Long awaited Adventure Update and Patch 3.3

Hey! Long time, no see and write. Its been 4 months since I last posted here and alot of things have changed. So lets get up to speed, with Baki and Friends.

Mahoro and Recruit a Friend

In my last update I wrote about finally getting my best friend to finally play Wow. So when she created her first character, Mahoro was born. My second paladin. My best friend and I played every week for 3 months during the time that our accounts were linked taking advantage of the triple exp and her granting me a level. We got up to level 65 questing in Terokkar Forest when she had to quit the game due to cutbacks in her budget. But I decided not to abandon Mahoro. She came too far for me to just abandon. So I continued on leveling her. While Baki has dual spec of Protection and Retribution, Mahoro will have Holy and Retribution. So, she uses Ret while leveling and when she does dungeons, she will be Holy. So, as she stands right now, she is level 79 with 5 bars left for 80 and 10 quest left to finish in Zul'Drak for the "The Empire of Zul'Drak" quest acheivement. I was trying to finish last night so she can be ready to do Heroics the next evening when Patch 3.3 goes into effect, but my unexpectantly, my internet went down. So she will definatly hit 80 tonight making her my 3rd level 80 character. She still needs to quest in Storm Peaks to open up the SoH quest line and Icecrown for Argent Crusade and Ebon Blade.


Bakihanma

I haven't done much with Baki these last couple of months. The only acheivements that I have been working on were the holiday acheivements. Baki got the "Flame Warden" title for completing Midsummer Fire, and "the Hallowed" for completing Hallows end. I was not able to complete "Pilgrims Bounty" because I could not get that stupid "Turkinator" acheivement. Did not bother with Brewmaster during Brewfest, and I am definately gonna try for "Merrymaker" during "Winter Veil" in the next week or so. Thats it for Baki for now.


Renachan

Currently, the only thing I am doing for Renachan is using her to help Mahoro with group quests. When I have a night to do things just for Rena, I do a full daily quest run. The only reputation she has completed was the Kal'uak. Other than that, she is on hold for now.

As for my other characters, they are on hold for now while I am leveling up Mahoro. Here are their current levels.

Banmidou - Level 62 Status: Currently questing in Hellfire Peninsula

Hazuki - Level 58 Status: Currently Finishing up Eastern Plaguelands and getting Mining up to 300

Saiyah - Level 48 She will be the next character that I will level up to 80. She is my priest, and I think that she will do better at healing then Mahoro.

Roya - Level 30 Status: Currently waiting in Stormwind.

Patch 3.3 The Fall of the Lich King

So, today is patch day. The long awaited patch 3.3 is out. But as with all major patches, there are always delays. As I am writing this blog, the patch is installed on both of my computers, but there are connection problems. I hope it gets resolved soon. Probably gonna go play some Ratchet and Clank on PS3 while I am waiting. Couple of things I am looking forward to on this patch.

Dungeon finder system- The new LFG system where you can find groups across realms to do dungeons and they can be random too.

Icecrown Citadel - 3 new dungeons and the raid. Baki may not be geared for this but still looking forward to try. May have to gear up through other dungeons.

So thats for this patch update. Hopefully I won't take so long in doing another post.

Adventure Updates, Refer A Friend, and Patch 3.2

Its been over a month and a half since my last post. I have been really busy with alot of other things, especially work and also playing with a new friend. So, lets get up to speed.

Refer A Friend - Over a month ago, I finally was able to drag my best friend into playing World of Warcraft. She spent the last couple of years playing Final Fantasy XI. I used the Refer A Friend program to bring her over. I created a new character, my second paladin, Mahoro, to level with her. Mainly for the triple experience. I also use my main character to run her character through the dungeons. We only play once or twice a week. But she does play on her own and when we do play together, she grants me levels to catch up with her. She has 6 characters already with all except for 1 character over level 20. Her main character is already 44 last I checked. We have a goal of reaching Level 60 by 9/9/09, because that's how long our accounts are linked for the triple exp bonus. All in all, she is now addicted and enjoying the game better than FFXI.

Characters and Leveling - I haven't really been doing much with Baki this past month, except for the occasional raid with my guild when they are not busy trying to complete Ulduar. Here are some good accomplishments.

