Mangle

Epic Boots

2007-12-17T18:05:00.000-05:00

Just got those today =P

Alts

2007-12-17T17:46:00.000-05:00

Isthla (who is my main, showing off her winter wear)

Arasa, my level 24 hunter and her cat Isthla

Alarisa, my level 12 mage and her Voidwalker who I <3

Eaimer, my level 20 mage

Ranea, my level 26 priest

These are certaintly not all of my alts. I have some more...just need to take some screenshots of 'em.

No, I'm not dead

2007-12-10T19:16:00.000-05:00

I just haven't really had anything to post...

But, the next post, which will hopefully be soon...maybe by the end of the week, will contain something of interest hopefully.

This is why you shouldn't make the gnomes mad...

2007-10-25T19:58:00.000-04:00

"Who am I kidding," she muttered angrily to herself as the brittle winds whipped around her. Drawing her black cloak tighter around her lean frame, Isthla kept moving through the billowing snow. A hood shielded her face from light but certaintly not from the cold. Her purple lips had gone pale from the cold and her long eyebrows were covered in ice particles.

"Just because I stood around while their stupid king almost got killed those darn gnomes won't let me use their tram. Heh...he deserved to almost die. He pratically wiped his own race out for Elune's sake! And what do those blasted gnomes do? They kick me off the tram when I try to get on...And ofcourse the gryphons in Ironforge just had to be on break. Who ever heard of gryphons needing breaks! They're here to fly me around not sit around and eat their blasted hay! It'd be nice if they'd eat some of those gnomes."

She continued on her trek through the snow, muttering to herself inaudiably. Her feet crunched the snow as she almost sank in every step.

"This is going to be a long walk to Stormwind..."

Violia!

2007-10-23T21:04:00.000-04:00

In the past few weeks I've been complaining to my ingame friends how boring WoW has gotten for me. One of my friends said he had the same problem, but unlike me, he was actually doing something about it. See, I just came to the realization that it is completly my fault that I'm bored with the game. Recently, all I've pretty much been doing is logging on to Isthla, saying hi to the guildies, and sitting around SW for a while, not doing anything at all. Every once and a while I'd logged on to an alt, sit around and go back on Isthla.

Boring isn't it?
Yeah.

And now that I've figured out the problem, I know the solution. I, myself, need to work out the boredom. This weekend I'm going to get around to things I've been putting off for no good reason. These are things I've been wanting to do to achieve my goals. And they will get done, and I will not have to complain about my boredom anymore.

PVP - Any BG is fine with me! I just need the honor and marks to get my next piece of pvp epicness
Grind Winterspring rep - Yes, yes, I know. Sounds boring and mundane. Well, it will be, I admit. But I want my tiger!
Do my dailies - I want epic flight form, and therefore I need to quest for the gold. Putting off my dailys won't help me at all.
Run Instances - Yeah. I want my rep. I want my herioc keys. Not gonna get that by sitting around am I?
Try to get a spot in a Kara raid - Due to some RL issues I am not able to get online when my guild, TK, raids. So my friend has said he might try to find me a spot in his guild's raid groups. Even if I have to respec tree, I'd be happy to go.

And there's many, various, other things. But I think that small list gives you an idea of some of what I want. Oh, and I'd also someday like to be called:

Isthla, Queen of Pets

Or something along those lines =D Be looking for a post on that in the near future...

Sleeper Cartel's 3rd Annual Halloween Party

2007-10-23T18:53:00.000-04:00

http://www.sleepercartel.com/index.php?Page=37

Check that out.

I'm probably going to be attending, so I'm ofcourse going to make a character on Perenolde on Friday and try to get her to atleast 10 before Saturday...haha...Gonna be a night elf druid named Isthla that looks exactly like, you guessed it, Isthla on BWL.

And if I enjoy this party enough I might try to level this druid up. She's not going to be feral though. Boomkin looks rather fun...hmm...

So anyway, if any of you readers decide to attend I guess I'll see you there. You'll know me when you see Isthla. Happy partying for all of you that attend, and I'll probably have some coverage on this both here and on The Azeroth Times. I always love to find an exciting new event to write about.

Just so you know, the party is on Saturday, 7 pm Perenolde server time.

p.s. ugh...I need a new 2v2 team.

