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03/08-10/08 in WoW

Wooee! This past week I’ve got quite a lot done. We worked out the terrible lag issue I was having (we switched the USB wireless thingies and I’m fine now, doesn’t seem to affect Dan so much) which is fantastic even if I did miss Bastion of Twilight because I physically couldn’t play. *sob* Will definitely plan a run of that again at some point.

Priest

The big news of the week is my Priest’s successful faction change and transfer to Human and Ghostlands. I was terrified after some bad race change experiences in the past and what with Seithir being the character I’m most attached to but in the end I adored it. I spent ages squeeing over my changed mounts and getting on with Darkmoon Faire dailies and doing a couple of instances. I didn’t realise she could still benefit from Valor Point gear!

I also finally got the Sea Pony on her and the Darkmoon Turtle. Decided to speed up the DMF pet gaining process by also doing the dailies on my Mage and Death Knight though I’ve been slacking with Soup. My Mage, however, got the Darkmoon Cub so that’s 3 more down and I might be able to get one more tomorrow. I’m still undecided between the monkey and the balloon.. I’m not a big monkey fan.

Mage

Well we’ve really done well with our levelling in the past week! (SPEED LEVELLING! WOO!) We were just starting Wrath content this time last week but at the time of writing this post we’re very close to 83 which is amazing. I can’t wait to finally be 85 and able to get on with working on the LFR Time Lord set for transmog in the future. Any help obtaining that one appreciated!

Professions

I’ve worked on Jaedia’s professions as much as I’ve had time for. The economy on Ghostlands is a bit worse for wear but I’m struggling along. Enchanting is up to 382, just hoping Infinite Dust becomes less than 12g a piece soon. Starting to regret snubbing it at 9g a piece on Twitter earlier. And Jewelcrafting is up to 100 which allowed me to do the Darkmoon Faire Jewelcrafting quest. Okay, so 105 then. I don’t believe I’ve touched Soupy’s professions the past week but there’s a bit of ore and dust floating around after all of the transfers recently.

Gold

Brought over 50k and a few bits to sell when I transferred! So this is on the rise though I’m no where near ready to start getting back into the market properly. Having close to 60k gold is nice though.

Guild

Dan’s transferred his Paladin over and a mutual friend seems to be planning to bring his over as well. Also, Reliq seems to be a little scared of poor little Soupy. She only wanted a hug!

A Sidenote

I just found my bucket list summary from just before Cataclysm hit and it made me a little sad. I had achieved so much at this point and I was so very excited for the prospect of Cataclysm and I ended up so disappointed that I don’t think I hit many of the new goals I had set at all. It’s a shame but I’d like to keep my goals realistic and maintain a calm enjoyment of Mists with an awesome group of people. That is, after all, my main goal in this game.

My Priest’s Transmog Set

As promised, here is a little post detailing my Priest’s transmogrification set. In some slots I have included other options, these are mostly other choices for slots in which I’ve used items unavailable to non-Priests and also cloaks and weapons. I personally prefer her helmless without the tier 7 halo but I shall be using that when I get one!

I recommend checking out the ‘same model as’ tab so that you can get the item which is easiest for you to farm. Do keep your eye out in trade though, as horrid as it is, there are usually pugs going to various places with some fantastic hidden gems!

My biggest ‘bleh’ about transmog is that unless your weapon has an inbuilt enchant effect, like the staff pictured below, it will show your current weapon enchant and I can’t stand how you can’t see the weapons through them but hey ho. There are ways around it you just need to choose a weapon with an enchant effect already or something that carries the enchant well.

