Rakta - Counting down the XP

Rakta - Counting down the XP

On Sunday Rakta wrapped up a long chain of quests in Stormheim. She raised her overall gear score and added ranks to her weapon. When she was through, she had reached Level 109.

"One last level to hurdle," Rakta murmured. She has done well, so far. Her gear score is at i766, her weapons at i794 with 12 ranks completed and in their proper order. She is 10% of the way to her goal. The pressure is building. Can she make it to that last level today?

Rakta worked up a sweat on Monday morning, getting 25% of her leveling done. She got her fourth Champion  and picked a Combat Ally. Legion's use of champions is much better than Draenor. Champions in Draenor were always in game and more often than not they got in the way and made things harder. In Legion, at least so far, the champions (called "combat ally") only show up when emergency assistance is needed. Finna is Rakta's champion, who also happens to be a protection warrior.

Rakta's afternoon work increased her level to 35%, but time and circumstance kept her away after that. There will be no celebration, at least not yet. She has also run into the latest patch, Patch 7.2.5. World of Warcraft will be on hiatus until the patch is complete, sometime around 3pm on Tuesday. 
A quick peak at the new patch shows that most players will be getting buffs in damage dealing  and other enhancements. For example, Keya will see a 15% increase in damage dealing in ALL damage abilities, and lesser soul fragments were increased by 10%.

Also, while not expected, I had hoped that some concession might have been reached regarding the dungeon mandate that is blocking completion of professions. There is a lot of anger over that, but the stupidity remains.