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Post by lockejv on Oct 8, 2007 10:12:39 GMT -5
I haven't uploaded any images for awhile, so here goes. I tried to narrow it down but I just couldn't. These are mostly the pictures I took going from early 50's to 60, ending with last night, when I got my epic mount. Here is my buddy Fahrad, the Grand Master Rogue! I don't know why he's the grand master though - he's only level 60! Fahrad lives in the Ravenholdt Manor, hidden in the Alterac Mountains, with a bunch of other Rogues. He's mostly useless, but sometimes for training I take the trip out to learn from him, and wonder if he might have a new quest for me. One of the more interesting and fun quests I've encountered is "Are we there, Yeti?" in Winterspring. After grinding out a few rare quest items, your next task is to take a mechanical Yeti all over Azeroth and scare different NPCs. The Yeti chases them all over town, it's pretty funny. And when you're done, you get your own Mechanical Yeti guardian! Only lasts 3 charges though. Another interesting quest (Un'Goro Crater) was Chasing A-Me! Well the quest itself wasn't as cool as the name - you know, the Kevin Smith movie - Chasing Amy. Fo Shizzle! (unrelated Un'Goro NPC in the area) My first gryphon ride! Well, it's a ghost gryphon but that still counts, doesn't it? It's available to us Hordies in the Eastern Plaguelands if we control the NW tower. One of my favorite quest lines is the Argent Dawn / Redpath story in the Plaguelands. It's about the invasion of Darrowshire and the battles that ensued. Marduk Blackpool (Death Knight) led the invasion and when he was defeated, his sword sank into the ground and corrupted the land, creating the Infectis Scar. In the final quest you actually participate in The Battle of Darrowshire in an attempt to save Joseph Redpath's soul. I wasn't really interested in much about the story and history of Warcraft until this quest - it's really good stuff. After grinding away through difficult quests and mobs, it's nice to relax with some Orphans in Orgrimmar. Hi Bedelia!
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Post by Markus on Oct 8, 2007 11:12:38 GMT -5
My Wopletinger pwns your cat!
Nice pics!
Yea I agree totally, I'm a total Warcraft newb but I read the lore on occasion (the stuff they have posted on the official site). It is pretty damn good!
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Post by lockejv on Oct 8, 2007 11:14:06 GMT -5
At level 57 I was questing away in the Blasted Lands, when I came across this portal. I had heard about the fabled Outlands, but I didn't know how to get there...and here was the portal staring right at me. One more level! So I killed a few more mobs, and did a few more quests. My favorite quest line in the Blasted Lands is given by the Fallen Hero of the Horde, the ghost Orc by the zone entrance (not too far from Stonard). In the final quest, you have to activate a portal and teleport to a mountain top, where you fight Razelikh the Defiler. I couldn't beat him at 57 - I had to escape...but I will be back to kill his ass! After tearing through the Blasted Lands, I finally dinged 58! As soon as I dinged, I sprinted right for that portal. And on the other side? Wow - amazing! The Outlands! I took the flight path to Shattrath to check out the city. I set my home there, because it has portals to each of the major cities I go to. It's much more convenient than staying in Orgrimmar..and much cooler! As a Blood Elf, my mission is to meet up with Kael'thas Sunstrider, our Prince. He's in Tempest Keep in Netherstorm. But before I tried to continue my pilgrimage through the Outlands, I needed to get a bit stronger. I headed to Azshara to hit level 59, after which I could equip some powerful new armor, and then start working on earning my new sword. While I was in Azshara, I got my own pet to help me find "Giant Shit", and then I ran into the legendary dragon Azuregos! Good times. When I had enough of Azshara, I headed over to Silithhus. There was a giant swarm of these giant alien bug things! Horrible! I tried to help the people out there a bit, but there were way too many bugs. In the process I hit level 59, and was able to equip my shiny new armor - Bandit gear. Even matches guild colors! Well, sort of. People told me that Rogue wasn't really that good in battlegrounds at level 59. Um... Here's my first Alterac Valley run - I had no idea what was going on but here are the numbers: Almost always in the top 3 in damage; depends how I play really. Arathi Basin? Doing just fine... How bout in WSG? Well, can go for damage or do flags...or even both! I have good runs, I have bad runs (sometimes...premades come to mind), but if you're at the level cap and wear the right gear (+STA, +AGI), Rogue does incredibly well at ANY level bracket (pre-70 as I can't speak to it). So after all was said and done, I had a shiny new sword waiting for me Off to the Outlands!
