tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982024840971777602024-03-13T07:14:18.677-04:00Letters from BirdfallWorld of Warcraft from a woman who likes pretty things.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.comBlogger625125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-9098872245653734472011-03-17T17:13:00.004-04:002011-04-05T17:41:14.547-04:00Aw Crap, or "Am I Really Closing Down the Blog? Really?!"Well, ladies and gents, it looks like it's time for me to move on from WoW and, thus, close Letters from Birdfall.<br />
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I don't have babies or mortgages (yet) but most of my friends and family have those and they're playing a lot less, which means I'm playing a lot less.<br />
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I've played Sims 3 the last two weeks (pets expansion in October, woot!), and I'm working on creating my own neighborhood to stick my Real Life friends in. Been at it for a few months, but I've really been into it now while I'm between temp jobs.<br />
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I will be going into other MMOs eventually, but I doubt I'll spend much time in WoW except maybe a holiday or two for old time's sake. Lots of my friends are happy with Rift and there's the Star Wars MMO coming out later, and the "Titan" unnamed Blizzard MMO is coming out <i>much </i>later, so lots of options for when I want a new game.<br />
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If you want to keep up with me as a person:<br />
<ul><li>personal & writing blog <a href="http://eablevins.blogspot.com/">here</a></li>
<li>writing website <a href="http://eablevins.net/">here</a></li>
<li>web comics <a href="http://bethcomics.blogspot.com/">here</a></li>
<li>Sims 3 downloads <a href="http://bethsims.blogspot.com/">here</a></li>
</ul><div>It's been fun, and I'm happy to have met everyone who's stopped by. :)</div><div><br />
</div><div>Thanks for putting up with me!</div><div><br />
</div><div>/love</div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-9382384173768067102011-02-27T14:56:00.006-05:002011-02-27T15:03:22.014-05:00Mount & Pet Images, or "These Cubs are So Freaking Cute!"You've seen the <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2011/02/fire-hawk-or-prolly-super-raid-mount.html">Fire Hawk</a>, now for its friends:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K77OYkfx7k4/TWqr1aerh8I/AAAAAAAACXY/z898P7Gb1dk/s1600/berylfirehawk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K77OYkfx7k4/TWqr1aerh8I/AAAAAAAACXY/z898P7Gb1dk/s400/berylfirehawk.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-aXpLFLIx2_4/TWqr1iunOdI/AAAAAAAACXc/hvHJuvXEEaw/s1600/flamewardhippogryph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-aXpLFLIx2_4/TWqr1iunOdI/AAAAAAAACXc/hvHJuvXEEaw/s400/flamewardhippogryph.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y2sMi3Rjtkc/TWqr2EGsQSI/AAAAAAAACXk/2CwxFkjVups/s1600/razzashiraptor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y2sMi3Rjtkc/TWqr2EGsQSI/AAAAAAAACXk/2CwxFkjVups/s400/razzashiraptor.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1Qtd-61ToBw/TWqr2eNtK9I/AAAAAAAACXo/Tg3K-2e3MX0/s1600/zulianpanther.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1Qtd-61ToBw/TWqr2eNtK9I/AAAAAAAACXo/Tg3K-2e3MX0/s400/zulianpanther.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MALuaAhpRcU/TWqr14FJlhI/AAAAAAAACXg/v-jj2QyyFV0/s1600/frostsabrecub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MALuaAhpRcU/TWqr14FJlhI/AAAAAAAACXg/v-jj2QyyFV0/s400/frostsabrecub.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
I'm still not sure what will drop from Zul'Aman (which had the fancy bear mount), but I don't see anything relevant here yet. The last two mounts are obviously the new Zul'Gurub ones, BUT these are not necessarily the final product. The raptor is supposed to be armored according to the notes, so I think they may have just stuck these models in to test with and will update them later.<br />
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OMG I LOVE THOSE CUBS!<br />
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And... green fire hawk? *grimace* Gogo undead and/or warlock mount?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K4oIwU2tEGs&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K4oIwU2tEGs&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-72657262077122418792011-02-25T07:51:00.001-05:002011-02-25T07:52:04.108-05:00Fire Hawk, or "Prolly a Super Raid Mount"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-67V_PVQu-oA/TWelYTqguoI/AAAAAAAACXU/PeGrAZK2U3U/s1600/firehawk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-67V_PVQu-oA/TWelYTqguoI/AAAAAAAACXU/PeGrAZK2U3U/s400/firehawk.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
This is very pretty and will probably be uber-hard-to-get. But enjoy the pretty picture! :DBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-21295470745250041772011-02-24T08:15:00.002-05:002011-02-24T08:42:22.936-05:00Good News, Bad News, or "3 Old Mounts Are New"<b>Good News</b><br />
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Zul'aman and Zul'gurub are coming back as high level 5-mans. They bring along their old mounts -- bear, tiger, and raptor -- as rare drops.<br />
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<b>Bad News</b><br />
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The models or skins for the three classic mounts will be different. Hopefully, they'll be updated to become even awesomer, but probably they'll just have different colors now.<br />
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Photos when available.<br />
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<b>Listing:</b><br />