1. Raiding - As stated my guild is trying to complete Ulduar on 25 man. Unfortunately I could not come for 2 reasons. One - not completely geared enough yet, and 2 the raid times start too early while I am still at work. There are some nights when they schedule a Naxx 25 or and Uld 10. I can get into those. My first foray into Ulduar was short. Only made it as far as Flame Leviathan. Got the "Shutout" achievement. But unfortunatly the MT had to go. I did kinda felt I was robbed of a good run. Hopefully I can try again soon. 2 weeks ago, we did a 25-man Naxx. Almost had a full clear but called it on Saphiron. Did get a couple of new T8.5 pieces for my tank gear. And that's pretty much it for raiding.

2. Questing - Whenever I can, I try to do my dailies to get my gold up. I still suck at jousting on Argent Tournament, but last night, after trying every week for the past month. I finally passed my champion test! I got the "Of Stormwind" achievement, and since I am exalted with Stormwind, I got "Exalted Champion of Stormwind" title. I hooting and cheering when I finally did it. I got my squire pet, 10 champion seals, and new dailies. Looking forward to doing these dailies.

Thats pretty much it for Baki. As for my other characters, they are slowly coming along. I stopped leveling my Hunter at 60, and my Shaman until 3.2 comes out, so they can start Flying. My DK, Renachan, is doing dailies and cleared her first Heroic Dungeon, Violet Hold last week.

Patch 3.2 - as I write this blog entry today, Patch 3.2 Call of the Crusade is being released today. I was looking forward to this new patch for several reasons.

1. Mount Changes - Now you can get a mount at lvl 20, epic mount at 40, and Flying mount at 60. That is awesome for my alts. It makes it so much easier to level.

2. New Dungeon - The Argent Colosseum is a new dungeon that is also a raid instance as well. Also, there are new tournament dailies, but unfortunately, unless you have the Crusader title, you can't do them.

Those are the only 2 things, I am looking forward to. Although I will have to wait until after work to start experiencing them. There is also a new Battleground, but I don't care about that since I don't do PVP.

With this in mind I have new goals for Baki:

1. Get the Ambassador title. Reason - Step one for getting Crusader title. Be Exalted with all Alliance Factions.

2. Get Exalted with Argent Crusade. Reason - Gets me the "Argent Champion" title, another step for Crusader.

3. Become champion of other Alliance cities. That may take awhile, but it puts me closer to...

4. Get Crusader title. Reason - To do the 3.2 Argent Tournament quests.

So, that's it for this post. Hopefully I won't take too long before I post again. Have a nice day and have fun with 3.2!

Adventure Updates

Good morning! I finally have some time to do an update on my characters latest adventures. First, let me say that if everything goes ok, my new computer will be arriving sometime today. According to the tracking information on the fedex website, its on the truck to be delivered. I can't wait! Now lets get up to speed with my characters adventures.

Bakihanma - I truthfully have been kinda slacking with Baki. The only thing he has been doing is dailies to save up gold to give Saiyah her dual spec so she can start healing. But, here are some of the his latest accomplishments within the last couple of weeks.

1. Got exalted with Knights of Ebon Blade which also gave me the achievement for 10 exalted reputations.
2. In a pug raid last week, did Tempest Keep, the Eye. That was pretty fun. It did actually take almost 25 80's to complete the raid. I could not imagine how hard it would have been at lvl 70.
3. Got my Blacksmithing profession maxed out by creating 2 pieces of Titansteel armor and weapon for Renachan to use when she hits 80.

That's pretty much it for Baki. Also slowly but surely working on quests for "Loremaster"

Renachan - My DK is now 79 and questing in Icecrown. I am definitely committed to getting her to 80 so that she can start doing Heroics, Raiding, and Dailies. I can't remember how far into 79 she is, but she is getting there.

Banmidou - He is now Level 57. One level away from starting the quests in Outland. Thats pretty much it for him

Saiyah - She is now level 40! Woot! With the new spells and "Shadowform" leveling should be easier now hopefully.

Roya - She is now level 20! I had started her on her second profession which is Inscription. With all the herbs she has gathered, I was only able to get her up to skill level 134. Herbalism is at 150. I need to gather more higher level herbs to keep going. On the good side. I started to sell the glyphs I have made so far. Even some lower level glyphs are selling well. What I do is I check the AH to see what glyphs that I can make are going for. If they are less than 2G then I don't post them. 4 or more gold I make one and post it. Already made over 100G already. Thats the most gold I ever had on a toon at that level.

