Wranngar - 4/5/11

I have been working on getting my Druid Wranngar geared and getting his professions and skills up to maximum level.

So far it is coming along well. One week after leveling him to 85 he has a 350 item level, has his Leatherworking, Skinning, Cooking and First Aid at the maximum 525 and his Fishing at 498. I have all the 359 Cataclysm patterns for Leatherworking and am currently running heroic's for Chaos Orbs. I currently have 3 Chaos Orbs but can always use more. Chaos Orbs are BoP (Bind on Pickup) so if I am going to make 359 items I am going to need to run heroic's to get them. Usually when you are making a 359 item for someone else they will supply all the mats and you will supply the orbs for a price. The going rate for orbs is 200g-300g on my server. That means if I make a piece for someone and use 3 of my orbs I will make a profit of 600g-900g on the orbs plus a tip. One Chaos Orb drops off the last boss in every heroic dungeon and it is rolled on by everyone there who can use it. I ran 6 dungeons and got one orb so they are not piling up but over time they will.

Wranngar is geared pretty well now, his item level is 350 and all of his gear is either 346 ilvl or 359 ilvl. I am working on getting the 359 trinket from Baradin's Wardens and have about a week of doing their daily's every day before I can get that. I was running specific dungeons for gear until I got all the 346 pieces I needed with the exception of a weapon. I was hoping to get the polearm from the Lost City of the Tol'vir but didn't have any luck after running it for 5 consecutive days. You can only choose to run a specific heroic dungeon once a day, after that it might come up in the random dungeon queue allowing you to run it again or it might not. I ended up getting the Spear of Trailing Shadows from Baradin's Wardens which set me back some on getting my trinket.

I am also working on my reputation with all the Cataclysm Factions and that is coming along well. I have gotten all the rep pieces I can and am now working on getting my reputation to exalted with the other factions that don't have anything I need. Who knows, in future patches they might get something I need so better safe than sorry.

Wranngar - Level 81 Feral Druid

I have started working on getting Wranngar, my last level 80, to 85. He has one advantage over the others in Vashj'ir, he can breath underwater and also has swim form which greatly increases his swim speed. I think it is faster than the seahorse mount you get from the quest in Vashj'ir but other people have said no. Until I can find someone to race I won't know, but it seems faster.

He is currently questing in Vashj'ir and will be there for a bit still. I had a bunch of gear that I sent to him from my other toons, drops mostly, and some gear he made so he is not doing too bad on gear. His dps is pretty low but I am writing that off to my not having played him in over a year. I think the last time I played him was to get him to level 80 and then some PvP to get 100000 Honorable Kills. After that I pretty much lost interest in him.

His skinning is around 480 now and his leatherworking is 501. He is making good gold off quests and drops and I am thinking about dual speccing him to Feral/Balance, so I have been keeping the caster gear he gets from quests and drops too.

I am working on him on and off so he won't be 85 tomorrow but he will get there eventually. I did have one bad moment when I hearthed from Vashj'ir and found myself in Dalaran which is a ghost town now. I had to fly back to the shore then take the boat back to Stormwind where I made sure I reset my hearth stone to.

Brieanna and Brieonna Level 85

I finally got Brieanna and Brieonna to level 85 over the last couple days.

I got Brieanna to 85 first, then the next day I got Brieonna to 85. I left Uldum too early on both of them and thought I was going to run out of quests in Twilight Highlands and have to go back to Uldum to quest at much lower XP, but it worked out.

I made a lot of gold leveling Brieanna's Herbalism to 525, over 2,000. That was the same with Breeonna's Mining, that made me a couple thousand too. I am not selling the leather from any of my toons as my Druid, Wranngar, is going to need it for Leatherworking. His Leatherworking is currently 501 so he is coming along. Getting him to that level took almost all the leather I had sent him but I am not worried, I still have him to level up to 85 too and he will get a lot of leather doing that. Wranngar is the only 80 I have left to level.

