Battlegrounds 6/29/08

The daily battleground today was WSG so I skipped it, I hate WSG, I think it is a waste of time for the amount of honor you get from it so I only do it when I need the marks. Instead I fought in 1 AV and 3 Eye of the Storm on Wranngar, all losses :(. The Alliance just didn't have it together today. In the AV I was in they held SHGY right from the start, we also had SFGY so the Horde didn't have a forward GY to rez at which kept them right in front of us, we couldn't advance. I don't know what it is about SHGY and Galv but they have cost us more battles. Basically they held SHGY but left Dun Baldar wide open which seems to be standard procedure when you get a group that doesn't know any better about holding SHGY. Long story short, and it was a long honorless battle, We ended up losing when the Horde killed Vann. We had just got to Drek and people were saying to rush him while we still had 3 towers up... Great plan, rush him while he has 3 Warmasters with him and he's at 175% health. Then I went into EoS where we didn't fare any better. People seemed more interested in the flag than they did in getting nodes to the point where someone grabbed the flag when we didn't even have a node to bring it to... At least that can be written off to it being EoS holiday weekend and all the weekend warriors and AFKers were out in force. Hopefully it will get better next week but school is getting out so I am not sure it will. To check which holiday weekend it is and see whatever else is going on check out the Events Calendar.

Daily's 6/29/08

I did a few of my daily's on both Wranngar and Gomorra today. I did the daily fishing which was Bait Bandits and the daily cooking which was Soup for the Soul on both and also did Gaining the Advantage on Wranngar. For the daily fishing I flew over to my spot by Tuurem (52,37) in Terokkar Forest but went a few hundred feet South to the waterfall and fished there today. The Blackfin Darter for this quest are getting harder and harder to catch, I had about the same luck over there as I usually do, over a dozen casts to get one. When I had one I flew back to Old Man Barlo (40,59) at Silmyr Lake in Terokkar Forest and turned it in for my Bag of Fishing Treasures. Wranngar got 7g16s40c, 4 Sharpened Fish Hooks and a Piece of Polished Driftwood. Gomorra got 7g23s30c, 2 Elixirs of Water Walking and a Razor Sharp Fillet Knife. Nothing exciting there today. After that I headed to Nagrand to kill and skin some Clefthoof for Gaining the Advantage. I got the meat I needed for the daily cooking while I was doing that. Once I was done with Gaining the Advantage I flew over to the Ancestral Grounds (25,59) in Nagrand and cooked up my soup. Then I did it again on Gomorra. I went back and turned that in to The Rokk (61,15) in Shattrath and picked Barrel of Fish for my reward. Gomorra got 6 Golden Darter, 5 Figluster's Mudfish and 2 Bright Baubles while Wranngar got 6 Figluster's Mudfish, 5 Golden Darter, 2 Huge Spotted Feltail and a Fishbone Toothpick. Nothing too exciting there either but I cooked up all the fish and put it in the guild bank for whoever needs it. They also both got 7g59s for this daily and Wranngar got 16g39s plus a Major Rejuvenation Potion for turning in Gaining the Advantage.

Dreadsteed 6/28/08

I went into Dire Maul West, an instance in Feralas, and helped someone get their Dreadsteed tonight. It was one of the fastest runs I ever did in there, we were going flat out start to finish. It went pretty smooth considering how fast we were moving. There were 4 level 70 Warlocks, all Demon Spec'd, and a level 66 Rogue. There was me on my Demon Lock, Gomorra, Apothiss a 66 Rogue, Wraithguard a 70 Demon Lock, Riantria a 70 Demon Lock and Zeuswarlord another Demon Lock. We went in there to get Zeuswarlord his Dreadsteed. We went in and took out the 5 pylons to drop the shield around Immol'thar, then we killed him and set up the circle. All the Locks had mats so we were all able to help keep the 3 elements going while helping to fight all the demons that come into the circle, and there are a lot of them. It seems like it goes on for hours but it can't be any more than 10 minutes, I am not sure, I have never timed it. Having the Felguards to help makes a big difference. I remember the first two times I went in to summon the Dreadsteed, the first time for myself and the second time for someone else we wiped at the end trying to set up the circle due to the sheer volume of demons that come out to try and stop you. It does seem like it gets easier each time I do it though. Once we had the portal complete we got patched up and then summoned the Dreadsteed. While you are fighting the Dreadsteed (You have to kill it when it comes through) a Dreadguard (The Dreadsteeds Master) also comes through and you have to kill him too. Once we had the Dreadsteed down all Zeuswarlord had to do was talk to it and get the button to summon his Epic Dreadsteed Mount. All in all a pretty easy run. I will have to go out tomorrow and get some more Soul Shards to replenish my supply, I like to have at least 28 on hand at all times, being a Warlock I use them for everything.