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<table class="sortable news-table item-table" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(210, 209, 191); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-left-color: rgb(210, 209, 191); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(210, 209, 191); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(210, 209, 191); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; width: 862px;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">20</td><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">Pet</td><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td class="l" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; text-align: left;"><a class="item3" href="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/68840/landros-lichling/" rel="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/68840/landros-lichling//tooltip/js" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 221) !important; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Landro's Lichling</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">20</td><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">Mount</td><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td class="l" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; text-align: left;"><a class="item4" href="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/69228/savage-raptor/" rel="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/69228/savage-raptor//tooltip/js" style="color: rgb(163, 53, 238) !important; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Savage Raptor</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">40</td><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">Mount</td><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td class="l" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; text-align: left;"><a class="item4" href="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/68823/armored-razzashi-raptor/" rel="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/68823/armored-razzashi-raptor//tooltip/js" style="color: rgb(163, 53, 238) !important; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Armored Razzashi Raptor</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">40</td><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">Mount</td><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td class="l" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; text-align: left;"><a class="item4" href="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/68824/swift-zulian-panther/" rel="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/68824/swift-zulian-panther//tooltip/js" style="color: rgb(163, 53, 238) !important; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Swift Zulian Panther</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">60</td><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">Mount</td><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td class="l" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; text-align: left;"><a class="item4" href="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/68825/amani-dragonhawk/" rel="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/68825/amani-dragonhawk//tooltip/js" style="color: rgb(163, 53, 238) !important; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Amani Dragonhawk</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">70</td><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">Mount</td><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td class="l" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; text-align: left;"><a class="item4" href="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/69213/flameward-hippogryph/" rel="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/69213/flameward-hippogryph//tooltip/js" style="color: rgb(163, 53, 238) !important; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Flameward Hippogryph</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">70</td><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">Mount</td><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td class="l" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; text-align: left;"><a class="item4" href="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/69224/reins-of-the-crimson-fire-hawk/" rel="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/69224/reins-of-the-crimson-fire-hawk//tooltip/js" style="color: rgb(163, 53, 238) !important; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Reins of the Crimson Fire Hawk</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">70</td><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">Mount</td><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"></td><td class="l" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; text-align: left;"><a class="item4" href="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/69226/reins-of-the-beryl-fire-hawk/" rel="http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/69226/reins-of-the-beryl-fire-hawk//tooltip/js" style="color: rgb(163, 53, 238) !important; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Reins of the Beryl Fire Hawk</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-72713435336521779592011-02-06T11:52:00.000-05:002011-02-06T11:52:01.496-05:00Valentines 2011, or "Start Your Rockets, Ladies and Gents!"It's a farming extravaganza!<br />
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I managed to get all relevant characters to 85 to farm the holiday boss for the mount (or, in Dusty's case, the <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=49715">rose helm</a>). This makes me happy.<br />
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An important change: you no longer queue from the LFD pane. You now have to go to <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=37172">Detective Snap Snagglebolt</a> [H] or <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=38066">Inspector Snip Snagglebolt</a> [A].<br />
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Previous years: <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2010/02/je-tadore-or-happy-valentines-2010.html">2010</a>, <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2009/02/valentines-2009-or-yay-hearts.html">2009</a>, <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2008/02/love-is-in-air-2008-or-unbreak-my-heart.html">2008</a>, <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2007/02/valentines-event-or-ill-pay-you-1.html">2007</a>. 2010 has the achievement info you'll want.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-860486488130731982011-01-23T11:52:00.001-05:002011-01-23T11:53:11.149-05:00Lunar Festival 2011, or "Where are the Elders!"A few elders have moved around, such as Stormwind's Elder being placed out front of the city (the game tells you to go to the destroyed park, but it's wrong).<br />
