- Didn't play huge amounts what with sunshine and stuff. Bought a barbecue in Sainsburys for £5.99 and it works nicely, filled the house with smoke though. Maybe we should have used it outside.
- Quested in Tanaris and Feralas, following the levelling guide as usual. Nothing remarkable to report except the Hunters abilities continue to astonish: Maevyn and KB are now 44 and this morning they took out a 49. I used to be happy if the paladin could take out a monster five levels above but the Hunter does it much quicker (i.e. less than three minutes). I didn't use Bestial Wrath, although I piled on the arcane shots and multishots. I've found that where the levelling guide warns me things may be tricky, the Hunter (not me, the easy mode class) can handle it.
- By a curious fluke, the level 49 dropped a level 44 two-handed axe which would have been great for Maevyn if only she had taken two-handed axe training. Her melee weapons are still level 22: cannot find any cheapo green melee weapons and don't want to spend 5g on them as they are not a priority. Willing to train her in two-handers and level the skill up from 1. May pop to darnassus for this. Vendors sometimes seem to sell nice green weapons but their prices are worse than the auction house.
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One death: was supposed to get back to Feathermoon Stronghold from down the coast aways so decided to leave her swimming while I went to make breakfast. When I came back she was dead from exhaustion. Used spirit healer and the whole deal was still quicker than messing around waiting for the boat. The questing in Feralas so far has been along these lines:
- Take boat to feathermoon
- Talk to some guy
- Talk to some other guy
- Talk to first guy again
- Take boat to mainland
- Kill a few things
- Take boat to feathermoon
- Talk to some guy
- etc
- Sometimes I swim or hearth instead of using the boat but there is a still lot of tooing and froing: it can take as long to reach a camp of monsters as it does to kill them. One of this mornings 'circuits' involved killing three flying snakes and clicking on a boat.
- Got alchemy as far as 265. Made a load of agility pots that raise Maevyn and KB's dps a couple of points and puts Maevyns crit rate up to 10% so one in ten shots gives added damage. I have ten hours worth and this morning I didn't bother with one, forgot they were there. I might just sell them, I sold two for a couple of g. I could probably get the alch to 275 if I tried, I have enough weed to make stuff to sell to other classes but I'd rather find Sungrass so I can make big Mana pots: I use these far more than anything else to get a quick mana fix while grinding. Feralas and Hinterlands are supposed to be good for Sungrass but so far I have only found one. I would like to get alch to 275 as then I can start making Arcanite for the epic mount fund. SUDDEN THOUGHT: I've been assuming that arcanite will sell for more than arcane crystals. Since the Auction House tends shred assumptions with Bestial Wrath I must make sure this is the case.
- Had a look at first aid and found I had enough mageweave to make 100 bandages or something silly like that: so much killing, so much mageweave. I got the first aid to 225 and am awaiting a trip to Theramore to do the artisan first aid quest. I use the bandages to heal the pet after a fight as it saves mana. First aid is my last profession to get to artisan level. It's cool, not only levelling Maevyn at a good rate but all her professions as well AND without buying loads of mats in the auction house, just gathering as I go.
- I still like KB as a pet. Because he is solid, not transluscent, it is easier to watch him. When he gets bored you can see his ears twitching and when he yawns you can look at his huge fangs. His loyalty level is close to maximum now so I have enough training points to give him much more stamina and armour. I haven't trained him in any resistances yet. If I was truly fanatical I could train him in, say, fire and arcane resistance and Tiddles in nature and shadow resistances and then run to the stable master and back whenever I met a different type of caster (there are not enough training points available to train them in everything). In one fight we agroed a whole camp and my first reaction was to run and summon him from a distance. I did this but three mobs caught up and we got an added item of wildlife. I decided to try to slug it out and we prevailed, pets makes such good tanks. I Mend Pet at lot during these fights which brings me on to my Mend Pet peeve: it's a heal over time but there's no easy way to tell when it has finished apart from waiting for the green +200's to stop floating up the screen (I know I can mouse over his portrait to see if the buff icon is there but I don't want to fiddle about in the middle of a big fight).
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Peter's time+mana saving hunter tips
- when the mobs health is down to 10% stop shooting and start moving in so you are ready to loot at the point it dies, preferably before it hits the ground. You may have to finish it off with raptor strike but that's good for your melee skill.
