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Did a very nice quest, had to kill enough guys to get eight demon stones, then use the stones to blow up two portals. Good challenging play and I didn't die
I came very close, I had to start running from a monster as my health and mana were very low. First I bubbled and ran, monster chased me for 12 seconds. When the bubble went he was still hitting and did the slowdown thing on me. I used a trinket and broke the slowdown and kept running. I ran all the way back to a place where there were alliance NPCs, hoping the monster would stop or the NPCs would kill it. Eventually it stopped chasing me and I could stop for food/drink. As I watched the monster was fighting another player, a level 60 who did manage to kill it. I kept a low profile as drawing monsters towards other players is a breech of etiquette. What made it worse was when the monster died it did the glowing loot thing so I had to wait for the player to leave before I could grab the loot. Shameful really. I case you are wondering, I couldn't use my sprinting trinket as its slot was occupied by a mana dribbling trinket.
- The reward for this was 10500 XP! Couldn't believe that but I also got some new armour, a headpiece with impressive stats but looks like an old sack.
- Ran another quest, bombing more portals and this was easier and gave an ever better new hat this one having a mana dribble. I now have a choice of two hats with good stats from outlands BUT the best one is a red tiara thing and it looks stupid, especially as my man has long thick black hair, he looks like a butch drag queen. I am guessing that blizzard are saving the cool looking hats for the epic rewards. I haven't vendored the Imperial Plate Helm yet, I'll keep it for posing.
- Morning and yet another bombing quest and the reward here was an impressive set of leggings with even more good stats, including another mana dribble. I now have about four pieces with mana dribbles and while individually each one may be insignificant, they add up to something useful. With devotion aura my total armour is now over 7000. I picked up some more quests and the reward from one of them is a shield with 1000 more armour points!!! I get the distinct feeling that Blizzard made a special effort to ensure that people's initial reactions to the Burning Crusade expansion would be WoW and they succeeded.
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I had time to start out on another quest, to kill 10 guys and their boss. I got to the camp and saw the boss so went for him first. I pulled him with exorcism and hacked away at him for a few minutes. He was a level 63 and quite tough but I got him, no bubbles or dying I killed three of the trash (only level 60's pah) with the two-hander which is still at 280 skill, another ten skill points to go to optimum. BTW the quest reward axe I got, while roughly equivalent to the one I paid 15g for the day before (
) looks much nicer. Red and shiny. Not Kang nice though.
- I am still loving outlands. I read that there is no auction house here to force people level 58+ to go back to the old world. They need tricks like that. I see now why level 50's are getting hassled for gnomeregan runs in Ironforge, there are few level 70's, most players there are auction alts. I think I'd only go back for paladin training and for guild jaunts. Must remember to set my hearthstone here.
WoW Daily News Issue 64
Submitted by Peter on Tue Apr 03 2007 07:58
about 1 year ago
Peter Says:
Tue Apr 03 2007 10:34 about 1 year agoI don't think I've tried blessing of freedom for this, I use it for nets and roots but I haven't tried this one, I will and thanks for the tip.
The trinket also boosts my armour a bit but probably not enough to make a difference (I never use stoneform, maybe I should). I'd rather have the sprint trinket available.
Female dwarf must be one of the rarest player characters. Good on you for choosing one. You will like the red tiara More flattering than the helm.
Peter
Galoheart Says:
Tue Apr 03 2007 16:27 about 1 year agoAgrees with Sarah Also. BOF works in such instances when you need imminity to run away unrestricted or in any such cases. I often forget myself its there but it works.
Also can you comment sometimes on your Pally gear maybe when you can on how its affecting your play style, or mana burn rate and such, spell gear etc. At lvl 46 as a pally i'm geared mainly for Soloing (Strength/Stam)I try hard to get Intelligence when i can of if in 3 stats armour. But for pally getting good gear can be hard. So hope you can comment on that sometimes. I'm looking fwd to outland also, 12 more lvls. Hope you can comment on anything else interesting you notice in outland, perspective on playstyle there and questing also as you see it.
Sarah Says:
Wed Apr 04 2007 11:45 about 1 year agoYeah, I forgot I even had Stoneform until recently, just because poisoning doesn't really matter if you have cleanse, and I forgot the other things it would get rid of. Pity it doesn't do curses, but I quest with a Druid, so that's pretty lucky. ;)
I do get some weird reactions to a female dwarf, which makes me kind of sad because quite frankly my char looks kind of like me! I've rolled a Blood Elf Rogue on a Horde server for when I fancy being disturbingly attractive ;) I shall look forward to the tiara! A brief moment of girliness :D
Peter Says:
Wed Apr 04 2007 12:40 about 1 year agoGotta love cleanse, need it all the time at the higher levels. My lowbie rogue alt got a 30 minute debuff and between stoneform, purge and cleanse I am not used to having to live with them, they go in a puff, even mid-fight.
Only curses I get are two minute debuffs and other players swearing at me.
Peter
Peter Says:
Wed Apr 04 2007 12:50 about 1 year agoPart of me doesn't want to give too many spoilers. There are some fun new things to do, the quests are a tad more interesting, as if blizzard have had a while to come up with a few new ideas.
In a way I am wondering how they can surpass it in the next expansion pack.
Peter
Praxis Says:
Thu Apr 05 2007 18:21 about 1 year agoThe next expansion should include the Bard player class, which I remember from Dungeons & Dragons. It was a very fun rogue/mage/warrior hybrid that I think would fit well into the WoW universe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bard_(Dungeons_&_Dragons)
Peter Says:
Fri Apr 06 2007 08:12 about 1 year agoI thought bards were like Shakespeare which should be good for boring things to death.
Sounds interesting, another hybrid.
Peter
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Peter's Moblog
"First I bubbled and ran, monster chased me for 12 seconds. When the bubble went he was still hitting and did the slowdown thing on me. I used a trinket and broke the slowdown and kept running."
I tend to use Blessing of Freedom when something keeps slowing me down. :) 20 sec cool down, so hard if they are still hitting you after 10 seconds of you doing it, but it's good because it "grants immunity to movement impairing effects for 10 sec"
Heh, I got the Imperial Plate Helm yesterday, it's quite silly, especially on a female dwarf. :)
I can't wait to get to Outlands, I keep hearing about the amazing loot...