Update - After the storm

Ladies, gents. I've been majorly busy lately with life and WoW (Lichking release doesnt really give you room to breath, I've noticed).

Anyways. Lich king released and I started with finishing up Netherstorm and fishing for Mr Pinchy. I managed to get Mr Pinchy after around 10 casts and got him on the second cooldown out of three (The cooldown is 2 days and he has 5 different outcomes).

Netherstorm made me level up to 71 and now I am going for 72 in Borean Tundra.

What else? Instead of going with the rush in Borean i went to Dalaran and completed a VERY annoying achievement that involves fishing up an amazing amount of coins out of the fountain (Yes the very fountain that I detested in beta due to it being no water in it, and ofc i fell down).

Borean is alot more calm now then it was before, so I keep enjoying the content, the surroundings and will continue leveling in this rather slow pace.

Til we meet again.

/Lonnie

Guild meeting + random rambling

So yesterday I met up with two of my co-officers/leaders of the guild + another one of my dear friends, for a nice movienight and some fun. Watched Iron man and Kung-fu panda and ate a shitload of crisps. Alot of fun and I hope we can get together and do something else sometime!

What else, what else?..

I've been attempting to finish up everything that I want to finish up before WOTLK arrives. Unfortunately it doesnt seem to want to go my way. I'm attempting to fish Mr Pinchy up but with no luck. I'm also trying to finish up Netherstorm aswell as Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor for the Loremaster title, but its taking an amazingly long time.

Ohwell, Guess I'll have to stick through the old world for once, endless grinding is much more pleasant when it has an ending!

/Lonnie, Pinchy-less and loremaster-less.

Lords of Ironhearts goes Black Temple

Lords of Ironhearts versus BT

So my dear friend Ferengus showed me a video made by a guy named Richie in his guild, its from their Black Temple runs. I gotta say i really like it and figured it deserved a spot here. I got alot of friends in LoIH and I wish them best of luck with raiding in WOTLK aswell (And hoping for some more of these goodlookin movies).

/Lonnie, Wanna to BT aswell!

Mount Hyjal!

Morning and afternoon ladies and gents! My friend Caylie asked me if i wanted to come and do MH with him and some other people and I gladly accepted (Wanted my last rep).

Got first two bosses down and went on to horde side. My internet managed to fail madly (Yet again) and I dced halfway through the packs. Oh well, I guess theres always another time. It was fun nevertheless guys, thanks for the invite and I deeply apologize about the DC.

Also went to AQ40/BWL/MC, was alot of fun but too much drama (Aka probably too much beer in some people). Ohwell, guess the oldskool raids will be put on halt from now on due to WOTLK!

/Lonnie, Still not exalted with Scale of the sands.

WOTLK - Poll!

Hey everyone, been a busy last couple of days. The WOTLK preparation I posted was supposed to be in the paper me and Skitty has been working on but unfortunately we wont be able to release it in time so I posted it here instead!

Been lurking the forums as usual and came across this poll about what the players will do first when Lich King gets released. The numbers are quite fun to see, and frankly I wouldve thought more people wouldve gone for leveling to 80!

Check it out here, and cast your vote aswell

Will make another update later on, with what's been going on in WoW lately!

/Lonnie, will level to 80.

WOTLK - Are you prepared?

Wrath of the Lich King will be released November 13^th and approaching with rapid speed, I’ve been trying to prepare for WOTLK myself and thought I’d share my little tips and tricks.

Professions

Primary Professions: Now is the time to level up that profession you haven’t bothered with before. Getting to 375 is not necessary but I highly recommend it. If you don’t want to go as high as 375, 350 is the minimum you need to get Grandmaster skill in WOTLK. You will probably not be able to learn many new Formulas and plans etc if you are at 350 skill though. As I said, I highly recommending going straight up to 375 now as the prices are probably lower, and it will give you a great starting point for WOTLK.

Secondary Professions:

I’m certain that a lot of people have been doing it my way when it comes to the Secondary Professions, aka ignoring them. I found myself in major struggle 3 months ago when I realized that I should’ve leveled First Aid, Cooking and Fishing to be able to gain titles such as Salty and Chef when the Achievement system came. Cooking was the biggest struggle, but having the Add-on Ackis recipe-list helped a huge lot. Ackis is currently undergoing maintenance as far as I’m aware of, but there is a working one that contains all Burning crusade and classic recipes for all professions but Inscription.

Summary: Level your professions now for easier access to WOTLK recipes. Download the add-on Ackis Recipe-list to level your professions with ease.

Selling off items:

My bank is filled with all sorts of different items with everything from Un-used pets from Christmas to gems, ores and flowers. In preparation for WOTLK I have started selling off some items of lesser use and I thought I’d give a heads up on what I will sell and what I will keep and sell when WOTLK comes out instead.

We all know that there will be a lot of Deathknights and I’m sure a lot of them will want to power level their professions to be able to focus on levelling instead. I highly suggest saving all pure profession items such as metal bars (For Blacksmiths and JC’s), outland enchanting items, gems and such and sell them when WOTLK has arrived.

When it comes to cloth, there is an ongoing mad rep-grind for the Alliance/Horde forces due to the Achievement for the “Ambassador” title, and I’ve sold off all the Runecloth I had for a great profit. When it comes to the Netherweave I suggest either levelling up First Aid, and if you already have that then you should probably sell that off too as the First Aid will begin with the new cloth from 375 in comparison to last year when you had to level with Runecloth to get Netherweave Bandage.