Story - Prologue Sample

2007-10-08T19:38:00.000-04:00

Just a little something to entertain you...

The pounding of hooves shattered the forest’s peaceful silence. Birds and other creatures fled at the sound, it was definitely not something that belonged.
“Do you see her?” a deep voice called as the pounding came to a stop.
“Nope, no trace,” replied another voice, this time a bit higher than the first.
Two black horses stood in a forest clearing and sitting on their backs were two rather bulky men.
“We’ll never find her. She’s eluded us for weeks,” whined the higher pitched man.
“Don’t give up hope, Ley, she can’t hide forever. Eventually we’ll find ‘er and bring the criminal to the king. He’ll pay us good; we’ve got to keep searching,” said the other.
With no further conversation they rode deeper into the forest. In the shadows of the clearing sat a panther that blended in quite well. It twitched its tail, leapt into the trees, and was gone from sight.

News

2007-10-08T19:26:00.000-04:00

I added another blog link that was requested by the owner.

Samownall - I haven't really had time to check his page out, but from what I did see it looked interesting. I'm sure he'd appreciate it if you guys visited him.

I am currently writing what I hope will become a book. Yes, I am working on the next guide, but slowly. I will work on small sections at a time, and eventually it will come. But until then, I might post a sample of the book. I'm not giving any more information about the guide out yet. You'll see which one it is when I'm finished =)

The Alliance Herald

2007-10-04T20:42:00.001-04:00

I just recently discovered this charming newspaper while browsing some blogs....

The Alliance Herald

Take a look. It has some very interesting stories, and they have hosted some events which look rather interesting and fun.

Don't worry, I'll be working on the next guide soon. I just like to notify people of interesting sites when they come up ^^

Six New Blog Links

2007-10-01T21:04:00.000-04:00

Yeah, title explains it.

Out of Mana - Altaholic
Of Teeth and Claws - Druid
Egotistical Priest - Priest
Ferocious Bite - Druid
Big Bear Butt - Druid
Resto4Life - Druid

Check 'em out.

Talbuk - A guide to getting your own (Alliance Version)

2007-09-28T07:30:00.001-04:00

Okay, so it's not that complicated, but I figured 'Hey, someone might appreciate a guide' There's probably already plenty of these guides out there already, but I'm still going to add mine to the collection. So enjoy, and I hope it's helpful.

To get to neutral with the Kurenai at Telaar in Nagrand, you must first complete the quests at Orebor Harborage in Zangarmarsh...

Once you have finished these quests, you can move on to Telaar in Nagrand, where more quests will be waiting. There are also two other questgivers who arn't part of the Kurenai, and will not give you any reputation with them for completing their quests.

The Corki Chain - The annoying little draenai who can't help but get himself in trouble.

Wandering Ogres - A curious huntress wants to know more about the ogres so far from their mound.

Murkblood Problems - A corrupted murkblood lord must be dealt with.

Corrupted Orcs - These two arn't a chain, but they do go together.

The Throne of the Elements - This leads to many other quests, but they do not give reputation with the Kurenai.

The Totem of Kar'dash - Escort

Wanted: Durn the Hungerer - This is a quest that recommends you have 5 people to kill Durn, the level 67 Elite that wanders around Oshu'Gun

Wanted: Giselda the Crone - This quest requires you to kill Giselda who is located in Kil'sorrow Fortress

Wanted: Zorbo the Advisor - Requires you to kill an ogre.

Fierce Enemies which leads to...

More Warbeads - A repeatable quest that allows you to turn in 10 warbeads for 500 rep.

Other ways to gain reputation are to kill any ogres in Nagrand for 10 rep each and to kill Kil'sorrow members in the fortress.

Eventually, after some time and effort, you'll get to exalted with Kurenai, and you can then buy your very own Talbuk. Either a regular talbuk for 60g (?) or a war talbuk for 90g. They both go the same speed, and require the same level (60) but the war talbuk has armor.

There is also the option to get a talbuk from Halaa pvp, but the only color it can be is black. This talbuk is available in regular and war versions as well.

Good luck, and I hope this guide helped at least a little. Any feedback is appreciated, and emails are welcome as well.

