Sista's Wild Ride

Sista's Wild Ride

This will be short and sweet. As soon as Rakta and Java finds out Sista will be a hated woman. Sista plowed through every Tanaan quest she could get her hands this morning (Friday). She took Tiphaine's word that Sista had the helm and to make the most of it. She lost track after awhile, covered in gore, killing whatever stood in front of her. Her bodyguard, Illona, was terrific. She never died. Not even once, even though it was her duty to goad the enemy into attacking her, not Sista. Sista mowed into more than a couple of elites, but she often didn't realize it until she saw the corpse. At least the corpses didn't pile up, because she didn't stay in one place for very long.

When Sista was first given the okay to start working on her gear, she wore i620 gear. After her initial forays she pushed it to i636 in two stages of effort.

Then came this morning. Sista finally called a break in the early afternoon. Tiphaine took a quick look at the haul and immediately gathered her girls together to admire Sista's progress. "Start at the beginning," Tiphaine advised, when Sista, suddenly nervous in the face of the glowering Rakta and Java.

Sista started her day with 869 apexis crystals, soon turning them into over 5,000, enough to buy a piece of baleful gear. Gaining confidence, she did the daily kill fest at the Iron Hold, and added two bonus events to gain even more. She relentlessly pursued and completed the Unseen Influence quest. By early afternoon her adrenaline was so high she completed two other optional quests just to slow down.

Sista's voice wound down. Still flushed with her victories, she had let the gear she'd accumulated fall into an untidy pile. Treasure or trash? That was foremost in everyone's mind. There was nine pieces of gear.

When it was all sorted out, Sista's gear level stood at i656, twelve levels above Rakta's i644, twenty levels below Tiphaine herself. Sista had gone from i620 to i656, a stretch of 36 levels over just two days. Tiphaine certainly noticed that another two day assault like this one might put Sista in range of Tiphaine herself.

Nothing like family competition, Tiphaine mused, keeping her thoughts to herself. Too bad it will all come apart soon. No, the girls will stay fired up, that's for sure. Tiphaine had overdone that part of her plan. Which is the problem. When Legion arrives on her doorstep all things become equal. If Tiphaine does not enter the fray, she will almost immediately fall behind. Tiphaine will not relinguish her power in even its smallest amount. And sooner than later Tiphaine expects to be challenged. She's managed to hide the one fear that could topple her. Tiphaine is a Death Knight. Long ago she accepted what she is. And what she's done. And what she WILL do. When the time comes. 

Announced just today, July 29th, is this: "Demon Hunters Playable on August 9th." Now things will really get interesting.