Warlords of Draenor - Month 20

Of Pet-less Hunters and Demon Hunters

This has been an entirely new month for me. When the patch hit there was the first change. Achievement Points!

Left is Patch 6.2.4. Right is Patch 7.0.3

New achievements added, some achievements moved categories, others thrown into Legacy.

Next up was the Wardrobe. So on my Marksman Hunter I set about trying to collect all the transmogs from Classic Dungeons.

The old transmog runs stopped when the Legion Invasions began.

Just been running a lot of invasions to gear up my alts. They are now all sitting around the 700 item level range now. I've grabbed all the new event-transmogs. Also very happy to find Ravika and her old Patch 5.3 Toys. At 285 Toys now.

I'm at 204/250 PVP pet battles wins for the pet (Brutal Pet Brawler). I haven't played much with the new changes to balances yet.

 

But I've really been enjoying the pre-expansion patch!

Warlords of Draenor - Month 19

 

Gear & Raids:

McTacky - Item Level: 728 (Ret)/723 (Holy)

 

Pets/Mounts/Toys:

Obtained a little progress on Brutal Pet Brawler (at 182/250 PVP pet battles wins for the pet). Doing to keep working on this over the rest of the pet battle weekend.

Dungeons/Quests:
Completed one of each of the Mythic Dungeons now (I had only done 3 before this month). Obtained my Strength-DPS Heirloom Trinket. Was a breeze with my Mythic Raid geared guildies with me. Ran a few more dungeons on my Hunter without an Agility-DPS Trinket.

Finished grinding the first 5000 Blackfang Claws for Rumble in the Jungle. I am still 1500 claws shy of the mount since I purchased the pet and follower.

Achievement Catagories:

Quests and Exploration are both now complete. Joining Professions and Reputation. PVP is still clearly my weak point.

Thoughts
The Legion pre-patch is 4 days away. Legion is now 6 weeks away. I think I've done everything (except PvP) that Warlords of Draenor has to offer.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 18

Gear & Raids:

McTacky - Item Level 728 (Ret) - Unchanged.

● Glory of the Hellfire Raider (12 13/13) Complete

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
No new pets or toys this month. No progress on Brutal Pet Brawler for the Stunted Direhorn pet (150/250 PVP pet battles wins currently). Finally obtained the [Spineclaw Crab] for Going To Need A Bigger Bag.

Fishing/Archaeology:
Draenor Arachnology Complete. Last three Pristines obtained.
● Draenor Clans (18 19/19), Arakkoa (8 10/10)

Took: 319 Draenor Clan Solves, 147 Arakkoa Solves, 192 Ogre Solves. 658 Total

Fished up the last 30 Lunkers the for the Draenor Water Strider mount.

Thoughts
Legion is now 11 weeks away. This month I felt I finished Draenor. Grinded out the last of Archaeology and Fishing for Draenor.  My guild leader Navimie organised a run to finish the Achievements in Hellfire Citadel. Even finished Inspector Gadgetzan at long last.

I've been stockpiling Garrsion Salvage Crates on all my alts for when the pre-expansion patch hits for a number of transmog unlocks. Pushing Garrsion Mission Table as much as I can before the Gold Missions are removed.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 17

(Pic Here)

 

Gear & Raids:

McTacky - Item Level 728 (Ret)

One item levels this month from upgrading gear with valor.
Valor Needed:
750 0 for Ret set
3,250 for Holy set

 

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
Finally obtained all the garrison music rolls. My Overwatch pet unlocked. No progress on Brutal Pet Brawler for the Stunted Direhorn pet (150/250 PVP pet battles wins atm).

I already own a [Spineclaw Crab], but I need to loot one on Timeless Isle to finish off Going To Need A Bigger Bag.

Fished up 30 Lunkers this month. Still need 30 more for the Draenor Water Strider mount.

Thoughts
I spent a bunch of this month camping Timeless Isle (for Going To Need A Bigger Bag items) while playing Xenoblade or the new season of Diablo. I haven't felt very engaged with World of Warcraft this month.

Legion was announced during the month. It is now 15 weeks away.

The Spineclaw Crab has me frustrated, 1100 kills of normal crabs and only seen the rare 9 times.

Legion Announcement

So the release date of Legion was announced today.