Soon To Come

Talbuk - A Guide to getting your own (Horde Version)
Getting to Karazhan - A guide to getting your Master's Key
Spec'ing for Success
Earthwarden - How to get that great tanking piece
And many others.

Any ideas for guides can be sent in an email, as well as questions and concerns, and I'll see what I can do.

He Inspires Me

2007-09-24T21:02:00.000-04:00

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Blackwing+Lair&n=Loktari

He is the leader of Crowd Control, the most successful guild PvE wise on Blackwing Lair. Although he is horde, I am still inspired by him.

Just thought I'd say that.

Isthla on the Armory

2007-09-24T20:53:00.001-04:00

Isthla on the Armory

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Blackwing+Lair&n=Isthla

The new spec. I used to be 0/56/5

Full Stat Sheets....Working on the leatherworking.

Epics...

The Gloves

The Cloak

The Staff.

I bought this for 1050g about a month or two ago.

The Bracers

Illidari

2007-09-21T07:16:00.001-04:00

Illidari the priest, who is currently level 4. I'll work on that eventually...

Updates...

2007-09-18T07:21:00.000-04:00

This post is nothing too important, just a list of some updates on things...

Epic Flying

1909g/5000g
--I should be at 2000g by this weekend. Currently I'm going at a rate of about 300g a weekend, because that's the only time I can play. I might try to increase this, but I'll have to see what time allows. I don't want to be stuck questing all day...

Ranea

Reached level 25
--Once I reach 27 I should have a friend that I'll be leveling with. Also, instead of staying in the usual night elf questing areas I'm going to be moving to the human areas. I eventually want to hit exalted with Stormwind so Ranea can get a horse, instead of riding around a tiger...

Illidari

Remade as a [priest]
--This is probably what I'm going to keep her as, since I find priest's fun, and wouldn't mind trying a priest on the horde side...

Dorinaa

Draenai shaman on BWL
--Dorinaa existed before, she was level 11, but I deleted her. I have once again remade her, and she is currently level one. I have several other alts I'm working on, so she is probably going to remain in the low level range for a while.

Arasa

No updates as of yet
--Along with Ranea, this is one of the two alts I will be working on most. She is currently level 24, nearing 25, and I might be able to get there in the next few weeks, depending on what I'm doing.

Eaimer

Reached level 17
--She is getting close to 18, and should be there soon. She will most likely be leveling a bit slower than Ranea and Arasa, but I will try to spend some time on her when I can.

Illidari -- A Decision

2007-09-14T16:00:00.000-04:00

Okay, so I made a blood elf on the server Bleeding Hollow because I have a RL friend that plays on there. (He's 70...but I think I can get there eventually ^^)

She started out as a warlock, and I got her to 7.
I deleted her, remade her, and this time as a paladin - she is currently level 3.

Now I'm thinking about deleting her once again, to make as a different class. I already have a level 40 paladin, and I don't want to go through that whole paladin leveling process again.

My options are;
Hunter
Mage
Priest
Rogue

I have a 24 hunter on my main server - Arasa.
I have a 17 mage on my main server - Eaimer
A 24 priest on my main server - Ranea
And an 11 rogue on my main server - Shealia.

So the question remains. What class do I choose?
I want to keep the character a blood elf. I think I will probably go with the hunter, but I am not sure yet.

If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to post. For now I'll just delete Illidari the paladin and make her a hunter. I'll post an update on this issue with a shot of her, most likely as a hunter once she's gotten to level 10, so she'll have her pet. It's going to be a lynx, named ofcourse, Isthla =)

Some Old Pictures

2007-09-12T20:42:00.001-04:00

Isthla the Paladin & Isthla the Druid

Isthla the pally in Wetlands

Level Progression...

Some fun times questing

These are just some old shots I took back when Isthla the paladin was my 'main'. I leveled her to 40 then just stopped and went back to Isthla the druid. I still have the pally, she's on the realm 'Blood Furnace', but she's still level 40. I plan to getting to her one day, but I just don't know how I'll do it on a realm where I don't really know anybody anymore.