So thats pretty much it on my updates. Hopefully next time I post it would be from my new computer. Until next time. Happy questing and Suffer well.

New Computer for Baki and Friends

In about a week from now, Bakihanma and my other alts adventures will be alot better and smoother. I have ordered a brand new computer from Dell today. It will take a week or so to get here. Here are the main specs:

Processor: Intel Quad-core Q8200 2.33GHz
Ram: 6MB
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB supporting HDMI
Hard Drive: 640GB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive 7200RPM
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium 64-bit Edition English
Monitor: 20.0 Dell ST2010 HD Widescreen Monitor with VGA Cable

Plus standard mouse and keyboard, 16X DVDR drive, and other goodies. Looking forward to it.

I know that I am behind on updates, but there haven't been much updates lately, but I will post one soon.

Weekly Adventure Update

I am a couple of days late in posting, but here is my update for the week.

This week for Baki was a slow week. I didn't get a chance to do any instancing or raiding. The only thing I have been doing for him this week are dailies. Just mainly dailies. Even doing dailies of factions that I am already exalted with. The big thing this week was me getting my Red Drake from being exalted with Wyrmrest Accord. It cost me 1600g. So I have been doing dailies to make up the gold lost on that purchase, but having my first Drake was worth it.

The next thing I am saving up for is 1K gold for Saiyah. I want her to have Dual Specialization. Holy to be a healer and Shadow for leveling. She is only level 37 right now. She can't get Dual Spec until lvl 40. So hopefully I will have the gold saved up for her by the time she hits 40.

Rena is now 78 and I got her leveling in Storm Peaks starting on the Sons of Hodir questline. Already friendly with them. Got more quests unlock. I can't wait to get her to 80.

Saiyah is coming along great. As already stated above, she is level 37 being triumphant in Scarlet Monestary. Here's the story. I joined a group for SM that had 4 priests and 1 warrior. Me and 1 other priest was Shadow and the other 2 was Holy. So the warrior tanked one Holy priest healed and the remainder priests DPS. We pretty much knocked out the Library and Armory. The coolest thing was I had the both the highest DPS and damage. Not bad huh. Got my Illusionary Rod from this run and Robe of Doan from an earlier run with Baki. So the next stop for Saiyah is Theramore Isle.

Hazuki is in the Outlands! Right when she turned 58, I got her started on the Outland quests in Hellfire Peninsula. Kinda hard for her right now as she is using lvl 40+ Maces. Hope to get upgrades soon.

I actually took a night and worked on Banmidou. Got him to level 54 and finished up the Un'Goro quests that has been sitting in his quest log for almost a year. I really need to get his weapons updated. I have been dual wielding with a level 31 and a level 46 1H sword. I actually got a drop on a good green 2H sword. So, when I finished Un'goro. I went to The Deadmines to train on the 2H sword. Got it skilled up in no time. Next stop in leveling is Felwood.

I would now like to introduce a new character I just started today. A human mage named Roya. I already got her up to Level 11 and finished up all the starter area quests in Elwynn Forest. Why did I start a new character? The reason is that I wanted to give a shot at the 2 professions that I have never done since I started playing Wow. They are Herbalism and Inscription. I haven't started Inscription yet, but I have got Herbalism up to 75 already so far. I wanted to really stock up on the herbs before I started the Inscription profession.

With the introduction of Roya to my lineup, I guess that officially makes me an Alt- a Holic. So thats it for this weeks update. Until next week and happy gaming.

Weekly Adventure Update

Another week of Wow playing comes to an end. Actually, for me its 2 weeks. Did not get a chance to post my update last week, so this week will cover the last 2 weeks. So lets get up to speed.

Raiding and Instancing These past 2 weeks I actually got to run Naxx 25 with my guild. I came in late on the run from 2 weeks ago where we did Construct, Sapphiron, and KT. Last week we started fresh with Arachnid, Plague, and most of Military. With these last 2 runs, Baki got some huge armor upgrades for his tank set including my first Tier 7.5 piece Valorous Redemption Breastplate. These runs also allowed me to purchase some badge gear. Unfortunately the new armor caused my Defense rating to fall way below 540 which is needed to tank. So I had to buy new gems to socket and enchants to reechant my headpiece. All in all they were good runs.