Battlegrounds 6/28/08

I fought in a bunch of battlegrounds today on Wranngar. I did 5 Eye of the Storm, which was the daily battleground today. We won the first one I was in then I went back in and fought in 4 more, we had 2 wins and 3 losses. Not a good day for the Alliance in EoS. It is EoS holiday weekend this weekend and that explains a lot about why we were doing so bad in a battleground we usually do so well in. There were a lot of weekend warriors in there along with a lot of AFK. In a battleground where the teams are made up of 15 players each a couple AFK make a big difference. After that I went on to fight in 12 AV's, 3 wins and 9 losses, the Alliance was doing really bad in there too. There were anywhere from 5 to 10+ AFK per battle and you could tell a lot of the people that were participating, even if it was half heartedly, really didn't know what they were doing and were only there to get some of the gear that just came out. In a few battles, too many, there were people asking why we didn't just go and take down Drek. That should tell you how long it has been since they were in AV. Since patch 2.3 you can no longer just run right to Drek and take him out. Now he is tied into the towers just like Vann is. Each tower, IBT, TP, East Frostwolf Tower and West Frostwolf Tower, represents a Warmaster in with Drek and also gives him +25% to his health. With 4 towers up Drek has 4 Warmasters with him and is at 200% health so it is pretty much impossible to just run down and take him out without taking out at least 2 of the towers. Usually we wait until we have 3 towers down before we even try. We had a few battles that ended up in turtles and lost a lot on reinforcements. There was the usual stupid stuff going on too, going for Galv first and taking and holding SHGY. Holding SHGY gives the Horde no forward place to rez so they are in front of the offense the whole time and we can not advance. I am not sure what it is about that people do not understand but it happens way too often. Hopefully it will straighten out in the coming weeks as the people who are only doing battlegrounds now for honor get the honor they need and go back to PvE.

Daily's 6/28/08

I really slacked off on my daily's today, I only did the daily fishing, which was Crocolisks in the City again, and the daily cooking, which was Revenge is Tasty. I did them on Wranngar. I spent most of my day in the battlegrounds although I did go to Dire Maul West and helped someone get their DreadSteed. I got the usual rewards from the daily's nothing exciting.

Battlegrounds 6/27/08

The daily battleground today was Alterac Valley. I did it on Wranngar and we won the first one I was in. We rushed FWGY, then backtracked and got TP and IBT while some went forward to get FWRH and the East and West Towers. After we had TP and IBT we went and killed Galv for extra honor. We waited until all the towers had capped along with FWRH then we moved in and killed Drek, a pretty smooth run and having capped everything we got maximum honor. We seemed to be doing ok in AV today so I stayed for 15 more battles, we won 7 more and lost 8 for a total of 8 wins and 8 losses for the day. 50% is not bad for the Alliance in AV in our battlegroup, as a matter of fact it is pretty good. We had a lot of AFK as is to be expected after they released Season 2 for honor. For the most part the strategies that seemed to be working best were rushing FWGY, rushing FWRH and even rushing IBGY and moving on from there. As long as we all worked together we had no problem winning and in one battle the Horde had nothing capped, not even a graveyard, they were rezzing in their cave. We won a few of our battles on reinforcements but for the most part won by killing Drek. The Horde won about half of theirs by killing Vann and the rest on reinforcements. We did have a few turtles, mostly when people went for Galv first which usually causes the offense to get wiped out. Everybody, usually the ones going for Galv at the start, says you only need 5 to take down Galv and that is true but when you look while they are doing it there are no less than 10 in there and usually around 15. There was the usual stupidity of people hanging onto SHGY causing the Horde to rez right in offenses face and keeping them from moving forward. If you can get SHGY AFTER you cap IBGY and FWGY then by all means do so as it will really hold the Horde back from moving forward but you don't hold it from the start, aside from a little resistance to slow the Horde down, because it keeps us from moving forward. All in all I had a good time in there and got a bunch of honor and kills. Axeelina even came in and fought in a couple of them with me. I also ended up with 32 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor most of which I had to delete out of my mail as I am back up to 100 after buying my Merciless Gladiator's Maul the other day.