Wrath of the Lich King: WoW Expansion

2007-09-11T07:21:00.000-04:00

I don't know about anyone else, but Outlands is beginning to ware. It was exciting and full of adventure when the land was new and I was still leveling up, but now I've completed many of the quests in the areas and I'm being hard pressed to find quests that don't require groups. So far the only area I have finished completly is Zangarmarsh, but I'm one quest away from finishing Nagrand and my only quests in Blade's Edge Mountains are the three group quests up in Ogri'la, and the dailys. I've been questing mostly for money for my epic flying, and so far I'm up to 1,444g.

So, hence my rant, I know when the new expansion comes out I'll certainly be ready to explore some new lands, although I'm not quite sure how I'll feel about the whole leveling thing once more. To be at 70 is to be at the top, and just like when Burning Crusade comes out, I'll once again be thrust to the bottom of the scale and have to level up to 80.
I'll also have to leave any epics I have behind to start off with greens, and eventually move on the blues, and then once I hit 80 I can start working on the epics again.
All in all I can tell it's going to be a lot of work, but if I get to experiance some new areas and content, then I think that will make it worth it.

What's Kept Me Busy

2007-06-26T12:55:00.000-04:00

http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/#character-sheet.xml?r=Blackwing+Lair&n=Ranea

I promise the rest of the pictures are coming.

Adventures of Isthla the Druid

2007-06-18T19:51:00.001-04:00

Controlling a fel reaver

Horde raid in Stormwind

Just a picture overview of some things I've done. There's more coming next post.

Weekend Update 6/4

2007-06-04T07:17:00.000-04:00

I got my third key fragment, and now I need to do BM to get 'The Master's Key'. Then I'll be attuned to Kara :D But I'll have to PUG it if I want to do any raiding, because my guild isn't raiding at the time unfortuantly.
I don't think I'll be having the beach party. I haven't gathered any of the resources, and I don't know if I'm up for it. There's just so many things I want to do WoW wise.

*Finish 'Escape from Durnholde' for access to BM
*Do BM event to finish Karazhan attunement
*Reach exalted with Kurenei, Sha'tari Skyguard, Lower City, Netherwing, The Sha'tar, The Consortium, Cenerion Expedition, and other factions
*Save up 5000g for 300 flying
*Level Arasa to 24
*Level Eaimer to 18
*Level Dorinaa, draenei shaman, to 11
*Level new BE pally to 16
*Level draenei pally to 41
*Get atleast one piece of arena feral gear
*Get mining to 200
*Collect 50 Alterac Valley marks of honor
*Get enchanting to 100

And so, I've got plenty of things on my plate, so I don't know if I'll have that beach party.

Weekend Update 5/29

2007-05-29T15:39:00.000-04:00

First up: Completed Goals - Get first and second Kara key fragments, finish the quest 'Threat From Above', and save 550g.

I actually passed my goal of 550g by 105g, so grats to me. On Sunday night I was able to get a group that finished Shadow Labs and helped me get my first fragment. I turned that quest in and got the quest for the second and third ones. I then had a guildie help me with the second frag guardian because I tried three times and couldn't beat him myself. So now I just need to get the third fragment, turn that in, do the BM event and then whatever comes after that.

Before I can do the BM event I need to finish that stupid quest to help Thrall find his destiny. In other news, I bought some healing gear, including Imbued Netherweave Robe and Staff of Divination, incase I ever take the role of healer. I also bought myself some new kitty gloves - Fel Leather Gloves. I got revered with Kuranei, ran Steamvaults, and leveled a Draenai Shaman to 10. That's pretty much my weekend, nothing interesting. I didn't really work on goals for my other characters, but I'll get to them.

Beach Party Information and Updates
-Beach in Tanaris south of Steamwheedle Port. It's where the turtles are.
-If you want to attend, then come to Blackwing Lair Server.
-I will try to have Warlock summons available. If you would like to help out with that I'd be very grateful.
-If you would like to volunteer to help out with drinks, food, giveaway items, games, events, etc. Let me know.
-Date is still unknown, I'm thinking Friday or Saturday June 8th or 9th. Time will be around 6:00 pm my server time, which is Pacific time I believe. All I know is it's three hours behind my RL time.

Updated Goals...

