310% Flight Speed

I have been looking into this 310% flight speed you can now purchase. Previously the only way to get 310% flight speed was to have a 310% mount. Now anyone can purchase 310% for a mere 5,000 gold. Yeah.... It just keeps getting better.

According to MMO-Champion, people that already have a 310% flying mount will not be required to pay for this new skill. So if you don’t have a 310% mount, there's still time to get one. Here are some of the mounts available:

• Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake — If you didn’t finish What a Long, Strange Trip it’s Been for the achievement points, then you can do it for the guaranteed mount. Big time investment, but big reward.

• Reins of the Rusted Proto-Drake — Your reward for completing Glory of the Ulduar Raider (10-man). Still in-game, but may eventually be removed like the original Glory of the Raider mounts. Blue Posts indicate that if it is removed, players will be given a 1-month notice.

• Reins of the Ironbound Proto-Drake — Same as above, but for the 25-man version of Glory of the Ulduar Raider.

• Reins of the Onyxian Drake — About a 1% drop rate off 10/25 man Onyxia – if you can get the groups together, that means you have two shots per week. It’s the rarest item yours truly has ever won in a roll, and I can testify to her beauty.

• Ashes of Al’ar — Another rare mount, but perhaps THE coolest looking one currently in-game. About a 1.7% drop rate of Kael’thas Sunstrider in The Eye of Tempest Keep, and you can only farm once per week. Good luck on this one, it’ll be a tough ride.

• Invincible’s Reins — For the hardcore raiders, get your 25M heroic Lich King on. Defeat him, and get a guaranteed mount drop per week.

• Mimiron’s Head — Not quite up for LK? Go for Yogg-Saron on 25M, with no keepers, for a shot at a flying head, instead.

• Reins of the Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher — Your reward for completing Glory of the Icecrown Raider (10-man).

• Reins of the Icebound Frostbrood Vanquisher — Same as above, but for the 25-man version of Glory of the Icecrown Raider.

This list doesn’t include mounts that scale to 310% — since you already have to have a 310% mount for it to scale that high. If you already have a 310% mount that isn’t listed, you’re still ok.

There is still time, about 3 weeks, to get out there and get a 310% mount and save yourself 5,000 gold. Another option is to just stay with the 280% flight speed that already cost you 5,000 gold. I think that is what I am going to do, the extra 30% speed while flying just doesn't mean that much to me, certainly not enough to pay 5,000 gold for it.

I have a poll going in the right hand column of this blog where you can vote on whether or not you will be anteing up 5,000 gold to fly at 310% speed. I know I won't, at least not now. Maybe in the future if I have a lot of gold lying around I might think about it, but how often does that happen?

I will be coughing up the 250 gold for a Flight Masters License so I can fly in Azeroth. I have been waiting a long time to be able to fly in Azeroth and there are a lot of places I want to check out that you can only get to with a flying mount.

Infused Mushroom Meatloaf - Daily Cooking Quest 11/16/10

Today when I went to see what Katherine Lee (41,65), the Grand Master Cooking Trainer in the kitchen of A Hero's Welcome, had for me I ended up with Infused Mushroom Meatloaf. I did this one on Gomorra and Brieanna today.

This had me heading down into the Underbelly to pick some Infused Mushrooms. There didn't seem to be anyone doing it today so it went pretty quick, the mushrooms were everywhere. After I gathered up the 4 I needed I headed up to the bank to get some Chilled Meat, this recipe calls for 2. When I had all the ingredients I cooked them up in the Meatloaf Pan, I was given when I got the quest, and delivered it to Orton Bennet, upstairs at Curiosities and Moore. He gave me 9g93s, a Dalaran Cooking Award and a Small Spice Bag.

Today Gomorra's Small Spice Bag had 5 Northern Spices in it. Not a bad haul for him.

Brieanna's Small Spice Bag had 3 Northern Spices in it. An ok haul for her too.

Jewel of the Sewers - Daily Fishing Quest 11/16/10

Today Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran had Jewel Of The Sewers for my daily fishing quest. I did this one on Brieonna, Gomorra and Brieanna.