It'll be two weeks after my Warlords 20th Month update.

The only Draenor Specific things I have left to do is Archaeology (3 Pristines) & Fishing (60 Lunkers). I don't feel a deadline hanging over me like I did when the end of Pandaria was announced.

But once the pre-patch hits I'll be rushing around old dungeons to fill out the new transmog system, that is for certain.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 16

Cavern of Lost Spirits on Timeless Isle

 Gear & Raids:McTacky - Item Level 727 (Ret)

Zero item levels this month.
Valor Needed: 1250 750 for rest of Ret set

 

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
Obtained the garrison song from Nefarian (Blackwing Descent), Just the garrison song from Kel'Thuzad (Naxxramas) left.

Grabbed a couple new pets, pushing my total to 742. (McTacky's WarcraftPets profile). Hit number 1 on server because Jazeel removed their profile from the page. Trying to get Brutal Pet Brawler (150/250 PVP pet battles wins atm) for the Stunted Direhorn pet.

Going To Need A Bigger Bag
● [Captain Zvezdan's Lost Leg] Rattleskew
● [Ordon Death Chime] Flintlord Gairan
● [Death Adder Hatchling] Imperial Python
● [Jadefire Spirit] Spirit of Jadefire
● [Ruby Droplet] Garnia
● [Spineclaw Crab] Monstrous Spineclaw

Fishing/Archaeology:
One new Pristine.
● Draenor Clans (17 18/19), Arakkoa (8/10)

No progress on fishing.
● Fishing 60 Lunkers ~5 lunkers per hr  = ~12 hrs total

Crafting:
Nothing new for Jewelcrafting, still 8 recipies left.
● 1 Rep (Aldor), 3 Raid (Sunwell), 1 Dungeon (Old Hillsbrad), 1 World Drop (Cataclysm), 2 Tanaan Jungle Recipes (note - farm some Felbight to finish Tanaan ones off)

Thoughts
The start of the month felt a little listless having finished my enormous pet levelling project. I did Archaeology for a while, but got little progress.

Returned to Timeless Isle to afk-camp for Going To Need A Bigger Bag items. While afk camping I've been playing Hearthstone and Stardew Valley.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 15

Me vs Jazeel

 

Gear & Raids:
McTacky - Item Level 727 (Ret)

Two more item levels this month. via Valor upgrades alone.

Valor Needed: 2500 1250 for rest of Ret set

Raid Stuff to do:
● Clear Heroic Highmaul (1/7)
● Clear Heroic Blackrock Foundry (9/10) (Need Heroic Blackhand)
● Clear Mythic Blackrock Foundry (6 9/10) (Need Mythic Blackhand)
● Clear Mythic Hellfire Citadel (0 1/13)
● Glory of the Draenor Raider (14/17) (All 3 from Highmaul)
● Glory of the Hellfire Raider (12/13) (Need I'm a Soul Man)

Old Raid Stuff to do:
● Glory of the Pandaria Raider (22/30)
● Glory of the Orgrimmar Raider (13/14) (Fire in the Hole! left)

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
Grabbed a few items that will become toys in Legion but still aren't toys yet, but I haven't grabbed all the items yet. Storage space is at a premium so thank goodness for my alts being able to hold the toy items.

Still no luck with the two garrison songs that drop from Nefarian (Blackwing Descent) and  Kel'Thuzad (Naxxramas), but I've forgotten to try for them the past couple of weeks.

(McTacky's WarcraftPets profile). Finished all my pet levelling. All 739 of my Combat Pets are level 25 and rare. Obtained another Refer-a-Friend pet this month. I also levelled a Horde Warlock to Level 100 just doing pet battles.

The only mount I got this month was one of the 5 Alliance honor mounts. All honor from from Garrison Mission Table. The 130 attempts at The Love Rocket yielded zero Love Rocket mounts.

Fishing/Archaeology:
Finished off Ogre, got a couple to go on each of the others.
● Draenor Clans (17/19), Ogre (10/10), Arakkoa (8/10)

More progress on fishing. Another 10 Lunkers.
● Fishing 60 Lunkers ~5 lunkers per hr  = ~12 hrs total

PvP:
Wintergrasp Meta is finished, now I have 100/100 wins.