Isthla
*Run Arcataz and get third key fragment
*Save 720g
*Do BM event
*Finish Durnholde Quest

Gonna get my key fragment

2007-05-24T07:13:00.000-04:00

Before I go into any detail on that, location for that beach party will be the beach in Tanaris south of Steamwheedle Port.

Anyways, about that key...since I'm a druid, and druids are awesome, I can just stealth up to that chest that contains the key. And I've been told the guard that spawns when you open the chest is pretty easy to kill, so that means I'll have myself an easy kill (hopefully) and the first key fragment. I've tried getting it three times, but my groups have just never made it that far...
For the second key frag, I'm going to follow Amanna's guide. So hopefully I'll get something accomplished. Here's my list of goals for the weekend...

Isthla
*Get first Kara key fragment
*Get second Kara key fragment
*Finish 'Threat From Above'
*Do some arena and BGs
*Make 550g

Arasa
*Finish Vancleef quest
*Hit 24
*Get some new gear
*Finish Redridge quests
*Get pet Isthla to 23

Eaimer
*Get to level 18
*Finish questing in Westfall

These arn't in any order, just typed them in that order.

Weekend Update 5/22

2007-05-22T07:09:00.000-04:00

A day late, but oh well.

On Friday I was playing on Arasa my hunter and decided to get a group for VC since I had two quests there. At first, we had five people that wanted to come, but whenever I tried to invite the fifth person, the thing said "party is full". So we left, regrouped, and tried again. Still didn't work. Someone suggested it might be my pet. So I dismissed by pet and we were able to invite the fifth person oddly enough. I called my pet back and we were ready to go. Everyone headed to the instance and then we all jumped through the portal. Not even close to the first boss, we lost one of our dps. Then the tank went afk. So I took it upon myself to tank this place with my kitty. I was 22, mind you. A level 22 hunter tank >.< We got to the boss at the goblin foundry and wiped finally. And we gave up. Anyways, Arasa dinged 23 and completed one quest, so I guess it's all good.

On Saturday I, Isthla, tanked Shadow Labs, but again, couldn't get past the third boss. We tried three times, and wiped each time. My armor was going down fast, and eventually we gave up. I need to get that first key fragment. Ugh >.>

Level 70

2007-05-15T21:53:00.000-04:00

Isthla and her Gryphon. Picture's explain it all :)

Weekend Update 5/14

2007-05-14T07:20:00.000-04:00

On Friday I quested a lot in Netherstorm and Shadowmoon Valley. I also ran Sethekk Halls and got my Shadow Labs key and filled four bars of experiance in there. By the time I logged off, I was 6 bars away from 70.

On Saturday I quested in Shadowmoon for about three hours and filled those bars up. It took that long because I kept ketting killed...wooo...So anyways, after I turned in the quest that follows 'Find the Deserter', I dinged. I then flew Shattrath, got my Book: Gift of the Wild III out of the bank, learned GotW Rank III, teleported to Moonglade and bought my spells. And then, I did Shadow Labs, but my group couldn't get past the third boss. After that my guild got together a group and we ran Shattered Halls but couldn't manage to down the last boss.

Right now I'm saving for my epic flying lessons, and I have right around 480g. I'm going to dump enchanting for skinning atm, so I can make that 5000g. I also have all my balance spells from about level 30 up that I need to buy since I skipped them during leveling. This weekend I'm planning on the starting the Netherwing quest chain.

On my mage, Eaimer, I hit level 11 and I am 6 1/4 bars from 12. I find mages to be a rather fun class, and I'm looking forward to the higher levels. For Eaimer I took Tailoring and Enchanting. Her tailoring is 75 right now, and Enchanting is about 15 or 16. I'm glad I am able to make all my own armor instead of relying on other people, drops, or the AH. I'm sure in higher levels quest rewards or drops might be better than the armor I have equipped, but for now that's not the case.

For the time being, I'm going to play on Eaimer during the week and Isthla on the weekends. I'll have some pictures of Isthla being 70 soon, and maybe some of Eaimer doing her magey stuff. Yay.

Some Old Pictures to Entertain You With...

2007-05-09T21:44:00.000-04:00

Isthla at level 60, wearing her 'summer wear'

The Spectral Gryphon in Plaguelands you can grab a ride on...I want one of these.

First time in Outlands, Isthla standing next to the gryphon I wanted. In't purdy?