Daily's 6/27/08

I only did some of my daily's on Wranngar today, then I hit the battleground. The daily's I did were the daily cooking, which was Manalicious, the daily fishing, which was Crocolisks in the City, Sunfury Attack Plans and Gaining the Advantage. I did Sunfury Attack Plans on my way over to Eco-Dome Midrealm to do the daily cooking. I got the Sunfury Attack Plans on my 4th kill so that was pretty quick. Then I went and picked my Mana Berries and headed back to turn in to The Rokk (61,15) in Shattrath. I picked Barrel of Fish for my reward and got a Goldenscale Vendorfish which I sold to a vendor for 6 gold, 4 Golden Darter and a Ruined Fishing Net. The Golden Darter will come in handy. After that I went to Nagrand and killed some Clefthoof for Gaining the Advantage. That didn't take me too long and I headed back to Shattrath to turn Gaining the Advantage and Sunfury Attack Plans. From there I headed to Stormwind and caught my Baby Crocolisk on the first cast. Took me longer to get there than it did to catch it :). I hearthed back to Shattrath and flew over to Old Man Barlo (40,59) at Silmyr Lake in Terokkar Forest and turned that in for my Bag of Fishing Treasures. I got 7g35c, 6 Sharpened Fish Hooks and 3 Jaggal Pearls. Nothing too exciting there. After that I decided it was time to get some honor so I grabbed the daily battleground, which was Alterac Valley, and headed into the battleground.

Battlegrounds 6/26/08

I fought in a couple different battlegrounds tonight. I did Arathi Basin for my daily and also 3 Alterac Valley on Wranngar. We won the first AB I was in, 2000/1370. It was a pretty good fight, we held 3 nodes the whole time but they were constantly changing as we lost one and picked up a new one. The daily battle ground pays 11g99s, 419 honor and 3 marks of honor which in this case were Arathi Basin Mark of Honor. We didn't do as well in AV, there were a lot of AFK and no real teamwork. People were going off and doing their own thing, not working together which cost us all 3 battles. A couple of the plans we were trying to follow were rush FWGY and rush FWRH but they only work if everyone follows the plan and that just wasn't happening. Some people wanted to kill Galv right at the start and when they couldn't get enough people together to kill him they argued about it instead of helping the offense reach an objective. I am not sure which battleground weekend it is but it sure felt like AV weekend, I will have to check and see. (I checked and it is Eye of the Storm weekend) We never even got close to taking down Drek while the Horde took down Vann in 2 of the 3 battles I was in. I think there was only one battle were we actually capped a tower in Frostwolf Keep. All 3 battles turned into a turtle due to lack of teamwork and not having enough offense working towards the same goal to secure a forward graveyard. 3 battles was all I could take, maybe I will try again tomorrow. You can check the Events Calendar to see what is happening and where.