Crafting:
Nothing new for Jewelcrafting, still 8 recipies left.
● 1 Rep (Aldor), 3 Raid (Sunwell), 1 Dungeon (Old Hillsbrad), 1 World Drop (Cataclysm), 2 Tanaan Jungle Recipies

Thoughts
After I got my last 6 Wintergrasp wins, this month has been only been about pet battles, which is appropriate considering it is Pokémon's 20th Anniversary. Now the pet battles are done, next month will be very different!

On Thursdays, Mythic Blackrock Foundary has been fun, the guild and I are on the Mythic Blackhand Fight which has been intense, we are sure to get it soon!

Nightmare Toy Scenario

 
 
 

Master Blood Knight Aloysius McTacky returned to the bar in Silvermoon City, coming back from his vacation on Timeless Isle. He had really needed a break after the Draenor Campaign came to an end.

"I see you are back from Draenor, Bartender," said McTacky.

"I have a name, you know," said Bartender.

"Let me tell you about my time on Timeless Isle," said McTacky, changing the subject as he sat down at the bar.

"Trying to magically make chocolate fast again?" asked Bartender, remembering McTacky's last Time Magic Stunt.

"I was hunting toys," said McTacky.

"Toys?" asked Bartender, raising an long red elven eyebrow.

"Indeed, and I obtained them all. The worse was the Warning Sign. I slain 313 of those Ordon yaungol for it. It was hard work, but I got the job done!"

"You murdered the locals... for toys?" asked Bartender.

"An a mount!" smiled McTacky, "it was all justified since Ordon and his fire cult are evil (except when I invoke his power for bloody coins). I managed obtain all the Toys before my vacation was over."

"You at least got, Hardened Shell and Ash-Covered Horn?" asked Bartender, grumpy at McTacky's comments about fire magic.

"I found them, but they aren't Official 6.0 Toys so I didn't keep them," said McTacky.

"Oh.... the official Toy Classification Agency is going to make them Official 7.0 Toys that can go into the 7.0 Toybox," said Bartender.

McTacky's face went pale as the realisation and Horror set in.

"No!" spoke McTacky quietly in disbelief.

"Read the list there. There 5 items from Timeless Isle will be 7.0 Toys," said Bartender.

"I have to go back," said McTacky, almost whispering as he stood up.

"No you don't. They are just toys," pointed out Bartender.

"I have to go back," said McTacky, walking out of the bar in a daze.

McTacky could feel the ghost of Jakur of Ordon was mocking him, having gotten the last laugh.


Edit: I found the Ash-Covered Horn in an alt's bank, but this post still stands. More items from old expansions are being made toys and I threw them away before I found out.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 14

318 Kills

Gear & Raids:
McTacky - Item Level 725 (Ret)

Just 2 items levels this month. Gained zero Valor this month. So Lazy!
Valor Needed: 2500 for rest of Ret set

Raid Stuff to do:
● Clear Heroic Highmaul (1/7)
● Clear Heroic Blackrock Foundary (9/10) (Need Heroic Blackhand)
● Clear Mythic Blackrock Foundary (6/10)
● Clear Heroic Hellfire Citadel (13/13) Complete
● Clear Mythic Hellfire Citadel (0/13)
● Glory of the Draenor Raider (14/17) (All 3 from Highmaul)
● Glory of the Hellfire Raider (12/13) (Need I'm a Soul Man)

Old Raid Stuff to do:
● Glory of the Pandaria Raider (22/31) (22/30 since hotfix)
● Glory of the Thundering Raider (23/23) Complete
● Glory of the Orgrimmar Raider (13/14) (Fire in the Hole! left)

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
Faith gave me the last pickpocketing Dice Toy. Also finally got my Warning Sign from Tmeless Isle after killing the rare 318 times.

Still still hunting the last two garrison songs that drop from Nefarian (Blackwing Descent) and  Kel'Thuzad (Naxxramas).

(McTacky's WarcraftPets profile).  Obtained a Refer-a-Friend pet this month, otherwise just been levelling them. 164 pets left to level.

Last months pet calculations were flawed. I didn't take into account that the Mystery Bags will give me worthless level up stones once a pet family is finished. 109 Days if I only get Pet Charms from Garrsion pet battles and buy only Mystery Bags. 72 Days if I swap to Flawless Battle-Training Stones when I have 5 Pet Families left.

