Fortunately, Hallow's End came along! Hooray for holiday events with quests that give experience! A bit of trick-or-treating and putting out fires from the Headless Horseman, and whoosh! 13, here I am.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Hooray for Hallow's End!
I'm not gonna lie, I was really worried when I hit 12 and couldn't find any new gathering or delivering quests opened up.
Fortunately, Hallow's End came along! Hooray for holiday events with quests that give experience! A bit of trick-or-treating and putting out fires from the Headless Horseman, and whoosh! 13, here I am.
Fortunately, Hallow's End came along! Hooray for holiday events with quests that give experience! A bit of trick-or-treating and putting out fires from the Headless Horseman, and whoosh! 13, here I am.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
10 At Last!
Phew, the journey from level 9 to level 10 was a long one. I got most of it through exploring, and by forcing my way into collection quests that I was still too low a level for, but I made it! And, interestingly enough, now I'm already over halfway through 10 due to the new quests that opened up to me!
I sense this will be a trend - struggling to gain xp when I reach the "limit" levels, and then launching ahead when new stuff is opened up.
Whereas normally you pick a starting hub (silverpine forest, ghostlands, the barrens) and blaze through it, skipping quests along the way, I am making multiple circuits. I feel like the most meticulous of scavengers, checking back through the hubs at each level to see if any messenger or gathering quests have opened up to me. However, I do not find it tedious, which is surprising! It's more slow paced and relaxing. I'm in no hurry, afterall.
Meanwhile, I realized that I can't get bear form, because it involves fighting something. DOH! It's okay, though, now that I have target dummies :)
I sense this will be a trend - struggling to gain xp when I reach the "limit" levels, and then launching ahead when new stuff is opened up.
Whereas normally you pick a starting hub (silverpine forest, ghostlands, the barrens) and blaze through it, skipping quests along the way, I am making multiple circuits. I feel like the most meticulous of scavengers, checking back through the hubs at each level to see if any messenger or gathering quests have opened up to me. However, I do not find it tedious, which is surprising! It's more slow paced and relaxing. I'm in no hurry, afterall.
Meanwhile, I realized that I can't get bear form, because it involves fighting something. DOH! It's okay, though, now that I have target dummies :)
Thursday, October 1, 2009
A New Career
In the beginning, I got both mining and herbalism as professions, as the collecting professions can make a quick buck on the auction house. However, I managed to build up a nest egg pretty quickly, and I can tell that in the future I'm going to need a few more tricks up my sleeve to get by.
Thus, I've abandoned herbalism and picked up engineering. I'm particularly interested in target dummies, as my war stomp sometimes doesn't quite get me the time I need when there's a mob near a gatherable. Plus eventually you get stun bombs, and that telescope will be nice for scoping out an area before forging in (I found myself longing for my shaman's far sight on several gathering occasions).
Plus, I've found in the past that having a gathering profession to fuel another crafting profession makes both tasks far more enjoyable than having both of one kind. It makes it fun to go out and gather, which is a lot of what I'll be doing, so I'd best make it enjoyable!
Thus, I've abandoned herbalism and picked up engineering. I'm particularly interested in target dummies, as my war stomp sometimes doesn't quite get me the time I need when there's a mob near a gatherable. Plus eventually you get stun bombs, and that telescope will be nice for scoping out an area before forging in (I found myself longing for my shaman's far sight on several gathering occasions).
Plus, I've found in the past that having a gathering profession to fuel another crafting profession makes both tasks far more enjoyable than having both of one kind. It makes it fun to go out and gather, which is a lot of what I'll be doing, so I'd best make it enjoyable!
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