Daily's 6/26/08

I did some of my daily's today. I did the daily fishing, which was Bait Bandits and the daily cooking, which was Revenge is Tasty on both Wranngar and Gomorra plus I did Gaining the Advantage on Wranngar. The fishing went pretty quick and I got a nice reward on Wranngar. I flew over to the bridge by Tuurem (52,37) in Terokkar Forest to catch my Blackfin Darters. I got them in a few casts on each then flew over to Skettis to kill a Monstrous Kaliri and get my wing. I had t kill 4 on each before I got the wing. I flew back to Old Man Barlo (40,59) at Silmyr Lake in Terokkar Forest and turned in the fishing quest for my Bag of Fishing Treasures. Gomorra got 7g35s1c, 3 Elixir of Water Walking and a Noble's Monocle which I sold to a vendor for 11 gold. Allakhazam says it goes for 125 gold on the auction house but I don't see that happening, it is a white item. Wranngar's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 6g99s25c, 4 Sharpened Fish Hooks, a Giant Shark Tooth and Spun Truesilver Fishing Line. The Spun Truesilver Fishing Line is one of the rewards that make doing the daily fishing quest worthwhile, it permanently adds +3 to your fishing skill. After that I flew over to The Rokk (61,15) in Shattrath and turned in the cooking. I picked Barrel of Fish for my reward on both and Wranngar got 6 Spotted Feltail, 5 Golden Darter, 2 Enormous Barbed Gill Trout and 3 Clean Fishbones. Gomorra got 9 Golden Darter, a Huge Spotted Feltail, an Enormous Barbed Gill Trout and a Ruined Fishing Net. The Golden Darter alone are worth 45 gold on the auction house and that is what makes doing the daily cooking worthwhile even though I have all the recipes now. They both got the 7g59s the daily cooking pays. After that I flew out to Nagrand and killed and skinned some Clefthoof for Gaining the Advantage, that didn't take me too long today and I turned it in for 16g39s and a Major Rejuvenation Potion which I sold as I already have too many of them. I will probably go later on and do my Shattered Sun daily's too.

Update: I did all my Shattered Sun daily's on Wranngar a little later. Everything was dropping good and there were not too many people around so I was able to get them done in about 40 minutes. I did the bombing run in one pass, finishing about 3/4 of the way through. I made around 120 gold for the little time it took me.

Battlegrounds 6/25/08

Today's daily battleground was Eye of the Storm. I did it on Wranngar and we won the first one I was in. We started off capping DR, MT & FRR then we lost MT and got BET. We went and got MT back and that gave us a 4 cap, we ran the flag a few times and won 2000/57. I got 11g99s and 419 honor from this daily along with 3 Eye of the Storm Mark of Honor. After that I went and fought in 8 Alterac Valley battles on Wranngar. The Alliance was doing really good tonight for a change, we had 6 wins and 2 losses. For the most part we rushed FWGY while a few stayed back and took IBT and TP, then moved on to FWRH and the FW Towers. After we had those, or at least one of the FW Towers capped, we went in and took out Drek. In a couple we did get IBGY which only helps as that gives us a mid-point graveyard. The Horde tried to turtle in a few of them but we either ran right over them or won on reinforcements. In both our losses we lost because of a turtle and ran out of reinforcements, the Horde did not kill Vann in any of the battles I was in. In a couple of our wins we even got Galv first and still won, that is how on the Alliance was today. Of course due to Season 4 coming out and Season 2 becoming available in Champions Hall there were a lot of AFK in the battles, they are going to AFK their way to an upgrade I guess. Attached is a screen shot of the AFK in one battle, pretty much all the battles we like this. Blizzard says they are doing something about the AFK problem but you just know it is going to be really bad for the next couple months. At least we had groups good enough today to still win without them.

Daily's 6/25/08

I did some of my daily's on Wranngar and Gomorra today. I did the daily fishing quest which was Crocolisks in the City, the daily cooking which was Super Hot Stew on both and Gaining the Advantage on Wranngar. For the fishing I went to Stormwind and fished in the canal right outside the Mage Quarter where you portal in. I got my Baby Crocolisk in just a few casts on each then headed back to Shattrath. I turned that in to Old Man Barlo (40,59) at Silmyr Lake in Terokkar Forest for my Bag of Fishing Treasures and got, on Wranngar 7g13s68c, 4 Sharpened Fish Hooks and a Rusted Lock. Gomorra got 6g95s71c, 4 Sharpened Fish Hooks and a Mithril Shaving Razor that I sold to a vendor for 11 gold. Then I headed over to Forge Camp Terror in Baldes Edge to cook up my Demon Broiled Surprise. I took the mats out of the guild bank as I have a lot in there from the daily cooking so all I had to do was kill an elemental and cook it over his remains. I headed back to The Rokk (61,15) in Shattrath and turned that in. I picked Barrel of Fish on both and Wranngar got 6 Golden Darter, 5 Furious Crawdad and a Silver Hook. Gomorra got 4 Spotted Feltail, 6 Zangarian Sporefish, 2 Huge Spotted Feltail and a Fisherman Knife. I got some good fish out of those that I cooked up and put in the guild bank. They also both got the 7g59s that this quest pays. I headed over to Hellfire Peninsula to kill some Razorfang for Gaining the Advantage and also got some meat while I was doing that. I turned that in for 16g39s and a Major Rejuvenation Potion. I have 30 Major Rejuvenation Potion in the guild bank so I sold that one. I will go later and do the daily battleground which is Eye of the Storm and I will also try to get my Shattered Sun daily's done.

