The Timeless Isle - Plumrosefist Makes an Impression

The Timeless Isle - Plumrosefist Makes an Impression

Wild was so busy fooling around on the Timeless Isle Fist had to take him down a peg by reminding him that Fist reached level 90 first. Giving Wild a glower worthy of her mother, Tiphaine, Fist waved Wild to the sidelines so she could see the Isle for herself.

Having learned from Wild's overspending ways, Happy held back his gold from Fist until things got sorted out. In fact, Fist was better geared than Wild from the beginning, and so needed less "propping up" before taking the measure of the island. Frankly, from a combat perspective, Fist is more fun to play. Normal mobs went down pretty quickly, and Fist even tackled a few elites. No elite kills, yet, although Fist did get one down to 15% health. That was without using many of Fist's "save me" spells, which monks have quite a few of - I just don't know how to use them properly or well, yet.

Wild did go one up on Fist, though. Wild's gear haul netted him four i496 pieces, while Fist managed only three. Fist still thinks she got the bargain, though, as she picked up a gorgeous i496 helm and a ring, two gear slots she was in great need of upgrading. Fist had to be reminded, though, that she did not need to buy enchants for her leg or wrist gear, since she could make those for herself as a leather worker. Both Wild and Fist are at the same gear level now - i464.

For the most part both Wild and Fist are still just feeling their way along. Once they run out of obvious things to do, I'll have to dig deeper into the guides in order to get the most out of the Isle.

Update: Wild edged up to i468 on his gear, mostly from questing for Shado-Pan rep, and picking up a nice trinket. Wild needs that rep to buy the new, high end enchanting recipes. Wild's major gear needs are a helm (i415), belt (i417) and trinket (i409). Fist is still at i464. Oh, but wait! Happy just delivered a pair of i470 one-hand maces to Fist. Equipped, she is now at gear level i467. The battle for gear dominance goes on!

Update #2: Fist is annoyed that she didn't get any time Sunday night. We were at the ball game (a loss, 1-0), so only Wild got some time at the Isle. Wild picked up an i496 helm to replace his i415 and jumped to i474 overall gear score. Wild is now theoretically geared well enough for lower end raiding. However, he'll probably milk the Isle for all he can before attempting a raid. Of course, Wild's guild is not raiding, and doesn't seem to have any plans for raiding. IF (big if) Wild decided to go back to raiding, it will probably be with some other guild. Sad but true.