So, Vivianne wound up dead once again, and that is getting to be a little much for Jocy. Aeda Brightdawn is starting to look a lot more enticing. The least Jocy can do is give her a try. Right?
Jocy brought "Dawn" on her next expedition to Nagrand, which is proving to be a significant undertaking. Despite a long afternoon chasing down quests and killing multitudes - some more than once or twice because of some really bad questing advice from Wowhead - Jocy was only able to finish three of eight story line chapters.
How did things go with Dawn? Dawn was enthusiastic - too enthusiastic, unfortunately. The little warlock girl has no common sense, attacking everything in range, even things that didn't need to be killed. And those wings! I'm sure the boys think she's "sooo cute," but the wings get in the way, making it hard to target things Jocy was trying to kill. Given the problems in Nagrand, Jocy shuddered at the idea of taking her into Tanaan, where everything is a lot more deadly. Jocy was sure she wanted to get some work done in Taanan tonight, but she just didn't have the energy.
Dawn was a bust. I hope Leo will be better.
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| Jocy and Aeda Dawnbright |
Cha-Ching! Happy sold 22 high end weapon enchants over the weekend, at prices ranging from 1500g to 2500g depending on the enchant. You do the math. That's not all profit, of course. Happy will be working hard throughout the week buying up temporal crystals and other mats to prepare for next weekend. However it adds up, it's a very nice haul for a market that is still on a downturn.
Jocy welcomed Leorajh to the level 100 follower club Monday morning, ready to take up his duties as Jocy's new bodyguard. He was very anxious about Jocy's intent to roll on getting a better set of abilities and traits than what he already had.
His current specs: Chain Heal (healing and DPS capable) plus Death Fascination, a worthless trait for a bodyguard.
After the re-training: AAGGHH! Leo lost Chain Heal, replaced with Wind Shear, a far worse trait than Chain Heal. That's a dissapointing fail. At least Leo got rid of Death Fascination, replaced with Wastelander - another worthless trait! Jocy's tinkering made Leo less capable than Vivianne. Sigh. Jocy wanted to cry. Nothing went Jocy's way this morning. Even the cool armor Leo got left him without a weapon because Jocy had given Dawn the only one available. Jocy vowed to make it up to Leo, promising to to bring him along as a bodyguard to at least get some leveling experience. In Tanaan he won't last very long, though.
Shaken and Stirred - TWENTY-TWO Level 100 Elites Bite the Dust
Mighty Jocy completed the "Suggested Three Player" Assault on the Pit without any assistance. It took almost three hours, but what a battle of wits, trickery, perseverance, and outright deadly force!
The inside of the Pit is carved into a deep hole with a line of ridges around the outer circumference. Gates and openings into the Pit are guarded, usually by a pair of elites, and Jocy strode right into the first pair, determined to see how tough these elites are. Jocy was without a bodyguard on this trip. They wouldn't have survived the first attack, and might aggro other elites. Jocy took her time, and finished off both elites with about 35% health left. Had there been a third elite, things might have been dicey.
There were also barracks for groups of 3-5 elites, other patrolling elites, and numerous non-elite slaves which Jocy killed out of hand. Huge elite elephant beasts pulled large bags of gear around and around the Pit. Jocy was reluctant to take them on at first, figuring there had to a beast and rider combination, but decided to test one out. The beast was elite, but no rider, and not as tough as the guards, so they became Jocy's favorite target.
What's really interesting in the Pit is that the patrols were not static, which is very unusual. Jocy had picked a position where a single elite routinely passed through. Knocking off a single elite was slow but easy pickins for patient Jocy. When she attacked that sentry for the fourth time, Jocy was surprised to discover the elite she tagged was not the usual sentry, it was a named elite - Blademaster Ro'Gor. Jocy made a battle of it, using all her tricks, but ultimately she died. I checked up on this guy - he is very, very hard to kill. Jocy avoided him after that, and she had to be on her toes, because he changes his track.
The other special elites Jocy tangled with weren't on Blademaster's level, but they had interesting special talents that made the battles fun. Jocy killed the Hulking Brute and the Iron Warden several times, and accidentally aggroed them both once. She took 'em down, but it was a long fight. Elites also sometimes drop a flag that makes things harder as well. Nothing that Jocy couldn't handle, though.
When Jocy first considered soloing this Assault, I figured it would take 100 single elite kills to finish it, assuming 1% for each kill. Jocy would still in the Pit out in the killing fields had that been the case. Luckily, it wasn't THAT hard. Jocy has now completed Securing Draenor, one of the tougher challenges toward getting that flying certificate.
Jocy may relax a bit and take Leo with her to Nagrand to work on Exploring Draenor and gain some experience. He can't get into too much trouble there . . . I hope.
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