Leatherworking 4/12/09

I worked on Wranngar's Leatherworking some tonight. I got him up to level 441, only 9 more to go. I was hoping to make myself some Epic pants but there were no patterns available. I did make a pair of Giantmaim Legguards which I sent to Salintu along with a Frosthide Leg Armor kit to put on them. I couldn't attach the Frosthide Leg Armor because it causes the item to become soulbound. Being a Druid I can't wear Mail. Salintu reached 80 the other day on her first character :). I know how it feels to finally be done leveling, it is a gooood feeling. She beat me on Gomorra by 2 days.

The Horde attacked Ironforge again tonight trying to kill the king. I got there just in time and got 5 killing blows in. There weren't too many left and the one's that were left weren't feeling so hot :). There were a couple stragglers that came in after we cleaned out the kings room so we killed them too. A good time was had by everyone except the Horde. Ironforge is a dark place, it is a city carved into a mountain and that's why the picture is so dark. The king came through it unharmed.

Fishing 2/1/09

I did some fishing on Wranngar today to restock my supplies and make some more buff food. I fished for about an hour in Grizzly Hills and Borean Tundra. During that time I got:

62 Pygmy Suckerfish
44 Musselback Sculpin
42 Glacial Salmon
16 Nettlefish
12 Bonescale Snapper
4 Fangtooth Herring
1 Dragonfin Angelfish
7 Cobalt Ore
8 Frostweave Cloth

Quite a variety of stuff you get when you are fishing. I get the Frostweave Cloth and the Cobalt Ore from crates I catch while fishing. I will be able to make 20 more Fish Feast now that I have the mats. They are a big hit in the battlegrounds. I think I am going to do some more fishing a little later along with some skinning so I can get my Leatherworking up.

I got back on and did some more fishing, I completed the Outland Angler and Northrend Angler Achievements today. I also went and fished up some more Deep Sea Monsterbelly and Moonglow Cuttlefish so I will have some on hand when I need them. I need to cook some of the meat and fish I have in the guild bank but I want to save my Northern Spices for the cooking I will have to do to complete the Northrend Gourmet Achievement.

I did some more fishing tonight trying to get the I Smell A Giant Rat Achievement. That had me fishing in the sewers below Dalaran, in the Underbelly. I didn't get a Giant Sewer Rat but I did get 100 Sewer Carp, 22 Magic Eaters, 5 Partially Eaten Fish, 2 Drowned Rats, 1 Leaded Vial, 1 Imbued Vial and 8 Empty Vial. It's like a medical waste dump down there. I put the limit at 100 Sewer Carp. That is how many I will catch a day trying to get this Achievement done. The Magic Eaters transform you into different things or sometimes just buffs you.

Wranngar 1/11/09

I got Wranngar's fishing skill to 410 today while also getting some good fish to cook into buff food. I did the daily cooking in Dalaran and the daily's for the Knights of the Ebon Blade. I got my Leatherworking to 426 and learned some new patterns from the trainer. I made a few new pieces for myself to wear which increased my health by over 1500. I cooked up some more buff food for myself too. I got a new recipe with my Dalaran Cooking Award's so now I need 3 more before I can get another recipe. I only have 3 Northern Spices but I think I can buy them on the auction house. You get 10 for one Dalaran Cooking Award from the vendor in Dalaran but they are not soul bound. I hope I can get some on the auction house anyway.

Wranngar 1/2-1/3/09

I only did the daily cooking on Wranngar on the 2nd, it was all I had time for. Today I did the daily cooking, the Knights of the Ebon Blade daily's, a daily at K3 and 3 EoS battles, all losses. The Alliance is not doing too well after all in EoS from what I saw. I am going to check it out tomorrow early in the day and see if it is any better. I also did a lot of farming for meat and got a bunch of leather. I have 2 Dalaran Cooking Award's, I will get my 3rd one tomorrow and get another recipe. I cooked up 13 Great Feast today and only got one point in cooking for it :(. My cooking is now 421 and I need 4 more before I can get the 425 skill recipes which will be brown to me so I will get a skill point off each thing I cook for awhile. I got my Leatherworking to 420 and went and got some more training. I will work on that some more tomorrow too. I got a lot of leather while farming the ingredients for the Great Feast and that will come in handy.

