NEW HOME!

This blog is officially moved to

http://HordeHoneys.com

I will leave the WP.com version open for a few weeks and then delete it. Please change your bookmarks.

 

Thank you

-Kanti

Moving

I really like wordpress but I find the restrictions to be a bit..well.. restrictive. Having spent time building my own websites I just like having more control than I do here. Over the next few days I am  going to be taking steps to move this blog over to my host. I have already reserved my domain and have to wait for it to finish processing before I can set up the partition on the space and have the ftp redirect to it so that my content doesn’t just randomly spread itself amongst my other domains.

I won’t be updating the blog until this is done. I will still be writing and be ready with new content once the move is complete. Since I like wordpress so much I will be going with the wordpress software.

The only thing I will miss is the fact that I can log into this blog at work no software required and update it when I want. I will have to work on way to be able to add content even with that restriction.

-Kanti

Having some fun with it

As  you can see by the date I achieved this on the 20th. It wouldn’t have taken so long but I got lazy with the Belves after Wrath came out. Actually to be honest other than the elves I was Exalted with all but them and UC for a LONG time. It all had to do with my first mount and my desire to have a Wolf over a Kodo. Let me tell you that back then rep grinding to exalted at lvl 40 SUCKED.  My only comment “FUCK chen and his keg and I hope Drohn CHOKES on it!” *kaff* MOVING ON!

So yes I finally took a break from leveling and stuff and just blew through the Belf starting area then fwoom “Ambassador Aithrea”. My very first title *squee*.  I still need to finish the post on my take on the Achievement’s. But it’s taking a bit longer than I anticipated. I may have to break it down into 2 parts, haven’t really decided yet.

So I played for a bit last night and tried to do some dailies. Now the problem I seem to be having is that when I get off work I usually have about an hour before the dailies are “supposed” to reset. So I have been doing them right on the line. Some of them I do right before the timer goes away and others I do after. What I have noticed is the ones I do don’t always clear and I have to wait a day or 2 to do them again. This is causing some stress for me because I have to fly all over to see what is available. I never know if anything is going to be or not. My little blah/25 counter is NEVER right. So while off doing dailies for the Walri this conversation happened.

(Be advised STRONG GRAPHIC language)

 

As you can see I have the language of a drunken sailor with a severe case of tourettes while my partner in nonsense is quite the gentleman. I appreciate that he puts up with me and occasionally laughs at the things I say. He appreciates that I keep his ass alive and it’s not taking him 3 years to hit the next level cap.

Sometimes I feel bad because the only reason he isn’t lvl 80 is because of me. He would have his main, his first character up to 80 if he wasn’t playing on my whacked out schedule. He only levels Nacht with Aith. It’s sweet, but sometimes I really feel bad that he hasn’t hit 80 yet. Though his DK is 80 so I suppose that should make me feel better. He only plays Nacht with me, but he has other alts to pass his time with when I am not around.

I will leave you with some humerous screenshots . The reason its not the full page is my UI is ugly as hell and I see no reason to show off my screen of hidiousness when the funny can just be cut out.

3/14/09 – Not sure why this one is funny to me it just is.

 

 

The HAT – We both had this same hat. I had to get a picture of Nacht wearing this. I cannot remember when this was taken but it was a while ago.

The text on these is particularly amusing so I seperated it to be easier to see.

 

Thats enough nonsense for now.

-Kanti

Even Closer

Just a quick note I dinged lvl 78 on my Druid a few days ago, but had not had the chance to mention it here.  I have currently started doing the dailies for the Frenzyheart (I prefer the Oracles but I want the achievement then I’m going to ditch them and go with the Oracles).  I have also started doing dalies for the Walri and the Drags.

Like I have said before I am taking it slow. I will get to 80 when I get to 80. This has caused some frustration for those that like playing with me because I am not OMGHOLYSHITLVL80 yet, but they can just deal with it.

I am enjoying reading each quest and immersing myself in the story that surrounds me. I like taking the time to really look at the world Blizz has created for me to play in. I have to say some of the Wrath quests are funny as hell, if not leaning towards being a sociopathic in nature (kidnapping children as an example).  Again as I mentioned before the Wrathgate thing totally blew my mind and I hope to see more things like that in the game.

So here I am lvl 78 running with my lvl 78  Rogue buddy and we are enjoying the hell out of the game. Life is good. As for the dailies I have never really done them before, by the time I hit 70 Wrath was coming out so there are whole areas of outland I have never seen or touched. So this “doing stuff over and over” thing is new for me. I am enjoying it though because it’s just another thing in the game to do.

As this blog continues I have plans for some interesting posts. I am going to break down my favorite OCD part of the game and do a several part series on Achievements. I am also planing an in depth post on my main Boomkin Heal Cow Aith and I have typed up but not yet released a post entitled “Spying on the Enemy”.  There will also be much random posting in between as I work on the larger things.