Avg Flawless Battle-Training Stone Per Day = 30 (Avg 90 Pet Charms Per Day)
Avg Battle-Training Stone Token Per Day = 60 (1 Mystery Bag = 1⅓ Battle-Training Stone Tokens) (Avg 45 Mystery Bags Per Day) (Avg Battle-Training Stone Token Per Class Per Day = 6)

Overall it is more efficient if you swap to Flawless Battle-Training Stones at 4 Classes Left the two methods are at parity at 5. I will be using other pet levelling methods to supplement the garrison pet battles to make it go faster than 72 Days.

Fishing/Archaeology:
A little archaeology, 10 pristine artefacts to go now.
● Draenor Clans (14/19), Ogre (9/10), Arakkoa (6/10)

More progress on fishing. Another 10 Lunkers.
● Fishing 70 Lunkers ~5 lunkers per hr  = ~14 hrs total

PvP:
I finished up Draenei and Worgen Nemesis Quests. The guild helped with Kill Fight Salute! All done now!

Did a heap of Wintergrasp. Now at 94/100 wins for the Wintergrasp Meta Achievement.

Crafting:
I got a Jewelcrafting recipe! Down to 8 recipies left.
● 1 Rep (Aldor), 3 Raid (Sunwell), 1 Dungeon (Old Hillsbrad), 1 World Drop (Cataclysm), 3 2 Tanaan Jungle Recipies

Thoughts
Something I haven't talked about for Draenor is the different way I've been playing the game this year. This year in Warcraft, I've tried to be less of an ability clicker. I used to just use the numbers 1-5 and click the other buttons. Now I have moved strafe to A and D and bound Q, E, R & T to spell bar just above 1-5, giving me better options.

This month wasn't any different from last month for me. Most of the time I was Jakur for the toy I finally got 2 days ago. Also been jumping into Wintergrasp every time I notice it is up. Of course there is also all the garrison pet battles each day.

With Jakur done and Wintergrasp almost done, next month is set to be a different sort of month than the past two months.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 13

This was my Month, this spot, this mob. Over and over...

 

Gear & Raids:
McTacky - Item Level 723 (Ret)

Barely earned any Valor this month so item level just went up 2 points.

Raid Stuff to do:
● Clear Heroic Highmaul (1/7)
● Clear Mythic Highmaul (7/7)
● Clear Normal Blackrock Foundary (10/10) Complete
● Clear Heroic Blackrock Foundary (9/10) (Need Heroic Blackhand)
● Clear Mythic Blackrock Foundary (0/10)
● Clear Heroic Hellfire Citadel (12/13) (Need Heroic Xhul'horac)
● Clear Mythic Hellfire Citadel (0/13)
● Glory of the Draenor Raider (14/17)
● Glory of the Hellfire Raider (12/13) (Need I'm a Soul Man)

Old Raid Stuff to do:
● Glory of the Pandaria Raider (22/31) (22/30 since hotfix)
● Glory of the Thundering Raider (22/23) (Lei Shen with Diffusion Chain Conduit)
● Glory of the Orgrimmar Raider (13/14) (Fire in the Hole! left)

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
I purchased the Wind Rider Cub Plush and Gryphon Hatchling Plush and got their in-game pets with them. Crooked got me a Grumpling. At 738 unique pets now. (McTacky's WarcraftPets profile).

With Toys, I obtained a heap, and now camping Timeless Isle for Warning Sign. Keep forgetting to do the Alliance Garrison Campaign each week on my Warlock for the toy from that.

I obtained the last mount from the Argent Tournament . All that is left to get the pony for my Squire, which can wait.

Still hunting the last two garrison songs that drop from Nefarian (Blackwing Descent) and  Kel'Thuzad (Naxxramas).

Fishing/Archaeology:
Not much archaeology, still 12 pristine artefacts to go left like last month.
● Draenor Clans (13/19), Ogre (9/10), Arakkoa (5/10)

Caught 10 lunkers again this month from Fishing. 80 to go for Reins of the Crimson Water Strider.

PvP:
I finished up Dwarf, Gnome and Pandaren Nemesis Quests. Just Draenei and Worgen left.

