The Last Gasp of Bag Sales

The Last Gasp of Bag Sales

Flooded Markets

Prices Continue Falling - a 30 slot bag is selling for 650 gold. Used to be over 1,000.

There are fewer and fewer players who needs bags.

Virtually Everyone Already Has maxed 30 slot bags

Only the Rich Can afford the 32 slot bags that sell for nearly 10,000 each.

And of course there is no intermediate bag between the 30 slot and the 32 slot.

Is there a case to add a 34 Slot general bag?

So What About Other Types of Specialty Bags? Is there a viable market for these bags?

More to follow  . . .

Meanwhile, Wildswench is back on the trail for more azerite.

Update on Progress:

Heart of Azeroth Neck i457

AP Level 62 plus 52%

Gearscore rises to i401

The Blind Islands Expedition

The Blind Islands Expedition

A strange thing happened when Wench joined an Islands Expedition. As usual, there were three players participating. Every expedition has a leader and Wench never really thought about how or who would lead it. Every expedition she'd ever been on had a leader assigned. Wench more or less assumed that someone would ask to take the lead. Wench also never considered that maybe no one would sign up as the leader. This morning Wench found out how that works. Wench was assigned as leader of the three person group.

Well, despite Wench being the "leader" of the group, Wench quickly noted that one player had a good idea where to go and what to do. Wench followed him and shortly the third player also follwed after the lead. The expedition was a success.

The Latest Stats Follow:

Heart of Azeroth Neck i455 

AP Level 61 plus 29%

Gearscore rises to i399

Update on Progress:

Heart of Azeroth Neck i455 

AP Level 61 plus 47%

Gearscore rises to i399

Wench sometimes gets a little lonely. Wench has to do everything for herself. She belongs to the Order of the Dragon Guild. She is only at iLevel 194 and would need to work very hard to progress. What Wench REALLY wants is to be a Demon Hunter, but Demon Hunters are for Alliance only. Sad.

Anyway, enough of that. Back to the grind.

The Heart Forge Responds

The Heart Forge Responds in Big Way

Wildswench was in Nazjatar plugging along, killing bad guys and trying not to die too many times. She wanted a break, so she decided to make a trip to Silithus. Wench makes these trips in between doing other things, hoping each time that she might learn something new or gain some new talent or something else useful.

Wench entered the Heart Forge and clicked on it and as always nothing happened. Except that this time something DID happen. The two items that Wench has never been able to apply to the Heart now accepted the two items she had been holding on to all this time. So now, instead of just one Power, she has three (ie, her original one and the two that she's being carrying around).

Wildswench now has a significant upgrade:

NEW:

Heart of Azeroth Neck i445

AP Level 56 plus 40%

Gearscore is i390 (the gear upgrade was a shoulder piece of i405 to i420 !

Update !! Wildswench Raises the Bar Again

The New Level is:

Heart of Azeroth Neck i447 

AP Level 57 plus 4%

Gearscore remains at i390

BUT Wait! Wench has another update - Her Gearscore has risen to i391! She got the upgrade by raising her Waist gear piece from i385 to i410.

The New Level is:

Heart of Azeroth Neck i447 

AP Level 57 plus 37%

Gearscore rises to i391

Wench has been doing pretty well with her improving gear, but she was still impatient. So Wildswench decided to take a bigger step. She decided to take on the entire continent of Vul Dun. She sliced arcross the continent, slaughtering the poor alliance and leaving behind the dead. She had to complete all four major segments. Here is the new results:

The New Level is:

Heart of Azeroth Neck i447 

AP Level 57 plus 72%

Gearscore rises to i393 !! by earning an i415 pair of gloves.

Wench is anxious to see if she might get a benthic piece of gear once she gets back to NazJatar. What a great day for the Horde!

Wildswench Reaches One hundred Thousand Gold

Wildswench Reaches One hundred Thousand Gold (9/5/2019)

Wench reached a major gold goal by reaching 100,000 gold. Her primary method of achieving that goal is through fishing. Wench learned that method from Wildshard, who is a master fisherman who has fished virtually every spot with fishable water.

It's too bad that in Nazjatar there are only two types of fish available.

A Plea For Help

My Character is Wildswench. She is struggling with her Heart of Azeroth. She has an unused Essence slot but can't figure out how to use it. The new slot pulses, but Wench cannot find a means to activate it. She has two elements meant to fill that slot, but again, no means to use it. Frustrating.

There have been several attempts to fix the problems. All have failed. So now I am asking for assistance to walk through the process to understand what I need to go through. What are the steps needed?  What is the order that things have to be done? What if anything is missing?

Here is what Wench has right now. She is a Level 120, i388 gear, Heart of Azeroth i443 Neck. Shift Right Click to bring up The Crucible of Flame Rank 1. She has a pulsing, empty minor slot. She has another minor slot to be unlocked at 65. She has two items at rank one available: Pearl of Lucid Dreams and Volitile Worldvein.

Note that Wench has been to Silithus a number of times. The Heart says that An Essence is Available. But I can't interact with it.

With that information, can you help explain what I need to do to progress further?

Enough about Wildswench - Chaitee Has Fallen on Bad Times

The machinery that funds the gold for Wildshard has taken a sharp turn to the worse.

Hexweave Bags (30 slot) once sold for 900-1000 gold apiece. That price has been falling for some time and has now scraping rock bottom at 569g. There are signs it may fall even further.

Even more alarming are Silkweave Satchels (24 slot). What should be prices in the 500-700 range are now being posted at the basement level of 274g. Chaitee has 18 satchels for sale sitting idly with no takers.