Daily Quests and Reputation - Last week, I finally hit Exalted with Wyrmrest Accord. That took alot of doing the 2 daily quests everyday for them. So, now I am able to purchase the Red Drake Mount. But I don't have enough Gold yet. Need to do more daily quests. So, heres where I stand on my Reputaion grind.

Knights of Ebon Blade - Revered 74% 15597/21000 - 26% to Exalted
Argent Crusade - Revered 11% 2375/21000 - 89% to Exalted
Kirin Tor - Friendly

My Argent Tournament dailies are coming along OK. I still suck at jousting, but I am slowly working on it. Although I am already honored with Sons of Hodir, I am doing the dailies again mainly to save up gold for my drake.

Loremaster - My questing for Loremaster continues. I have completed all of the quests mainly in Western and Eastern plaguelands, all the quests for Scholomance and Strathlome, and got Exalted with Argent Dawn. The next weeks focus will be on finishing up 2 low level areas, Loch Modan, and Wetlands.

Renachan - Didn't do much with Rena these last 2 weeks except for leveling. Trying to finish questing in Zul'Drak with only doing the quests at the Argent Stand. When I hit 78, I am going to take her straight to Storm Peaks to do start the Sons of Hodir quest line and at 79, its on to Icecrown to unlock Shadow Vault and Crusaders Pinnacle. I really want to get her to 80.

Saiyah - She's coming along well. This weeks focus is doing the Scarlett Monestary instance. Baki will be running her through the instance.

Hazuki - I have really been working on her these last 2 weeks. Got her to 58. She is now ready to go to Outland. Hope to do well with her.

So thats it on this weeks update. Until next week and Happy questing

Weekly Adventure Update

Here we are, another week of Wow playing has come and gone. So, lets get up to speed.

Bakihanma

Raiding and Intancing - Last week was kinda slow on raiding. I was able to join a Naxx10 raid that had already done Arachnid and Plague quarter. I got my first foray into the Construct quarter. We were able to down Patchwerk and Grobbulus, although I died on him. We wiped on Gluth. At that time it was so late (After 3am) I had to get to bed for work the next day. I did get some new pants for my DPS set and a couple of Emblems. I also finally was able to complete my first Heroic Dungeon: Gundrak. We wiped a few times but was able to finish the instance. Nothing interesting dropped, but I got a Frozen Orb.

Reputation and Dailies - My dailies are coming along well. I actually got exalted with the Kalu'ak thus completing my dailies with them. I bought the fishing pole and the Pengu pet. Now I need to learn how to fish. Here is where I stand now:

Wyrmrest Accord - Revered 17447/21000 = 83%. 17% more to Exalted
Knights of Ebon Blade - Revered 7886/21000 = 38%. 62%% more to Exalted

No change in Argent Crusade and Kirin Tor. In the Argent Tournament, I am now a Valient. So, I started to work on more Argent quests. I can say this right now, I totally SUCK! at jousting. I just can't get it down. I barely made it for Valient. All I know is that if I can't figure out jousting soon, I am not gonna get very far. *sighs*.

Loremaster - My questing for Loremaster continues. This week, I am concentrating on the Western and Eastern Plaguelands. Here are the reasons.

1. Of course, getting all of the quests done.
2. Getting Exalted with Argent Dawn by running Scholomance and Strathlome many times collecting Scourgestones, Bone Fragments, and Crypt Fiend parts to turn in for rep.
3. Collecting Runecloth for Saiyah's tailoring.

Once I finish the Plaguelands, then its back to Loch Modan and Wetlands to finish those quests.

Thats it for Baki.

Renachan - Nothing much on her but continuing her leveling up. Currently working on quests in Zul'Drak. With a little help from Baki, I was able to get Rena flying. Got her regular flying ability, Cold Weather Flying and got the special DK flying mount. She is now broke with approx 118G. Solution: More questing!

Saiyah - My priest is coming along great! She hit level 35 this week, so now I can go further with her professions of tailoring and skinning. She finished the STV starter quests and now its time to do her next instance: Scarlett Monestary. Baki will be running her through to make sure she has all the goodies from that instance.

Last, but not least: Hazuki- Started working on her again. Got her up to 57. Currently working on starter Plagueland quests. Maybe on one of the many runs of Scholo and Strat Baki does this week, I can take her along.

And thats it for this week. Good luck on your adventures this week, and see you next week.