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 12/28/08

I got Wranngar to level 79 today. The quests seem to be really thinning out. All of level 79 is rested. I leveled in Icecrown while questing there. I thought I would be farther along than I am at this point. I went to Stormwind and got my training done, then used my talent point. I got my first aid to 450 so I have been sending the cloth I get to my cloth bank to hang on to for Wrangar and Gomorra when they need it. I am going to take a break for awhile but plan on getting back on and shooting for 80 tonight.

Update: I played Wranngar some more tonight and I have less than 8 bars to level 80. I will hit 80 tomorrow. I found some more quests around Storm Peaks so I should be able to hit it pretty quick in the morning. The quests are still pretty easy, I have been soloing all the ones that are not group quests. I have some group quests I will have to get done but it is not a high priority. If I see someone in chat looking for a group I will join but I think I can get to 80 without them.

Wranngar 12/27/08

I got Wranngar to level 78 today. As a matter of fact I have him half way through 78 and it's all rested. I think I have a good chance of hitting 80 tomorrow. It depends on how much of 79 is rested. I was questing in Icecrown and it was some more pretty easy stuff. I ran out of quests there but, when I was selling stuff at the vendor, I found a couple items in my bag that started quests there so I will go back and do them. I was questing in the Storm Peaks after I ran out of quests in Icecrown. A bunch of easy quests there too. I will probably spend the rest of my time leveling to 80 in Storm Peaks and Icecrown. I went to Stormwind and did my training when I leveled and used my talent point. I am going to really look at my talents when I hit 80 and see if I need to repsec at all. I also got my first aid to 450 so I am done with that. I can start saving the cloth for Wrangar's first aid and Gomorra's tailoring and first aid. I am still wearing all my level 70 PvP gear and not having a problem questing at all.

Wranngar 12/26/08

I played Wranngar for a while tonight and am now 2 bars away from level 78. I have a couple days off starting day after tomorrow so I will hit 80 then, no problem. I am still wearing all my level 70 PvP gear which some of my friends find pretty amusing. It is still working out well for me so why change it. I was questing in Icecrown again tonight and haven't got a quest yet I was unable to do solo. I still have some of the better quest reward gear so I might try that on and see what it does for me. I figured to start really saving the better stuff from the last 2 levels, 78 & 79. I can also make some pretty nice blue DPS gear so I will see what I can come up with. I am looking forward to hitting 80 and getting back into the battlegrounds. When I am well geared from that I will start doing arena. Once I get a full arena set I will get back into the battlegrounds and work on my 100,000 kills. I am sure I will be doing battlegrounds while I am doing arena anyway. I did the daily fishing and cooking quests today but forgot to check and see if I got credit for them.

Christmas 12/25/08

I played Wranngar for a little bit tonight. I did the daily quests but for some reason it say's I have not done and daily's consecutively today so I don't know what is up with that, I know I have done the same quests the last 4 or 5 days. I will keep doing them I guess and keep a closer eye on it. I was questing in Icecrown tonight. I picked up the quest to go there in Dalaran. I got a few quests there and there are a few more I can get so I might just start questing there, good XP. I was questing earlier in the Storm Peaks and have a few quests there I can do too. I have 7 rested bars to go to level 78 so I will probably get that done tomorrow.

Christmas Eve 12/24/08

I didn't really play tonight, I did log into all my characters and collect the gifts left under the tree by Greatfather Winter. Seeing Greatfather Winter is located in Ironforge I had to get all of them there. I got a bunch of good gifts on them so it was worth it. I did do the daily fishing and cooking quests on Wranngar but didn't get anything really good. I also sent everyone in my guild that logged in during the last week 100 gold as a Christmas present. Seeing as there are only 19 people in my guild, I am 5 of them and not everyone logged in during the last week, it only cost me 500 gold so that wasn't too bad :). Merry Christmas everyone.

