy from Alchemy to Mining, and Unstable from Herbing to Mining, because Mining is much better for vendoring, overal

So, I played Horde through Saturday, and played Alliance on Sunday. The Alliance Guild is now 19 and 35%. The Horde Guild is level 4 and 3%. Achievements are stuck at 2865 and I can't see that changing much as I'm not playing my high level toons at the moment.

The goals for the week are leveling the Alliance Guild. I want to get Boomy through Northrend, Flaying through Outland, and level my skinners too.

Cheers.

Monday, August 5, 2013

Stalled progress

Hi,

Alliance:

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 471
Draenybrit (85) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Gnomeybrit (89) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 437
Flictionbrit (64) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering)
Boomybrit (71) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription)
Fengsuibrit (39) - Panderan/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Unstablebrit (38) - Human/Warlock (Herbalism/Skinning)
Elfybrit (31) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Shadybrit (31) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy)

Horde:

Priestybrit (21) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (12) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (8) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (22) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (15) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (7) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (16) - Panderan/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)


So, not a lot of progress to write about this week. Went down to San Luis Obispo on Thursday and attended a wedding on Friday, and picnic on Saturday etc. and only got back on Sunday. However, I did take my laptop, and found a little bit of time to play during the down times. I was playing mostly Civ 5 though.

Anyway, haven't played Alliance much, and only gained one level on Boomy. The first five were taken through the DMF prof quests yesterday though.

Most of the progress has been on the Horde side. Fuzzy has joined the guild and I deleted my 2nd Warlock, and created another Priest instead (Cutey). Much better. Priesty and Herby have made the most progress, with both of them having finished Silverpine Forest. That's the goal for all of them. Get through Silverpine Forest and then see what else may be necessary to get all profs to 75 for the DMF. I'm hoping I can do this for all of them before Saturday.

The Alliance guild is now 19 and 8%. The Horde guild is 2 and 73%. Achievements haven't budged at all, staying at 2865.

The goal for this week will be to finish taking all the Alliance toons through DMF, getting all the Horde toons to 75 in all profs and taking them all through DMF, and then maybe leveling Boomy and Fliction some more. We'll see how much I can actually get done.

Oh, one other thing. Eccentrica and I have decided that we're going to go completely stand-alone from now on. Actually, she decided it, and I stole the idea for my guilds. So, no AH and no selling stuff in Trades. Just vendoring. Eccentrica and I have been poring over wowhead analysing what the most lucrative items for vendoring are for each of the crafting mats. It's actually going to be pretty fun not having to wonder if AH items are selling and constantly checking mail etc.

Cheers.