Outstanding Pre-WoD Tasks

While I am still enjoying Warlords of Draenor, there are still a few things from before Draenor that I still must do:

Argent Tournament
2 more Argent Tournament Mounts (300 Tokens)
The Argent Tournament Music Sheet and the Argent Tournament Flags becoming Toys hindered this task which I have put very little time into.

Archaeology
Tol'vir Archaeology - Need the Pet & Mount.
As usual I have been doing archaeology in Draenor and using the completed artefacts to purchase Tol'vir Archaeology Fragments. But in 6.1 you can buy missions using 5 completed artefacts each. So it is affecting my progress in WoD.

Jewelcrafting
5 Jewelcrafting Recipes remain missing:
● 1 Rep (Aldor), 3 Raid (Sunwell), 1 Dungeon (Old Hillsbrad).

All of these recipes require an extensive grind which I haven't put any time into since WoD was released.

Reputations
Shado-Pan Assault is still only Revered. I have made some more progress into the rep during this expansion during achievement runs (gone from 8399 pre 6.0.2 to 16889 atm). Just over one more full clear will get me this reputation finished. (3960 per run just short of the 4111 rep I need!)

Celestial Tournament
While I have defeated the Celestial Tournament a few times, I have only purchased 2 of the pets yet. I have to keep doing the Celestial Tournament for a few more week to get the other 2 missing pets.

Pandaria Raid Achievements
Glory of the Pandaria Raider (14/31)
Glory of the Thundering Raider (19/23)
Glory of the Orgrimmar Raider (12/14)

I am very close with Thundering Raider & Orgrimmar Raider. Under half way with Pandaria Raider. Not much to say here, when there are guild groups going to these places, I always try to get an invite.

Herald of the Titans
I have my Monk stilling at level 80 in Dalaran at 210 item level. You want 226 Item Level for gear plus 232 weapon. Once the group is ready we can enter Uldum and nab this Feat of Strength.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 3

Garrisons:
Level 3 Garrisons - Paladin, Warrior, Hunter,
Level 2 Garrisons - Shaman, Priest, Mage, Druid, Death Knight
Level 1 Garrisons - Rogue, Alliance Warlock
(Monk is still level 80 for Herald of the Titans)

Gear:
McTacky - Item Level 650/645 (Ret/Holy)

Proving Grounds/Dungeons/Raids:
Still going with guild to Normal Highmaul each weekend. Still haven't killed Imperator Mar'gok yet. Patch 6.1 is just over a week, so new raid stuff then! Still haven't done all the 5-mans Heroically yet. Still no rank changes with proving grounds.

PvP:
Zilch PvP.

Professions:
All professions except Leatherworking, Skinning and Herbalism have been maxed out.

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
Got the new Midsummer Festival & Winter Veil toys. Mount from the Arakkoa Outcasts Exalted. Got Lumpy from Winter Veil at long last!

Fishing/Archaeology:
No fishing. Did a whole heap of archaeology and finished up the Ogre Category. Need to finish Orc and Arakkoa then start on the Pristines.

Thoughts
Most days I just log in to do my Garrison Missions and Trade Skills and then log out. I am slowly getting though the Garrison Campaign Missions and doing the Dungeon Quests from the Tavern.

Arakkoa Outcasts Exalted

 

 69th Exalted Faction is Arakkoa Outcasts

 

After the initial questing in Spires of Arak, the remainder of the Arakkoa Outcasts reputation was earned my garrison. On McTacky and my alts I did the The Bloodmane Scrolls garrison mission for Relic of Rukhmar (which give 2500 rep each). At last I hit exalted.

 

Not a thrilling story, but I am still grinding out the other WoD reputations.

 

Arakkoa Outcasts & Mangle of the Talon King 

Warlords of Draenor - Month 2

 

Garrisons:
Level 3 Garrisons - Paladin, Warrior, Hunter
Level 2 Garrisons - Mage, Priest, Druid, Shaman
Level 1 Garrisons - Death Knight, Rogue, Alliance Warlock
(Monk is still level 80 for Herald of the Titans)

Still using Broker Garrison to keep track of the garrisons and Master Plan to assign new missions. Got Garrison Architect and the Architect title.

Gear:
McTacky - Item Level 646/640 (Ret/Holy) after a few 645 items from Garrison missions & Normal Highmaul Drops. Got stage 1 of my Legendary Ring.

Proving Grounds/Dungeons/Raids:
Still going with guild to Normal Highmaul each weekend. Haven't killed Imperator Mar'gok yet. Still haven't done all the 5-mans Heroically yet. No rank changes with proving grounds.

PvP:
Zero PvP this month.

Professions:
Engineering, Blacksmithing, and Tailoring maxed out. Very close with Enchanting. Nearly there with Inscription. Making progress with Leatherworking.

Pets/Mounts/Toys:
No new pets, mounts or /toys.

Fishing/Archaeology:
No time spent on fishing or archaeology this month.

Thoughts
I was away over a week for my Brother's Wedding, but I got a lot done in the time I was around for. I am still enjoying Warlords of Draenor.

Loyality Quest - The Bartender

"Why don't we have Winterveil Decorations up?" asked Master Blood Knight Aloysius McTacky.

"I didn't pack any. I can't believe you convinced me to move from Silvermoon City and be a bartender here in the past mirror universe Draenor," said the Bartender.

"You see I did your Loyalty Quest, so you had no choice," explained McTacky.

"What is a Loyalty Quest?" asked the Bartender.

