Durnholde - Epoch the Hunter, Hunted.

Seems I'm behind with Cavern of Time runs but that's all fine. An empire dosen't get built in a day let alone a week. Did Durnholde a few days ago for first time and 3 ties at him in a all melee group of Warrior & Rogues with a Druid as healer and we never got him down, so group called it quits. I never really had aggro and the healer was dying for some reason. Did another PUG group tonight and we had a good run with a Priest as healer. Plan was Priest to dispel Epoch the Hunter aura whenever it was up so he didn't keep dispelling the casters magic, buffs my holy shield among all things.

First thing was to make sure after the 3 first waves in the moment before boss fight that I had first and firm aggro on Epoch and everyone else DPS him from behind while I tanked him from the front and eventually got knocked back toward the house walls and worked much better than last time. The WoW client kept locking up and generating error reports (Had happened allot since patch) to send to Blizzard, was distracting. However Durnholde is fun and will need to run this place a few more times just for fun and the needed reps. So completed my quests and picked up quest for Black Morass. I guess a good night it was and the KOT Reps helps. Anyway after working all weekend and limited WoW time its Friday for me, it may be Tuesday for you. My UI's are slowly getting updated so that's great also. What was noticeable in this run was I was only one with a threat meter running it seems in the group.

Hunting for Food Supplies

I'm almost out of food supplies or buffing food (Strength & Spirit) and in need of some replenishment. I've been able to level up all my other skills and somehow I'm a bit stuck on leveling up cooking at 337, with no orange or yellow recipes i can find anywhere to train on. Food supplies on AH cost a few gold to purchase so headed up to the Hinterlands to kill some Owlbeast. Tip: It pays when questing to remember just where things are found.

I haven't been using my 2H weapons as much lately so popped a Intelligence pot, used BOK to raise stats (Intelligence) and went grinding on some Owlbeasts. Leveled back up quickly my 2H mace weapon skill close to max skill and got my 20 eggs i needed in about 45 minutes. Killed some White Wolfs there also for their meat, picked some Sungrass, Fadeleaf & Golden Sansum Herbs all in same area. Headed back to the Horde camp, made food for stock and headed back to Undercity to give Galo some rest in the Inn.

Owlbeasts are good for their eggs as its used in cooking (Nice buff) and its a Tanaris quest item for Artisian Cooking level quest by Dirk Quickcleave in Tanaris. So worth a bit on AH. Much easier to get the eggs from the Owlbeast in the Hinterlands than Roc Birds in Tanaris.

loving Protection Spec Grinding

What do you do when you see a camp? Hmm, let see how many mobs I can kill all at one time maybe? How about lets seeing if I can make a pattern on my mob kills! Any idea will do for a Protection Paladin, for the love of the kill. Been Protection Spec is all about fun when you adventure around and seeing places, its not just auto attacks, seal, judge, seal and melee.

Sometimes its just to have fun as a picture can tell many tales. On my way to Un'Goro Crater i was passing the Orge camp in dessert in Tanaris as I took one look I decided on having some quick fun rounding up the camp and thinning the herd quickly.

Weekend in Review, Tanaris in Screenshots - Call Terminex!

Assaulting a Insect Hive for a Quest. I loooove my Hanzo Sword. Me and my Hanzo doing Extermination at a Insect Hive on a Quest to recover Geological survey Stuff. I killed 1 Elite and got a nice green plate drop, vendored it though. Went through about 8 Xp bars here and leveled up to 51 all in one assault here.

Screenshots - Overlooking Un'Goro Crater

Taking screenshots of my adventure is becoming a favorite activity of mine while adventuring in WoW. I took this picture on the mountain ranges in Western Tanaris. I was looking down into Un'goro Crater sitting on my mount wondering what lay ahead hidden in that thick jungle down below. A interesting picture it was to capture as the sun seemed well positioned overhead during that moment.

Into Un'Goro Crater

Dinged lvl 49. WOOT!! Needed some place else new to explore while in Tanaris, so headed southwest and decided to see what awaits me in Un'Goro Crater as i have yet to explore here. Lots and lots of Raptors here, seem like jurasic park. Not too bad to kill as i tested my metal on a few and was not a problem to down a few mostly 48-52. Picked up one quest form a book on loot drop and tried to find the neutral camp here dodging Raptors mostly all the way there. Helped and alliance warlock and her minion kill some raptors in a fight on the way. Raptors galore here!

Found the camp and got the Flight Path there in the camp. I'm calling it a day here now so i got the Flight Path here, headed back to Tanaris to turn in a few quests. Heading to the Hinterlands by way of Booty Bay to turn in a completed quest there. Somehow i'm thinking i'm going to like been in Un'Goro as its all melee combat here, no casters around.

Tales from Tanaris

Headed back to Tanaris for more questing, my other quest are mostly Dungeon Quests so i'm pretty much doing anything else but dungeons. Waiting to group for a Dungron can be time consuming. Headed south into the dessert and searched for a while for a chicken quests as took some time to find this tiny chicken as i explored all over the southern dessert area. Found the chicken riding over a parth in the hills. Quests was not too hard escorting the chicken to the port, however chicken seem to have a mind of its own and kept running into other mobs. I think it was doing it on purpose drawing mobs for me to fight. However completed the quest no problem.