Head:
Tier 7 – Kelthuzad in Naxx. Either 10 or 25 versions work great
Hallowed Crown – Harbinger Skyriss in The Arcatraz
Mana-Etched Crown – Aeonus in The Black Morass

Shoulder:
Tier 4 – (as pictured) Maulgar in Gruul’s Lair
Hallowed Pauldrons – Grandmaster Vorpil in Shadow Labrynth
Shoulders of Ruinous Senility –  Professor Putricide in Icecrown Citadel 10 man Heroic

Chest:
Soulcloth Vest – (as pictured) Crafted by Tailors, Karazhan pattern

Wrist:
Ether-Soaked Bracers – (as pictured) Rotface in Icecrown Citadel 10 man Heroic

Gloves:
Tier 1 – (as pictured) Gehennas in Molten Core
Tier 2 – Blackwing Lair
Prismatic Mittens of Mending – Commander Sarannis in The Botanica

Belt:
Cord of the Patronizing Practitioner – (as pictured) Lord Marrowgar in Icecrown Citadel 10 man Heroic
Astralaan Belt – BoE world drop
High Councillor’s Sash –  BoE world drop

Legs:
Kilt of Untreated Wounds – (as pictured) Festergut in Icecrown Citadel 10 man Heroic
Soothsayer’s Kilt – Quest reward from Blast The Infernals!

Boots:
Icecrown Spire Sandals – (as pictured) Deathbringer Saurfang in Icecrown Citadel 10 man Heroic
Silent Slippers of Meditation – Murmur in Shadow Labrynth

Cloak:
Drapes of the Dragonshrine – Trash drop in Hour of Twilight
Mantle of Desire – (as pictured) Quest reward from Elemental Bonds: The Vow
Shadow-Cloak of Dalaran – Moroes in Karazhan

Staff:
Anathema – (as pictured) Priest only and no longer available as of Cataclysm
Staff of Infinite Mysteries – The Curator in Karazhan
Chelley’s Staff of Dark Mending – Trash drop in The Bastion of Twilight
Crystalfire Staff – Omor the Unscarred in Hellfire Ramparts

Dagger:
Voodoo Hexblade -Dragonhawk’s chest in Zul’Aman
Jaded Crystal Dagger – Selin Fireheart in Magister’s Terrace Heroic

Mace:
Reign of Misery – Brutallus in Sunwell Plateau
Scepter of Azshara – Queen Azshara in Well of Eternity

Offhand:
Eerie Stable Lantern – Lord Walden in Shadowfang Keep normal
Star-Heart Lamp – Temporus in The Black Morass
Book of Blood – Crafted by Inscriptors

Shirt:
White Swashbuckler’s Shirt – Crafted by Tailors

I hope this is helpful to you guys – enjoy!

*Small Wave*

‘Ello :) So it’s been pretty quiet around the menagerie the past couple of months, eh? Those of you who still follow me on twitter and over at The Rant Page will probably know by now that I resubbed to WoW, but don’t worry, The Rant Page will still be my main blog. The main details of my unsubbing from Rift and subsequent resubbing to WoW are in my post here, if you’d like to know, but I’m not going to be repeating myself because the TLDR of it is that I wasn’t having enough fun and decided to see what was going on in WoW, and honestly, is it really that important?

I wasn’t sure whether I should pop back over here and say hello while I’m playing, or whether I should leave it be and just let my WoW blog lie, but I don’t see the harm. So for now, I’m cleaning off the cobwebs. I’ve updated the links in my sidebar blogroll, and I’ve been trying to sort out my out of date plugins, but for some reason I have to do it all manually so it’s proved to be a struggle and some I just can’t update because the automatic updates won’t work and a fair few have gone premium. So.. if plugins are missing, it’s because I’m too lazy to find new ones to replace them and tough!

As for what brought me back, not only do I get to play with Mr Ryyu, the boy shaped one, and some other friends (even the ones I just chat to on Real ID from time to time), but there is more than enough to do. The thing that really turned my head, if I’m being honest, is the WoW Hunter class. I adore Hunters, and I really enjoyed Ranger/Marksman in Rift, it felt comfortable, but nothing feels to me quite like the WoW Hunter, so as I don’t have £30 lying around for Fae’s transfer, a new Fae is born on Vashj for the purposes of fun. She was going to be a Goblin but at the last minute turned into a Blood Elf. Well.. what do you know? Yes I’m terrible, shutup, I’m not even particularly in love with Blood Elves I just didn’t want to be short or hairy. We all know that Draenei are the superior race, after all ;) *cough* But yes, I may blog a little about her antics. She’s already level 18 with a handful of rare pets.