Wranngar 12/23/08

I played Wranngar some more tonight. I got him to about the half way point. I was questing in Sholazar Basin. I did a few easy quests that gave some pretty good XP but then it was getting late so I had to log off. Hopefully I will get to level 78 tomorrow. I was toying with the idea of doing some battlegrounds when I hit 76 but then I wanted to get to 77 so I could fly in North Rend, now I think I will wait until 80 to do battlegrounds. I like being at the top of the food chain in the battlegrounds :). I also did the daily cooking and fishing quests today but didn't get anything exciting from them. I think tomorrow is the last day I need to do them before I get the Achievement for doing a daily 5 consecutive days.

Wranngar 12/22/08

I got Wranngar to 77 this morning. Now I can fly in North Rend. That is a relief. You don't know how useful something is until it's gone. I was questing in Sholazar Basin from the Nesingwary Base Camp. A lot of pretty easy quests including one where I had to ride a Mamoth and kill some Dragon Queen. I hate quests where you have to use something else to fight. Usually you can't control it and the weapons/attacks they give you don't seem to work too well. This one was the exception. The quest was Post-partum Aggression and it took me 2 tries to get it done. The first time I did it I figured out what I needed to do and the second time I did it I got it done easily. I had to summon Helmut Nesingwary to help me kill the thing. He was laying down traps and all I really had to do was keep luring it over them, they did the most damage. I would smack it once in awhile to keep it interested but mostly just ran it over the traps. That got me really close, then I cleaned up a couple other quests that were a little scattered and that got me to 77. I paid my 1,000 gold and got my "Cold Weather Flying Training" done, did my Druid training, used my talent point and then did the daily fishing and cooking quests. Didn't really get anything good from those, got some fish from the cooking. I will probably have some more time to get on and play later so maybe I can get half way to 78. All of 78 is rested except for less than half a bar. The first quest I get done will push that over the edge.

Update: I played Wranngar for a little bit more tonight but didn't get back on as early as I had hoped. I got another 4 bars of XP and all the rest of level 78 is rested. I am still questing in Sholazar Basin and will probably quest there until they run out. I did a few quests and they were pretty easy, even easier now that I am flying there. I will try to work on him some more tomorrow but I also want to work on Wrangar who is only 2 levels away from North Rend and 4 levels away from flight.

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 12/20/08

I got Wranngar to level 76 tonight and the whole level to 77 is rested. I never thought I would get through 75 but I found that a flask of mojo I was carrying around actually started a quest and from there it just snowballed into more and more quests. I will probably look for another place to quest tomorrow because pretty much all I have left in Zul'Drak are group and dungeon quests. I have been doing the daily fishing and cooking quests too to get the 5 consectuive days of daily quests Achievement. I think I have 2 days left to go. I went to Stormwind and got my Druid training and used my talent point then headed back to North Rend.

Wrangar 12/19/08

I played Wrangar for a while tonight and got about a third of the way through level 66. I was questing in Blades Edge out of Evergrove. The quests are pretty easy and the mobs are only a couple levels higher than me so I get good XP off them and they are easy to kill. I sent a bunch of Knothide Leather Scraps and Knothide Leather to Wranngar to make into Heavy Knothide Leather. I have 4 stacks of Heavy Knothide Leather now but am hanging onto them because it is only going for about 50 gold a stack on the auction House. I also turned all my Borean Leather Scraps into Borean Leather. I ended up with about 6 stacks of Borean Leather when I was done. That is in the bank because I can use it on Wranngar for leather working.

Wranngar 12/19/08

I played Wranngar for a little more tonight. I didn't get a lot of XP, I mainly did the daily cooking and fishing quests. I didn't get much from them but I am going for the Achievement for doing a daily for 5 consecutive days. I have one quest in Zul'Drak I have been trying to get through without much success. I only have 2 quests in Zul'Drak and I can't find any more. I will try to get that quest done tomorrow and see what happens.

Wranngar 12/18/08

I played Wranngar for a little bit tonight but didn't really get much XP, just a couple bars. I did 3 group (Elite) quests with some help from Arkantose. With him it was no problem. I tried to solo one of them and I couldn't do it. Anyway with Arkantose it was no problem to get them done. After that I went and helped someone through Scarlet Monastary Library and Armory. That didn't take too long and they leveled to 30 so they were happy, now they can ride. They already had their mount, just not the riding skill to ride it.