Weekend Update 5/7

2007-05-07T15:57:00.000-04:00

Soooo....I had sort of a successful weekend. :)

On Friday after much questing and getting owned by a horde 20-man Durn (the Hungerer) raid group, I hit 68, grabbed flight form and flew around Shattrath city for about an hour. I logged off for the night since I was tired and it was late.

On Saturday, due to the loveliness of full rest, I was able to get 8 bars away from 69 and I could have leveled that night but I was tired and it was late and I logged off Isthla and made a human mage, leveled her to 3 and got off for the night.

On Sunday I hit 69, so I'm now one level from 70 and raiding and flying mounts and all that good stuff :D

I didn't take any pictures from the air...totally forgot, but I might have some up in my next post. This week I'm going to play on some different characters to take a break before hitting that last level, since my other characters need some attention too. I have to be nice to them. Especially my 22 hunter (BM ftw!) who still has level 13 gear on her...Pitiful I say, pitiful...

Weekand Update 4/30

2007-04-30T17:10:00.000-04:00

I really didn't do much this weekend. On Friday I ran Old Hillsbrad in Caverns of Time and at the end I won Mantle of Perenolde from the Epoch Dragon. They are a great shoulder piece for a feral druid, if I may say so myself. I got some quests finished, but other that that, Friday wasn't very productive.

On Saturday I completed about 10 quests in Nagrand, including the first Windroc Mastery since I hadn't actually found the camp before then. I didn't really look either ^^ While working on Clefthoof Mastery I dinged 67.

On Sunday I finished up the first Clefthoof and Talbuk mastery quests, and got four bars into 67. One level until flight form. I can't wait! Anyways, I'm planning on hitting 68 this weekend, but we'll see how it goes. Full rest exp for the whole level. Yay :)

Not much else to say, I'll try to get some more bars filled tonight.

Caverns of Time for Me

2007-04-25T07:14:00.000-04:00

In other words, I hit 66 last night after turning in the quest 'Helping the Lost Find Their Way'. I finished some other quests as well, but that's not important. The night started out questing, as usual, and I ended it by leveling, buying my spells which cost too much >.> and buying a new staff. I'd been wanting to get my hands on Braxxis' Staff of Slumber for a while but I simply didn't have the money. Last night I managed to buy it for 50g. So now I have the staff I've been wanting and 4 levels to go until 70. Two levels 'till flight form :)

On Friday, I'm planning to start the quests for Old Hillsbrad, so I can do Durnholde. I've heard it's a really interesting instance, and I can't wait to get started.

Anyways, other than that, there's no new news.

Questing Never Ends

2007-04-23T16:01:00.001-04:00

So, after questing for about four hours, plus getting ganked, dieing in Underbog five times, flying places etc., I managed to get 6 bars away from 66. I think I can ding on Tuesday, but that all depends on how much questing I can do. Yesterday (Sunday) I completed some quests in Terokkar including: The Shadow Tomb, Thinning the Ranks, Firewing Liason, and Unruly Neighbors. I don't recommend killing orcs with your armor at 9/50 durability....I realized I was doing that after I died from getting attacked by three level 62 orcs in bear form. So I rezzed, ran to Allerian Stronghold, repaired and went and killed more orcs. How fun :)

Well, no telling when I'll post next. Depends on if I have anything interesting to say in the near future...

P.S. I changed my template. So exciting...!

Ding 65

2007-04-12T07:31:00.000-04:00

I know I haven't posted in a while...I've been busy with a project and I'm not even close to being finished with it. So this is a short sorry.

Anyways, on Monday night Isthla managed to ding 65, and I am working on finishing all the quests in Zangarmarsh since I have so many left and I don't want to just leave them and miss out on the experiance. Last week I also got enough gold to buy artisian (150) riding by borrowing from people who I'm almost done paying back. The 100% speed increase is absolutely fantastic, and I think the lessons were worth every gold, even if I do have to pay someone back.

Next post is going to be an alt list, since I have 15 of them. Their server, name, race, class and level will be posted in the list. Specs will be added when all my characters are level 20.

Yeah, this is a short post. Not too much to say, but next post after the alt list will probably be longer.

