Benthic Treads - The New gear upgrades

Wildswench Super Dooper Island Run

 Benthic Treads - The New gear upgrades

Wench is not the type to lead troops into battle. In all of the previous Island runs she's been in (not many), Wench has stayed with her group and followed the leader. This time, though, Wench found that the leader of this run really didn't know what he was doing. Given that Wench was in bear form which generally are the leaders, Wench found herself in the lead simply by way of the other two players letting her lead. 

Since Wench didn't know where to go either, Wench simply started killing things. Wench attacked and killed whatever got in her way, stopping only when items or enemies were killed or paused to collect goodies. Sometimes Wench had his helpers around, but just as often Wench was alone with bevies of bad guys around her. The result was the best Island venture she's been on so far. Wench was only 7 percent toward her next upgrade - at the end of the run she was a 90%. Wow. She even received a Volitile Worldvein. This item should be a piece to go into her Chamber of Heart. An outstanding morning.

Wench did get an upgrade, at last. Using the benthic system to upgrade gear is still confusing. Almost by accident she stumbled over her i385 shoulder gear and earned an upgrade to i390. Her item level rose from i386 to i387.

Heart of Azeroth Neck i441

AP Level 54 plus 32%

Gearscore is i387

The unfortunate part, however, is that Wench is still unable to interact with the Heart Forge in order to use the two new items she should be able to interact with: Volatile Worldvein and Pearl of Lucid Dreams. Her Crucible of Flame is still level 1, but she did ger a minor upgrade called Perseverence that granted her an additional 3% Stamina.

Attempts to use the Benthic system has failed so far. Wench has lost two pieces of i385 gear trying and filaing to figure it out. 

Benthic Treads - The New gear upgrades

Wench didn't even know she had earned a Benthic item until she accidentally activated it. The resilt was an i390 Benthic Shoulder piece. Wench wondered how long it would take to earn a second piece, and that piece fell into place. She now has as a pair of  i385 Benchic Treads. Wench already has a pair of i390 treads . . . but, there is a possibility that returning the Benthic item could result in an even better piece of gear. Wildswench is currently in Orgimmar and will have to go back to to complete the work.

Unfortunately the Gods weren't giving, and granted no gear. Wench is still confused about how to acquire and use Benthic gear.

Wench has recently started using companions. Her favorite is Poen Gillbrack, a healer who tries to keep Wench alive. Her companion can also level up along with Wench.

Wench is learning the hard way that she will have to work a lot harder to gain the gold she needs. Her cache has hovered around 90K gold for some time and she's just treading water. Wench has relied on fishing to gain gold. There are only two types of useful fish, though, Mauve Stinger and Viper Fish. She has made some early cash, but there are a lot of players out there and prices are falling fast. Other options are the redtail loach.

Wildswench Newest Upgrades

Heart of Azeroth Neck i443

AP Level 55 plus 2%

Gearscore is i387