Aside from Huntering, I’m also playing my Priest a fair bit. Though I say I missed the Hunter class, I’m not rerolling this time. Seithir is my main, and I doubt that will change. I have done and collected a heck of a lot on her and I will always be slightly attached. I’ve been gearing her up in heroics whilst farming Justice Points for my Hunter’s (and later on, Shaman’s) heirlooms. I don’t want to raid, and I don’t plan to or need to either. Zul’Gurub is awesome! Though not so fond of Zul’Aman.. that’s mostly because of bad memories of failed bear runs, scout-based wipes, and so on.. *shudder* I’ve been carrying on with my pet collection (which I have updated Warcraft Pets with, and I’m praying I find the money for a Cenarion Hatchling because I have wanted the baby hippogryph pet since I first saw it but no way I could afford a TCG card) and the odd auction, and last night finally got around to doing a chunk of Archaeology, I’m finally past 450! I also got the Vrykul Drinking Horn, which is .. interesting. I have been enjoying playing with friends, and Softthistle even came over, which is lovely!

I have been tidying my blogroll as well. I mentioned the sidebar blogroll, and I’ve gone through my main blogroll as well as my reader, removing blogs past, and updating urls. It’s nice to see so many of you are still going! (Yes, I still like exclamation marks and bracketed text). I am wondering though, as I’ve been away for 3 months and didn’t pay too close attention just before I’d quit the game, are there any new and/or awesome bloggers that you think I’ve missed? I don’t plan to add to the blogroll, but if they aren’t on there now, they aren’t in my reader, and I’d like them to be. Please leave links in the comments, or poke me on twitter, I will keep my eye on Akismet.

All in all, despite the immature and selfish behaviour you tend to find in this game, and I’m not sure how long for, I’m glad to be back. :)

Levelling Cloth Gear List 80-85

I wanted to know what I can get for my Shadow Priest from which instances while I’m levelling 80-85, so that I know where to go if I’m queuing and such. Here’s the list if you’re interested. Should imagine you can gather a nice healing set using this list too, or if you’re one of those other cloth classes – figured I might as well add healer trinkets for the healy type Priests and swords for the Mages and Warlocks while I’m listing all the cloth.

Listing all normal mode gear from 80-85 in the new Cataclysm instances, call it a ‘pre-heroics gear list for cloth wearers’ if you will. I’ve not added every craftable, or every reputation reward, or every quest reward, just the items of note for levelling between levels 78-84. I will also update this post as and when I notice any differences.

This post at Wowjuju tells you where each entrance is, it’s worth a look, especially now that you have to discover the entrances.

*  = Has Hit
~ = Has Spirit

Armour

Head

~Aurelian Mitre – Lady Naz’jar, 78, Throne of the Tides
*Helm of the Typhonic Beast – Setesh, 83, Halls of Origination
Crown of Enfeebled Bodies – Erudax, 83, Grim Batol
Spiritmend Cowl – BoE, Crafted, 83, Tailoring 485
*Helm of Temperance – Reputation, 83, Earthen Ring Honored
*Mercury-Coated Hood – BoE, Reputation, 84, Earthen Ring Honored

Shoulder

~Krystel Mantle – Ascendant Lord Obsidius, 78, Blackrock Caverns
*Skeletalized Shoulderpads – BoE, 81, Silken/Sturdy Treasure Chest, Deepholm
~Spiritmend Shoulders – BoE, Crafted, 82, Tailoring
Mantle of Master Cho – Siamat, Lord of South Wind, 83, Lost City of the Tol’vir
Blight-Lifter’s Mantle – Quest, The Source of Their Power (requires 83), Lost City of the Tol’vir
~Woundsealer Spaulders – BoE, 83, Silken Treasure Chest, Uldum