Forms and Gear, and somebody new

2007-03-21T07:23:00.000-04:00

Well, I shall begin with a new blogger, who's already known by some people. One to note is Big Red Kitty. His name is Tanuviel, and he's the new kid on the block, as said by BRK. He's got some interesting posts, and some good info on bear form. So be sure to check him out.

Anyways, on to forms then. As druids, we have the ability to tank, DPS, cast and heal. This makes us one of the most useful classes in the game, and in my oponion, one of the most fun classes. But there can be a problem with being able to do all of these things. Because sometimes what you're specced determines how many instances you'll be going to. Many feral druids often have a hard time finding groups on servers that have low healing populations. Pre TBC, I almost always healed in instances, because that was the only way I could get a group, even though I was feral.

But now, I can go kitty and claw those enemies, because there seems to be less of a need for resto druids, since more priests seem to be popping up.

Anyways, when in cat form, I'm looking for attack power. Armor is nice, since I don't get any armor bonuses from cat form, but attack power helps me kill things quicker. It's hard to find a piece of gear that has good attack power and alot of armor. For example, my chest piece has around 400 armor, but no attack power. My bracers on the other hand have 99 armor and about 26 added attack power. I also got a trinket yesterday that increase my attack power by 200 for 15 sec, but gives me no armor. See the problem here?

I'd rather have one armor set good for both bear and cat, instead of one with attack power and one with armor. But it seems that isn't going to happen. I have, since I have started playing, always and only had one set of gear. Yeah, attack power was nice, but I went for the armor. But now, I know I need attack power & armor, but to find gear like that is hard for me.

If anyone has any tips or comments on this, feel free to leave a comment.

Weekend Update

2007-03-19T07:22:00.000-04:00

Well, I managed to get some things done this weekend. On Friday, I ran Hellfire Ramparts and dinged 60. Our group tried to kill the last boss, the dragon guy, but we failed miserably. We did manage to kill the rider, but the dragon was just too much. I was the last one it targeted, after all the other group members were dead and I jumped off the side of the platform onto the ramp below and it chased me and eventually I died. So we gave up. I then teleported to Moonglade and flew to Darnassus. I used my 'Book: Gift of the Wild II' to learn Gift of the Wild Rank II. I then sent 20g to my money saving character and was able to buy one spell. I also put some stuff on the AH then logged for the night.

On Saturday, I wasn't able to play much, maybe for about an hour. I ran Blood Furnace and got some bars filled. I then made a trip to Darnassus and bought my epic mount 'Reins of the Swift Frostsaber' for 90g. Now I just need to save up 540g for riding lessons. Then on Sunday, I finished the quests Invasion Point: Annilihation, The Path of Glory, Cursed Talismans - and most of that chain, and Overlord. I also got some more quests, some of which include:

The Pools of Aggonor; I know I spelled that wrong, but anyways. What I have to do is kill 6 Terrorfiends and 4 or 6 Bubbling Rots in the Pools. This quest comes from the Temple of Telhamat at 60.
The Heart of Darkness; Kill 10 Terrofiends in the Pools. Also from the Temple at 60.
The Cruel Taskmasters; Kill 6 Illidari Taskmasters to help the Broken Ones. Also gotten from the Temple at level 60.

I have more quests, but I can't remember what I have to do for them. Anyways, by the time I logged off on Sunday I was halfway to 61 and I made 10g from one days worth of quests and such.

Hitting 60

2007-03-16T07:20:00.000-04:00

No, I've not done it yet, but I plan to today. I've got all my level 58 bars filled with rest exp, and I think about 5 or 6 bars filled. I plan on doing Hellfire Ramparts today to fill in some exp and make some money. Then I've got to get some quests out of the way. Don't want to be stuck in Hellfire Peninsula forever, though I do enjoy questing in the area. Some quests I've got to get done include...

Cursed Talismans; I need to kill Bleeding Hollow orcs and collect 12 Cursed Talismans. I can easily solo this.
Invasion Point: Annilation; I need to kill a level 62 demon surrounded by mobs, get a key from him and shut down a portal, also surrounded by mobs. I need some help if I want to get this quest done quickly. Otherwise, I'm going to be stuck pulling one thing at a time with faerie fire so I don't get overwhelmed.
An Old Gift; This quest takes me to Expedition Armory, where there are a whole lot of ghost people. They hit hard, very hard. And I need to get a book from inside the fortress if I can manage to make it inside.
Job for an Intelligent Man; For this, I need to kill 10 or 15 Maurauding Crust Bursters, which I do not know the location of. I'll have to look that up.