If you have any rare un-used pets in your banks that you don’t need or want to use then I’d suggest selling that as well. There is a lot of people going for the 50 vanity pets achievements for the Mini-pet Skunk Reward and vanity pets sell for big profit right now due to that. Horde pets sell well on Alliance auction house and vice versa for Alliance pets and Horde auction house so if you have any of those, throw them up as well!

If you have some Badges of Justice that you can’t use on anything, buy some epic gems or Nether Vortexes and put them up on the auction house for profit and riddance of those un-useable Badges.

Summary: Save pure Profession items. Sell off cloth, sell vanity pets and other items of lesser use. Trade Badges of Justice for epic gems or Vortexes and sell them aswell.

Preparing for leveling:

The first step is to decide what class you want to play if you have multiple characters to choose from. I will continue playing my paladin due to their versatility and ability to change into whatever role they want to. Read up on your class-changes, new spells etc on the official forums and other wow-related sites such as Worldofraids.com.

When you’ve done that, it’s a nice idea to clear out your bags the last couple of days to get a fresh start with empty bags. Stock up with 2-3 stacks of bandages and some food/water as well as some mana/health injectors (They stack in bigger piles then potions).

If you are going to level by going instancing with some friends, some repair bots might come in handy too!

As Arena points will get reset when WOTLK goes live I suggest you buy some gear for them now for easier start of your leveling (Unless you already have better gear). Anything helps, and if they’re going to get wiped anyways, why not spend it on something that will give you some aid?

Summary: Stack up on some mana/health injectors, some stacks of bandages and clear out your bags before you venture into Northrend. Buy some arena gear for easier levelling in case those items are better then your current items.

This is slightly long, but I hope someone has managed to read through it and has found some help in their WOTLK preparation!

/Lonnie, is prepared!

The air is changing..

The air and Buzz feels different now, almost a week before WOTLK release. Alot of people have given up on Burning crusade progress and is now basically finishing up the achivements they need to, to be able to leave it all behind. Been sneaking around on the forums (as usual) and thought I'd give you two of the highlights :

Jame's WOTLK leveling guide :
Jame is well known in the World of warcraft circuits due to his/her leveling guides, now he/she has released(Or will very shortly atleast) the WOTLK version of this guide.

Check it out here

4/11 - New patch incoming :
3.0.3 will be released tomorrow and some of the highlights(Or lowlights in some cases) of that patch is:
- A mask for all occasions - REMOVED from meta achievement.
- Druid talents refunded.
- Paladins are getting the nerfhammer.
- The levelrequirement to train gatheringskills - REMOVED.

Check the rest of the patchnotes out here

/Lonnie, awaiting patchday paradise for her title.

AQ Scepter Quest-chain, Part 1!

So I decided to go for the epic cooking recipe and that involved me doing the scepter chain for the AQ40 opening. I got sent out into the south sea's to an island outside the map. I almost died on my quest to get there but with some healthpots, some healthstone, bubble, lay on hands and constant Holy Shock spam. After walking around there in awe of the pineapple wallpaper, the big oilpump and the random pirates walking around there my friend Coldheaven came along to watch this nice easter-egg by himself.

Found my questitem and after a couple of follow-ups(That involved killing majorly ANNOYING chimaeras that i only got down cause Skitty and Coldheaven came to help me) I finally got my epic cooking recipe! If you havent done it yet, you should do it. The island, the pirates, the pineapples and the piles of questitems in teh south seas is totally worth it!

/Lonnie, epic chef.

Kael'thas and Vashj!

My dear friend Pisa (Parma) asked if I was in the mood of coming to Tempest Keep to kill Kael'thas earlier today and as I hadnt done KT before I accepted with joy and brought Coldheaven along to share my OOOH's and AAAH's with!

Went to TK and got Kael'thas down on first attempt and I won the quest-item which gave me a nice Neck (And some rep, cant forget the rep). And I got to hold legendarys! I felt powerful there for a moment! ^-^

Went to Vashj and got her down on first try aswell (With a pug, may I add. Im amazed.) and I won the headpiece that dropped from her. Was a trixy fight but we made it through!

So thanks to Pisa/Parma for poking me along and to Coldheaven for joining me in the madness!

/Lonniecakes, the destroyer of Tempest Keep and Serpentshrine Caverns?

How to annoy city-raiders!

Bojax.wmv

Skitty linked me this absolutely hilarious video a while ago, I gotta say, I chuckled like mad after I realized what happened. More destruction to the people, Thunderbluff is now a place to go if you're suicidal!

/Lonnie, not going to Thunderbluff (Without bubble)!

AB night with Cold and Darl!

Me, Darlene and Coldheaven (Aka the Paladin crew) has been having a really nice AB night today, still going strong. Completed quite some AB achievements and still working on a few. Frankly I wish I'd be able to track more then 1 achievement at the time. Atleast 2 please, It's getting annoying having to toggle in and out to see the progress of some stuff.

Yesterday we did AQ20/40, MC, BWL and ZG with the same old crew (Scorp, Straf, Darl, Pisa etc). Nothing I really wanted dropped. Managed to get some T1 parts for the oldschool feel but what I really want is a red mount from AQ40 and Tier 2.

Also a mage friend of mine named Azuroz has obtained 2 Tiny Crimson Whelplings in 20 minutes grinding, I'm jealous and considering going back to grinding that one yet again but meh.. It's so boring!

/Lonnie, Disgracin' the Basin