Yes folks, there’s a new patch on the horizon and a new PTR in the works. Since I hadn’t expected any additional patches before WotLK, I’m pretty excited that we got one. I’ve already copied my four 70 toons to the test server and downloaded the PTR client. Now I’m just waiting for the test realm to go online and I’ll be reporting on all the goodies. Stay tuned…
Since making her way into Azeroth, Kaliope has made a point of exploring and mastering all professions in the World of Warcraft. She has achieved a rank of Master Chef and Head Nurse on four avatars and Master Angler on one avatar. She has juggled her fully grown avatars to cover all but one primary profession: Tailoring. However, she does have an adolescent avatar who is an Artisan Tailor. Kaliope of Llane has 78 days, 8 hours, 31 minutes of experience in the World of Warcraft and with her sisters: Krystella, Korlyn and Kayree they have a total of 206 days, 5 hours, 52 minutes of combined experience.
You may or may not have noticed that I changed my tagline on the blog. From now on I will do whatever cheap, shameless stunt I can think of, WHATEVER IT TAKES to get a beta key. I know we haven’t even had a beta announcement, but in order to succeed you have to be ahead of the curve and MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. So my campaign begins NOW, in the hopes that someone will take pity on me before the gates of opportunity are closed forever.
A surprising result of our WotLK Crafting Wishlist was the high ranking of faction grinding, which tied for second place. Obviously faction grinding isn’t something any of us enjoy, but it must be a prominent part of our game lives if we rate it near the top of our wish list for the expansion. With that thought in mind, I wanted to turn my spotlight to faction grinding and how it affects us. (more…)
Since folks are clearly in the pre-expansion doldrums, I’m wondering what types of preparations everyone is making for WotLK. Not only will we have an increase of the level cap for tradeskills, we’ll be gaining a new profession. I still haven’t decided who or how I’ll work this new craft into my lineup, but I’m already building a stash of mats for it.
Here it is, the poll with all of our crafting ideas and suggestions:
Wrath of the Lich King Crafter’s Wishlist
Please share this poll with all of your crafting obsessed WoW buddies! The more votes we collect, the more likely we are to get Blizzard’s attention 
As I said in my previous post, my theme for the next week or so will be Wrath of the Lich King. People are thinking alot about it these days, what with the furor of 2.4 dying down and the realization that there will be nothing new to do until the expansion hits the shelves. Unfortunately, this dead zone is also coinciding with the summer months, when more players tend to drift away to greener pastures (and greener lawns, heh). I hear lots of talk about taking breaks for awhile, so perhaps there’s also some burnout setting in.
New patch notes have been posted recently from the PTR and I’ve just copied my own characters to the Test Realm to analyze them more fully. Some are pretty obvious, so I thought I’d share my thoughts on these in the interim:
As the next expansion approaches, I find myself thinking more and more about the crafting choices I’ve made and the new profession we’ll be gaining with Wrath of the Lich King. Obviously as a commentator, I’m obligated to try Inscription and post my findings, that’s a given. However, I currently have 4 level 70 characters and they are spread pretty thin (Skinning/LW) (Engie/Chanter) (Smith/Herber) (JC/Miner). I also have a 62 who’s my Alchemist and could potentially be a Tailor if I decide to actually play him.
I’ve been wrestling with this problem since 2.4 went live, but I guess really we deal with it all the time. My Jewelcrafter needs Exalted rep with SSO to purchase all the new gemcutting recipes. My Enchanter needs to be Honored with SSO to get the two new Enchanting recipes. I haven’t even touched on gear needs yet, but my Enchanter could also benefit from a couple of the blue items at Revered and the epic shield at Exalted. And I’m sure any toon could potentially gain from the new necklaces at Exalted if they aren’t already decked out in T5/T6, which none of mine are. Given all the new goodies, how do you decide which of your toons to grind faction with?
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