Anyways, planning on finishing all those today and getting some more, and possible moving out of the region if I finish all the quests there. I've already done quite a bit of them, and I am hoping to get the 'Go here and talk to this person' quest soon that tells me where to go next. So that is pretty much it. I've got 20g saved up for my epic mount. Hoping to get halfway there today, so I need 25g more. Then I'll have 45g and then I'll only need 45g to afford the mount. Lessons are a totally different story....

Epic Riding Lessons

2007-03-14T07:18:00.000-04:00

As it stands, I have 20g saved up for lessons so far that cost 540g (I checked prices last night) Quests in Outland give me 2g per reward, and Runecloth is selling for 2g 50s per stack. So, at this rate, it should take me...208 stacks of Runecloth! Well, that is not my only option for making money. So lets add in the fact that I get 2g per quest reward and I do, let's say, 30 quests. Now, let's say doing each quest I manage to get 1 stack of Runecloth. That would give me 135g if that is the rate I was going at. Now, let's add quest rewards in that sell for about 1g a piece. Now, deeming that I use about 5 of the rewards, I'll get 25 that I can sell. So, that gives me 25g right there. So, that is 160g saved up. Now, let's add some instances. Let's say I do one instance run and make 5g...So I have 165g so far. Now at this rate it does seem slow. But, adding in the fact that I get money from killing humanoids, items I can sell, and that 20g already saved up, that should bring me to about 200g...So, at this rate, it should take me two to three weeks to make the full money I need to get Epic Riding Lessons. Now, I am trying to do this all before I hit 60, but doing 30 quests in going to make me ding, and I don't want to hit 60 before I have my riding lessons. Lets also add in the fact that I still don't have the actual horse yet. I've still got a lot of PvPing to do. I've got 4 Alteric Valley Marks of Honor, 1 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor, and 0 Arathi Baisen Marks of Honor. Well, this means I've got 26 more Alteric Valley Marks of Honor, 29 Warsong Gulch Marks of Honor, and 30 Arathi Baisen Marks of Honor to go before I can achieve the goal of actually getting my mount. That is a lot of Battlegrounds if, due to the fact that Alliance loses almost all the time, I only get 1 mark per BG. But, one good thing is that now that I am 59, I am the highest level that can go into my level range of BG's, which should help get closer to a win. Last time I did a BG I was level 57, and that is not much against a 59.

So, that's it. I'm done with my ranting, and my plan is not made yet about how to get the money, but I do have a simple outline...

Quest and instance until 3 bars from 60, then get all remaining Marks Of Honor from BGs. Afterwords, kill things with Mageweave drops and sell Mageweave and any other items I recieve. Finally, kill skelatons in Plaguelands that drop Runecloth and sell all stacks until I get all riding lesson money I need.

That is my plan outline, nothing to complex, just a simple little something to follow. If anyone has any tips on how to make quick money (Besides buying gold, I would never do that) then please leave a comment, I'd really appriciate it. Thanks :)

Comments on other things welcome as well.

Ding 59!

2007-03-10T20:36:00.002-05:00

Well, actually, I dinged 58 first, then I hit 59.

Last night I played on my druid for a while and after several Scholo runs and such, I hit 58. I immediatly headed to Outlands and grabbed some quests. Afterwords I got off, seeing as it was late, and went to bed. Today, I managed to fill a whole level of exp, and hit 59. After all, what good is rest exp if you don't use it? So, after all that work (Bombing runs, collecting things, blowing up towers, etc...) I had 7 bars left of rest experiance. Well, that's all good, but now I think I am going to focus on my Pally. I have a good friend on the server she is on, and he is quickly overleveling me. So, in the case that I don't want that to happen, I am going to be focusing on my Paladin more than ever. Hopefully, once I get 70, and all my end game gear and stuffs, I can then focus on my druid once more.

Well, that's all for now I suppose. I'll post later with more info.