Archive for the ‘Mounts’ Category

It’s my Charger! After some wild adventuring in Nagrand (which I’ll expound upon in a minute) and some selling of Thorium in stacks of 20 for 60+ gold, I managed to get the 500g I needed for the riding training and my mount. Yay!

Back to my adventures in Nagrand. When I first got to the zone, I got an invite from one Durable (a human warlock) to do The Ring of Blood: Blue Brothers. I ended up in a group with Durable, a draenai hunter named Applejacks a human priest (can’t remember her name atm) and a level 80 human paladin, specced holy. We killed Brokentoe, the Blue Brothers, Rokdar the Sundered Lord (no relation to Rok’tar that I could see), Skra’gath, the Warmaul Champion and Mogor about two to four times each, until we had all completed each quest. I died about five times – not terrible when you consider I was way under-level – but I nabbed 66+ gold from it, and we then went off and completed a series of other quests together, including Applejacks and I slaying the Master Planner for a quest she had. I didn’t ding, but we got allot accomplished and it helped me en route towards my charger. Applejacks was mount-less, but still was almost faster then me, my warhorse and my Crusader Aura. I was miffed, and it was the breaking point for my desire for my faster mount. Next stop, level 68 and Northrend!

BTW, Nagrand is a very pretty place.

Well, it finally happened. After months of working, I’ve got the mount I’ve wanted for so long. No, I didn’t finally get my Charger, darn it all (still 300+ gold short), but I got something I’ve been wanted much longer: a Nightsaber. A Striped Frostsaber, to be exact. I’ve been working on my rep with Darnassus ever since I learned that I could ride other races’ mounts, and I finally hit exalted tonight, with one last shipment of Runecloth to the Night Elf capital (and while I’m at it, may I say a thanks to whomever decided to make a boat go between Ashenvale and Stormwind? It’s made this process so much easier!). I debated which Nightsaber I wanted, but finally settled on the Striped Frostsaber. I’m happier now. Not ‘happy,’ but happy-er.

In other news, I hate Sporeloks, I hate Bog monsters, I hate the Naga and I think I hate Zangarmarsh in general. This zone just sucks. I mean, the monsters are a pain to fight, and the quests are incredibly spread out. The Sporeloks are just about useless, and they got in my way so many times while I was fighting. I couldn’t use my Divine Storm spell for fear of hitting the little jerks, which limited my fighting ability when they were nearby. I’m neutral to them now, so that problem is in the past, but I still dislike them. Oh, and I fell off of Telredor twice, so that doesn’t make this place any more pleasant for me. Let me say though, that Safeguarding the Watchers is perhaps the easiest group quest in the game. I soloed it at level with no trouble at all. Seriously; shutting down those Steam Pumps was worlds tougher. Ah well.

It’s been almost two weeks since Gav hit 58 and qualified for Outland, and I’ve been leveling him there since. He’s now level 62, which is nice, but I’m still lacking my new Charger mount. Why can’t it be like the Warhorse, which I got from my trainer for a couple silver? Instead, I’ve got the great options of a tough and expensive quest line or paying out almost 500 gold like some common class for riding training. Yes, I am a spoiled paladin. Why did Blizzard get us pallys and the warlocks spoiled like this in the first place?! Just to be mean, I think.

Back to leveling in Outland, I’ve noticed that levels are going much quicker here. I’ve also noticed that Gav is back to killing mobs higher then his level with ease again. When I got to Outland at level 58, I was killing level 61 Deranged Hellboars for kicks. Is Outland easier then Azeroth? Tough question. I’ve done most of the non-dungeon quests in Honor Hold, most of the ones from the Temple of Telhamat and a series near the Ruins of Sha’naar that were fun, especially killing Arzeth the Merciless (Arzeth the Powerless as he’s now known). Arzeth had me running for cover each time he came by, but after getting a staff at the end of a quest line, his 30k HP went down to under 5,000, meaning that I had more then him. Of course, he didn’t even eat a quarter into my health, which was fun. I enjoy quest lines that end with you beating down a formerly tough foe after squelching their source of power.

I’ve noticed that most of the quest rewards in Outland are either gold or items worth several gold. I’m also picking up a ton of great, but ultimately inferior drops, also worth several gold. This hasn’t helped my climb to 500 gold for my new mount any, though, because nothing is selling for me on the auction house. Seriously, there’s usually nothing on the AH for me to compare my item to (as in, the same or a very similar item), so I have to wing it. Usually after two 48 hour auctions I just get fed up and sell the stupid thing to a vendor. I’ve gotten a few tidbits here and there that I’ve kept (like my new Helboar Carving Blade, which replaced the letter opener that I was using), but most gear and weapons are of no use to me and get sold.