Chest

*Inquisition Robes – Rom’ogg Bonecrusher, 78, Blackrock Caverns
Deepmist Robes – Quest, Sins of the Sea Witch (requires 80), Throne of the Tides
*Deepsilk Robe – BoE Crafted, 81, Tailoring
~Robes of Broken Dreams – BoE, 81, Silken/Sturdy Treasure Chest, Deepholm
~Anraphet’s Regalia – Anraphet, 83, Halls of Origination
Robes of Rampant Growth – Ammunae, 83, Halls of Origination
*Robes of Whispering Sands – BoE, 83, unknown source

Wrist

~Falling Snow Bracers – BoE, 80, unknown source
~Tangled Web Bindings – BoE, 80, unknown source
*True Archaeologist’s Bracers – Quest, Doing it the Hard Way (requires 83), Halls of Origination
~Crimsonborne Bracers – Drahga Shadowburner, 83, Grim Batol
*Sand Silk Wristband – Lockmaw, 83, Lost City of the Tol’vir

Hands

Vonica’s Gauntlets – BoE, 80, unknown source
~Dolomite Adorned Gloves – Corborus, 81, The Stonecore
Deathsilk Gloves – BoE, Crafted, 81, Tailoring
*Bone Fever Gloves – (Horde) Reputation, 83, Dragonmaw Clan Honored
*Gloves of Aetherial Rumors – (Alliance) Reputation, 83, Wildhammer Clan Honored

Waist

Band of the One Hundred and One – Quest, Followers and Leaders (requires 82), The Stonecore
*Stratosphere Belt – Grand Vizier Ertan, 81, The Vortex Pinnacle
~Evelyn’s Belt – Siamat, Lord of South Wind, 83, Lost City of the Tol’vir

Legs

~Leggings of Iridescent Clouds – Asaad, 81, The Vortex Pinnacle
Gartic’s Resplendent Leggings – BoE, 82, unknown source
Legwraps of Astral Rain – Isiset, 83, Halls of Origination
~Curse-Tainted Leggings – BoE, 83, Trash, Grim Batol

Feet

*Slippers of the Twilight Prophet – High Priestess Azil, 81, The Stonecore
~Medic’s Bloodstained Sandals – BoE, 82, unknown source
~Hekatic Slippers – Rajh, 83, Halls of Origination
*Sandals of the Courier – Quest, Kill the Courier (requires 84), Grim Batol

Back

Periwinkle Cloak – Lady Naz’jar, 78, Throne of the Tides
~Beauty’s Cootie-Ridden Blankie – Quest, Do My Eyes Deceive Me? (requires 80), Blackrock Caverns
Rippling Azure Cloak – BoE, 80, unknown source
*Shadow of Perfect Bliss – Asaad, 81, The Vortex Pinnacle
Vertigo Cloak – BoE, 81, unknown source
~Solar Wind Cloak – Rajh, 83, Halls of Origination
~Azureborne Cloak – Drahga Shadowburner, 83, Grim Batol
~Cloak of the Dryads – Reputation, 83, Guardians of Hyjal Honored
~Thousand Bandage Drape – BoE, Reputation, 84, Guardians of Hyjal Honored

Weapons

Two-Handed

*Cerith Spire Staff – Commander Ulthok, 78, Throne of the Tides
Sealing Heartstaff – BoE, 80, unknown source
~Soul Releaser – Earthrager Ptah, 83, Halls of Origination
Staff of Siphoned Essences – Erudax, 83, Grim Batol
Staff of Solemn Secrecy – BoE, 84, Silken Treasure Chest, Uldum

Main Hand

~Torturer’s Mercy – (mace) Rom’ogg Bonecrusher, 78, Blackrock Caverns
Biting Wind – (dagger) Grand Vizier Ertan, 81, The Vortex Pinnacle
~Scepter of Power – (mace) Setesh, 83, Halls of Origination
Blade of the Burning Sun – (sword) Rajh, 83, Halls of Origination
*Modgud’s Blade – (dagger) General Umbriss, 83, Grim Batol