Frostweave bags seem to be hanging tough. These bags (20 slot) are still available at 232 gold. Embersilk bags (22 slot) are still available at 378g  but are often unavailable.

The more modern bags are also available but pricing is uneven. A Deep Sea Bag (30 slot) is readily available for 500g.

Those players with deep pockets will pay over 23k gold for one Embroidered Deep Sea Bag (32 slot). That price has been very stable and unlikely to change. It's also the largest bag you can buy.

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

The Heart of Azeroth Throbs

The Heart of Azeroth Throbs

Dated August 23, 2019

Wench has been to Silith twice. That is where her upgrades come from. That process failed and Wench had to battle with the Gods of Wow to get it fix. Ultimately, Wench won out and gained the upgrade. She is now ready to enter the Heart Forge for a second upgrade. Sadly, Wench is now having the same problem again. The WoW Gods have to fix this so she can move forward without requiring help from the game. It's really irritating.

Now for the Good Part: Below are the progress she has made below:

Heart of Azeroth Neck i433

AP Level 50 plus 39%

Gearscore is i385

Wench has also decided to take a companion. Newhome has three companions available to aid her. Neri Sharpfen is Wench's favorite. Neri is a take no prisoners kind of gal leaving dead bodies in her wake. Neri will be able to grow and improve over time.

Wench Gear Upgrade:

Heart of Azeroth Neck i433

AP 51/3156 Plus 13%

Gearscore 385

Heart of Azeroth Neck i435

AP 51/1049 Plus 71%

Gearscore 385

Note: Wench helped herself by doing an Island Expedition.

August 18 2019

Heart of Azeroth Neck i437

AP 52/4327 Plus 8%

Gearscore 386

August 23 2019

Heart of Azeroth Neck i439

AP 53/4400 Plus 7%

Gearscore 386

An August Recess

An August Recess
(In other words, catching up with things)

PS - Of course I still got the order backwards. To read this post in order start at the bottom post and read up. 

There has been a longish hiatus where I failed to enter posts that had been made. And of course, I'm now trying to sort things out and insert those many posts into the right spots. I will try my best to do better in the future. For now, though, here is the list of post titles in proper order. Using the titles, I will then insert the content of each post.

 Heart of Azeroth Fix (July 30, 2019)

It took two days of trying, but a tech managed to fix the problem I had with the Heart of Azeroth. It is now working. Wench is still getting used to Nazdajor. At least for now most of the action is there. A lot of water areas as well as a number of places that seems very similar. Wow may be retreading a number of things. That includes adding partners that go with Wench like we used to do. They are only available in the new zone, I believe.

Wench now has her Heart of Azeroth and she's added two new pieces to it. Wench says that given another week and she will feel comfortable in the new zone.

Update on Stats

Gear score is i384, AP Level 48 plus 22%. She is still using her trusty i370 polearm.

 Hoping to Re-Connect (July 24, 2019)

This morning I saw an old friend who turned up on the chat channel. The post was recent but the friend was already gone. Her name is Talatiana. She is a member of the Horde and is a member of the Meitha Guild. Wild has attempted to contact her before, but this time Wild might actually get a chance to say hi. I left a message of my own, letting her know that my current character is called Wildswench. Yes, Wild is playing a female character now. If we can connect with her, or someone else in the guild, I'll give an update and hopefully reconnect with what I consider my real warcraft family.

The next day Talatiana had left a note saying that she had received note and was excited to be back in touch.

That is only the first step. Talatiana (Tala for short) has no idea what level Wildswench is at or even if there is anything I have that would be of interest to the guild. I could ask to join and I'm sure I'd be happy to add to there large guild. But at least to begin with I really don't have anything to contribute. The Wildshard that Tala knows fought in dungeons and raids, with Wild always being the Healer. I can't really do any of that anymore. Maybe it won't matter to her, but it matters to me.

Worse, I am stuck in the game and haven't been able to fix it. What would they think if I join them and immediately tell them I'm stuck and need help. They might think I'm using them, and when they fix my problem I drop them. I wouldn't of course.

Poor Wildshard (July 15, 2019)

Everyone knows that Wench is stuck, unable to proceed further into the Heart of Azeroth. Wildshard decided he would come to the rescue. Wild figured that he could follow the initial parts, showing Wench the path up to the point where it intersects with the parts that he had trouble with. Alas, all Wild managed to do was mess up his own process. Not only that, he somehow managed to completely screw up his combat rotations. He thought they had to he reconfigured - instead, he mangled his skillset to the point he will have to go back to the beginning. Sigh.

So now both Wildshard and Wildswench are completely confused.

Wench and Wildshard Begin a New Adventure (June 26, 2019) 

To start with Wildswench pushed her gear score into new heights in the latest upgrades. Her gearscores are now as follows: Overall Gear went from i374 to i377. Wench's i350 two-handed polearm was upgraded to i370, a major improvement. She's still at AP 46 plus 69%.

 Stuck in the Mud (July 14, 2019)

It took longer than expected, but Wench finally gained a new level. She now is at AP 48. Her gear score is i381.

Then the world tilted and Wench lost her way. The rules have changed. What used to be a simple Neck piece has been transformed into the Heart of Azeroth. All power is now embodied into by this element. It is manifested as a neck piece from which all requirements are founded. Wench has one item that is designed to fit into the Heart of Azeroth. It's called Petrified Ebony Scale. Wench has been unable to figure out how to use it. She knows that she has to go to Silithus to complete the transformation. She has been able to complete some parts of the puzzle, but has been unable to complete the process. She is stuck. And she's alone.