Northrend

So I find myself for real in Northrend and so much going on that I have not had time to retell my stories of adventure, dungeons, dragons and the scourge. But I will, and I will soon.

But for now I recommend leveling like this;

Level 70-72 in Borean Tundra
Level to 74 in Howling Ford
Level to 76 in Dragon Blight
Level to 77 in Grizzly Hills
Level to 78 in Zul'Drak
Level to 79 in Sholazar Basin
Level to 80 in Storm Peaks
and finish off in Ice Crown

If you're going to Northrend as a Level 68 then still use the guide, just more work in Storm Peaks and Ice Crown to get to 80.

And a note for Death Knights, I would strongly recommend leveling to 60 in Eastern and Western Plaguelands. Its quicker, easier, and less camping for Quests.

On The Edge

Lexicon: So with all these achievements going on there is lots to show and tell, but today Hellfire Penisula was my realm, and I went off discovering. And I found this body on the southern ledge.

You see him in the left hand side, holding an urn. When you click on the urn it says...

Here is a jar of ashes. These are the ashes of my sanity, my passion, and my drive. All, utterly destroyed by themselves. May all those who look upon these desolated lands of Hellfire remember this fallen peon. He shed blood for the Alliance, and sacrificed for the Horde only to be driven utterly mad by the wicked and soulless ones who devoured what he held most dear. As they feast from his toils, may they suffer his wrath. Maybe not in this world, but in every world hereafter. It is my declaration, my solem oath, and my everlasting promise. I will avenge my suffering.

Now what the hell is that about?

So to distract me from working out who died here I decided to have a play with my pets. And although I don't own a Lemming, I do have a Parie Dog. And he looks like a Lemming. So I tried to see whether he'd jump off the cliff edge...

He didn't. :(

Inscription

Lexicon: I took a gamble today and dropped tailoring to learn the new skill of Inscription, the gear I wear is pretty good, and the drops availble to me, and badge items, are good in Northrend so I should survive.

Anyway, for the time being Inscription is a gold makers heaven with everyone wanting some, and I earn't around 1400g in all in a day making Glyphs.

My favourite is a Penguin Polymorph Minor Glyph, very funny.

Ethereal Soul Trader

Lexicon: Today I wandered lonely as a cloud, with Gnomergan gone and a huge change to my world happening tonight, I was at a loss on what to do. The Dead Mire farmed for Basilisk Chunks again, 42 in 20 minutes... I decided to raise my rep with the Consortium as it stood at 9k in Revered.

So I went south of Area 52, and collected Zaxxis Insignia's, 10 are worth 275 rep. I killed 380 Ethereal's and recieved 170 insignias, plus 8 Ethereal Prison Keys, dropping 2 blues and 4 greens when opened. A great night, about 250g up in all, plus 17 stacks of Netherweave, and a few odds dropping. The added benefit with those kills is that my Ethereal Soul Trader pet needs only 120 more kills and then will provide me with a complete set of Ethereal armour.

But tomorrow is all about new talents, and mana burn, I can't wait.

Going Nowhere

Lexicon: What a day... finally, after getting more whispers than a cheap whore in Goldshire, I finally leave Gnomergan with Exalted status, and with that I hope the title of Ambassador when it is available.

My gold earning tip about collecting Basilisk Chunks from North East Zangramarsh still stands. 10-12 minutes will net you 20 chunks, and if cooked, they will sell for around 30-35g a stack on the AH. And in 10 minutes, the Basilisks will start respawning and you can do it all again. On a good day, 200g + Green or Blue drops an hour. I don't mind sharing that now, as I have about 20 stacks in the Bank which will last me until I go to Northrend.

There are many other titles when Northrend becomes available, one of which is Explorer. This is acheived once every zone has been discovered in Azeroth and Outlands, so as part of this I headed off to Grim Batol, in the South East of the Wetlands.

An interesting place, and the stuff of legends and old charter. But the door was closed and no matter how much Wizard Oil I threw at the hinges it would not budge.

But what you will notice if you ever go to that part of the world, is that it is one of the few areas on the map that have yet to be opened up. A large costal area exists, and no doubt these doors will open one day. But for now at least I have discovered the area.

I also had a lot of whispers from people asking if I was going to start a new guild for WOTLK. Well I am happy in my current guild, although raid slots are never forthcoming, so who knows.

But until then, slaughter basilisks, make gold, and adventure to places that do allow you in.

An Expensive Game

Lexicon: Today I started my questing towards the goal of being exalted with Gnomes, which in all honesty is a very scarey proposition given Gnomes "attitudes" in general. So I'm running around Gnomeregan completely lost and only totalling 550 rep points.

Having got very bored and very fed up with Gnomes I headed toward Sunwell to get the Shattered Sun title. At 1000g it is a bit of a piss-take, but as I have over 8000g on my Banker I felt I could afford it.


Although, during another bout of Gnome bashing, Shadowwave came by with an offer of a game of chess in Karazhan, where Medivh and myself discussed the opening gambit, shortly before this newbie guild come PUG group disbanded.


So afterwards I dragged Shadowwave off to Netherstorm to earn a few hundred rep points for the consortium, before calling it a day.

Shutting Down the Mana Forge

Lexicon: And so on my long road to being exalted with the Consortium I became exalted with the Netherwing, which meant that some of my quests don't happen... for example nasty dragons are now nice to me. So I ended up shutting down the mana forge. Luckily that Legend called Shadowwave once again turned up, although watching him do DPS once I have died (which I do alot being a woman in cloth) is like watching a snail race 100m.

We fought mobs of various sizes and shapes, and very slowly after I died, and then that legend rezzed me (/thanks - no macro required :P) and he took 50g off me for the trouble. This is where I go off to the auction house to sell my Basilisk Kebabs... Pally mercenaries, I hate them at times....