The Underbog 6/22/09

I saw in WorldDefense that Ironforge was under attack so I headed there. While I was there I met up with Thayah, a level 63 Deathknight, and Dreaneth a level 80 hunter. We decided to do some of the Summer Festival quests. During that Thayah said he wanted to do Underbog so we headed to Zangarmarsh to do that.

We ended up doing 2 runs as he was looking for a certain drop but we never got it. It went pretty smoothly, we only had one death and that was me lol, I was too busy taking screenshots with the interface off for my blog and wasn't watching my health. I was tanking and I rounded up a bunch of mobs each time for us to take out, a lot more than I would have if I was the correct level for that instance. I didn't heal after one onslaught and went right into another without checking my health. I got a little too involved and forgot the basics lol.

The Underbog is around level 60, the mobs are 60-65 elites in there. I got the achievement for completing it, I haven't done many dungeons on Wranngar at all but I really enjoyed this one. After the second run the group sort of broke up so we called it a night on dungeons although we could probably have 2 manned Slave Pens. Thayah got some good drops out of there, there was nothing in there for me or Dreaneth that we could use. I plan to start raiding on Gomorra soon, the top level dungeons.

I kind of gave up on dungeons a long time ago because I was sick of getting 1/2-3/4 of the way through a dungeon to have the group fall apart. I started lots of dungeons and only finished a few..... Now I am ready to try again though. A friend of mine, Beerchick, Champion of the Naaru, said I am welcome to join their guild, BeerBeer and raid with them, I might take him up on it. It is much better to raid with a guild than a pick-up group.

The Ghostfish Mystery 6/22/09

I got my daily's out of the way pretty quick today. The cooking was Mustard Dogs! and the fishing was The Ghostfish.

I did the cooking first as usual, it only took me a couple minutes on each, not many people were doing it at that time. The rewards were the usual, nothing special.

I went to Sholazar Basin to catch my Phantom Ghostfish. I fly up top a little Northwest of the flight point to fish for it, I usually get one there in less than 10 casts. I got it on both in a few minutes. You have 60 seconds to eat the Phanton Ghostfish before it disappears, hence the mystery, you can't bring one back. Once you catch and eat one the quest is complete, all you have to do then is go back to Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran and tell her what you found out.

The daily battleground today was Eye of the Storm, we won the second one I was in. The reward for that is 13g23s and 1241 honor. The first group I was in was pretty bad, we didn't have any towers yet almost the entire group was in the middle fighting for the flag.... The second group was better, we had some flagtards but not too many, not enough to cost us the battle. After that I didn't even bother with any other battlegrounds.

Battlegrounds 6/21/09

It took me 5 battles in Eye of the Storm to get my daily done on Wranngar which is just sad. It was some of the worst PvP play I have seen in awhile and I have seen some pretty poor PvP play latley. No one was defending anything, everyone was going for the flag, nobody was trying for towers, I guess they were just trying for achievements.

In one of the battles everyone came off the rock and went to MT, me and one other person were the only ones that went to FRR, needless to say we died. In a couple other battles more than half the team came off the rock and went right to the flag. A lot of people were pissed. In one battle we had one person that got, and lost, the flag twice while we didn't even have any towers..... Like I said, it was just sad to see.

The stupidity didn't stop there, it was going on in AB and AV as well. I fought in 2 battles in AV, both losses. One ended up in a turtle at DB and the other we lost because someone thought it would be smart to take SHGY which is pretty much a guaranteed loss.

In AB there was no teamwork and people couldn't understand, if all the Horde are at ST, GO CAP SOMETHING ELSE!!!!! They just didn't get it and continued to waste time, one or two at a time, trying to get ST back..... I call this phenomenon 'Nap Time is Over' because it seems like the battleground is full of kids with no understanding of strategy. Or a undrestanding of anything else PvP for that matter.

As usual there were a lot of AFK in all the battles I was in, except for the one AB I fought in but we lost that to a 5 cap so it was fast and might not have been enough time for the TuringTest AFK Reporter to report them AFK.

Daily's 6/21/09

I only did the cooking and fishing again today. The cooking was Sewer Stew and the fishing was Blood Is Thicker on my server, Aman'thul. I also did the achievement Critter Gitter on Gomorra.