"A unique quest of personal importance for each squad member unlocks the character to be used in your garrison." said McTacky.

"What did you ever do to help me?" asked the Bartender.

"I helped you rank up! You went from Grand Bartender to Illustrious Bartender. I escorted you though the Stormstout Brewery to meet Gao Stormstout, remember?" asked McTacky.

"I never asked you to do that! You offered!" said the Bartender, "I never gave you a quest!"

"Well I completed the Loyalty Quest," smiled McTacky, "so now you are assigned to the tavern in my garrison in mirror universe Draenor in the past."

"You tricked me," said the Bartender, "I was never a quest giver."

"Don't complain," said McTacky, "You are doing what you would have been doing in Silvermoon, except here in the past in a mirror universe."

"Except I am not safe here!" exclaimed the Bartender, "What about that garrison invasion yesterday? They almost burnt down the tavern!"

"No it didn't," disagreed McTacky.

"Your friends Luxy and Crooked ended up saving me, not you!" said the Bartender.

"Oh, I was busy at the main gate," said McTacky.

"You didn't even notice I was in danger!" said the Bartender, "You are the worst!"

"I can't be the worst, I completed your Loyalty Quest," said McTacky.

Warlords of Draenor - Month 1

Garrisons:
Level 3 Garrisons - Paladin, Warrior
Level 2 Garrisons - Mage, Hunter, Priest, Druid
Level 1 Garrisons - Death Knight, Shaman, Rogue, Alliance Warlock
(Monk is still level 80 for Herald of the Titans)

At the start of the day I'd typically log on all of the characters and empty out their Garrison Cache and leave the Cache alone for the rest of the day. I use Broker Garrison to tell me when the Level 3 and Level 2 have Follower Missions ready to finish. Then I use Master Plan to finish and then assign new missions quick & efficiently.

Gear:
McTacky - Item Level 632/630 (Ret/Holy) from 3 crafted items, 1 raid drop, 3 items from Garrison Missions, 1 item from Salvage Yard, 1 item from a Heroic 5-man and the helmet drop from MC event.

Proving Grounds:
Gold Damage, Silver Healing.

Dungeons/Raids:
Only done three heroic dungeons so far. Went with Guild to Normal Highmaul and killed Kargath and Butcher. Tried a few times on Brackenspore but didn't get it down.

PvP:
Did some of the bonus objectives in Ashran in the 2nd week before they changed the queue system for it. Haven't been back there since.

Professions:
Maxing out Jewelcrafting and Alchemy was very easy. Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Tailoring and Engineering have been a grind and are slowly making their way to max. This week started working on inscription and very pleased with the discovery system and almost discovered all the new recipes in a day and now I am discovering the ones I hadn't researched before. Delaying starting on Leatherworking until I have some functioning barns.

Pets:
I was extremely lucky to obtain Hatespark the Tiny from a fellow guildie after the first guild Molten Core run.
I also collected all the new wild pets of Draenor. Then I had my Mage craft a Elekk Plushie. After the Elekk Plushie was levelled to 25 I began and then finished An Awfully Big Adventure. The Celestial Tournament was definitely the hardest part of it. I still need to finish off Celestial Tournament a few more times for the pets and the Garrison dailies for the pets from that, otherwise I have finished off with Pet Battles for a while.

Mounts:
I built a Stables and did all the pet taming quests to unlock the 6 main trained mounts and the 2 mounts from the achievements (Armored Frostboar and Armored Frostwolf). Once I had all the mounts from the Stables I replaced the building with a War Mill.

Toys:
I'm at 123 toys, there are plenty left to collect and camp for. Haven't actively worked on this during this month.

Fishing:
Maxxed Fishing, did all the fish 100 of each enormous fish achievements and recruited Nat Pagle. Haven't done any of the Nat Pagle fishing for lunkers to buy stuff yet.

Archaeology:
Spent a little time on it and have 5 of 39 Pristine Artefacts done.

Thoughts
Managing my six active garrisons has been the greatest time-sink for me this expansion. But now I have Broker Garrison and Master Plan the time to do this has reduced significantly.

Frostfire Ridge is far more enjoyable now without all the bugs and I would rate it much higher than my initial impressions.

I have highly enjoyed this expansion on the whole and there is so much more of it for me to experience. 5 heroic dungeons I haven't done yet, most of the types of Garrison Invasions, a lot of Garrison Quests, and lots of reputations to grind out.  Warlords of Draenor is just beginning!

Pilgrims Bounty Shopping List

Merry Pilgrims Bounty!

Pilgrims Bounty starts today, so remember to do the dailies because you can get a new toy and a new battle pet (Frightened Bush Chicken & Silver-Plated Turkey Shooter) from inside 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 - Day 8

 

Day 8 - Stables Level 2 then I was off to do the last questing zone of 6.0, Nagrand

 

Nagrand was the same as ever before, very nice looking, good music, great atmosphere and a many unfocused stories. The Us vs Warsong Clan story is supposed to be going on, but the majority of the quests I found had nothing to do with the plot like Gorgrond.

 

But when the quests were on point they were very good, but the rest of the zone is hit or miss. The Quest design I found was good, not as grindy as I had been led to believe  (other than Ironfist Harbour).

 

I also had some issues with the story that I won't go into here because it would be spoilers.

 

With a Nagrand Cherry On Top

Nagrandeur

 

TLDR - Strong story when on point. Weak the rest of the time.

Nagrand gets 2 and a half out of 5 Phoenix Insignias