Post by Tim on Jan 21, 2008 19:22:14 GMT -5
Yeah you're really kickin' it on the leveling! My 70 hunter was my first character, and he hit level 40 at 9 days 21 hours /played time, and level 70 at 27 days 10 hours /played time.
Of course, since he was always a Miner, I spent a lot of time just doing Mining runs for money. Probably several days of /played time just on that.
At the time I got them, my Lordly Armguards were about as good as I could get. Like almost all of my gear, it needs upgraded. I picked up my new axe the other night for 45 gold on AH. My 2 hand axe skill is only about 302 of a possible 350 right now, so I need to go attack Outland Helboars and skill up my 2 hand axe skill.
For me, buying new armor is always a compromise. If a certain pair of gloves has 200 armor, +10 strength, +10 agility, and +5 stamina, is that better or worse than another pair of gloves with 275 armor and +16 stamina? When buying new gear, I open my character sheet and write down all my specs for health, mana, agility, stamina, ranged and melee attack power, etc, then equip the new stuff and see what changes and by how much and write it all down and compare. Then I keep the new stuff or vendor it, because it usually becomes soulbound once you try it on. I hate that soulbound thing! After a while you get pretty good at predicting this stuff.
Since I got my 70, I've been watching AH for good blue or purple gear, but not much at a reasonable price has come up yet.
I got my Golden Gryphon flying mount a few days ago and it's fun to have. But I couldn't wait any more, I had almost all the stuff I needed to powerlevel Engineering. So I dropped Master Skinning, and leveled Engineering from 0-350 in about 4 hours, then I went back over to Shadowmoon Valley and got the plans for the Engineering Flying Mount and built it. The whole Engineering thing still cost me about 380 gold in random stuff that I didn't have ready.
But this Engineering Flying Mount (shows up in my bags as "Flying Machine") is a blast. It reminds me of my old 1971 Valiant from the 2 episodes of "The Ride", episode #'s 74/75. It looks and sounds like an old rattletrap that barely runs. It wheezes, grinds, and stalls in mid air. But it's FUN to fly around in it. The Golden Gryphon is silent in comparison.
The last couple evenings, I've just been flying around Hellfire Peninsula in my Flying Machine, grabbing all the Fel Iron ore nodes I see, and killing any hordes that get in my way. I need to go to different zones and stock up on Adamantite, Eternium, and Khorium ore for future Engineering projects. At 375 skill, I can build an epic gun (Gyro Balanced Khorium Destroyer is the name, I think) that has some pretty good specs on it.
If you ever try a gathering profession, an addon called Gatherer will be a huge help. Once you find an ore node or herbs or whatever, it remembers the thing and marks it so when you get near it you know it's there. VERY useful. I never had any addons at all for my first 13 months, then I got Titan Bar and Gatherer about 2 months ago.
I don't know about leveling up another character on a different server, I'd have to start over again as a level 1 noob, and I've already got 5 characters on Andorhal. And with my main just getting his level 70 and Flying Machine, I've got a lot to keep me busy. In Outlands, I still have half of Blade's Edge Mountains to go through for quests, and all of Netherstorm and SMV. I need another 4000+ gold now to get my artisan riding skill and build the Turbo Charged Flying Machine (280% speed boost compared to the 60% of the basic Flying Machine).
One more thing - in Darkshire, be sure to get the quest "The Legend of Stalvan" from one old lady in one of the buildings, I forget her name right now, it's a really good story, and there's about 9-10 parts to the quest. 3 of my 5 characters have done that quest line.
Of course, since he was always a Miner, I spent a lot of time just doing Mining runs for money. Probably several days of /played time just on that.
At the time I got them, my Lordly Armguards were about as good as I could get. Like almost all of my gear, it needs upgraded. I picked up my new axe the other night for 45 gold on AH. My 2 hand axe skill is only about 302 of a possible 350 right now, so I need to go attack Outland Helboars and skill up my 2 hand axe skill.
For me, buying new armor is always a compromise. If a certain pair of gloves has 200 armor, +10 strength, +10 agility, and +5 stamina, is that better or worse than another pair of gloves with 275 armor and +16 stamina? When buying new gear, I open my character sheet and write down all my specs for health, mana, agility, stamina, ranged and melee attack power, etc, then equip the new stuff and see what changes and by how much and write it all down and compare. Then I keep the new stuff or vendor it, because it usually becomes soulbound once you try it on. I hate that soulbound thing! After a while you get pretty good at predicting this stuff.
Since I got my 70, I've been watching AH for good blue or purple gear, but not much at a reasonable price has come up yet.
I got my Golden Gryphon flying mount a few days ago and it's fun to have. But I couldn't wait any more, I had almost all the stuff I needed to powerlevel Engineering. So I dropped Master Skinning, and leveled Engineering from 0-350 in about 4 hours, then I went back over to Shadowmoon Valley and got the plans for the Engineering Flying Mount and built it. The whole Engineering thing still cost me about 380 gold in random stuff that I didn't have ready.
But this Engineering Flying Mount (shows up in my bags as "Flying Machine") is a blast. It reminds me of my old 1971 Valiant from the 2 episodes of "The Ride", episode #'s 74/75. It looks and sounds like an old rattletrap that barely runs. It wheezes, grinds, and stalls in mid air. But it's FUN to fly around in it. The Golden Gryphon is silent in comparison.
The last couple evenings, I've just been flying around Hellfire Peninsula in my Flying Machine, grabbing all the Fel Iron ore nodes I see, and killing any hordes that get in my way. I need to go to different zones and stock up on Adamantite, Eternium, and Khorium ore for future Engineering projects. At 375 skill, I can build an epic gun (Gyro Balanced Khorium Destroyer is the name, I think) that has some pretty good specs on it.
If you ever try a gathering profession, an addon called Gatherer will be a huge help. Once you find an ore node or herbs or whatever, it remembers the thing and marks it so when you get near it you know it's there. VERY useful. I never had any addons at all for my first 13 months, then I got Titan Bar and Gatherer about 2 months ago.
I don't know about leveling up another character on a different server, I'd have to start over again as a level 1 noob, and I've already got 5 characters on Andorhal. And with my main just getting his level 70 and Flying Machine, I've got a lot to keep me busy. In Outlands, I still have half of Blade's Edge Mountains to go through for quests, and all of Netherstorm and SMV. I need another 4000+ gold now to get my artisan riding skill and build the Turbo Charged Flying Machine (280% speed boost compared to the 60% of the basic Flying Machine).
One more thing - in Darkshire, be sure to get the quest "The Legend of Stalvan" from one old lady in one of the buildings, I forget her name right now, it's a really good story, and there's about 9-10 parts to the quest. 3 of my 5 characters have done that quest line.