Did a heap of Wintergrasp. Now 70/100 wins for the Meta Achievement.

Crafting:
No progress on Jewelcrafting. Still 9 recipies to go.
● 1 Rep (Aldor), 3 Raid (Sunwell), 1 Dungeon (Old Hillsbrad), 1 World Drop (Cataclysm), 3 Tanaan Jungle Recipies

Thoughts
Every week I look forward to Thursdays the most, since that is when we are doing Draenor Raid achievements instead of progression.

Outside of Thursdays I feel spread thin, trying to do multiple things at once. I feel I got to get some of these things completed instead of going on piecemeal.

Active Grind:
Draenei & Worgen Nemesis ~need to get a group together for it
Archeology ~fewer pristine left, the harder it gets
Camping Warning Sign (respawns 30-60 min) ~a second to kill, hours of camping.
Fishing 80 Lunkers ~5 lunkers per hr  = 16 hrs total
Pet Leveling (almost 300 pets/4500 approx levels left) ~60.5 levels per day via Pet Charms = 74 days

Passive Grind:
Daily Heroic (once per day) ~15-25 minutes
30 Wintergrasp Wins (once every 2 hours) ~20-30 minutes
7 Alliance Garrison Campaign Quests (once every week) ~15-25 minutes

My plan was to just camp out the Warning Sign while doing Wintergrasp when it was up, since those two seem the easiest to completed 100% and get off the list. It is logical, however at 170 kills for the warning sign without it dropping means I could have gotten the fishing done in that time.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 12

 

 

Gear & Raids:
McTacky - Item Level 721 (Ret)

Slowly earning the Valor to get my gear upgraded has pushed me up to 721 so far, still have many pieces to upgrade. I keep forgetting to do my daily heroic dungeon, if I did that I would be futher along.

Since last month I'm now 11/13 in Hellfire Citadel Heroic. I still need Tyrant Velhari and Xhul'horac. I completed Mythic Highmaul with the guild this week, which was relatively easy because of our item level.

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
I obtained Reins of the Grove Warden thanks to my guild.

Other than Crawling Claw, I have all the tradable pets. At 734 unique pets now. (McTacky's WarcraftPets profile).

I've been hunting down missing Toys in-game, once-per-day camping rares that drop the toy I need. I also had my rogue do some mass pickpocketing in Northrend trying to get some of the Dice toys, no luck. Doing the Alliance Garrison Campaign on my Warlock at the moment, which also rewards a toy.

Fishing/Archaeology:
Still grinding away at archaeology, 12 pristine artefacts left. Still no Pet or Mount from Tol'Vir.

Caught 10 lunkers this month from Fishing, far away from getting the Draenor version of the Water Strider Mount.

Thoughts
I don't feel burned out on World of Warcraft anymore. This phase of an expansion is always my favourite. The focus away from progression to completion is always my preference. I know you can't be a completionist without doing some progression, but I find it more fun. Which is what I need after the past few months of the dull & un-fun Hellfire Citadel Raid.

No grand insight to the past 12 months, just this was the expansion that give me lots of gold to buy the things I've always wanted. It was the expansion that had a lot of stuff with the Blood Knights and the Frostwolves in-game.

The inevitable WoD Bucket List

Dungeon Stuff to do:
● Glory of the Draenor Hero (6/23)
● Do the Mythic Dungeons (4/8)

Raid Stuff to do:
● Clear Heroic Highmaul (1/7)
● Clear Normal Blackrock Foundary (8/10)
● Clear Heroic Blackrock Foundary (9/10)
● Clear Heroic Hellfire Citadel (10/13)
● Glory of the Hellfire Raider (10/13)

Old Raid Stuff to do:
● Glory of the Pandaria Raider (20/31)
● Glory of the Thundering Raider (22/23)
● Glory of the Orgrimmar Raider (13/14)

Misc Stuff to do:
● 2 Songs - Nefarian (Blackwing Descent), Kel'Thuzad (Naxxramas)
● 2680/5000 Blackfang Claws
● Pristine Archaeology (19/39) - Draenor Clans (8/19), Ogre (7/10), Arakkoa (4/10)
● Nemesis Kills (2/7)

Old Misc Stuff to do:
● 1 Argent Tournament Mount
● Tol'vir Archaeology - Need the Pet & Mount.

