Daily Blog - May 4, 2009

Got a lot accomplished this weekend with my Mage. My Rogue continued leveling up herbalism and collected flowers for my Mage's inscription. I was planning on going to Stranglethorn Vale to get the necessary herbs but the mobs in that area were too high for my Rogue so I went to the Wetlands instead. Much easier. So I was able to level my inscription to 150. I was also able to level fishing and first aid to 150 as well. Now I'm going through the process of updating my gear for my Mage so I can start leveling to 18. I've gotten a new dagger and enchanted it to add + 2 dmg. I also just finished making some wizard oil to apply to my dagger. BTW, it really sucks how that doesn't stack. Why is that? Sharpening stones stack, why can't wizard's oil?

Next I'll be creating on off-hand item "mystic tome" and then looking for better armor.

I should be able to get some time in before the Rockets and Lakers game tonight.

PS - while I was in Stranglethorn Vale I did level my Rogue to 34.

Daily Blog - May 1, 2009

Played a couple hours last night, before and after a Rockets win. I switched out mining for herbalism for my level 33 Rogue and got to work leveling his herbalism skill. Ran around Elwynn Forest a couple of times to get my skill up to 70, then went over to the Barrens to get my skill up to 130. I think I'm up to 110 to 115 right now. I wish the Armory would update on the WoW website so I can see exactly what my level is. For some reason it hasn't updated since April 21st. I will continue running around the Barrens until I get to skill level 130, then it's off to Stonetalon Mts to get up to 170. After that I can finally go to Stranglethorn Vale and get the necessary herbs I need to level up inscription for my Mage. It will be rough considering the area is levels 30-45 and I'm only 33. I'll just have to be careful and take it slow.

This is the first time I've been in the Barrens and it's pretty impressive with the giraffes and those huge beasts that look like Rhinos (don't remember their names). I guess it shows how little I've explored in this game. The Barrens is soooo huge! It's strange not seeing any other player for an hour. I was all by myself out there collecting flowers which was nice to not have any competition. What a beautiful game!

Daily Blog - April 30, 2009 Part 2

I've decided that I will gather my own herbs to level up my inscription to 150, instead of buying flowers from the auction house. In order to do this though I will need my level 33 Rogue to start picking flowers. I'm going to drop mining and get the herbalism profession. Even with my Rogue though, I'll eventually be venturing into territory that has mobs that are a little higher than myself (Stranglethorn Vale). I suppose I'll just have to be carefull. Also, maybe I'll actually be able to raise my Rogue's levels. It's been awhile since I've been in an area where killing things actually gave my Rogue experience. This will be another thing that probably takes a long time. I'm just glad my Rogue has a horse so I can get around much faster. This game takes forever, but that's why I love it!

Daily Blog - April 30, 2009

I raised my enchanting skill to 150 last night for my Mage. In the process of doing that, I also raised my Druid' leather working to 106 and my Warlock's tailoring to 149. It's really cheap to make items through those two professions and then disenchant them. Now I move on to raising my inscription profession to 150. Currently it's at 103. This looks like it's going to be the most expensive thing to do as I need a lot of flowers to make pigments. The flowers I need now are in areas that are too high of a level to go collect with any of my characters that currently have herbalism. That leaves me with going to the auction house. When I saw the prices to make lion's ink my jaw dropped. I think the lowest price I saw was 35s per flower, which would mean I would have to fork over at least 1g 75s just to make 1-2 of the necessary pigments. I'm hoping that once I finally do this and create a major glyph that I can sell it for some type of profit. I briefly viewed the prices of some of the glyphs on the auction house and did notice that they were going for pretty hefty prices. So maybe once I get started things will move along a little easier. I see the high prices, but I just wonder if they actually sell.....

The Rockets play tonight so I won't get much playing time in, but hopefully I can continue leveling my inscription towards 150.