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<b>Lunar Festival</b> <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2010/02/lunar-festival-2010-or-yes-im-posting.html">2010</a>, <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2009/01/lunar-festival-2009-or-omen-is-easy.html">2009</a>, <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2008/02/lunar-festival-2008-or-patterns-are-not.html">2008</a>, <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2007/02/lunar-festival-or-finding-your-sugar.html">2007</a>.<br />
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Pick up the Lunar Festival quest. Head to your <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/maps?data=12:350510">Alliance</a> or <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/maps?data=1637:537580">Horde</a> Harbinger. Pick up the quest to shoot off rockets. Get 8 rockets (any color), 10 [Red Rocket Clusters], and 10 [Firecrackers]. Keybind the [Red Rocket Cluster] and <b>shoot off all 10 as fast as you can</b> to get an <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=1281">achievement</a>. Repeat with [Firecracker] for another <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=1552">achievement</a>.<br />
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Grab your invitation, use it in the column of moonlight, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=15864">go here</a> and get the Omen quest. Head for <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/maps?data=493:643621">this spot</a> and look for a group killing Omen (if you do this in the first day, he is <i>always </i>being downed -- later in the week is much harder). Help if you can. You want to stand in him while he's dead, it doesn't matter if you helped kill him. Turning in the quest with the buff on you from his corpse (dying removes it) gets another <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=937">achievement</a>.<br />
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<b>Elder Time</b><br />
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There's a list <a href="http://www.wowwiki.com/Lunar_Festival_Elders">here</a>, but it's not 100% accurate for Cataclysm yet. I'm sure it will be fixed by the end of the week, but here's a good rule of thumb: if you can't find an elder where it's supposed to be, go to wowhead and search for the elder's name (given in the wowwiki listing). Under the Comments tab, go to the most recent comments and glance over them for the elder's new position. You will <i>always </i>find the answer there.<br />
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If only coordinates are given and you don't use coordinates, go to Tools > Maps and select the area you're in. As you hover over the map, it will give you coordinates and you'll be able to see where on the map your elder is. :)<br />
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<b>After Getting All Elders</b><br />
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Buy clothes with your tokens.<br />
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<b>You're an elder now!</b>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-2214688972093363232011-01-15T12:51:00.004-05:002011-01-15T12:57:15.773-05:00Mediocre, or "Do We Need a Player Reputation System?"I'm of two minds about reputation systems that let players rank other players. On the one hand, it would be nice to downrate jerks and uprate awesome people. On the other, it would add an aspect to the game that I'm not convinced would be beneficial to players.<br />
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Today on Birdfall, I had a mediocre group in Throne of the Tides that lost 3 healers. The first healer left after three wipes on the same boss. The second helped us through that boss but chewed us out for being terribad and left. The third stayed until the last boss when the tank had to leave and the group fell apart.<br />
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Personally, I would have liked to give props to my group even if we were pretty mediocre. The tank and other dps were new to the instance and perfectly willing to admit when they didn't know what they were doing. But they were also willing to keep trying. They kept a quiet, honest respectability around them that the second healer didn't possess in his littlest finger. He might have been "pro," but his social skills were terribad and got a /ignore from me.<br />
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There's something to be said for a group that rolls with its faults and doesn't implode. I might not have rated us very high in skill for that run, but I would have given my group mad rep bumps for tenacity and patience.<br />
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I think I'd like to leave a group or finish a dungeon and get a popup for "Did you enjoy this group? Yes/No" and yes gives a rep bump to everyone and you can also choose to rate each player individually:<br />
<blockquote>Skill: Terribad -- Poor -- Mediocre -- Fair -- Good -- Outstanding -- Don't Know</blockquote><blockquote>Attitude: Terribad -- Poor -- Mediocre -- Fair -- Good -- Outstanding -- Don't Know</blockquote><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">See also: <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2010/08/pug-matching-or-what-if-blizz-had-us.html">Pug Matching</a></span>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-72704273439646025202011-01-13T19:51:00.000-05:002011-01-13T19:51:03.238-05:00Busy Birdfall is Busy, or "News on Why I've Been MIA"Plum is 85<br />
Dustfire is 83<br />
Windwhistler is 82<br />
Birdfall is 81<br />
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I work a day job, do rated bg's on Wednesday, do RL family stuff on Friday, and have been recuperating from Christmas, then my anniversary, then brother-in-law-in-law's 21st birthday, and this next weekend is the first I've had to really chillax in several weeks but I'm also pressing for 85 on my alliance so I can try for the Pink Love Rocket starting Feb 6th.<br />