This one had me heading down into the sewers below Dalaran to fish up a piece of Corroded Jewelry. I have my spot I go to in the Black Market where there is hardly ever anyone else fishing. I usually get my piece of Corroded Jewelry in 10 casts or less and today was no exception. When this quest first came out I tried fishing all over the place down there but only had luck in the Black Market. I know people catch it elsewhere down there but the Black Market works for me.

Once I had my piece of Corroded Jewelry in hand I headed back up top to see Marcia. I traded her the Corroded Jewelry for a Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Today Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g70s67c, 3 Pygmy Oil and a piece of Worthless Red Glass. Not a great haul for Brieanna today.

Brieonna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 6g60s68c, a Glow Worm, a piece of Worthless Green Glass and 3 Deviate Fish. Nothing worth writing home about there either.

Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g41s57c, 2 Elixirs of Water Walking, 2 Solid Gold Coins and 4 Deviate Fish. Not a great day for Gom either.

Disarmed - Daily Fishing Quest 11/15/10

Today Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran had Disarmed for my daily fishing quest. I did this one on Brieonna, Gomorra and Brieanna.

This had me heading over to the water right outside the entrance to Violet Hold in Dalaran. There I need to fish up a Bloated eel. This one always takes me a while for some reason. It took me a lot of casts today to finally get the Bloated Eel and the Severed Arm that's inside it.

Once I had my Severed Arm in hand I headed to see Olisarra the Kind, (36,37) the Grand Master First Aid Trainer in the Magus Commerce Exchange in Dalaran. I traded her the Severed Arm for a Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Today Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 8g16s35c, 2 Elixir of Water Walking, a New Age Painting signed by Marcia Chase that I sold to a vendor for 25 gold, and 2 Runic Mana Potions. Not a great haul for Brieanna today.

Brieonna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 6g68s5c, 3 Elixirs of Water Walking and a Tower Key that I sold to a vendor for 16g66s66c. Nothing worth writing home about there either.

Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 7g99s9c, 5 Pygmy Oil, a Diamond-tipped Cane and 2 Deviate Fish. Not a great day for Gom either.

Cheese for Glowergold - Daily Cooking Quest 11/15/10

Today when I went to see Katherine Lee (41,65), the Grand Master Cooking Trainer in the kitchen of A Hero's Welcome, for the daily cooking quest, she gave me Cheese for Glowergold. I did it on Gomorra and Brieanna.

This used to be my least favorite because the Half Full Dalaran Wine Glasses are so small and hard to target. Plus when everyone is doing this daily there is not enough to go around. Anyway this had me running around Dalaran looking for Half Full Dalaran Wine Glasses. It really didn't take me long today to get the 6 I needed, I got 3 on each toon before I even left A Hero's Welcome. I got the rest at Cantrips and Crows Tavern in the Underbelly. Once I had all the wine I needed I headed over to One More Glass, the wine and cheese shop in Dalaran, to get a piece of Aged Dalaran Limburger to complete the ingredients for this quest. Once I had everything I combined them on the wine and cheese platter, supplied to me when I accepted the quest, to make a Wine and Cheese Platter.

I took the Wine and Cheese Platter and delivered it to Ranid Glowergold (36,28) at the Leatherworkers in the Magus Commerce Exchange. He gave me a Dalaran Cooking Award, 9g93s and a Small Spice Bag for my trouble.

Today Gomorra's Small Spice Bag had 4 Northern Spices and 3 Old Spices in it. Not a bad haul, there is so little left to be had from this daily anything is good really.

Brieanna's Small Spice Bag had 3 Northern Spices in it. Not a bad haul for her either.

Random Daily's 11/15/10

I did my daily's on Breeonna, Gomorra and Brieanna today. I am starting to get some gold together now to handle whatever Cata throws at me.

As usual I did the The Sons of Hodir and Knights of the Ebon Blade daily's. The ones I do for the Sons of Hodir are Blowing Hodir's Horn, Hot and Cold, Polishing the Helm, Spy Hunter and Feeding Arngrim. All in all these take me about 25 minutes per character. The ones I do for the Knights of the Ebon Blade are Leave Our Mark, Vile Like Fire!, Shoot 'Em Up, From Their Corpses, Rise!, No Fly Zone and Intelligence Gathering.

Intelligence Gathering seems to be going back to the way it was, it took me forever to find my 5 documents today. It took me forever just to find the first chest today. But I finally did get the 5 I needed and turned it in.