The Alliance Family Steps Up

The Alliance Family Steps Up

Wild was feeling his oats over the weekend. Propped up by his new gear, he decided to take on the Ordon troopers - level 91 elites with heavy fire power. These mobs earn Emperor Shaohao reputation, which Wild is not all that interested in, but might come in handy some day. Mostly, though, he just wanted to know if he could kill these Ordon troopers.

He could, and he did. Wild made sure it was one on one, though. Two or more might make it hard to avoid all the fireballs they tend to throw around.

Having proved his manhood on that account, Wild dipped a little deeper into the ranks of those hostile elites. The Burning Berserkers were quite a bit tougher, with Wild having about a 50% success rate against them.

While all of that killing is a lot of fun, Wild is still really primarily a healer. A healer in a guild that no longer raids, and Wild is really not willing to go seek out some new guild to take him in. And, after looking at the LFR raids he could attempt, his heart just isn't into learning the fights without a guild team to share in the successes and challenges. What would be the purpose?

That situation brought the family to take a more serious look at the Alliance side of the Wild family. The family's Teagreen guild is small, but doing well, and there could be opportunities for an up and coming family member . . . someone like Javajoo, for example. The level 61 paladin could be the family's next level 90, to join with Unbleached and Hcab.

I am going to bring Java over to the active account and begin leveling him. Wild has offered to provide enchants for the plate wearing paladin's heirloom gear before sending those heirlooms to him. There is a complication, though. Level 10 worgen Rakta is still in Gineas and in the way. She has a set of heirlooms, and no mail box to send them back. The intent was to remake her on the other account at a later time, because I don't want to spend another $25 transferring her. Right now, though, I don't know how to get that gear from Rakta (at least not without spending another $25), and I can't move Java until Rakta is gone. Sigh. Is there a way for Rakta to get back to the starting zone, where there's a mailbox? Or for another character to go to Gilneas and retrieve them? The only other alliance I have available is Chaitee, but she is only level 21 and in Darnassus.

Once the above gets straightened out somehow, Java's leveling progress is still going to take time. Not only is the Writer's Conference going to consume the rest of this week (to get ready) and the coming weekend (for the conference itself), we are also planning a trip to visit with relatives on the east coast over Thanksgiving. We will be gone three weeks. Once we're back, though, I hope to be able to put some extra time into getting Java to level 90. Maybe, with Java, I'll finally figure out how to get around as an Alliance, though I bet Java mistakenly walks into horde camps now and then. The poor guy has a lot to learn.

A New Wrinkle - I never learn. I extricated Rakta from Gilneas by just finishing the quest line and then sent her to Darnassus where she turned over all her heirlooms and gold to Chaitee. Then, for the second time in her young life, Rakta was sent home. Java was anxious to get started, so I started the character transfer process. The process failed because for some reason he still has mail in his box. Most likely this is some Blizzard thing, since Java hasn't been sent mail in months. But that means I will have to activate the other account once again. Sigh. Life sucks.

Wrinkles Part 2 - In order to get this done, I bought a thirty day game card for $15 and activated the second account. Even though I will be on the east coast for three weeks in November, I can always suspend the account until I come back. With the account activated, Java was able to check his mail. It wasn't from Blizzard. It was from Sinstaar, a character that no longer exists. The good news is that the mail included some pretty nice enchants and other goodies! Once that was cleared up, Java began his journey to the other account. It will take about an hour or so for the change to show up. I wonder what other issues will arise when Java again comes in game?