I didn't get anything worth mentioning as far as rewards go from the cooking or fishing, just the usual stuff.

Critter Gitter is a fun easy quest that only takes a minute. I took some Critter Bites with me when I went to do the daily fishing and, after I got my 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy for the daily fishing, I headed out to the icebergs off Unu'pe in Borean Tundra. There are all kinds of Penguins on them and I had no problem getting 10 of them to be my friend in under 3 minutes. Actually it took me less than 30 seconds to round up 10 of them. All you need to do is target one and toss him a treat by right clicking on it. Or, if you have a universal hot key slot in your action bar like I do, just target and hot key. That is one more step towards my chef title on Gom.

Battleground Leechers 6/21/09

I am so sick of all the leechers in the battlegrounds I have decided to list them. The following is a list of the people that were leeching in the battlegrounds I was in today along with the battleground they were in.


Eye of the Storm
Kryptonikk - Frostwolf - 2 battles

Alterac Valley
Deerht Jenkins - Kil'Jaeden - 2 battles
Proteja - Tichondrius - 2 battles
Xybodhi - Ner'zhul - 2 battles
Trinketpls of the Nightfall - Frostmourne - 2 battles
Priorie - Aman'Thul - 1 battle
Korad - Blackrock - 1 battle
Darylol, Champion of the Frozen Wastes - Frostmourne - 2 battles
Supchief - Tichondrius - 1 battle
Tac - Sliverhand - 1 battle
Alkemist - Tichondrius - 1 battle
Kristana - Tichondrius - 1 battle
Talker - Sliverhand - 1 battle

These people were AFK thoughout the battle until at least the last few minutes, all the AFK seem to come alive in the last couple minutes trying to clear the AFK debuff so they can get marks and honor. Blizzard should have something in place to remove them once they are AFK for a certain amount of time but, unfortunatley, they do not...... If one of these is your character or one of these characters is in your guild, you must be so proud.

Alterac Valley 6/20/09

My daily battleground today was Alterac Valley. I almost didn't take it and now I wish I hadn't. It was some piss poor PvP on the part of the Alliance. I had to ask and see if it was AV weekend, that's how bad it was.

The biggest problem in all the battles was idiots taking and holding SHGY. Taking and holding SHGY is pretty much a guaranteed loss, it keeps ALL the Horde in front of us so we can't advance. The saddest part was it was the same people in a few of the battles who took it each time. Evidently they are too stupid to learn from their mistakes and are doomed to repeat them over and over again. It took me 8 battles to get my daily done. There were also a lot of AFK in all the battles I was in, Blizzard is doing a great job taking care of that. When someone is marked AFK they should have 90 seconds to get into battle and clear it. If they don't they should be removed from the battleground and given a 3 day ban from fighting in any battleground. That would be first offense. Second offense they should be banned from playing WoW for 3 days. Third offense should be a lifetime ban from the battlegrounds and a week ban from playing WoW. The problem is Blizzard doesen't want to piss off the AFK because then they would lose their $15 a month. The hell with the rest of us I guess.....

I also fought in 2 Eye of the Storm, one win and one loss. In the win we took and held 3 towers and ran the flag. That is how EoS should be played, get at least 3 towers before you waste time on the flag. In the loss 3/4 of our team came off the rock when the shield lifted and went straight for the flag. That is how EoS should NOT be played. Flagtards cost us more battles than anything else. I think one of the main reasons they do this is the achievements, I wish they would just do away with them, they cause a lot of problems in ALL the battlegrounds. Once again I am sick of playing with idiots in the battlegrounds and will probably take a break from them and do daily's.

Northrend Daily's 6/20/09

I got my daily's out of the way as soon as I logged on today. The fishing was Monsterbelly Appetite and the cooking was Infused Mushroom Meatloaf.

As usual these didn't take me too long. I didn't get anything worth mentioning for rewards from either.

Battlegrounds 6/19/09

My daily battleground today was Strand of the Ancients again today, way to give some variety Blizzard...

I did it on Wranngar and we won the second one I was in. The first one was close but we lost in the end. The second one wasn't even remotely close and we won it easily. I turned that in and collected my 13g23s and 1241 bonus honor. I should have enough honor to get another piece in a day or two.