Update: I did all my Shattered Sun daily's on Wranngar later on tonight. I did them with Yonezoe and we were able to knock them all out in about 40 minutes. The Shattered Sun daily's are quick, easy, and give you some good gold for the little effort it takes you. I like to do them in a different order every day to break up the boredom. I can usually do the bombing quest in one run but with 2 of us doing it there is no doubt we will have it done in one run. I made 117 gold for these, after repairs, including coin drops.

Battlegrounds 6/24/08

Arena Season 4 came out today so the season 2 stuff became available to buy with honor in Champions' Hall in Stormwind. I picked up Merciless Gladiator's Maul for Wranngar and had Major Agility (+35) put on it. Then I headed into the battleground to get more honor. Today's daily battleground was Warsong Gulch but I hate Warsong Gulch so I headed into Alterac Valley. I fought in 6 battles on Wranngar, we won 3 and lost 3. The groups were of varying quality, 2 of the 3 we lost we lost badly while one of the losses was really close, we were on Drek when the Horde killed Vann. In the 3 we won only one of them was close, the other 2 were massacres :). For the most part were rushed FWGY and the Relief Hut then capped towers and took down Drek for the win. In none of the battles, wins or losses did we get Galv first. I got some honor and a lot of kills out of it so I was happy. I will probably go back in a little later for more :).

Update: I went in for one more AV tonight which we won using the rush IBGY strat. That strat still seems to be working well along with the rush FWGY strat, but the key is everyone working together that really makes it happen. As long as everyone is working together towards a common goal we seem to be able to win without any problem.

Daily's 6/24/08

I did some of my daily's on both Wranngar and Gomorra. I did the fishing which was Bait Bandits, cooking which was Manalicious again and Sunfury Attack Plans on both plus Gaining the Advantage and The Multiphase Survey on Wranngar. I flew over to the bridge by Tuurem (52,37) in Terokkar Forest and caught my Blackfin Darter's in a couple casts then headed over to Eco-Dome Midrealm in Netherstorm to pick Mana Berries, that didn't take me long and I did Sunfury Attack Plans on the way back. When I got back to Shattrath I turned the cooking in to The Rokk (61,15) and picked Barrel of Fish for my reward. Wranngar got 11 Spotted Feltail, 2 Huge Spotted Feltail and 3 Clean Fishbones. Gomorra got 4 Spotted Feltail, 4 Zangarian Sporefish and 2 Clean Fishbones. Not anything to write home about there but now that I have all the recipes I am in it for the meat and fish. Of course they both got the 7g59s this quest pays too. When I turned in the fishing quest to Old Man Barlo (40,59) at Silmyr Lake in Terokkar Forest, for my Bag of Fishing Treasures, Wranngar got 6g66s40c, 4 Sharpened Fish Hooks, and a Broken Spyglass which I sold to a vendor for 2 gold. Gomorra got 7g41s66c, 5 Sharpened Fish Hooks and 2 pieces of Salvaged Scrap Metal. Nothing too exciting there either but there are still some nice rewards to be had for both Wranngar and Gomorra so I will stick with it. You can see the rewards for the other quests by going to the List of Daily Quests.

Update: I went and did all the Shattered Sun daily's on Wranngar tonight after the battleground. I did them with Yonezoe and we got them done pretty quick. She had some of them partially done from the day before so that made things go a little quicker.