I don’t really know where I am going with this blog. I am a pretty random person and I feel that I am more amusing than informative. So while you may never learn anything useful from reading this, you will at the very least be entertained (I hope).

 

Random Quote from my Leveling buddy Nacht :

“Definition of anarchy.5 man dungeon party consisting of 1 priest and 4 Death Knights.”

-Nachtfaule

-Kanti

Professions

Now that the oog has mostly left my person I am feeling better. I still have bouts of ooginess but those are few and far between. Since I have been feeling better I have taken some time over the last couple of days to play WoW.

 

Professions, everyone has 2 at least. The potential combinations create some interesting grinding. On my main server I had some odd combinations until I revamped  who had what. I did make one interesting choice. My Death Knight is a Herbalist/Miner. She is support for my Alchemist and Inscriptionist. As well as my Blacksmith, Jewelcrafter and Engineer. What they don’t use she sells. Considering what herbs are going for in the AH I should be able to make some spare gold this way.

The down side is that I can only really track one node type at a time. I have found an add on that has been pretty helpful so far but I just have to take time and grind the nodes as I come to them. 

The sad part is I was not paying attention and I have been maxed out at 75 on my mining for 4 days. -_-; I have to say that I am not amused with myself on this one and realize it will take even longer to get my DK to Outland. I decided I wasn’t going to level until I can actually get my professions leveled to match. It’s time consuming but I don’t mind it just gives me more to do.

I would not recommend Herbalism/Mining to most people. It takes a lot of patience and it’s BORING as hell. The only thing worse is leveling fishing. If you want to have just a resource money maker I would recommend either Herbalism/Skinning or Mining/Skinning. The only other one that I have noticed that makes a LOT of scratch is Mining/Engineer. True no one but other engineers can use your stuff but you can make the Mechanohog and you can farm things no one else can. So you can make some serious scratch that way.

To sick to play

I have been pretty sick this last week. Being able to miss work is no fun when you are too sick to play WoW. Although since I spent most of it asleep I didn’t really notice.

I am starting to feel better and I got a little WoW in the other night. Nothing spectacular though. I had tried to play while sick but after about 5 minutes of just staring at the screen I realized I just didn’t have it in me to actually play.

I did a little character maintenance and I realized I have a LOT of alts, over 40 to be exact. I am thinking maybe I need to delete a few people or something. Some of them I may never play. Plus why put all the work into characters I never log into.

Of course knowing me I wont delete anyone. Well I will get to writing a more interesting post later. I just wanted to let people know I haven’t given up on this already.

Unending Entertainment

I have spoken to many people that are bored with WoW. Either they have hit lvl 80 and don’t have anything to work towards now, or they have just been playing for so long they don’t get any joy from the game anymore. Most of them have done PvP, BG and Raiding and yet they still seem to get bored with the game. I have a hard time understanding this. I don’t really do any of those things and I still am not bored. Even with 40 alts I find something to do in the game.

My main is not level 80 cause I choose to take it slow and enjoy the story. The DK on my main server hasn’t even tried to go to outland. I am leveling her professions first. If it takes me weeks or months that’s fine. I need to have a money maker anyway. Though right now everything she is gathering is going to my other alts to fund their professions. Balancing a Herb/Miner is not easy but I have a few add-ons that help.

That is just my main server I am on 13 servers total (I think). I have alts all over the place. I think my highest level non DK alt on those servers is 36. Almost got my funklock to 30 still working on that. I have tons of lowbies. I have at least 1 of everything, 2 of things I really like.

I have been through the starting level quests so many times I can do them in my sleep! Yet I am still not bored with the game. I think it helps that I change up my play style so often. Sometimes I focus on leveling, Other times I just grind my professions. When I am feeling squirrelly I run a low level dungeon for loot to sell or disenchant. It’s also nice to run others through dungeons. They always seem surprised that I don’t charge for it. Yeah I need the gold but I remember when I first started and having to find someone to take me through. It feels weird to ask for compensation when I can run certain ones in under 30min.

All that doesn’t even take into consideration the RP aspect of the game I occasionally enjoy. My Lvl 36 would be in the 50s somewhere if I didn’t RP on her so much. I have a few alts I may never get leveled because of the RP they are caught up in. I can’t seem to get away long enough to quest on them.

There are so many things to do in the game I just can’t understand being bored. Of course I don’t play all the time. I step away from the game. I will play mostly on my days off and sometimes after work, but I do take frequent breaks from the game and do other things. Maybe stepping away from the game is what helps keep it fun for me. If I am not in the mood to play I don’t play not even to do dailies. If I really feel meh about the game I don’t force it. I think that has helped me keep from hating the game at times.

I suppose to each their own though, if someone is bored with the game and wants to quite then more power to them. I am not sure I could give up WoW. If the person leaving happens to be someone I play with a lot I feel a sense of loss but a person has to do what they have to do. I can’t force anyone to play no matter how much I may like to run with them.

 -Kanti