After that I did some Eye of the Storm. It is amazing how some people still don't know how to play EoS, they claim to know how to play it and give a lot of 'advice' but they have no clue. Today there was someone spouting off about the importance of the flag. The flag is not important, the towers are. With 3 towers you don't need to run the flag at all to win. Same thing with 4 towers. With 2 towers you have to run, or get and hold, the flag. Not surprisingly that battle had a lot of flagtards in it, it was a loss because we only held 2 towers at best and lost them a few times because everyone was in the middle fighting for the flag. The Flag to EoS is what Galv is to AV, put there to distract the stupid. Anyway that was the only bad group I was in, I ended up with 6 wins and one loss. The Alliance was playing like it used to in EoS :).

I fought in 2 AV's too, both losses. The first loss was really close and I though we had it, we had Drek down to 17% when the Horde either killed Vann or our resources ran out, I wasn't paying attention. In the second battle we held SHGY which is pretty much a guaranteed loss... People just don't get it, if you hold SHGY it keep all the Horde in front of you and you lose 9 times out of 10. The only way you can win is if you have a really good group. I haven't seen any really good groups in AV in awhile. We had 8 AFK in the second battle.

Northrend Daily's 6/19/09

I did a bunch of daily's today. The fishing I got from Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran was The Ghostfish and the cooking I picked up from Katherine Lee (41,65), the Grand Master Cooking Trainer in the kitchen of A Hero's Welcome was Mustard Dogs! again.

As usual I did the cooking first, that had me running all over Dalaran looking for Wild Mustard. It didn't take me long to get the 4 I needed on each today, I was actually kind of surprised at how quickly it went. I combined that with some Rhino Dogs to make a Mustard Dog Basket!. Once I had that I delivered it to Archmage Pentarus (68,41) at Krasus' Landing in exchange for 9g93s, 2 Dalaran Cooking Awards and a Small Spice Bag.

Gomorra's Small Spice Bag had 3 Northern Spices in it. Not a great haul for Gom but I'll take it.

Wranngar's Small Spice Bag had 4 Northern Spices in it along with another Dalaran Cooking Award making 3 for him, not a bad day for Wrann.

After that I headed over to River's Heart in Sholazar Basin to catch a Phantom Ghostfish. It took me a few minutes on both to get one today, it usually goes a lot quicker than it did today. Once I caught one I ate it right away. They are on a timer that starts clocking as soon as you loot it, you have 60 seconds before it disappears. Eating it reveals the mystery to you and completes the quest. I headed back to Marcia and told her I figured out the mystery so she gave me a Bag of Fishing Treasures for my trouble.

Wrann's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 9g7s11c, 3 Elixirs of Water Walking, an Unusual Compass and 2 Deviate Fish. I was hoping for better. I can always hope :).

Gom's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 8g19s48c, a Glow Worm, 2 Solid Gold Coins, which I sold to a vendor for a gold each, and 3 Deviate Fish. There used to be a time when Deviate Fish were worth something but those days are over.

I did all my daily's for The Sons of Hodir on Gom but not on Wrann, I just didn't feel like doing them on him. He was busy in the battlegrounds anyway. The daily's I do for The Sons of Hodir are Blowing Hodir's Horn, Hot and Cold, Polishing the Helm, Spy Hunter and Feeding Arngrim. These take me about a half hour and get me around 80+ gold with drops. My gold supply hasn't been piling up too fast since I stopped doing these.

Daily Battleground 6/18/09

My daily battleground today was Strand of the Ancients again, we won the first one I was in. It was the quickest easiest SoA I have ever been in. We just got off the boat, broke through the gates and got to the relic. It took about 90 seconds. I guess whatever time we do it in is the time the Horde have to do it in. They only got through one gate before it was over.

I fought in one Wintergrasp, a win. We were offense and the Horde were defending Wintergrasp. We won that one in about 11 minutes. I think I got 26 kills out of that one. I am starting to get the hang of WG now. It is a little different as you can either be defending or attacking depending on who is in possession of WG when you go in. I am building up my marks for a headpiece I want to get.

I fought in one Arathi Basin, a loss. No surprise there, the Alliance has really been sucking in AB lately. We lost to a 5 cap. I don't know if people are too stupid to work together or if they are just trying for the achievements but whatever the problem is it's not working. It was the same old crap, people riding up to nodes, starting them capping, then riding out. We used to do pretty well in AB now I think we are lucky to win one in ten.

