Saturday, August 29, 2015

Progress on Draenor Pathfinder Part 9

Progress on Draenor Pathfinder Part 9

Isn't hunting treasure supposed to be fun? A bleary eyed, tired, Jocy crawled back to her garrison with a new appreciation for the people who hide things for a living. It seems such a simple task. Every treasure is clearly shown on the map of each zone. Hop on your mount and go visit each one, collect your treasure, rinse and repeat. Right? Wrong.

Lesson #1: All treasures have names, often unique, but sometimes generic, such as "ogre booty."  That's pretty cool - at first - but then . . . well, see the next lesson.

Lesson #2: Treasures have a spawning time, which means that if someone has recently picked up the treasure at that spot, it may be an undetermined "awhile" before it reappears. Jocy was particularly frutstrated with a clamshell that pulsed provocativly, teasing Jocy into thinking the treasure would appear any minute. Many minutes later . . . eventually Jocy moved on without her treasure.

Lesson #3: All treasures are "hidden" in one way or another. The easiest to find are those that are on the same level (ie, not in rocks overhead, in trees, in holes, etc) and that actually show themselves, usually a small glow to attract the treasure hunter. There are very few like that.

Lesson #4: Most treasures make you work for your treasure. I'm convinced that treasures do NOT want to be found. Okay, maybe Jocy is getting just a little paranoid, even a bit twitchy,  but hey, sometimes if I'm not looking closely I'd swear they moved around just to make me crazy.

Lesson #5: Treasures are diabolical! Truly! Can you imagine having to scale several large rocks, jump to your near death several times before landing on a precipice where "my precious" treasure waited, only to find out it had already been taken by some other misbegotten treasure hunter? For your viewing pleasure, here is Jocy's achievement worthy fall:



Jocy Goes Down

 Lesson #6: This is not fun, this is an obsession. Jocy keeps all her precious treasures in a secret place somewhere down at the docks. She has 24 now. She needs 50 to earn Expert Treasure Hunter. She'll need another 100 to earn Master and get the achievement. I'd stay away from the docks when Jocy is back at her garrison. And don't even think about her precious treasures. Jocy is watching.

And by the way, Jocy did work on her Vol'jin Headhunters reputation, bumping it up from 3450 to 5700. Plus, she actually got a felblight from from mining an ore. So it can be done. Her mining skill is only 138/700.

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