I'd Rather Walk . . . aka The Big Fail

I'd Rather Walk . . . aka The Big Fail

Earlier this week Wild completed parts of Draenor Pathfinder, a required achievement that ultimately grants the ability to use a flying mount in Draenor. Wild was having trouble figuring out another element of the achievement - Securing Draenor, which requires completion of twelve quests called Assaults. Assault quests are presented randomly, but there seems to always be at least two available. Jocy, with her heavy armor and weaponry, offered to try the Fell Forge Assault quest, which was offered at the Tanaan base of Vol'Mar.

Jocy spent more than an hour killing and collecting things. There were a few other players doing the same thing. For awhile Jocy just stood in one place, killing mobs as they appeared. Mobs die and reappear fairly rapidly so no area is ever really "cleared" making it impossible to even get a sense of accomplishment. There are no specific objectives other than killing and destroying enough stuff until the tally of blood reaches 100%. By the time Jocy got past the halfway mark (54%) she was numb. It's beyond boring even once, but as a repeatable quest? Yuk.

Being a glutton for punishment, Jocy went back a second time and managed to complete the Fel Forge achievement. Now here is the great irony. When she checked her achievements it didn't appear. Guess what? The Assault on the Fell Forge is NOT one of the assaults listed in Securing Draenor. It doesn't count. It never occurred to me that there would be other assault quests that didn't count toward the achievement. Stupid me.

Maybe it doesn't matter. If all of the Assault quests are like this . . . Screw the flying mount, I'd rather just use a ground mount. Or walk.

Retirement is not out of the question. Even Happy is bored. Wild is at gear level i653 and Jocy is at i651. There isn't anything left on the Auction House to buy, and there seems no point to garrisons or shipyards.

Is there still life to raiding? In Wild's Meitha guild there are only three druid healers, the best being Songbird at i658, which is within range of Wild. Among the Holy paladins, the guild has just one healer - Wild's friend Katarias (aka Lady Tala), who at i650 is on par with Jocy. Of course, Meitha isn't raiding. On their own, Wild/Jocy would probably have no trouble getting into a lower level Highmaul raid, which Meitha has already completed. Blackrock Foundry would be a tougher challenge, which Meitha hasn't bothered to attempt. The newest raid, Hellfire Citadel, would be out of the question until Wild/Jocy was blooded in the other raids.

It's most likely a moot point. Until Wild or Jocy steps into the Proving Grounds and learns how to heal again, this is all just campfire fodder.