We were doing ok today in Eye of the Storm, we had 3 wins and 2 losses. Not great but ok. We had a 4 cap in one of our wins, it was The Perfect Storm. I already had it but a bunch of other people got the achievement. You get The Perfect Storm when you win 2000/0, meaning the horde didn't cap anything. There were a few AFK and a couple bots in the battles I was in. This is because season 6 came out and they are trying to bot/AFK themselves into season 5 gear. People who bot or AFK make me sick, they are losers who are taking a spot from someone who could be fighting.

Daily's 6/18/09

I got all my daily's done on both toons today. The cooking was Mustard Dogs! and the fishing was Jewel Of The Sewers.

These didn't take me too long today and I didn't have any problems doing them on Wranngar today.

I didn't get anything worth mentioning as rewards from either today. I did get a Battered Jungle Hat on Wrann. I asked in trade if anyone wanted it for free and got a lot of replies, I will have to be more careful next time lol. Here's a screen shot of my bank alt wearing one.

Assorted Battlegrounds 6/17/09

Today was some of the worst PvP play I have seen in a long time by the Alliance. We couldn't win anything, it was sad. I fought in 4 Strand of the Ancients, 1 wins, 2 losses and one draw. It was my daily today. I always wondered what happened if no one was able to get at the relic, now I know, it is a draw.

I fought in 2 Eye of the Storm, both losses. We usually dominate EoS, that's what made it that much sadder. You could tell in 2 battles that the quality of players was such that we were not going to win in there soon. No one was defending anything, everyone was going for the flag, everyone that wasn't AFK that is. Blizzard has been working on the AFK problem in the battlegrounds for a couple years now, hopefully they will have a soultion soon.....

Surprisingly enough we won the 2 Arathi Basin battles I was in. They were both close but we pulled it off. For the most part people were guarding nodes and then going in a group, not one or two, to try for another node. I guess all the compentent players were fighting in AB today. I usually head to the Gold Mine and help cap then defend that when I am in AB. If we lose that then I usually go on offense and help capture another node. There was only one AFK in one of the battles I was in and none in the other.

I fought in one Wintergrasp which we won. That actually went pretty well. We won it in just a little over 11 minutes, we were defending. I got a couple achievements in there today, I have not done a lot of fighting in there yet. I couldn't get the quests today for some reason so I didn't get all the honor I had been getting.

Lastly I fought in one Alterac Valley. We lost that one too. The main reason behind that loss was people decided to hold SHGY. Holding SHGY keeps all the Horde in front of us the whole time, making it impossible to advance. You try to tell people this and they either can't read or don't care. They certainly don't learn from their mistakes because the same people will be in there the next battle fighting to hold SHGY. We lose a lot of AV's when the Alliance holds SHGY. Holding SHGY is pretty much a guaranteed loss.

On the plus side I broke 60,000 lifetime kills on Wrann today. I have less than 40,000 to go to hit 100,000 and get my 'of the Alliance' title.

Daily's 6/17/09

I got my daily's done today on both, it was a struggle. I did them no problem on Gomorra but I had a hell of a time doing them on Wranngar. The daily fishing was Jewel Of The Sewers again and the cooking was Infused Mushroom Meatloaf. I got the fishing from Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran and the daily cooking from Katherine Lee (41,65), the Grand Master Cooking Trainer in the kitchen of A Hero's Welcome.

I did both the daily's on Gom first, I had no problem. I got my 4 Infused Mushrooms pretty quick and my piece of Corroded Jewelry on the third cast. When I went to do these same ones on Wrann I couldn't target the Infused Mushrooms and I didn't have my piece of Corroded Jewelry after 20 casts. I usually have to cast no more than 10 times to get it.

I abandoned the quests, and got them again, no change. I abandoned them and logged out, logged back in and got them again, nothing. I kind of knew what I had to do but I didn't want to. Finally I did it, I deleted my \WTF folder. That resets everything. Once I did that I was able to do the quests but lost all my add-ons and personal settings. I turned a couple of the add-ons back on but left the rest off.

I didn't get anything worth mentioning from either of these quests as far as rewards go. It was pretty much the same old stuff.