Jewelcrafting Recipe Collection: 6 + 3
● 1 Rep (Aldor), 3 Raid (Sunwell), 1 Dungeon (Old Hillsbrad), 1 World Drop (Cataclysm), 3 Tanaan Jungle Recipies

Repost: Pilgrims Bounty Shopping List

Merry Pilgrims Bounty! This is a repost as nothing new in 2015. However in 2014 a toy and a battle pet (Frightened Bush Chicken & Silver-Plated Turkey Shooter) were added. The items are only obtainable from the seasonal daily quest reward bag Pilgrim's Bounty.

Daily Shopping List:
Simple Flour x20
Mild Spices x20
Honey x 100 (all seasonal vendors)
Autumnal Herbs x 60 (all seasonal vendors)
Wild Turkey x20 (kill and loot them outside Undercity in Trisfal Glades)
Ripe Tirisfal Pumpkin x20 (Undercity Seasonal Vendor)
Mulgore Sweet Potato x20 (Thunderbluff Seasonal Vendor)
Tangy Southfury Cranberries x20 (Orgrimmar Seasonal Vendor)

(If you want to skip the Wild Turkey dallies, you only need to buy Honeyx60 instead)

Also if you are doing the normal quests for Pilgrim's Bounty for the first time, have 5 extra of Turkey, Pumpkin, Potato and Crandberry, but don't cook them until you have the quest for them since the quest will only credit you if you cook them while on the quest.

Because of the low drops rates per Pilgrim's Bounty I recommend doing them on all alts. Teaming up with a Mage will make traveling in-between Org-TB-UC faster.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 11

 

Gear & Raids:
McTacky - Item Level 708 (Ret)

Since month 9, I've cleared Hellfire Citadel on normal difficulty and done 8/13 on heroic with the guild (the guild has cleared all 13 without me however).

The only fun I've been having is with the people in the raid. I still find the instance itself frightfully dull and the atmosphere boring. The only fights that are interesting is the robot boss (Iron Reaver), the Bird Boss (Shadow-Lord Iskar).

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
Still using WarcraftPets.com profile to keep track of it all, and I am now at 731 unique pets.

Being able to collect Terky in-game was great. Still Blizzard still has no record of my Hunter having ever earned the Spirit of Competition so I still haven't been able to restore that.

1750/2000 Draenor Pet Battles now. Going to push thought at least another 50 levelling battles in the next couple of days since it is currently Pet Battle Weekend.

I just have one Argent Tournament mount left. 150 more tokens to go.

Fishing/Archaeology:
A few more Pristine Artefacts obtained. About half way now.

Thoughts
I've been 100% burned out on WOW the past few months. I never liked Hellfire Citadel and having a year more of it feels like a punishment. Grinding out the PVP achievements

In the past 3 months I've been playing more Diablo (Season 4) and the new StarCraft Expansion. Also in the beta for Overwatch. Non-blizzard has been City Skylines and some weeboo Vita games. I've come back to WoW more to keep levelling up my pets.

As for the Blizzcon announcements, I am happy that the expanded Transmogrify ability to choose items from old quests, even rewards you didn't choose. Which means I can Quel'Delar with 2 hander and 1 hander from the A Victory For The Sunreavers quest. That is exactly what my new Ashbringer next expansion will be transformed into the moment I obtain it.

Blizcon's Warcraft cinematic trailers were good looking. I avoid looking at the actual new content that is in the expansion, I don't want to spoil myself for the stuff when it comes out.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 9

Gear & Raids:
McTacky - Item Level 701 (Ret)

With the patch, the Guild's Casual Raid Group is running again on Sunday Nights. We have killed the first 7 of 13 boss in Hellfire Citadel on normal difficulty. Half the fights more annoying than fun.

PvP
Tried some Ashran since the patch changes, barely made any progress with my Dwarf kills. Is much slower going.

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
Big purchase of Reins of the Grand Expedition Yak this month wiped out my in-game savings.

Fishing/Archaeology:
No Fishing this month, still have the mount left to obtain. Archaeology on hold until flying patch.

