After a very slow start due to Mother Nature deciding to rain down hell in the Midwest with a Tornado Outbreak. … Pray to the ones that got their neighborhoods destroyed in northern Illinois and Indiana. We really, really dodged the bullet with this one.
With that threat no longer a concern in my mind, I got back into farming mobs and searching treasure chests for that free gear. One thing I want to say. With dailies, you work for someone to get rep with. But with this… you work for yourself.
Still, like all dailies, it gets a bit discouraging when the following happens;
1. Die do to being overwhelmed (or just undergeared).
2. Clear out an area and find no chest.
3. Race to get to a boss but miss the kill by mere seconds.
4. Killing the same boss you’ve killed five times today.
Though the third and forth one can be avoided, the other two are still a problem with me. No matter what gear I have replaced, it’s the main weapon that still needs an upgrade. And what seems my only option, is to spend not 2000.. not even 10000… but 20000 Timeless Coins on a bow that only has a 14% upgrade score. That’s not good, but as I said.. my only hope. It’s the only ranged weapon for Hunters on this island.
Currently, I have like 15000. Killing the random bosses does help with this, and so does killing elites as they can give you around 30-45 coins per kill. But of course, that many coins at once isn’t without risk. Mostly, of seeing my pet die before the mob does.
With some elites that can pwn my pet in four hits (the Water Spirits), I can get as little as 13 coins per kill. I assume Blizzard thinks you can take them on and kill them quickly. They actually do die at an average time for a non-boss, non-dungeon elite, but hit hard.
Last night was pretty interesting. I am starting to get a little bit more involved in the “community” of the island by saying “‘boss here’ is up” and waiting for the cavalry to assist me.
For example, this one boss I saw in the back. I told in chat where the guy was. Several people showed up near him and commenced with fighting. After the guy died, I noticed Evermaul, an overgrown boss fish swimming near me. I alerted that I saw the boss and hopped down and started to chase it on my raft I got from The Angelers.
I finally caught up to the fast bastard and started attacking. It slowed down as it was saying “ohh.. it’s my time to die again? Alright. Let’s get this over with”.
For at least… 10 minutes, it was just me and my pet, soloing this rare boss. I kept alerting General Chat for assistance to bring him down faster. Told them which side he was on the island, yet no one came.
It wasn’t until another 15 minutes, when I finally saw someone else coming over to do battle. It was freakin’ hilarious. I had this guy down to 92% health, due to constantly firing everything I had at him.
And I also had to deal with Fatigue, and that disembodied voice yelling “YOU WILL SUFFER FOR THIS TRESPASS!!” which kept spamming everytime I left and entered the fatigue area. The only thing I was ‘suffering’ from was the spamming. Several times it sounded like “YOU WILL YOU SUFFER WILL FOR YOU THIS WILL”..etc. Seriously, Blizzard. Please fix that without delaying WoD.
So, it was me and this Warrior trying to beat this fish down. After 10 minutes, more people showed up (who were part of the Horde) and finally brought the bastard down! And Blizzard was even nice after all of that, and gave me a Timeless ring to replace Ring 2! Yay!
To end off this blog post with a bang, and an upset stomach…
I felt tired so I was about to call it a night. So I’m running back to where the NPCs are around the Celestial area, when this dwarf vendor grabbed my attention. So I went over and checked out his wares, and discovered something… interesting. An item called ‘Dragon P.I.E’. It’s another one of those things that can make you drunk.
I decided to buy one, then drink it. The head of a disembodied red dragon appeared over my head, roaring, with… what I hope is just fizz around me.
I stood there, a bit tipsy, and went to Wowhead trying to learn more about this.. interesting drink. Some say “lol its dragon piss!”. And I’m all “… nah. It can’t be!…. is it? Did he seriously…. did I…”
Unfortunately, there’s no way to learn the true ingredients. And I pray ‘dragon piss’ isn’t one of them. 😛