Tuesday (24 Nov) - Philly and DER Push Forward

Tuesday (24 Nov) - Philly and DER Push Forward

A special GRATZ! to DER for reaching the magic max level of 80 on Tuesday night. At various times during the evening Philly and JB were in game, and at the last count DER reported he was 91% of the way there. JB had already gone to bed and Philly later followed her, thinking that DER was done for the evening. But that last 9% must have called to him, because he returned to again terrorize the alliance in Alterac Valley pvp until he DINGED to level 80. Gratz again!

Just a reminder that if readers check out the Comments below the blog entries, you would already know about DER's level 80 march from his comments in yesterday's post. So check those Comments out and post your own!

Philly finished the evening 79% of the way to level 64. She hopes to get at least that far before the Family totally goes offline for the holiday.

Now that JB and Wild have a level 80 partner in crime the world of PUG Heroics and challenges such as the 5 man version of Trial of the Champion (ToC) are more open to us. Wild won't get much gear he could use from Heroics farming, but the Conquest emblems would be very nice to have, for the things that can be purchased with them. And when patch 3.3 comes out, Heroics will yield Triumph emblems instead of Conquest, and those will buy T9 gear.

Wild has not seen much of ToC since his initial exposure when the instance was first introduced. It's an interesting event which takes place in a single room. The first part requires jousting with a random selection of named npc "Champions." Wild is not very good at that part, but he is hoping that he's soaked up some of JB's experience. JB hasn't spent much time jousting lately, but has a lot more time in the saddle than Wild. Once past that part, the players retire their mounts for the usual on foot battles, starting with one of two possible bosses, and then followed by final boss, the Black Knight.

It's a pretty straightforward fight and pretty easy in normal mode for even modestly geared players. Wild has limited experience with the 5 man ToC in Heroic mode, but one trip did get him a mace that he still uses with his moonkin spec. Of course, the loot is a lot nicer in Heroic, and DER already has his eye on a two handed axe called the [Edge of Ruin]. What a perfect name for the weapon of a death knight. The Heroic ToC gear is ilevel 219, and even Wild could still find things he could use in there.

On a real life note, the Wild Family will be largely out of action for the rest of the week and for as long as our various visitors stick around. We're looking forward to Thanksgiving and to seeing a lot of friends and family.

We are staying close to home, but for those travelling, be careful out there and come home safe. Have a joyous Thanksgiving!