I’ve decided to leave the MRT Server early, after multiple things going wrong (needed a break). I was planning to come back on Monday (the 7th). Currently as I write this, I’m Level 86, and bordering on 87, with 4% to go.
Getting to Pandaria is different, compared to what I saw on a MoP Beta video. All you do is fly to SW, and you immediately get a quest where you can fly into Stormwind Keep. There you see a cinematic of the king trying to get ahold on the whereabouts of his son, and Captain (now Admiral) Taylor. Both went to Pandaria, but contact is lost.
This is where you come in. You’re hired by SI: 7 to hunt down and bring back home the king’s son, Adriun Wrynn. Also to rescue Admiral Taylor. You have to fly to the Skyfire; the same zeppelin that helped to take down Deathwing. You go to Pandaria to fulfill your mission, and kick some Horde ass (non-PvP, by the way).
To describe what has happened between when I arrived in Pandaria to now, would be several posts. So, I’ll just go over it with a list, in order I saw it.
– Kicking Horde ass
– QuestHelper 2 is not helpful. No MoP database.
– “Quest #0” pops up. Possibly related to the failure of QuestHelper 2.
– The Sha first appear after defeating the Horde camp.
– The Lord of the Shado-Pan shows up, and warns the Alliance to “take your fight off our shores”.
– I’m hired as a Diplomat of the Alliance, to show the Pandarian that we’re the “good guys” here.
– Did battle with the Hozen, and befriended the Jinu.
– The Jade Forest is gorgeous.
– I flew on a kite.
– Rescued Admiral Taylor.
– Got a brief vision of Aldrin’s location.
– Had to learn my center to get full control of my vision.
– “Rescued” the Prince, but he refused to go home and went to Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
– Saw the Jade Dragon Statue in person. It’s awesome.
– Did some boring collection quests.
– Met the Pandarian’s mortal enemy, the Mogu. And they met the receiving end of my gun. 🙂
– I dinged to Level 86.
– I helped with the construction of the Jade Dragon Statue, by preforming a series of quests to get lots of Jade.
– I met the Jade Dragon in person. A very old yet wise chinese dragon, named “Yu’lon”. This dragon is a shape-shifter, like our western winged counterparts. Her form is a small Pandarian cub, named “Fei”. She is dying, and plans to be reborn as the Jade Statue (which is why the Pandarian are feverishly trying to complete it, but are two weeks behind schedule).
– Admiral Taylor called me back to camp, telling me the Horde are planning to attack.
– I rode on the back of a Cloud Serpent named Mishi.
– The attack happened at the base of the Serpent, and a giant Sha was released when the tower fell. That sha…. was my doubts of defeating Deathwing. It was the size of him. It was being fed by my current doubts of killing it!
– After defeating my greatest fear, I had to kill smaller Sha. I also had to get Mishi to get Taylor and the others out of there.
– I was told to leave the Jade Forest; nearly exiled. And was flown to the Valley of the Four Winds.
– The jade dragon Yu’lon, told me to “find my purpose” of why I came to Pandaria, before dropping me off at the Valley of the Four Winds. Also told me that “you will find answers in time”. She also told me to prove to the Pandarians of the valley, that we are better than the Horde.
And my adventure continues. Questing used to be really fast-paced, but it seems to have slowed down to collection or killing ones. I’ve also been doing these ‘mini-game quests’. For example, I had to go to this river and get water using a bottle. Simple enough, yes? Well, this bottle leaks really badly, and can make the quest time longer on you if you aren’t careful.
I’ve also seen my share of competition. Not as bad as it would had been if I didn’t wait.
There’s also another issue. I’m not sure if it’s related to MoP, but I’m getting severe turning lag. Like my computer is suffering from a memory leak.