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Post by lockejv on Oct 8, 2007 11:47:47 GMT -5
Once I got to the Outlands I began preparing for my pilgrimage. A faster Hawkstrider would help me get to Netherstorm much faster. But in order to do that, you need a LOT of gold for a level 60! So I went back to Silithhus to raise my skill. Doing so would allow me to mine in the Outlands, where it's much more profitable. After my skill was high enough, I went back to the Outlands and started hardcore mining in Hellfire and Zangarmarsh. Each session I tried to get enough molts for one Primal Fire, then I would head to the AH and sell all my stuff. Along the way I stopped to master First Aid. Since there is no auction house in the Outlands, I usually head back home to Silvermoon to sell there. It's much cleaner and quieter than Orgrimmar! But occasionally you'll get some rude Orc come in and create all kinds of ruckus. I excused him, only because beer fest was going on. Yesterday I was selling ore at the AH, and a level 8 Hunter came running into town asking for help. Apparently a human Warlock (51) was killing his NPCs in Eversong! I headed out to help, and killed the fucker 7-8 times before he finally went home crying I went back to the Outlands and finally hit 375 mining, and had enough gold to pay for my riding skill training! But not enough to buy my epic mount So back to the Outlands I went to mine some more. But I couldn't wait any longer! I had enough ore and primal fire / earth up at the auction house to pay for my new mount, but I was tired of putting my pilgrimage off - Kael'thas Sunstrider and my fellow Blood Elves at Tempest Keep are waiting!
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Post by lockejv on Oct 8, 2007 12:17:17 GMT -5
My pilgrimage to Tempest KeepI took the flight path to Zangarmarsh and headed to the Blade's Edge Mountains. Without having my new mount, only level 60 and having no idea what lied ahead, I wasn't sure if I had any chance of making it to Netherstorm. Blade's Edge turned out to be pretty easy - it was pretty much a straight shot NE to get through. Looked a lot scarier than it was. I had an unfortunate run-in with a spider, and took a wrong turn into Mok'Nathal village (ouch!)...but I had made it - there it was, the bridge to Netherstorm! So I crossed the bridge past all these goblins with weird suits on, and off in the distance I could see Tempest Keep! What a beautiful castle! I couldn't wait to meet up with my brethren. But after heading in a bit deeper, something just wasn't right... Something is being channeled, and that is no castle What is going on here? There are these weird ecodomes and I don't see any blood elves or any sign of Tempest Keep. There's just demons and people in radiation suits and nasty mutated monsters trying to attack me I eventually made my way to Area 52 where I found some Blood Elves. But they were talking about attacking Kael inside Tempest Keep! Are they traitors? Has Kael gone evil? I don't know. But I do know that I need to be much stronger before I come back and try to make sense of things. They also said I need a flying mount to even get to Tempest Keep. And that means I'm going to need a lot more gold. So I headed back to Shattrath, thinking about my pilgrimage and how there was still much more I needed to learn. And along with that, I had many skills I still needed to master in order to make my way in Azeroth. So I checked my mailbox and was still a bit short for my new Hawkstrider. But Oggbi tossed me a quick loan and I headed to Silvermoon for my new ride: It's so fast! Pretty much cuts the size of the world in half. And more importantly, it's green! I think that should be a guild requirement - everyone has to have a Green Hawkstrider - fear the green! So I'm off to grind rep and get keys and work towards level 70. I'll be back with more pictures soon!
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Post by Clarity on Oct 9, 2007 13:35:32 GMT -5
Wow...story kept me at the edge of my seat! Sounds oddly familiar though...
Oh, yeah. I've done the same pilgrimage on two toons already. XD
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Post by lockejv on Oct 10, 2007 12:44:19 GMT -5
Wow...story kept me at the edge of my seat! Sounds oddly familiar though... Oh, yeah. I've done the same pilgrimage on two toons already. XD Have you made it to Kael?
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Post by Clarity on Oct 10, 2007 18:24:46 GMT -5
No but I did watch my roommate's guild on Kul Tiras almost down him last night. It was quite exhilarating!
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Post by lockejv on Oct 11, 2007 12:00:24 GMT -5
No but I did watch my roommate's guild on Kul Tiras almost down him last night. It was quite exhilarating! I'm assuming that's a 25 man raid, right? Seems like it's an absolutely crazy battle with the 4 bosses you fight before him, then all at the same time, etc.
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Post by Clarity on Oct 11, 2007 12:05:32 GMT -5
I caught the last five minutes of it. Was pretty intense.
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