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/exhausted<br />
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TL;DR - I'm super busy but should be back soon.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-87380841684456293612011-01-02T16:45:00.001-05:002011-01-02T16:47:50.056-05:00Fox Pet, or "Just In Case You Missed It"<a href="http://warcraftpets.com/wow.pets/mammals/canines/fox_kit.asp">Fox Kit</a> is a BOP drop from <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=47676">foxes</a> in the normal daily questing zone of Tol Barad Peninsula. This is not the "join for battle" zone, but it <i>is </i>contested which means players on PVP servers will be flagged for PVP combat.<br />
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The droprate of this pet is currently unknown, so if you plan to farm it please download the <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/client">Wowhead Client</a> to help them get accurate droprate numbers. I'm going to guess it's a 1/1000 pet.<br />
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Oh, and it <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfWNmvdN2y4">DANCES</a>.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-69506418021127295492010-12-26T16:31:00.001-05:002010-12-26T16:31:26.349-05:00Blue Poster on Penalties, or "Understanding of Your Rights as a Player"Blue poster Nevalistis wrote <a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/146687/so-how-come-harassment-is-tolerated-in-wow">a very good post</a> about player rights, Blizzard on player infractions, and basically pwning whiners.<br />
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<b>Paraphrase:</b><br />
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<b>Players: </b>WHINE WHINE YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT JERKS!!<br />
<b>Nev:</b> If you don't report them, that's true.<br />
<b>Players: </b>WHINE WHINE YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT US, YOU ONLY LIKE MONEY!<br />
<b>Nev: </b>Then why do we spend so much to employ GMs?<br />
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Know your <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/search/label/official%20rules">in-game rights</a>.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-25557104521309954422010-12-20T09:10:00.002-05:002010-12-20T09:10:00.121-05:00Outfit of the Month, or "Dress Right, Cook Well"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-9OIZs26gag/TQq76C-1WpI/AAAAAAAACXE/ZNCyhaFwXW0/s1600/cookwear.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-9OIZs26gag/TQq76C-1WpI/AAAAAAAACXE/ZNCyhaFwXW0/s400/cookwear.png" width="400" /></a></div><a name='more'></a><b>Head</b><br />
<div><ul><li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=46349">Chef's Hat</a></li>
</ul><b>Hand-Held</b><br />
<div><ul><li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=5197">Cookie's Tenderizer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=18044">Hurley's Tankard</a> / <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=4090">Mug O' Hurt</a> / <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=68012">Gug's Mug</a> / <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=34829">Ornate Drinking Stein</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=19292">Last Month's Mutton</a> / <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=19293">Last Year's Mutton</a> / <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=66924">Petrified Camel Haunch</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=53246">Neurosurgeon's Tool</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=62178">Spider Splatter Mace</a> / <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=52653">Unidentified Cooking Utensil</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=62178"></a><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=62858">Flesh and Bone</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=57848">Mok'Morokk's Grog Bottle</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=12791">Barman Shanker</a> / <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=6651">Broken Wine Bottle</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=6310">Fish</a> (any)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=44678">Wine Glass</a> / <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=44679">Red Wine Glass</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=47053#same-model-as">Chalice</a> (any)</li>
</ul><div>Clothing Shown:</div></div></div><div><ul><li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=44694">Antiseptic-Soaked Dressing</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=14264">Bloodwoven Pants</a></li>
<li>Red Lumberjack Shirt</li>
<li>Willow Belt</li>
<li>Battleworn Pants</li>
<li>Bright Boots</li>
</ul></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-91695038051988899192010-12-18T11:12:00.003-05:002010-12-18T11:16:05.123-05:00Winter Veil 2010, or "Srs Post for Srs Holiday"<b>Ironforge/Orgrimmar</b><br />
a short list of supplies<br />
<ul><li>/kiss a Winter Reveler every hour (found at Inns)</li>
<li>Buy and learn all 3 holiday recipes from a Smokeywood Pastures vendor.</li>
<li>Buy a <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=17202">snowball</a> from a Smokeywood Pastures vendor.</li>
<li>Do the <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/search?q=stolen+winter+veil+treats">Greench</a> quest chain.</li>
<li>Do the <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/search?q=metzen#quests">Metzen</a> quest chain.</li>
<li><a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2009/05/prep-for-winters-veil-or-opening-up-fa.html">Get attuned</a> to Ogri'la.</li>
<li>Set aside a <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=21215">Fruitcake</a> and a <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=21213">Holly</a> from doing Metzen.</li>
<li>Get a hat from <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2010/12/winter-veil-hats-or-still-available-in.html">dungeon bosses</a>.</li>
<li>Get <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/search?q=winter+clothes">clothes</a> from a tailor.</li>