Off-hand

*Beauty’s Favorite Bone – Beauty, 78, Blackrock Caverns
~Prophet’s Scepter – High Priestess Azil, 81, The Stonecore
~Lord Rottington’s Pressed Wisp Book – BoE, Crafted, 81, Inscription
Book of Blood – BoE, Crafted, 81, Inscription
Book of Origination – BoE, 83, Trash, Halls of Origination
*Petrified Camel Haunch – BoE, 83, Silken Treasure Chest, Uldum

Wands

*Corla’s Baton – Corla, Herald of Twilight, 78, Blackrock Caverns
~Torchlight Wand – BoE, 81, Silken/Sturdy Treasure Chest, Deepholm
Wand of Dark Worship – BoE, 81, Trash, The Stonecore
~Wand of Untainted Power – Forgemaster Throngus, 83, Grim Batol
*Cyu’s Ornate Wand – BoE, 83, unknown source

Jewellery & Trinkets

Neck

~Quicksilver Amulet – Karsh Steelbender, 78, Blackrock Caverns
~Acanthia’s Lost Pendant – BoE, 78, Trash, Blackrock Caverns
~Sea Witch Charm – Quest, Rescue the Earthspeaker! (requires 80), Throne of the Tides
~Amulet of Tender Breath – Altairus, 81, The Vortex Pinnacle
*Token of Gratitude – Quest, Vengeance for Orsis (requires 82), The Vortex Pinnacle
~Soulsurge Necklace – BoE, 82, Silken/Sturdy Treasure Chest, Deepholm
Tauntka’s Necklace – High Prophet Barim, 83, Lost City of the Tol’vir
*Charm of the Muse – BoE, 83, Trash, Halls of Origination
~Pendant of Elemental Balance – Reputation, 83, Earthen Ring Honored
Kuang’s Locket of Secrets – BoE, 84, unknown source

Finger

~Kibble – Beauty, 78, Blackrock Caverns
*Anthia’s Ring – Mindbender Ghur’sha, 78, Throne of the Tides
~Ring of the Great Whale – BoE, 78, Trash, Throne of the Tides
Finkle’s Twinkle – Quest, Do My Eyes Deceive Me? (requires 80), Blackrock Caverns
Rose Quartz Band – Slabhide, 81, The Stonecore
~Ring of Frozen Rain – Asaad, 81, The Vortex Pinnacle
~Caliph’s Band – Quest, Vengeance for Orsis (requires 82), The Vortex Pinnacle
~High Priestess’ Signet – Quest, Followers and Leaders (requires 82), The Stonecore
~Band of Life Energy – Ammunae, 83, Halls of Origination
*Band of Rays – Rajh, 83, Halls of Origination
Abandoned Dark Iron Ring – BoE, 83, Trash, Grim Batol
~Heartbinder Ring – BoE, 83, Silken Treasure Chest, Uldum
~Ammunae’s Blessing – Reputation, 83, Ramkahen Honored
Diamant’s Ring of Temperance – Reputation, 83, Therazane Revered
Spirit Creeper Ring – General Husam, 83, Lost City of the Tol’vir
~Veneficial Band – Lockmaw, 83, Lost City of the Tol’vir

Trinket

Witching Hourglass – Ascendant Lord Obsidius, 78, Blackrock Caverns
Bottled Lightning – BoE, 80, Silken/Sturdy Treasure Chest, Deepholm
Elementium Dragonling – BoE, Crafted, 80, Engineering
~Lady La-La’s Singing Shell – BoE, 80, unknown source
~Unquenchable Flame – (healing) BoE, 80, Silken/Sturdy Treasure Chest, Deepholm
Tendrils of Burrowing Dark – Ozruk, 81, The Stonecore
Tear of Blood – (healing) High Priestess Azil, 81, The Stonecore
~Rainsong – (healing) BoE, 81, Trash, The Vortex Pinnacle
*Anhuur’s Hymnal – Temple Guardian Anhuur, 83, Halls of Origination
Blood of Isiset – (healing) Isiset, 83, Halls of Origination
Corrupted Egg Shell – (healing) Erudax, 83, Grim Batol
Gale of Shadows – Erudax, 83, Grim Batol
~Electospark Heartstarter – BoE, 83, unknown source
Sorrowsong – Siamat, Lord of South Wind, 83, Lost City of the Tol’vir

