Been dodging severe weather IRL all this week. Made it kinda tough to level with the constant threat of tornadoes, damaging winds, and of course the catastrophic flooding. Thankfully that mess is finally moving away from me. Not without leaving its mark in the south, though. I pray they survived.
Anyway, my Rogue hit another milestone today. Level 70! I’m now ready for Northrend questing, but there was a really painful wrench that got thrown into my plans. Not of the questing itself, but.. getting a faster mount.
You see, I heard rumors that they lowered the price of Artisan riding (280% speed) training, due to making 310% speed available for everyone instead of just for an Arena reward, that only a chosen few have gotten. That… unfortunately is not true. They did not… lower the price down. Infact, it’s the same price that has plagued me for a year since Benie hit 70. The same.. fucking.. 5,000g. The very thing that forced me to pay for gold. But that didn’t save me from the agonizing length of the Netherwing rep quests.
You know what’s worse? The 310% speed training is the same fucking price as the 280% speed. The reason for this outrage, isn’t surprising. It’s due to how easy it is to get gold through quest rewards after leaving Outland.
When I was questing to 85, it’s like they were throwing coin away. 14g for completing one quest. This is why they haven’t lowered the cost. And Wowhead, all they say is “get professions going” or “go quest”, or “go raid”. No ‘get mount QUICK’ ways.
My Rogue’s story with this started when I finally hit 70 in Shadowmoon Valley. Shockingly, Netherstorm didn’t do it like it did for my Druid. Can’t remember where my Tauren Hunter hit 70. I was at the exact same area that Benie was at, thinking I was going to get that discount. My mouth dropped to the floor when I saw “5000” in bold red letters of the cost of the training.
“What.. the.. FUCK?! No.. no no NO!! IT CAN’T BE 5k!” I yelled, then realized that “Wait. This is from Ironforge rep, which I don’t have. Maybe it’s cheaper in SW.”, so I hearthed to GS, flew to SW’s Flight Trainer, and saw the cost was reduced to 1,000g, making it only 4k. WOW! SO MUCH CHEAPER! 😛
I wanted to rage.. so badly, and also cry, and whine and everything else I could do of this injustice of not getting what I want when I want it.
I continued to stare at the bold-lettered ‘4000’ training cost, hoping if I stare at it enough the price will go down. Alas, that didn’t work.
This is forcing me to do something I don’t like doing. No, not buying more gold. Done with that. It is… living with what I got. UGH! And also, being thankful that they not only lowered the cost of Cold Weather Flying by 600g, but made it where you can get it at 68 instead of 78.
After alot of feeling sorry for myself, I went on and got the 400g Northrend flight access training, coating my mount with anti-freeze technology. Seeing how it’s night, I went back to GS to wait for the sun to come back up. I want to go to Northrend with the sun up.
One thing I noticed, was those dumb eggs are now scattered around the Forge house. Managed to get alot of eggs before others saw what I was doing and started helping themselves.
Time passed on, then I suddenly stopped with a thought in my head. “Does Benie have 3k?” I wondered. Knowing if he did, he could put said money in the guild bank and I can get it out. Another reason for having my fake guild. lol
So I went on Benie. Thanks to the 4.1.0 update, alot of addons are broken. The ‘FeedOMatic’ one that I use for obviously, feeding my pets, is broken in such a way that its UI keeps coming up when I right click anything. Disabled it and got right clicking working as it should.
Indeed, Benie DOES have the 3k I need. So I rushed him to the guild bank vault and deposited the 3k in. Then I hopped in Beniehowl and noticed, I couldn’t get it out. The Withdraw button is grayed out.
Back on Benie, found the issue and fixed it. Then back on the Worgen and saw the Withdraw button available.
Quickly grabbed the 3k, ran as fast as I could back to the flight trainer and paid for the 280% speed training! Woot! Didn’t pay for an epic flying mount though, since I don’t need one and they’re a waste of money now.
I will pay Benie back the 3k when I can. When I got back to GS, I saw an 85 Worgen with a 150% speed flying mount. Began to wonder if getting the 3k was a good idea, or just my own personal greed. I say the greed since none of my other high leveled chars have 280% training. Not even my Druid who is my ‘second in command’ of all the chars I’ve made over the years.
Well, there’s no turning back now. The money’s spent and the only way to get it back, is to quest in Northrend.
I was already thinking if I was doing the right thing, as I was on Benie. Kept wondering “What about my Druid? How’s he going to get his epic flying? And any other chars when they ever get to 70.” Yet the only thing going through my mind was “I WANT MY FAST MOUNT BACK!!”
It’s just, I feel the fact I got my first EVER Level 70 Rogue char (and I worked my ass off to get him where he is now), he deserves to be treated with respect. Did think of my Druid and contemplated if I should turn him into a Worgen. Just one.. quick bite.
lol. The first ever Worgen Night Elf. Who knows. Might just make a Worgen Druid to replace my current one, just to learn how to play as one again.
Been also thinking of making another Horde char. A Goblin Mage maybe. And this one would have Engineering/Mining professions.
But before I can make any other char, I have to get rid of my low level ones. Can’t make another on my account ’till I do.