Thoughts
Starting to feel burn out. Finished the new things for Patch 6.2, haven't visited Tanaan in a while. Been doing some of the questing on alts that missed out on questing once they hit 100.

In my rush to experience the new content, I got though it all too quickly.

McTacky vs the Silver Hand

McTacky had spent the past few months since being removed from command of his garrison (for embezzlement buying pets) doing objectives in Tanaan.

"Do you want to lead the Silver Hand?" asked Lady Liadrin, Matriarch of the Blood Knight order. McTacky's boss.

"No," said Master Blood Knight McTacky, "I'd never join the Silver Hand!"

"What about this photo?" asked Lady Liadrin?

"That is you in a the Silver Hand Tabard," added Lady Liadrin.

"That.... is a fake!" lied McTacky.

"You'll get to use the Ashbringer," added Lady Liadrin.

"I prefer the Quel'Delar," said McTacky.

"Well I use the Quel'Delar, not you," said Lady Liadrin.

"But I am holding a Quel'Delar as well," said McTacky.

"That is the Quel'Delar, Lens of the Mind, I have the Lore Quel'Delar," said Lady Liadrin.





"But Archmage Aethas Sunreaver told everyone I was the bearer of Quel'Delar," said McTacky.

"I think you are remembering incorrectly," said Lady Liadrin.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 8

Garrisons:
Level 3 Garrisons - Paladin, Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, Priest, Mage, Druid, Death Knight, Alliance Warlock, Rogue

Rogue hit max level with Pet Battles just before the patch hit. Shipyards have been largely annoying, but the hotfix to add a Shipyard mission table inside the townhall at level 3 shipyards helps a little, but the system feels half-baked.

Gear & Raids:
McTacky - Item Level 694/684 (Ret/Holy)

With the patch, the Guild's Casual Raid Group is running again on Sunday Nights. We have killed the first 7 of 13 boss in Hellfire Citadel on normal difficulty. Half the fights more annoying than fun.

PvP
Tried some Ashran since the patch changes, barely made any progress with my Dwarf kills. Is much slower going.

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
I have collected a heap of new pets from the patch and converted them all to rare. Obtained many toys and mounts that a new from the patch. At 1100/2000 Draenor Pet battles now for pet Monument.

Fishing/Archaeology:
Fished up 60 of the new Felmouth Frenzy Lunkers (mostly at Thundertail Wallow) and was able to obtained the two pets from Pat Nagle. I plan to fish some more for more items off him. Still no archaeology this month, but plan to do it more once flying is patched in (I have the achievement that unlocks it).

Thoughts
For the past month I have been enjoying Patch 6.2. I am now exalted with ore of the Awakened, Saberstalkers and Vol'jin Headhunters, so I have no need to do the dailies anymore. I have unlocked everything for flying, so once it is patched in all my toons can fly in Draenor.

I have enjoyed Timeless Isle 2.0 and grouping up with guildies for objectives and rares. The Timewalking Weekends have been especially enjoyable. Felt no compulsion to even try ti Arena Skirmish weekend event.

The problem now is that I have completed all the objectives of Tanaan, so I am back where I was before the patch. Probably giving me time to get the last mounts from Argent Tournament & continuing to level my Pets.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 7

 

Garrisons:
Level 3 Garrisons - Paladin, Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, Priest, Mage, Druid, Death Knight, Alliance Warlock
Level 2 Garrisons - Rogue
(Monk is still level 80 for Herald of the Titans)

Levelled up my Druid with quests and levelled my Death Knight with pet battles. Now levelling my Rogue with Pet Battles.

Gear & Raids:
McTacky - Item Level 687/673 (Ret/Holy)

I have cleared Blackrock Foundry except for Blackhand on Heroic with the guild. I now have a full set of Heroic Tier items, including four tier items. Raids are on hiatus until the patch next week.

PvP
Done a bunch of Ashran. Finished with Humans and Nelf. Working on Dwarf now. I have been told I should have done less Pet Battles and more PvP to get Ashran finished before the patch hits, because there will be no more pre-made Ashran groups!

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
I have converted all 682 of my pets to Rare Quality. Currently levelling up the lower level ones with pet battles on toons I am levelling and using Pet Tokens to level up higher levelled ones to 25. I made a WarcraftPets.com profile to keep track.

