Patch 6.2.2 will open the skies for flying mounts, but getting into the sky still requires completing the Draenor Pathfinder achievement. Jocy has been distracted lately and only now is getting back into the saddle. Keeping track of what's been done and what is still to be done is getting a little easier thanks to a Wowhead guide that keeps track of progress. Here's what it looked like on 20 August, 2015:
Since then Jocy as been focusing on two areas: Nagrand and Securing Draenor. Nagrand is the only area in Draenor that Jocy hasn't cleaned out to finish Loremaster of Draenor. I thought it was already done, but then I remembered if was Fist (using Nagrand to finish leveling to 100) that had done it. One would think that since Fist had cleared Nagrand, it would count for the Loremaster, but no, that doesn't automatically apply. Sigh. Jocy is only through two of eight story lines. On the brighter side, Jocy has completed all 11 Missives (which amount to long, murderous killing sprees). Blizz wasn't satisfied with all those solo missions, and stuck in a 12th called Assault on the Pit. The Pit can't be purchased as a Missive. Jocy has to wait until it shows up as a daily. In addition to that, the Pit comes with a suggestion that it shouldn't be attempted without at least players in a group. Very annoying. Jocy took a trip out there to find just how tough it might be. Jocy found a huge stone walled city which includes the Blackrock Foundry raid. Jocy knocked on the door, but the raid apparatus wouldn't let her in. Gotta be in a raid, ya know. So Jocy wandered around and killed some things that weren't really part of the Pit because Jocy didn't get any credit for the kills. Finally, Jocy found a small camp. Yep, these must be her targets - four soldiers, level 100 - and elite. I have a feeling Jocy is not going to able to single target the nasties here if they're all clumpoed together in groups. Jocy is confident she can kill a level 100 elite soldier - but more than a couple at the same time, well . . . probably not.
Jocy also had some fun in Taalar, where there is a pvp area in the Missive she was doing. Jocy laid waste to the place. Sadly, no alliance showed up while she was flagged. That would have been fun.
Then there are the misfortunes of Jocy's bodyguard, follower Vivianne. "Viv" has reached a point where she is more hazard than help. She's maxed out in weapons and gear, but she just doesn't have the stamina to last against the level and number of mobs Jocy is dealing with. Viv is usually already dead before Jocy really gets warmed up. That costs Jocy an hours time for her to resurrect, and its easier to not even ask her to come along. Still, maybe a better bodyguard could improve Jocy's odds in the Pit. Jocy looked for recommendations. She has another follower with the Bodyguard trait, Aeda Brightdawn. She's very pretty (don't share that with Viv, not unless you want your eyes ripped out) but doesn't look any more survivable than Viv. I decided to give the follower Leorajh (Leo for short, and the name literally means Lion King) a chance. Jocy had to do a short quest to find and hire him. He's a shaman with healing abilities. Ok, but can he stay alive? It will take a few days to find out. Leo starts out as a level 97. He's progressed to level 99 and will hit 100 when he completes his next mission. Jocy has a complete Blackrock Armor Set waiting for Leo (i630 gear and weapon) for starters.
The next step is somewhat based on the whims of chance. Jocy has a Follower Retraining Certificate, which can be used to RANDOMLY alter traits and abilities. I've been doing some more reading on this and Leo may not have much better luck than Viv. It seems that bodyguards attack whatever is attacking the player without regard to their own safety. Perhaps Leo will last longer, though. We'll see. I intend to keep Leo's Chain Heal ability, which can be used to both attack and heal. I'm re-rolling his trait, though - he likes undead, and that doesn't help Jocy at all. Maybe there's a plate armor trait or something that would keep things from killing him. Who knows.
Just to prove that Jocy does more than just kill things, Jocy the clothes horse came back from her last missive with an armful of peasants clothing that she fell in love with. She now has a "Flashy Hat" ensemble she thinks is very cute. She's still on the lookout for a nice pair of shoes, though, preferrably in blue tones. And if you think that outfit's cheesy, you should have seen the stuff she threw away. Ugh!
Happy stuck his noses into the conversation to lament that embersilk and frostweave bags have fallen on very hard times. Two players on the AH decided to capture the market by dumping hundreds of bags well below the cost to make them. Happy just watched it all go down the drain, as you can't make money on things that cost more than what they sell for. Good luck to all those cloth grinders. Eventually they'll go away, and the market will come back. Happy is going to encourage Wild to make more hexweave bags, which have limits on the amount of hexweave that can be crafted (crafted, not farmed). Plus, the profit margin is higher.
Finally, Jocy completed the 25 treasure battles with her sailing fleet. Her reward earned her plans to build an aircraft carrier. Now that Jocy has one, it seems there isn't really all that much to do with her fleet of ships. Ah well.
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