<li>Get <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=34086">boots</a> from a leatherworker.</li>
<li>Save all <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=34191">snowflakes</a>.</li>
<li>Find your local <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=252#comments">Wondervolt Machine</a>.</li>
<li>Keep your <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=17712">Winter Veil Disguise Kit</a>.</li>
</ul><b>Dec 25th:</b> Get your presents at the Ironforge/Orgrimmar trees.<br />
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For details on how to use these items, see my <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2008/12/winter-veil-2008-or-ho-ho-yes-okay-we.html">2008</a> post.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-78205979351351422102010-12-16T08:10:00.002-05:002010-12-16T17:48:55.949-05:00Winter Veil Hats, or "Still Available in Northrend"<blockquote><b>Winter Veil Bosses</b><br />
The denizens of the dungeons of Northrend are also getting into the holiday spirit, and some dungeon bosses even wear festive Winter Hats just like Greatfather Winter's. Defeat a Winter Veil boss, and the boss' hat is yours!<br />
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<b>Winter Veil bosses of Northrend:</b><br />
Grand Magus Telestra (The Nexus) - Red Winter Hat<br />
Jedoga Shadowseeker (Ahn'Kahet: The Old Kingdom) - Red Winter Hat<br />
Mage-Lord Urom (The Oculus) - Green Winter Hat<br />
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<b>Cataclysm Winter Veil bosses</b><br />
Deadmines (Heroic) - Admiral Ripsnarl<br />
The Stone Core (Normal + Heroic) - High Priestess Azil<br />
Blackrock Caverns (Normal + Heroic) - Corla, Herald of Twilight<br />
Shadowfang Keep (Heroic) - Lord Godfrey<br />
Grim Batol (Normal + Heroic) - Drahga Shadowburner<br />
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(<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/143531/feast-of-winter-veil">source</a>)</blockquote>More Winter Veil details this weekend, maybe, I think. I need to do it on 2 characters, and that usually prompts posts.<br />
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Anywho, feel free to check out the previous years: <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2008/12/winter-veil-2008-or-ho-ho-yes-okay-we.html">2008</a>, <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2007/12/feast-of-winter-veil-or-cute-outfits.html">2007</a>, and <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2009/05/prep-for-winters-veil-or-opening-up-fa.html">Ogri'la tutorial</a>.<br />
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Looks like I didn't do 2009. Would make sense, since we'd just moved and there was a blizzard and we were holed up at my brother's house with our cats.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-35625577778751049382010-12-13T19:56:00.002-05:002010-12-13T20:08:38.964-05:00Rainbow Generator, or "I Can Be Really Creepy When I Want To Be"I looked at MMO Champion on getting home from work today. I read some comics, scrolled down a bit, saw some new pictures, and went to the kitchen with a maniacal grin on my face until my husband saw me and stopped what he was doing.<br />
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"That's creepy," he said, looking alarmed.<br />
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Husband's Best Friend turned to glance at me. "That <i>is</i> creepy."<br />
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I clung to a stair railing nearby and leaned over it to grin down at them. "Did you see MMO Champion today?"<br />
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"No," said husband, still alarmed.<br />
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But HBF nodded in sudden understanding. "The rainbow generator."<br />
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"<i>Yes</i>," I agreed in a voice that would fit well into an Exorcist movie.<br />
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HBF pointed at me. "You're overreacting. Am I going to <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=47341">go get</a> nine of them? Yes. But <i>you're</i> [with an emphatic jab of his finger in my direction] overreacting."Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-75503276459429107192010-12-11T12:38:00.000-05:002010-12-11T12:38:28.486-05:00Squee Mylune, or "Fun Times With Cata"Husband's Best Friend posted on our forums about a quest that looked like I'd created it. It's from <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=39930">Mylune</a>, and she definitely says "Squeeeeee!" when you turn it in.<br />
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/happy<br />
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In other news, there doesn't seem to be a lot of fighting on my server while folks quest. Husband had some trouble with a rogue at one point, and there's been a few 85's coming back to gank (a guildmate set his 85 up in the area to even things out just before I got into the zone), but for the most part things are peaceful. Alliance and Horde seem to be focused more on leveling, and starting a fight means retaliation when you want to get back to questing.<br />
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My brother admitted that he thinks he accidentally ganked some Alliance while on his warlock. His questing technique is Tab+Curse, and he doesn't look too closely at what he attacks. Especially since the underwater zone makes him a bit woozy.<br />
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For myself, I've been killed once, but I rezzed and kept questing and no one bothered me again. And I was attacked once as retaliation for a guy in my quest group who started (he said "continued") a fight with a druid -- the same druid later emoted "truce" at me and I emoted "pet" at him (he was in kitty form).<br />
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So, all in all, it's been pretty friendly on Zuluhed. I imagine that once people hit 85, more will come back to starting zones to grief levelers, but for now it's really quite pleasant.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-68839704074506496092010-12-07T17:35:00.004-05:002010-12-07T20:31:11.432-05:00Outfit of the Month, or "Cataclysm or Not, I Like the Lot"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-9OIZs26gag/TP7CxdF-_AI/AAAAAAAACXA/YQhWECV8t4U/s1600/old-specs.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-9OIZs26gag/TP7CxdF-_AI/AAAAAAAACXA/YQhWECV8t4U/s320/old-specs.png" width="270" /></a></div><br />