Fishing/Archaeology:
No archaeology this month, but plan to do it more once I have flying unlocked.

Thoughts
Patch 6.2 lands next week. The Q&A explained that alt garrisons will earn less gold after the patch so this will greatly impact me, since this was my source of gold the past few months.

Patch 6.1 updated the Belf Character models, added the heirloom tab, added Blackrock Foundry and Darkmoon Faire races. All good things that I enjoyed.

3 out of 5 Phoenix

 

McTacky's Budget Blowout

"Lady Liadrin, you summoned me," said Master Blood Knight McTacky, "is this about how I defeated Blackhand?"

"You only accomplished that in LFR, it doesn't count," said Lady Liadrin, Matriarch of the Blood Knight order. McTacky's boss.

"I killed Imperator Mar'gok in Normal..." mumbled McTacky.

"I have been busy laying siege to Shattrath, and you were given command of the Frostwall Garrison," said Liadrin.

"Yes, Lady Liadrin," said McTacky.

"But I have had worrying reports of misuse of garrison funds," said Liadrin, "the garrison generates 5000 gold weekly but none of this money makes it towards the war-effort."

"That is strange," said McTacky.

"I have the Crimson and Azure Whelping you ordered," said the Ethereal Soul-Trader, appearing out of nowhere, handing McTacky two bird cages containing tiny dragons.

"Oh, thanks," said McTacky, carefully.

The Ethereal Soul-Trader then left.

"I must get back to Frostfire Ridge, Lady Liadrin," said McTacky.

"Of course," said Liadrin, "but you won't be heading back to your garrison..."

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Camping in the snow for a month as a punishment.

"Great," said McTacky sarcastically as the Frostwolves howled in the distance.

And it was snowing as well.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 6

 

Garrisons:
Level 3 Garrisons - Paladin, Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, Priest, Mage, Alliance Warlock
Level 2 Garrisons - Druid, Death Knight, Rogue
(Monk is still level 80 for Herald of the Titans)

Levelled up my Alliance Warlock with Luxy and Crooked. I though the Shadowmoon Valley questing was solid, but felt like a more traditional Warcraft zone; visit established town, help with a quest, move on. Frostfire felt we really were expanding the Frostwolf holdings in the zone. I liked the mystery plot in Shadowmoon Valley as well as the logistic storyline in trying to establish trade and supplies for the garrison.

Gear & Raids:
McTacky - Item Level 679/663 (Ret/Holy)

Finished off my legendary ring quest. so I am done with LFR for a while. Still running 'Normal Blackrock Foundry' with the guild on Sunday nights.

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
Been on a spending spree this month in AH buy pets I'd always wanted with my new-found wealth of embezzled Garrison Funds from my alts (e.g Captured Firefly, Parrot Cage (Hyacinth Macaw) ). Made the Gnomish Engineering Toys on my Alliance Warlock. Mount-wise I purchased a Vial of the Sands off the Auction House!

Trade Skills/Fishing/Archaeology:
All trade skills maxed out done now. No fishing this month. No archaeology this month.

Thoughts
Patch 6.2 will be soon and there is plenty of news leaking out about it now. Word so far that there won't be any flying in patch 6.2.. I am used to the lack of flying and only miss it for Archaeology and the World Pet battles.

The first 6 months of WoD have been very different to the first six months of Pandaria. A regular day at the moment is deploy your followers to do their quests and swap alts and repeat until all the followers are out. Then do the garrison pet fight on all my max-level followers. This usually takes 90 minutes (less time if the pet fight is a quick one). With this done I leave the garrison for the task I have decided for that day - level/quest on an alt, grind a rep, work on an achievement. I plan to start working on the Barn or Draenor Fishing Currency this week, haven't decided which yet.

Back in the first 6 months of Pandaria (25th September 2012 - 25 March 2013) Only McTacky was level capped, none of my alts had left the Farm. I'd only done half the dungeons and hadn't even gone into LFR. I got burnt out on the game and I stopped playing entirely in December to February, except to log in for world events.

WoD has been a much slower burn, far less dallies. The Garrsion Mission Table is more like a Facebook game instead of a Daily Quest/Rep Grind that Pandaria relied upon for retention.

I feel like I have so much left to do and the patch coming soon feels like a hassle to me.