- I had to level my fishing up to 225 to start the artisan fishing quest so I ran around the coast of Stranglethorn looking for schools of fish. I got the required 12 levels which involved catching about 72 fish. It wasn't as tedious as it sounds. I could have just sat in one place catching crap fish but searching for schools made it more rewarding and I ended up with stacks of Oily Blackmouth, Firefin Snappers and Stonescale Eels.
- Took the boat to Ratchet and flew to Theramore to find Nat Pagle, the artisan fishing trainer. He was awkward to find, he is on a little island in the bay and I had to resort to thottbot to get his coordinates. He gave me the quest with the four fish I have to catch and I decided to go to Feralas for the first one. I flew to Feathermoon and took the boat to the mainland and went inland a ways. I found the river and it took me only a few of minutes to get the fish: I used a shiny bauble for +75 skill and the bauble still had seven minutes to run when I got the fish. All the fish I caught there seemed good, all giving a minimum of 800 health, probably more when cooked. I felt like getting on with the levelling so I hearthed back to Booty Bay.
- Just to note Maevyn's favourite food: cooked Greater Sagefish. Gives her both health and mana and leaves her with a nice 15 minute mana dribble. Yum Yum. Yes, hunters love mana, without it there are no special shots or stings or pet healing or Bestial Wrath. Tiddles gets whatever crap food Maevyn can't be bothered to cook: mystery meat etc. Sometimes she needs feeding every couple of minutes if the meat isn't satisfying enough. That's the trouble with cats, you feed them Whiskas and then they won't take anything else so it's better not to spoil them in the first place. This rule applies to Toddlers too: mine is now too fussy to eat Whiskas.
- The levelling guide sent me to the Swamp of Sorrows and I went by the book with the questing. It was almost too easy, the monsters were about level 35 and for a 42 it wasn't a challenge (one fight against two enemies and their pet imps was over before Tiddle's 18 seconds of bestial wrath were finished). The toughest things in the swamp (apart from a level ??? dragon) were the dragonkin things at level 45 and those were easy enough to kill, although they took a bit longer than the 35's. The XP rate I was achieving was about 10k/hour, fairly poor when you need 100k to level and probably because I was killing such low level monsters. There is somewhere a sweet spot in terms of speed to kill, time to travel from one monster to the next and monster level. I had heard that the murlocs along the coast were good for level grinding and this indeed seemed to be true, they were about level 43 and easy to kill and not as closely grouped together as murlocs usually are. I didn't spend long on them though, just long enough to collect a load of driftwood for a quest. I ran into some buggy murlocs, I couldn't draw them into a fight, the game kept saying EVADE and I couldn't loot a treasure box near them because it said I was still in combat.
- The Burning Crusade expansion seems to have added two more quests in the Harborage that weren't mentioned in the guide. I did these too, one involved killing just three 'Cursed Lost Ones' (level 37) and the other quest involved running around the Sunken Temple collecting artifacts. Its a bit more XP and a tiny bit of Exodar rep but I wonder why Blizzard bothered adding these.
- Swamp of Sorrows is great for a herbalist: stuff everywhere. I got over a stack of Blindweed which I am needing for the orange Alchemy recipes. While I was in Feathermoon I picked up a great recipe for a +25 agility pot, excellent for a Hunter. I'm getting to the nice recipes now, the ones that give useful boosts. Both my main characters will be getting the best pots.
- Caught the Swamp of Sorrows fish for the Artisan Fishing quest. This one took a few of minutes to catch, longer than the Feralas fish. I picked a random place on the eastern shoreline and didn't need a lure.
- Nearly finished Swamp of Sorrows now, only quest turnins to do. There aren't many quests there. I may be back for the herbs though.
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Plan:
- Go to Nethergard Keep to turn in quests
- Back to Booty Bay and catch next fish for Artisan Quest.
- Leave Stranglethorn, maybe never to return...
- To ratchet and Desolace for the final fish.
- Theramore to be crowned an Artisan Fisherwoman
- Gadgetzan to continue questing in Tanaris. This won't be way beneath my level so should be more of a challenge.
- Did I mention Maevyn dinged 43?
- I haven't mentioned the guild much, mainly because I have become a little isolated, in my own little world focused on levelling Maevyn. The guildies are popping 70 and working on Netherdrakes, Karakzan etc, doing well and having fun. I feel too rusty to run Pooky and if grouping with 70's he would just be making up the numbers. Maevyn is about the only active character in the forties. I have a feeling that by the time she is 70 the guildies will be flying said netherdrakes and wearing epic armour and Maevyn and Pooky will be left behind. I don't mind though, I'm having fun. I hope Maevyn's Alchemy will be useful to the guild one day, I do appreciate them. Hey guys, if you're reading this, would +25 pots be at all useful in karak or should I wait till alchemy 375?
WoW Daily News Issue 111
Submitted by Peter on Fri Jun 08 2007 07:55
about 1 year ago
Peter's Moblog