Level 10 Worgen quest, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=58255">Top Hat</a> reward.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=53852#modelviewer:1+0">Embroidered Shirt</a>, no idea how to get it.<br />
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No idea how to get <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=67108">Old Spectacles</a> (shown above), but they're <i>awesome-looking</i>.<br />
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Jewelcrafting 510 for <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=52489">Rhinestone Sunglasses</a>. The sparkles on them are animated.<br />
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Tailoring cloth sets look like Final Fantasy white/red/black mage <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/search?q=emberfire#modelviewer:4:1;81524;3;81537;5;81533;6;81511;7;81528;8;81514;9;81541;10;81520:1+0">outfits</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=53880">Super Girly Shirt</a> shown above.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/search?q=goblin+pants">Goblin __ Pants</a> shown above.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=792">Knitted Sandals</a> shown above.<br />
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Yes, it's the first day of Cata and I'm posting clothes. I was looking for a rose for my character's hair, because I saw it on a Gilneas NPC. Closest is <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=49715">the Valentines rose</a> <strike>in your character's teeth</strike> that shows in the hair of women and between the teeth of men.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-76854372820615698662010-12-06T20:20:00.002-05:002010-12-06T20:27:23.341-05:00Last Minute Cata, or "Knowing How to Start Saves Time"To get Azeroth flying, you need to visit a <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/search?q=flying+trainer">flying trainer</a> anywhere. Cost is 250g.<br />
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You'll want to start your 80s in either <a href="http://www.wowwiki.com/Mount_Hyjal">Mt Hyjal</a> or <a href="http://www.wowwiki.com/Vashj'ir">Vashj'ir</a>. I think you can get to either by flying, but you will have portals to either available in Org & Stormwind. Though you may have to do pre-quests to use the portals. If so, I don't currently know what they are.<br />
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For Orgrimmar, your <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=44919">flight trainer</a> is by the flight master -- take an elevator up in any corner of the Valley of Strength and it'll dump you near the flight master. Run to him and the trainer is beside him. Once you have flying, go north across the bridges until you get to the portals in the Valley of Wisdom (the platform is shown on your map and looks like a small grey Fortress of Solitude).<br />
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For Stormwind, your <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=43769">flight trainer</a> is also by the flight master. The portals to Mt Hyjal and Vashj'ir are northwest of Stormwind Keep.<br />
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Remember to empty your bags, get your potions and buff food in hand, recheck your talents, repair your gear, make sure you've learned all your skills, and sit on a flying trainer so you can start a new zone with no (okay, <i>less</i>) poking around in confusion once Cata's out.<br />
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And remember: <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2010/07/leveling-numbers-or-this-is-for-me-but.html">rested</a> is better than any other leveling buff. It quite literally <i>doubles </i>experience gained. For those of us who have fulltime jobs (woo, money!), rested is a big deal. If you do nothing else tonight, get yourself to an inn.<br />
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Good luck, and have fun everyone! Europeans who already have Cata, it's cool, we hate you. Enjoy Blizz loving you more than us today.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-4180161500554927242010-12-01T18:02:00.001-05:002010-12-01T18:03:46.888-05:00Ripping People Off, or "Finding Really Great Deals That You'd Feel Bad About If You Weren't Profiting"I essentially just ripped a guy off on my Alliance AH today. I got a Hyacinth Macaw for 3,000g.<br />
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On Horde side, it sells for ~20,000g.<br />
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In fact, a friend of mine begged a seller once to take a 25,000g Hyacinth Macaw down and let her save the cash to buy it off him. She couldn't because he'd already agreed to do that for someone else who wasn't going to be in game until the weekend but had the cash on hand.<br />
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And I have a macaw for both Bird and Dust, and all my friends have at least one by now, so I don't feel bad about using this one for profit.<br />
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:D Silly seller -- putting a bid-only price of 3k and thinking anyone on the poor half of the server would start a bidding war.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-80037772656189881442010-11-25T21:26:00.001-05:002010-11-25T21:27:03.068-05:00Lawn of the Dead Strat, or "Cute Singing Sunflower!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-9OIZs26gag/TO8ZZl_8OKI/AAAAAAAACWk/-svzYz7myWA/s1600/WoWScrnShot_112510_201911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-9OIZs26gag/TO8ZZl_8OKI/AAAAAAAACWk/-svzYz7myWA/s400/WoWScrnShot_112510_201911.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
I did the final wave of zombies two or three times before I found a great strat on <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/quest=28748">Wowhead</a>.<br />
