Leveling a few alts

8/5/08

Well, I buckled down over the weekend, and got my Darrowmere rogue Thrillkiller from 11 to 17, clearing out most of the quests in the Ghostlands. I also discovered that there’s a flight point by Zula’Aman, which I had never discovered before. :)

I also took most of Sunday to level my Darrowmere mage Clockwrkmage from 11-20, finally FINALLY unlocking 160-235 level in enchanting (luv the +10 passive BE bonus). Now I can start putting some useful enchants on my toons, and get them to grind out levels faster.

I even found the time to get a run thru WC for my undead twink Annihilus, getting her what equipment I could from WC, while keeping careful watch that I didn’t get to level 20. I was fortunate that Serpent's Shoulders and [Venomstrike] dropped, but I totally regret grinding rep with Tranquillien. I got 2 cloaks [Glowing Lizardscale Cloak] and Sporid Cape], both of which are better than the cloak you get at exalted status with Tranquillien. I should have just come to Xroads at around level 12, and gotten runs thru WC until I got all the drops I needed. Oh well, live and learn.

It will be interesting having a rogue twink, since I’m used to having hunter twinks. I just need to level Jewelcrafting to 150, get some enchants slapped on my equipment, get GavelofPain to level 20 and turn him into a leatherworker to make me a Deviate scale belt, and I’m set. GavelofPain is level 10, btw. In October I’ll have been playing WOW for 2 years, and I’ve gotten only about 8 toons up to the 40ish level. I wonder why…….

I know I overplan stuff, but I’m a very defensive player, and I like to have the best equipment available. I’m actually proud of myself, I didn’t make sure that all my stuff for my level 10’s were enchanted, and I didn’t make the same mistake as I did on Demon Soul, where the toons banks were totally filled with a succession of gear to wear at different levels. Instead, their banks are filled with recipes for their future professions. :)

The planning of a Twink

8/1/08

I decided to level my future Darrowmere twink rogue Annihilus last night, getting her from level 16 to level 18 in about 1.5 hours. One of the problems I have is trying NOT to accumulate experience while questing, as I only want to rack up reputation with Tranquillien, since I’ll probably have her run through Wailing Caverns and perhaps the Deadmines as well. I know Deadmines has a bunch of blue static drops that are useful for Rogues, such as Buzzer Blade and Buzz Saw from Sneed’s Shredder, Smelting Pants from Gilnid, and Blackened Defias Armor from Van Cleef. From Wailing CavernsI’d want Serpent's Shoulders from Lady Anaconda, Tail Spike from Skum, and [Venomstrike] from Lord Serpentis if I can get them. I also need to run around Stranglethorn Vale to discover Yojamba Isle, get the flight points for Grom’gol and Booty Bay, and then drop mining and take up Jewelcrafting (for the healing stone statues, and to make rings and necklaces for my other alts) once I’m ready to do WSG.

It’s funny, I do all this preparation, and I bet I’ll probably barely play her in the battlegrounds. I just can’t grind anything….except professions, and I’ve gotten that down to a science, whereas before it could take a couple of hours to get from like 150 to 225 engineering, it only takes me about 30 minutes now. Granted, I could use a leveling guide, and have ALL the materials ready beforehand, but I usually am able to pick out what I need from my guild bank, and I usually deviate from the guides as I level, since I’m usually making at least 8-10 of every item, to use on my toons as I’m leveling up.

Take Jewelcrafting, for instance. I’ll be making copious quantities of the Aquamarine Pendant of the Warrior and the Pendant of the Agate Shield, since most of my toons can benefit from the extra stamina, which stacks on top of scroll and well-fed buffs. So, the guides out there don’t really work for me.