Found a Turtle also that was lost and had to escort it also to the post and was pretty much same thing, however turtle just followered me so it was easier as i lead and completed it in half the time allowed so much time to spare. Got a lot of XP for both escort quests.

Did a bit of grinding on a few orge at a camp in the dessert and a cave, as it was a bit fun to run around on the mount and gather up the orges in a group minus the casters of course and did a bit of smackdown on the orges. Much easier to grind this way if you have to. Did some other quests to find some hidden stuff in the dessert, some ornaments. Lots of running around really.

Tanaris is really huge and i can't imagine questing all over the desert without a mount to speed things up a bit, much easier that way. Haven't found any interesting gear today loot wise, my motto is, killing everything increase your chances on loot, trash also. I did put the Epic Nightblade up for sale on the AH today and it sold in about 2 hours for a whopping 160g. Woot!!

Feralas

I like been out in Feralas area, its a nice area to Solo from low 40's lvl up and have a nice fishing spot there also. There is a nice spot there to fish in the river in middle of map where the bridge is, its also where you get a quest fish for Artesian fishing quest from Nate Pag. Tried to catch some Stonescale Eel fish in the river there and no luck for 20 min but did catch a bunch of fish and lvl up fishing to 302 a bit since i picked up Master Angler Training for fishing to raise skill to 375.

Went hunting for some food supplies (currently out of buff foods) and killed a bunch of wolfs and other mobs, stormed some raider & shaman camps (fun) and had fun doing AOE smackdown on a Brute camp refining some pally combo skills. Found some Purple lotus herbs in this area as it has lots of ruins. This area is pretty fun. Completed one quest from Tanaris here, but i barely quested in this area to say the least and need to revisit here should be pretty easy to complete most quests here quickly. I would say in the 40's Tanaris and Feralas some the best place to solo quest in, Tanaris been a desert area and Feralas more lush green forested area with ruins.

Need to do some more fishing to lvl up the skill vs trying to just reach 48, its fun anyway never know what you will fish up. So heading to do deep water fishing in the Forbidden Sea and catch some very good rare fish and to lvl up cooking skills for food. I once caught a 52 lbs grouper here so gona try my luck there again. To me its one of the best places to fish in the Forbidden Sea.

I got a EPIC!

Completed a few quests in Tanaris including some pirates quest, was pretty easy. Picked up all kind of stuff on loot running all through the camp and buildings as no one was really around in the early morning. On the last round in the camp i got a EPIC drop, a "Nightblade" sword. A very nice sword thats a bit a improvement on the 2H i have. This is now my 2nd EPIC drop ever, those things do indeed drop out questing in the world though its rare. I'm in no hurry to sell it but it will sure make it to AH, i hear i can get up to 300g for it even better as Twinks love this blade in PVP.

Turned in quests and headed out to the Badlands for a quest and to help a 42 Warrior. He had spotted a rare Elite spawn Giant also by the buzzards along the path where the Orge's take their route to their camp. I found him in the area. Funny thing is, all the time i spent in badlands i never seen this giant before. He was a 45 Elite, and was not that difficult to kill though he does hit real hard. I got a green clothy drop from him. The wired thing this was the seem like all drops were like green clothy drops also, a bit wired in the loot droping in the badlands. Blizzard company who owns WoW must like to play jokes on us.

I got a theory just from my play and exp that if your first in a zone or only one there in a while and you kill everything possible in that zone you get a high random chance to earn something valuable on drops from mobs, be it Greens, Blues, Epic. Just my theory. So as a result when questing i kill everything in the area or zone i can to maximize my chances.

Monday Morning Smackdown in Tanaris.... Cheated!

Got about 5 Tanaris quests active so decided to head down to the southern coastal area and revisit the pirates camp there and gather up the 20 hats i needed for a quest. Pretty much its swashbuckling with the pirates for their hats, pure melee fight and my forte. I still have much of Tanaris unexplored except for the nothern coast area east of Tanaris which is great for fishing or catching Firefin Fish or Blackmouth both which fetch a good price and good for a Alchemist also. Tanaris is pretty much a desert place with ruins. So i decided to just head south with the Warhorse Mount and see what was there, i need to uncover the terittory anyway. I ran into some lvl 49-50 Elite Coast Striders, big giant blue orges look like ... looks tough these guys.

