It was a great weekend in the World of Warcraft. I did some useful PvP, worked hard on my tradeskills, earnt a nice chunk of gold playing the Auction House (a game within a game), and levelled confidently towards sixty.
I started off by being instrumental in a rare and much-needed Alliance WSG victory. It was only a group of PUG randoms, but we all pulled together to run interference in the Horde's base, and once I grabbed the flag I got great support on the run back. One cap by Knockout-Arathor and two captures by me later, the Horde was broken and WSG was safely in the hands of the Silverwing Sentinels. For the Alliance!
Then Wandawench and I continued our work in Winterspring and the Eastern and Western Plaguelands. I love the Plaguelands. I'm looking forward to facing more Scourge when WotLK is released -- for some reason I love fighting against skelingtons and zombogs. As well as the experience, the [Runecloth] from the Scourge came in handy for Wanda's Tailoring, and the [Rugged Leather] from skinning Plaguehounds helped my Leatherworking along.
On a trip to Ironforge to rest and resupply, I noticed a quest urging us to help out the effort in Silithus, so we decided to take a trip there. It's hot, windy, covered in sandstorms and the mindlessly evil Sithid, so it's not a great holiday destination. I did get a weapon upgrade though -- my beloved [Hurricane] was starting to show it's age, and I was able to swap it for a quest reward, [Sandstrider's Mark]. Plus, all the insect killing allowed us to reach level 59, with just half a level to go until we reach 60!
By this point, it was Sunday evening, and Wanda had retired for the night, but I really wanted to round my Leatherworking out to 300. I had to do some research. I needed to get enough [Rugged Leather] to make three items, to bring me from 297 to 300, and I needed to get it without spending any money, or gaining any experience, as Wanda and I are sticking together on the levelling curve.
WowWiki and WowHead to the rescue! First, I looked up the highest level mobs I could kill without gaining any experience using this chart on the wiki. Then, by using a couple of WowHead filters, I got a list of all the mobs no higher than that level that I could skin [Rugged Leather] from, which lead me to the Rage Scar Yeti cave in Ferelas.
Several runs through the cave and a great many Yetis later -- they mainly drop [Thick Leather], which can be turned into [Rugged Leather] at a ratio of 6:1 -- I had the required 36 pieces I needed, so now I have my 300 Leatherworking skill! This means I have 300 in my "big three" of Skinning, Leatherworking and First Aid, so I'm ready to tackle the portal as soon as Wanda is. She just needs to catch her Tailoring and Enchanting up a little, and now all my attention can now be aimed at helping her!
I started off by being instrumental in a rare and much-needed Alliance WSG victory. It was only a group of PUG randoms, but we all pulled together to run interference in the Horde's base, and once I grabbed the flag I got great support on the run back. One cap by Knockout-Arathor and two captures by me later, the Horde was broken and WSG was safely in the hands of the Silverwing Sentinels. For the Alliance!
Then Wandawench and I continued our work in Winterspring and the Eastern and Western Plaguelands. I love the Plaguelands. I'm looking forward to facing more Scourge when WotLK is released -- for some reason I love fighting against skelingtons and zombogs. As well as the experience, the [Runecloth] from the Scourge came in handy for Wanda's Tailoring, and the [Rugged Leather] from skinning Plaguehounds helped my Leatherworking along.
On a trip to Ironforge to rest and resupply, I noticed a quest urging us to help out the effort in Silithus, so we decided to take a trip there. It's hot, windy, covered in sandstorms and the mindlessly evil Sithid, so it's not a great holiday destination. I did get a weapon upgrade though -- my beloved [Hurricane] was starting to show it's age, and I was able to swap it for a quest reward, [Sandstrider's Mark]. Plus, all the insect killing allowed us to reach level 59, with just half a level to go until we reach 60!
By this point, it was Sunday evening, and Wanda had retired for the night, but I really wanted to round my Leatherworking out to 300. I had to do some research. I needed to get enough [Rugged Leather] to make three items, to bring me from 297 to 300, and I needed to get it without spending any money, or gaining any experience, as Wanda and I are sticking together on the levelling curve.
WowWiki and WowHead to the rescue! First, I looked up the highest level mobs I could kill without gaining any experience using this chart on the wiki. Then, by using a couple of WowHead filters, I got a list of all the mobs no higher than that level that I could skin [Rugged Leather] from, which lead me to the Rage Scar Yeti cave in Ferelas.
Several runs through the cave and a great many Yetis later -- they mainly drop [Thick Leather], which can be turned into [Rugged Leather] at a ratio of 6:1 -- I had the required 36 pieces I needed, so now I have my 300 Leatherworking skill! This means I have 300 in my "big three" of Skinning, Leatherworking and First Aid, so I'm ready to tackle the portal as soon as Wanda is. She just needs to catch her Tailoring and Enchanting up a little, and now all my attention can now be aimed at helping her!
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