- on easy mobs, ration yourself to one arcane shot per, and use it early in the fight. Don't use it as a 'finishing' shot as some of its damage may be overkill. Also it may not be time efficient if it means there is wasted time between the enemy dying and you being able to loot it.
- For truly time efficient looting, send the pet into the next fight before you start looting the previous corpse. Press tab to retarget the enemy when you rejoin the fight. The pet should be constantly killing while you dabble in looting, herb picking, nose picking etc.
- Don't waste time feeling sorry for paladins as you pop Bestial Wrath just to see a mob go down in a shower of blood. This uses precious mana but sometimes you have to live a little.
- Class trainer at 44 had a couple of next ranks, some of which I didn't bother with as I never use them (Mongoose Bite and explosive trap). Next rank arcane shot and mend pet are ok though.
- Half way to 45, hope to get there tonight.
WoW Daily News Issue 113
Submitted by Peter on Mon Jun 11 2007 07:51
about 1 year ago
Reg. Charney Says:
Tue Jun 12 2007 03:23 about 1 year agoJust checking the use of the Captcha modifications you made. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Peter Says:
Tue Jun 12 2007 07:47 about 1 year agoI run around with herb tracking on most of the time, I don't always need warning about humans/beasts around me. I got a couple more Sungrass and I've made some superior mana pots (I think it is, about level 265 recipe).
Hunter is much easier than paladin, you can get away with a lot more. Pet is also not a long way behind a paladin in toughness if Hunter keeps up the mend pet: which is instant cast and doesn't get interrupted so you don't need any tricks to get a heal in.
When I return to the paladin I'm thinking of respeccing him to a pure tree but I'm not sure which yet, holy, prot or ret. I want a good levelling spec which should be ret but ret paladins seem to be unpopular. Is Avengers Shield more useful now you can use it from zero range or still just a mana burner?
If you have aimed shot you must be Marksman: interesting choice for a defensive paladin player.
Peter
Galoheart Says:
Tue Jun 12 2007 13:44 about 1 year agoImagine if a Paladin could always bubble at will just like instant pet mend casted. would be a great.
I'm Solid enough ret at about 44points. I can use my one more in Ardent Defender and then i'm where i want to be in Protect the rest goes into Ret. I got 2 Points in the Improved Holy Shield and its totally great with it or improved now. In fights i keep it up all the time and it often last the full 10 sec and mitigate and does lots of damage. So i use it lots and the Mana cost to me i don't even think of it not that bad. Avengers Shield i like it. Yes it cost a bit of Mana, however i usually don't think of it much because i use it either to pull one or a set of mobs or to throw it to stun or kill a runner mob. I usually think of how i burn my mana or conserve it sometimes so Avengers Shield dosen't worry me. I wish it was instant cast but its not, but i just work with it. So far to me i find it valuable. Sometimes i use the boomerang often its just for fun.
Peter Says:
Tue Jun 12 2007 16:16 about 1 year agoMend Pet is exactly like the pet having it's own healer and dps backup. My pet only dies when I really screw up, agro a camp or whatever and can't run away far enough and quick enough to summon the pet out of danger. Imagine THAT: pally being teleported out of danger by the healer.
I'm hoping that Avengers Shield will work like a 'die now' button, something I can use like Bestial Wrath when I want to turn the pace up a bit. That's what I found most frustrating as a pally, waiting for things to die. I don't fancy ret much, I've read too much about it being a broken spec.
Peter
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Peter's Moblog
Herb "Sungrass" you can find in Feralas or Hinterlands and Azshara also. Mostly i found most of it in Hinterlands. On thing with Sungrass is its very hard to see it. Yes you locate it with herb finder. But even been close to it or next to it, it can be hard to see it. Takes used to seeing it.
My perspective on Hunters and based on my lvl 21 Alt. I've played him enough to get this perspective.
Paladin to me is much harder to play, yet we have less offensive tricks to work with. We have to be aware of so many things when we're right up under a mob. You have to think on you feet as a Paladin and have to think ahead of what your gona do next or how your gona react. Definetly not easy mode class. But i love been a Paladin all the same.