Wranngar 12/29/08

I got Wranngar to level 80 today. I hit 80 at 4:14PM Eastern time on 12/29/08. I ran out of quests and I ended up hitting 80 doing the dailys in Icecrown. I went and got my training which ran me close to 200 gold, used my talent point then headed to Storm Peaks to do some skinning. I got enough leather to make another Inscription bag which I sent to a guild member who could use it. That gave me another point in Leatherworking, my skill is now 418. I will work on that some more. Right now I am just happy to have finally gotten to 80. If I get back on later I am going to hit the battlegrounds, I have been waiting a long time to get back into them. After that I will probably work on Wrangar.

Update: I did some battlegrounds on Wranngar tonight. I fought in 4 AV's, all losses. It is also the daily battleground today. The Alliance was doing really bad in all 4 battles. We only had one battle where we were in Frostwolf Keep and ready to down Drek but the Horde got Vann first. In the other 3 we lost on reinforcements defending the cave. I got 76 kills and around 1200 honor so it wasn't too bad. It just felt soooo good to be back in the battlegrounds :). I am interested in winning right now though because I need honor. After that I went and did some exploring. I have all of Outlands explored and got the Achievement for that, now I am working on Azeroth. After that I will have to do Kalimdor and I will have Eastern Kingdoms done. All that will leave is North Rend. I have about half of that explored. Once I have all of those explored I will get the title: Explorer.

Wranngar 12/21/08

I played Wranngar for awhile today in Sholazar Basin. I can get the quests there now and there are a lot of them. They are pretty easy and I am getting XP pretty quick. I only have 4 1/4 bars to go until 77. When I hit 77 I will be able to take the training, for a nominal fee, to be able to fly in North Rend. That will suck up 1,000 gold. But it will be worth it to be able to fly there, it will make questing easier and faster. I got a lot of Borean Leather today while I was questing and worked on my leatherworking some. I got my leatherworking up to 408 and my first aid to 432. My cooking skill is still 400 and my fishing is 378. I am trying to work on my skills as I go along but will probably finish leveling them up when I hit 80. Right now I just want to get to level 77 so I can fly. I found out that the Arctic Fur I have been getting goes for between 50 and 70 gold on the auction house per piece :). I am not sure if I will need it or not so I am hanging onto it for now. I have 9 pieces.

Wranngar 12/09/08

I played Wranngar for a while tonight and got him to level 73. I was questing in Dragonblight today and got a lot of quests cleared out of my log. Arkantose, one of the guildies, helped me out on a couple of the group ones so I got them done too. I wouldn't have done them for a couple more levels, if at all, but with his help they were pretty easy. I definitely could not have solo'd them and I don't really like grouping. It was good to get them out of the way and I got some good XP from them too. All of level 74 is rested on Wranngar so I will be playing him more during the week while I let Wrangar rest up a bit. I need to work on his leather working a little and start getting that leveled up too. After I leveled I went and got my training done, used my talent point and headed back to North Rend. I have one more quest in the Borlean Tundra to get done then I should be done there. I think I will be heading into Grizzly Hills next to quest.

Wranngar 12/07/08

I played Wranngar for a while tonight and got a few bars of XP. I was questing in Dragonblight in North Rend. The questing is pretty easy if a little time consuming, they have you running all over the place and everything is far apart. I got some of my skills leveled up a little bit today, I got my cooking to 399 and my Leatherworking up to 380. I got a few more Leatherworking patterns too. I took a bunch of the meat I was storing in the guild bank and cooked it up for the guild to use. We were really running low on food. I cooked up a bunch of food for Wrangar too from meat he sent me. I am taking all the Knothide Leather Scraps he is sending me and turning them into Knothide Leather. I will then turn that into Heavy Knothide Leather. I also made Wrangar a Bag of Many Hides, it is a 24 slot Leatherworking bag. His bags were filling up too fast from all the leather he was skinning and now when he skins something it automatically goes right into that bag. I still have a lot of rested XP on Wranngar and will play him some more tomorrow.