<blockquote>Early on, keep the plant <b>Sunflowers on </b><i><b>cooldown</b> </i>till you have about 3 made. By then you should be dealing with about 3 Zombies. Rocknuts are your friend, build a few to hold them off.</blockquote><blockquote>Next is planting <b>Spitters</b> to kill off those 3 Zombies once you have enough Sunpower.</blockquote><blockquote>Start planting more <b>Sunflowers, the <u>key</u> to winning is making two full rows of Sunflowers</b>. Balance making those with a full row of Spitters and one row of Freezya's. You can even toss in a row of Rocknuts to be safe. Then try and stockpile Sunpower for <b>Pumpkin Bombs</b>.</blockquote><blockquote>4-5 Pumpkin bombs should win the game</blockquote><b>My board looked like this:</b><br />
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Sunflower : Sunflower : Spitter : Freeza : Rocknot : Rocknot : :<br />
Sunflower : Sunflower : Spitter : Freeza : Rocknot : Rocknot : :<br />
Sunflower : Sunflower : Spitter : Freeza : Rocknot : Rocknot : : Pumpkin Bombs | Badguy<br />
Sunflower : Sunflower : Spitter : Freeza : Rocknot : Rocknot : :<br />
Sunflower : Sunflower : Spitter : Freeza : Rocknot : Rocknot : :<br />
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And if anything died, I'd replace it. I got a double row of Rocknots because the Pumpkin Bombs have a long cooldown so why not, right?<br />
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Because I used the Pumpkin Bombs near the badguy, he died pretty fast. :)Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-3690749977379872792010-11-25T10:20:00.005-05:002010-11-25T10:57:15.692-05:00Horde Travel, or "Can Finish Holiday?"There's one itty bitty issue with the new world -- Horde can't get to Darnassus or The Exodar without massive effort. This interferes with <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=3581">Pilgrim's Peril</a>.<br />
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First, there are no boats from Darkshore (Auberdine was destroyed). So I corpse-hopped through Stormwind for an hour to get on the boat to Darnassus, arrived, and their level 85 guards, always on watch, killed me and sent me to a graveyard in...<br />
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...Darkshore.<br />
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Since there's no boat in Darkshore, and since I found the hard way that fatigue does kill ghosts running on foot, you<i> almost </i>make it but not quite when you run as a ghost across the ocean.<br />
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But it's possible, according to an extremely dedicated person on Wowhead:<br />
<blockquote>i ran up the Darkshore coastline till i was as <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/maps?data=148:435192">close as possible</a> to Rutheran Village. Popped my <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=8827">elixir</a>, jumped on my 100% mount and ran across water. You will fatigue but the bar begins to replenish as you get close to Rutheran. Once you hit land you can either take the boat to Exo or run like heck for the portal into Darnassus. You will more than likely die entering the portal or coming out the other side. No worries you will be at the gy in Teldrassil, not back on darkshore. Rez and hit the table in Darn. I then swam via the water channels in Darn to the portal and then jumped on <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/maps?data=141:523895">boat</a> and headed to Exo. The tables here are very easy to get to as i did not aggro any guards at any point.</blockquote>As God is my witness, I am going to <i>earn </i>this freakin' turkey pet.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-65981242834756115272010-11-25T07:46:00.005-05:002010-11-27T09:06:13.320-05:00Up for Grabs, or "Stuff You Can Do"I've seen engineering flying machines running around in cities but not flying. Bug or working as intended?<br />
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Saw a person in a hardcore guild on a Goblin mount.<br />
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<b>Available Pets:</b><br />
<ul><li><b>Singing Sunflower:</b> Quest in Hillsbrad Foothills <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/quest=28748">just south</a> of where Dalaran used to be.</li>
<li><b>Mr. Grubbs:</b> Drops from bags from <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=8603">grubs</a> in Eastern Plaguelands just like the Oozeling dropped off oozes. Pre-req <a href="http://wowpetaddiction.blogspot.com/2010/09/mr-grubbs.html">quest chain</a>.</li>
<li><b>Withers:</b> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/quest=13570">Alliance quest</a> and <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=33980">Horde vendor</a> (BOP).</li>
<li>[edit] <a href="http://wowpetaddiction.blogspot.com/2010/11/another-pre-expansion-pet.html"><b>Flamefly</b></a> (Thanks Sarayana!)</li>
</ul><div><b>Cities:</b></div><div><ul><li>Visit Gnomeregan</li>
<li>Visit Echo Isles</li>
</ul><div>They're not full cities yet, but they're visitable.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Reputation:</b></div></div><div>Quartermasters for the new races are available in Darnassus and Orgrimmar. Get their tabards to nom some rep pre-Cata.</div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-9967128069614733882010-11-23T07:54:00.000-05:002010-11-23T07:54:30.297-05:00Tuesdays Schmoozdays, or "Why's the Cataclysm Gotta Mess with My Cooking?"Logged in to do more Pilgrim's Bounty before work (omg, leveling cooking is so easy and fun!) because like all holidays it's a thousand times more addictive than I thought it would be. (<a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2010/11/pilgrims-bounty-or-oh-hey-another.html">Guide is up</a>, btw.)<br />
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But I couldn't level my cooking on Windwhistler because dumb old Deathwing is busy bursting from the ground and destroying the world.<br />
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*eye roll* It must be Tuesday.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-89636970783923827762010-11-22T08:23:00.000-05:002010-11-22T08:23:27.639-05:00Cracked World, or "Tomorrow We Get a Whole New World"<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mount Changes</span></b><br />