Mage vs. Lock? Shadow Priests Don’t Care

This topic seems to be spreading, except I don’t know why as it’s an age old feud. Warlocks and Mages don’t like each other. Mages are all, “You’re totally copying us.” And Warlocks are all, “Nuh-uh, we have demon pets!” And Mages are all, “Yeah well *points at water elemental*” Then Warlocks are all, “… lame asses, that isn’t a pet.” Then everybody punts the Gnomes, at least that’s what I’ve been lead to believe. You know who hasn’t been mentioned once? The Shadow Priests. That’s right, because they know that they are the cooler clothy.

Deep down I love casters. I always have. When I first started playing WoW, it was my very first game really, and I wanted to be one of the magic users, the fact that Warlocks had pets won me over in the beginning, but after a few months I realised I’d made a mistake, I didn’t like my Warlock and I wanted to roll a Priest so roll a Priest I did. Of course, these days with my Warlock being a race I’m more comfortable with, a name I’m accustomed to, and the playstyle has improved a lot since I was playing, I do enjoy Warlock quite a lot. I’ve never got a Mage past 41, in all of my altoholic years of playing WoW. Then there’s Shadow Priest, the one I played for almost all of TBC and a big chunk of Wrath, she’s collected a bunch of pets and mounts and titles that I struggle with on Fae and I’m still quite attached to her.

Last night, I was feeling ill, which always knocks my concentration, so I logged my priest to help Dan find a few rares for Frostbitten, that’s a nice simple task (we found 2, Loque’nahak and the vrykul woman in Grizzly Hills). After, as I’d been planning to anyway seeing as this year my Priest gets her 3rd pets for Azeroth and Outland, I decided to do the Children’s Week quests.

While I was running around, it felt familiar, especially since I changed her hair back to the way it was pre-barber shops. This was the character I played for almost the entire of TBC. I’ve collected a lot of things on her, including a few things Fae will never get (Hand of A’dal, Red Clockwork Bot, a few mounts and pets that are difficult to get). And if things go wrong? I can heal! Yes, she’s almost always been Shadow, with either a healy offspec, or a Shadow PvP offspec. I thought perhaps I could try and squeeze a bit of gear, after all her gear is still reasonably low and Tier 10 is pretty.. so I created a gear list of drops from Sartharion, Ulduar 10, TotC 10, TotC 25, Onyxia 25, and of course, Emblems of Frost. A couple of craftables too, just to get her gear up so hopefully pugs’ll let me in. Of course, I don’t want to reroll I’ve only just transferred my Hunter over to Alliance on Terenas but it’s nice playing a character I was so attached to after so long.

Casual Play

I made a decision that if I end up playing WoW, it will be as a casual, no more proper guild raiding for me. If this happens I’ll end up achievement farming and I really am tempted to go for ‘The Insane’ … I don’t know why but I really want to do it. My priest farmed pirates outside of Booty Bay so much that she was revered with every Goblin faction… which put me off going for Bloodsail Buccaneer rep. However, Fae has only touched the Goblin stuff that she used to level with sooo.. if I’m feeling really crazy I might just do it.

Another thing about being a casual I remembered is not having any use for min maxing anymore! Woohoo. First thing I did was head to the North of Winterspring, and there was my little rare kitty wandering around. He became an ice cube, and can now be seen following me around going by the name of ‘NomNom’. Yay. Never really liked wolves. Suppose I’ll get Shifter out if I ever get into a 10 man or something for the extra DPS but otherwise he’ll be gathering dust…

You know my stable is so full I couldn’t tame another pet. Got my turtle for soloing, sporebat for PvP, bear for the sentimental value (first pet, effort, blabla), wolf and now cat.