Sunday, February 15, 2009

Wintergrasp 2/15/09

I got back on Wranngar to see if I could get one more Wintergrasp in tonight. I got lucky, the battle was starting in 13 minutes. I joined a raid group and we all got buffed up, ate, and got ready for battle. I put out a Fish Feast which is always a big hit in the battlegrounds. When we started I believe we had 2 full raid groups, that would be 80 people total, plus another raid group started. I don't know what, if any, the limit is in Wintergrasp. We got in there and basically dominated the Horde. We were on offense meaning we were attacking the Keep and we got in pretty quick. We wiped out all the Horde that were inside trying to defend and then assaulted the Keep itself. We got in in no time and won the battle. It went really quick. The last one I was in earlier I got in while it was in progress and it lasted twice as long as this one did and we lost. I had no deaths in this battle thanks mostly to some really good healers but I got a bunch of kills and killing blows in :). I got another Stone Keeper's Shard bringing my grand total to 8.

Daily's 2/15/09

I did my daily cooking in Dalaran on Wranngar today which was Convention at the Legerdemain. This is a pretty easy one if the Jug of Wine spawns fast enough for you. Today it did for me, I went into the wine shop and there it was, only took a second. I cooked up some Northern Stew and delivered it. In exchange for doing that I got 9g93s, a Dalaran Cooking Award and a Small Spice Bag which had 3 Northern Spices and 3 Baby Spice in it. Not a bad haul today for this daily.

I worked on my Reputation with the Kalu'ak. They have a fishing pole I want and you have to be exalted with them to get it. The pole is Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole. It adds +30 to your fishing skill and is a epic piece. It is pretty cool looking too. I did all the quests they have then did the 3 daily's they offer and now I am revered with them. It will take about about 12-13 days to get exalted with them from here.

I fought in some battlegrounds today. The daily battleground was Strand of the Ancients and we won the first, and only, one I fought in. I turned that in and got my honor and gold. I fought in two Arathi Basin too to try and get my marks to 100 as I had 97. We lost the first one and one the second one which gave me 98 marks on me and 3 in the mail I can not take..... Nice Blizzard. I guess I will have to lose 2 more to finish that out. Losing is what the Alliance seems to be good at in AB lately though so it shouldn't be hard. I fought in 7 Eye of the Storm tonight and we won 5 and lost 2. The 2 battles we lost were just really bad groups on the Alliance side. In the 5 wins we had a couple where we only had 2 towers and ran the flag a lot and a couple 3 and 4 caps. Overall we are still doing good in EoS. I fought in one Wintergrasp battle tonight too. We lost that one but I did get a couple of the daily's done so I now have 7 Stone Keeper's Shard. You can use these for valuable prizes :). I am still not really sure what is going on in there but I am starting to get a better understanding of it.

Valentine's Day 2/14/09

I spent most of my night in World of Warcraft on Valentine's Day killing Horde. It couldn't have been better :). I tried to do the daily battleground on Wranngar which was Warsong Gulch. I fought in 4 battles and we lost all of them. I did get a couple Achievements in there though. After that I went and fought in 3 Eye of the Storm battles, all wins. We had a 4 cap going in 2 of them and the 3rd one was a 2 cap and a lot of flag running. It seems when you only have a 2 cap and run the flag the battles come out a lot closer. It seems to me that it is better to have at least 3 towers and not worry about the flag so much. Anyway we won all 3 of them and I was able to get Hateful Gladiator's Armwraps of Triumph with the honor from them. I am starting to get geared.

The daily cooking in Dalaran was Sewer Stew again. I flew down to Crystalsong Forest and picked some Crystalsong Carrots. When I had enough I went back to Dalaran and cooked them up with some Chilled Meat to get my Sewer Stew. I delivered that in exchange for 9g93s, a Dalaran Cooking Award and a Small Spice Bag which contained 4 Northern Spices. Not a bad haul I guess. I am stockpiling the Northern Spices now and only using what I need for buff food and the Cooking Achievement.