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<b>Zul'Gurub</b> will be removed, taking the tiger and raptor mounts. Considering they quickly found a new home for the rare drop pet and already have a new home for Polymorph: Turtle, I still have hope for these mounts coming back.<br />
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The <b>Green Proto-Drake</b> that drops out of the Oracle's revered-required Cracked Egg is now easier to get. The egg cracks after 3 days (down from 7) and the droprate for the mount has increased. ^_^<br />
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Mounts you got by beating super-hard-mode bosses are now a rare drop on their 25-mans.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Cute and Functional</span></b><br />
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New race/class combos such as night elf mage, tauren paladin, etc.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Time to go to work.</span>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-87315946068067609562010-11-21T14:19:00.003-05:002010-11-22T21:53:14.758-05:00Pilgrim's Bounty, or "Oh Hey, Another Holiday I Forgot"<b>Husband: </b>"I've been messing with [Husband's Best Friend] all day. I'm 1 bubble from 80 on my mage but I keep going around doing all the Pilgrim's Bounty cooking and stuff instead of dinging. It's driving him crazy. I think I'll stay 79 for as long as possible."<br />
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<b>Me:</b> "Oh hey, it's Pilgrim's Bounty! O.O"<br />
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So, considering that I'm going to see the new Harry Potter in 2 hours and don't have time to investigate the holiday properly (I have never ever done PB before), just be aware that it's Pilgrim's Bounty this week and you can level cooking for cheap on your characters.<br />
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And there's a turkey pet if you get the holiday achievement.<br />
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<strike>I'll write something guide-ish up later.</strike> <b>Guide after break.</b><br />
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<a name='more'></a><b>Start in any city. It doesn't matter. The feasts are all set up just outside the entrance of each city. If a city is under Invasion, you may have to wait until it's over to get your feast on (<i>i.e.</i> Thunder Bluff)</b><br />
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<b>Bountiful Feasts (Achievement)</b><br />
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Sit at any table in the feasting area and eat five helpings at each chair (do this at all major cities for an achievement). The result is also a "Spirit of Sharing" which increases REP GAIN by 10%. Darn useful if you're working on rep.<br />
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Pass food by selecting another player sitting at your table and click the "Pass" button. Pass one of each food for an achievement.<br />
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For another achievement, pass food quickly to another person. If they don't eat fast enough, your pass will "Bounce" and you'll get the "FOOD FIGHT!" achievement.<br />
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<b>Dailies (Achievement)</b><br />
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Get to your Pilgrim's Bounty Vendor (outside any city or town) and buy [<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/search?q=bountiful+cookbook">Bountiful Cookbook</a>]. Loot it to receive holiday recipes. You can max out your cooking with these recipes.<br />
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The dailies will request that you cook one or more of the recipes, but you need to get the ingredients to make things.<br />
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Do all of the dailies once to get the achievement.<br />
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<b>Ingredient Locations</b><br />
<ul><li>Cranberries: Orgrimmar / Ironforge</li>
<li>Pumpkin: Undercity / Stormwind</li>
<li>Sweet Potatoes: Thunder Bluff / Darnassus</li>
<li>Huntable Turkeys: Tirisfal Glades / Elwynn Forest</li>
</ul><div>You need to cook one item of each recipe to get the corresponding achievement.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>PVP Danger (Achievement)</b></div><div><br />
</div><div>Wear a holiday clothing item and sit at a feast table in every major city of the opposing faction.</div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-67814840544971675672010-11-15T20:31:00.003-05:002010-11-16T07:59:44.332-05:00Elemental Invasion Phase 4, or "Get a Feat of Strength"<b>Every 2-3 hours, all over the city. </b>The elementals invade the cities only every 2-3 hours and when they arrive (after a 5 minute warning) they're <i>everywhere</i>. No way to miss them.<br />
<ul><li>Orgrimmar & Ironforge: Earth and Fire rifts</li>
<li>Thunder Bluff & Stormwind: Water and Wind rifts</li>
</ul>By defending your faction's cities and getting the buffs for closing all the types of rifts, you earn <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=4887">Tripping the Rifts</a>, a once-in-a-lifetime pre-expansion Feat of Strength. While waiting, you can do the quest chains if you haven't yet, or do some of the new quests.<br />
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I may have time later this week to map those quests out, but not tonight, alas.<br />
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Things I wasn't sure about until I did it:<br />
<ol><li>You do not need to be in a raid to get the buff.</li>
<li>You get the buff when the elementals stop spawning (<i>i.e.</i> when the rift closes).</li>
<li>The buff hits an area of people, so you need to be nearby when the rift closes.</li>
<li>You can (and probably will) get both buffs in one city defense event.</li>
</ol>Therefore, you only need to do your (two) available cities once each.<br />
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And then after the event you can queue for the specially available bosses. (LFD or the portals in the city.)Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com3