Enchanting
I had time to do a big tailoring/enchanting session with Maexyn. By repeatedly putting +stamina on her chest she got her enchanting to level 175. I then did the irresistable: bought a pathetic elemental-slaying enchant for 11g (stupid money) just for the weapon glow! She still had a level 6 +1 stamina dagger so I bought her a staff (crappy but cheap, +4 stamina and strength but not much to choose from) and enchanted it. The top of the staff now glows in a rudolph-with-batteries-going-flat kind of way. She bought Maezyn a new +attack power dagger, enchanted it and mailed it to her. Maez will be needing another glowing dagger or she will look imbalanced. With Maezyn I am only using dual-weild daggers so she always has good melee skill and disengage will land: I just don't want to mess around levelling melee weapons.
I'd post a picture of the glow but it's such a pain. It would be easier to take a photo and put it on the moblog.
UPDATE: the glow is more impressive on Maezyn's dagger.
Tailoring
I blew Maexyn's silk stocks and she can almost make level 29 gear, she being 30. Her first aid will have to wait for fresh grinding, although she isn't using her bandages very much (no time to bandage when drain tanking).
Peter's Moblog
Hi Peter,
I spent some time on my lvl 50 lock over the weekend to get his enchanting up to 335. Damn expensive and continues to be a drain. I have decided that there is no real point in rushing the enchanting on this toon until I get him to outlands and the drops and quest rewards can be DE'd. I am running Kolan around raiding and doing dailys and heroics but am now finding that most of the drops for him are bop and are just being vendored so I am not picking up essences or dust etc. Such a pity to have to vendor "The Sun Eater" sword from heroic Mech. Most of the warriors and paillies in the guild crave it and I can't even de.
Cheers
Peter