The Horde Saga Continues

I finally got my first Horde to level 80.  Toxxique the Hunter dinged a few weekends ago.  Here she is with her puppy Vishus:

do that stuff for a weekend or two, and then I end up getting bored and needing to level.  I got Celyxtra, the holy priest to 42.  Not sure why she’s resting, but she is.  Then I tried the rogue thing.  I actually really like Roxzy, and was having a lot of fun on her.  She’s collecting pets and I got her a whole bucket load.  Then at 32 (or maybe it’s 33), she started riding from Tarren Mill to Hammerfall.  I crossed over into the Arathi Highlands and stopped.  Logged her out right there — the thought of riding to Hammerfall and doing all the quests there AGAIN made me do it.  Maybe I’ll pick her up again, I’m not sure.

For now, I’m doing dailies during the week on Toxxique, and trying to get her more polished.  Maybe I’ll run heroics on her on the weekend, but volleying your way through groups is really boring.  And I can only stand about 3 or 4 groups in a day really.  So we’ll see  It is totally AWESOME that she is a JC though – just by doing my JC quest every day and flying around grabbing a few nodes, she makes tons of money.  Especially because of the mage.

Because Myinx the mage is the Alchemist (who can transmute lots of shinies).  She went from 75 to 76 last weekend, and I’m really enjoying her.  Maybe I’ll level HER and SHE will be the one I actually “finish”.  Ha ha! We’ll see — I do really like her though and will stick with her till 80 at least.  Considering that apart from Helvete, she’s my ‘oldest’ toon I figure she deserves it.

We’ll see though.  I don’t think I’ll have TOO much time to play this weekend coming up.  We’re supposed to enjoy the ‘Great Outdoors’ at some point – and we’ve promised the kids a trip to the movies.

Myinx is beautiful though – and pretty vicious.  Her alchemy is already 435 or so, because I have actually been leveling her Alchemy to make stuff for Toxxique even though she hasn’t been questing.

So, that’s where I stand at the moment.  This has been a bit of ramble of a post – I’m fed up with trying to write something meaningful or helpful or insightful every time I write a WoW blog post.  There are plenty of people who write how-to’s, what-ifs, and theorycrafting much better than me — Well, if not better then definitely more frequently than me.  I just need to ramble about my characters once in a while – hope you don’t mind!

Maybe next time I’ll have something insightful to say about the mage class or leveling or 5 mans or the state of the world!

See you then!

The Dreamveave Vest

Dreamweave vest

Originally uploaded by Strumpet101

Yesterday, my holy priest, Celyxtra hit 40. So, I had Helvete sew her some Dreamweave stuff. Including this delightful vest. What is WITH how incredibly ugly this thing is?!?

It’s a fabulous vest for a priest, but frankly, I would much, much rather be wearing a lovely robe. I look like a rogue or something. I remember the first time I wore it on a character, it was actually on an undead — which was a VERY frightening look. At least on a blood elf it shows off their legs.

What HAVE I been up to???

I realize I haven’t written anything earth-shatteringly exciting here for a while.  Mostly because life’s been handing me an overly full plate lately.  Work has been ridiculously busy since the beginning of November (hmph), Christmas preparations are underway, and we have contractors in the house finishing our basement.  All this has meant that I have NOT been playing as much as I’d like.  This is probably why my office is looking increasingly like an advertisment for World of Warcraft, since I need to stay in touch SOMEHOW.  I plan to change the situation this weekend, with some serious PLAY.

I have been getting my fix every morning by doing a little bit of herb farming.  I’m trying to get a Nobles Deck together for Snazzle.  She’s now just about 68, and will head off to Northrend as soon as I’m home from work on Friday night.  Trixxyne has been flying around for about 45 minutes everymorning, and managed to get together a few cards.  I’m hoping by the time Snazzle is 80, she’ll have the set.  I don’t know why getting this deck is such an obsession for me.  Probably because I feel like I need to put Trixxyne‘s Inscription skill to good use.

Anyway, I’m chomping at the bit!  Let me at ‘em!!!

Fishing Pole for the Fashionista

Any fashion conscious player will know that it is important to look good in every situation.  And, while the Mastercraft Kalu’ak Fishing Pole may have +30 fishing and underwater breathing, it is FAR from gorgeous.  It also requires Exalted with the Kalu’ak, which can be quite tedious.  And, let’s face it, it every fisherman/woman in Northrend seems to have one.  All of these are reasons why I was absolutely thrilled when I opened my Bag of Fishing Treasures from my daily fishing quest the other day.    Included amongst my treasures was this lovely Jeweled Fishing Pole – a Tiffany Cartier original with +30 fishing.  Very spiffy!!