So i figure why not take on a lvl 50 Elite with a big giant mace... so i did. One thing about my pallys is i'm never afraid to pic a fight with a mob higher lvl than my 47 pally, i like to test my limits and i'm not a runner either in a fight, i got pure heart and guts, i rather if fight gona go bad picking off more than i can chew to fight and die like a man i am and die on my feet swinging. I remember in Duskwallow Marsh in the 30's trying to find Nate Pag the Master Fisherman in the bay i got ambushed by a +7 lvl Thresher mob right next to Nate. I was stunned been ambushed, but i did not run i was sure to die if i did, i was in the bay on a rock island anyway. Never turn your back to a mob in a fight and run, walk backwards. I fought the Thresher dino mob in what was a epic 8 min fight to eternity quick 1H and Spiked Shield and i won on barely a colour bar of green HP. It took, heal & mana pots, loh, multiple bubbles, everything but Devine Internention to erk out a win. You never know! That was my most glorious WoW moment, take guts not just dps or been able to nuke something from 40 yards in 4 sec. I took on the Elite Striders Protection style. The guy was tough to crack as he was giving me a woop ass too. But i held my own for about 2 minutes, bubbling to bandage once. Im middle of fight, got a add with another Strider walking the beach so 2 lvl 50 Elites vs a 47 pally. I was getting the smackdown hard and on cooldown!

I owned out the strider and got the kill at 1/5 hp as the other Elite Strider smacked me to death, 1100hp for my effort with rest bonus... woot. I died like a man to too much damage from the Elite add, still on cooldown and stun not working on Elite. I could of tried to run but i'm not a runner and thats been a coward. If i can win on 1 hp i rather try despite the odds. So i had to do the run from the grave yard, i despise death as a pally! zzlong run, took a while to get back and resurect, the Elite body had gone by time i got back.. bummer. I was Cheated! So i feeling vengefull and cheated out of my loot, decided to pick another fight on another lvl 50 Elite, round two Smackdown. I got the kill and watching out for a stray Strider. Spanked him for the win and pinned him, WWF style. Tried to loot and nothing could not loot the body. Cheated round 2. Damm.

Been mad i decided to take on another Elite Strider, i needed my loot. So put the smackdown on this other guy and tried looting again and nothing. AHHHH! Seemed odd this happening thing. So put the smackdown on a Surf Glider turtle these things put a heavy dent in you armour, luckly i wear plate armour. I got same thing looting the turtle...odd Hmm. I decided to relog. On relog, seemed like it fixed it whatever it was as turtle appeared lootable. I felt cheated on the Elite Striders on a bug, this has happened to me before. Found another Elite so decided on another round of Surf Side Smackdown. Geared up the mace and shield and spanked the Elite and got my loot...... a clam for my effort :( was very dissapointed for all the effort and time.

Only 2 bars to lvl 48, other than heading up coast to the pirates quest, i decided to do Grindhouse on the Glider snapping turtles, grinded up about 15 or so for the over the ring win to lvl 48. Ding Dong, i reached lvl 48 Hurray!. Headed up the coast to the pirates camp for Swashbuckle Smackdown. Bags were full of loot from turtle trash stuff and meat etc, got a plate helm for a lvl 40 green though, nice but of no use to me. I've never gotten any plate armour i could use for my lvl. I've only ever gotten 2 blue world drops, a few blue recipies for various trades, greens i've gotten many and 1 Epic drop a arsome leather glove grinding the Elementals by the Orges in the Badlands early one morning. I could not use it though because i wore mail at the time but was damm giddy on finding a Epic glove then, made much gold on it in AH. I need to quest in higher lvl areas to get good drops i can use. Finding good gear is a challenge for a pally. Headed back to Gadgetzan to vendor stuff and clear up bag space. Will need to head to trainer later to see what's available. Time for bed, been working all night on the job and i'm too sleepy now.

Soloing Tanaris

Took the trip to Tanaris to do some quests i had Q'd up as haven't been back to tanaris in a while. I like been here its great place for a person who likes to Solo. Did two quests real quick as have to head to RL work in a short while. Its working weekend.

Did the quest for the Wastewander had to kill 3 sets of mobs on the plain a mix of rouges and shadow mages and such & got Caliph's head as i found him in the area also. Did it easy first testing them out protection style and using shadow protection aura. Was doing fine, just taking a while, so easy switch in mid fight to high damage 1H using both the big Axe and Sword alternating each in a fight easily. That's my trade mark as a pally (Paladin) i can use both 1H weapons and 2H weapons interchangibly in a fight depends on situation and mobs around me. However i think for me i'm a versatile warrior in that i'm the only person i know that carry all weapons as a pally can use at all times that been 8 weapons (1H & 2H both Axe, Mace, Sword and Polearm) and a spiked shield. Some people think i'm nuts but then again i don't die that often either. The 1H weapons are my always starter weapon and always make sure its a very fast weapon to proc with Renocking been Protection spec for return damage and extra swings meaning more damage in shorter amount of time. I always make sure i have the very best shield and spike it to reduce damage to self. Killed everything easily oon the plain. Always kill the spell caster first in a fight with a clothy it saves you the health drain from mystic magic, the physical damage i can take easily in a fight. So completed 2 quests and futher inch ever closser to lvl 48.

Time played WoW this Character (/played):
24 Days, 4 Hours, 23 minutes, 36 seconds

Time current lvl
0 Days, 10 hours, 17 Minutes, 14 seconds

Auctions stats today:
Sold a few stuff some potions & looted gear.
Made about 25g. My Water breathing did not sell. Someone new is underbidding me. Haven't time to go to AH.
I been making this stuff since january and had no competition ever making Water Breathing
Elixirs, they sell really well for Alchemy.

Bank WarChest
673gold 35silver 73copper