Draenor Pathfinder!!

I finally got it.  And DAMN does it make the game a whole fuck ton easier.

I do have to say, not having flying for this expansion more readily accessible was a big mistake on the part of Blizzard.  The terrain was absolutely obnoxious, I don't really know what possessed them to make a decision like that.  (/sarcasm.  Obviously money.)


Though, grinding the last few treasures (And much thanks to HandyNotes addon for making it a lot less painful than it could have been) really burned me out, so I have been playing a bit less lately.  But I have still managed to nab a few achievements.

Achieved:
-Expert Treasure Hunter
-Builder
-Shredder Maniac
-Master Treasure Hunter
-Draenor Pathfinder
-Celestial Challenger

Left to Achieve: -32

Draenor Exalted

One of my main goals for legion was to get all of the Draenor reputations to exalted so it wasn't something I had to deal with when Legion came out.  I was going to grind them out, but I decided if I was willing to drop gold cap on a single mob, why not drop 300,000k or so getting 5ish mounts instead?

So I cheated and used Medallion of the Legion to get all of my reputations to exalted and maxed out.  I'm glad I did, because that really propelled me forward to work on other achievements before Legion comes out (and I know it will come faster than expected.  Hell, its already almost March!)  With those I got some mounts, pets, and toys.  And I figured while I was on a crazy gold-shopping spree I might as well get my alliance motor-bike-thingy 100k.  Doesn't look that awesome, but I would have had to buy it anyway.

To get my Draenor flying (which will hopefully help out other achievements/Tanaan jungle) I have to find 200 treasures.  I don't have the addons to help me with that, but I will be researching what to get. BTW, Nagrandeur was a bitch, only because finding the Ring of Trials breadcrumbs was not easy.

I managed to grab a lot of achievements from this, which is great since I'm going through a life transition right now.  It affords a lot of flexibility for the future.


Achieved:
-Steemwheedle Preservation Society
-Wrynn's Vanguard
-Shatari Defense
-Nagrandeur
-Between Arak and a Hard Place
-Loremaster of Draenor
-Securing Draenor
-Ready for Raiding IV
-Arakkoa Outcasts
-Savage Friends
-Council of Exarchs
-Mantle of the Talon King
-Tanaan Diplomat

Left to Achieve: -40

Working on WoD flying, Love is in the Air

Luckily, for the most part I was completely caught up on the Love is in the Air Pets and toys and mounts.  The only things I was missing was the Love Rocket (lol, good luck) and the 3 achievements that gave the True Love Prism toy.

It was a pain in the butt, but I got my toy last night.  So now all that there is left to do is hopefully get that stupid mount.  (And that oozeling pet that drops.)  After reading all the moaning on the forums though, I am not holding my breath.  Or I'll get myself all worked up like I do every year for the Headless Horseman's Reins that Do Not Exist.

I got a total of 5 toons to 100, which I guess is fine for now.  What's kind of lame is Legion is going to fall right on that fall cusp, so its going to be hard to get enough toons up to 110 to make a serious effort.  But I'll leave that to the future to worry about.

Other than that, I have been slowly working towards WoD flying.  Its killing my soul.  I make progress but my screen isn't showing progress.  It's so slow.  But I put a big dent into Spires of Arak (bonus: Good Arrakoa rep!) so I'm hoping to finish that up today.

I also finally upgraded my menagerie to level 3, and I've already netted two pets from the upgraded bags.  I didn't realize I'm actually pretty close to my 600 pet achievement, only 13 to go.  I think pretty soon its going to be worth it to actively hunt down those last few.  But first Spires of Arak.

And I actually have achievements to report!

Achieved:
-Merciless Pet Brawler
-It Might Just Save Your Life
-It's the Stones
-Treasure Mission Specialist
-Arak Star
-Love Magnet
-Beacon of Love
-They Really Love Me
-So Grossly Incandescent 

Left to Achieve: -27

The lucky streak continues: Onyxia

I took a break from leveling my hunter and ran to Onyxia's lair and scored an Onyxian drake.  Pretty stoked!

Now I only need Blazing Drake for 'Awake the Drakes' achievement and the Emerald Drake.  The only problem is I haven't figured out how to solo the back of Nefarian.  I really haven't put too much effort into trying, so hopefully its soloable on a lot of my characters.  I can do it fine with the hubby helping me, but he got into this weird game called "Destiny," so he hasn't been on much.  I may have to strike up a deal.


I also managed to snag a Mudback Riverbeast from my shipping yard.  I had to take a break to farm some of the shipyard plans, but it was worth it IMO.

That brings me up to a total of 216 mounts.  Slow progressing, but when you're mount hunting any progress at all (especially 5 mounts in one week!  Incredible!) is awesome.


In another little bit of luck, Eriss finally gave up her Bone Serpent.  Though, I hadn't realized I needed to get my garrison to level 3 for chances at more pets, so I'll have to get on that ASAP.

Leveling has been kind of stagnant as of yesterday, I've been feeling a little under the weather and lost a little bit of steam, but I'm hoping to make some progress tonight.  (Hooray rested and garrison exp potions!)

Progress as of now:
Goblin Hunter: 98
Blood Elf Rogue: 97
Night Elf Druid: 91
Troll Warlock: 88


Left to Achieve: -25

INVINCIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have achieved my life long WoW goal.


I got Invincible.

I didn't even have to spend a million gold to get him.  I got it on a last minute run of Icecrown Citadel that I hadn't really planned on doing.  So much relief.  I had actually taken a week and a half break because I got burned out on mount hunting (Thanks again, Huolong.)  It gave me another boost of WoW energy.

With that major goal out of the way, the game is actually more fun now.  I think I'll just set my next ultimate goal to getting 300 mounts, and be relatively caught up on this expansion so I don't leave a ton behind to do for the next expansion.  Hopefully I can get all of the reputations to exalted before Legion. Barring any breaks, I don't think that this would be too difficult.


What's awesome is my lucky streak didn't end there: I managed to snag the Drake of the South Wind too.

So thats two instances off of my weekly to-do list. Freeing up time on the to-do list is almost as awesome as getting the mount itself.


Speaking of mount farms, the Love Festival (or whatever it is) is coming up, and I don't have the mount from there, so I figured now would be a good time to blast my way to Quintessential Quintet. I actually have 3 toons I want to get to 100, so that would be six, but I figure the more chances at the mount the better.  (Tough, if Headless Horseman's Reins is any indication, I could have 100 100s and still not get it.  But trying is better than not trying.)

Which cleared off another thing on my to-do lists: Got my 5000g on my mount so I can add my hard-earned Blue Proto-Drake

So far that brings me up to a total of 214 mounts.  (So. Far. Behind.)  But, its nice to know that there is a pit-stop on the 250 mark, I'll be looking forward to that.  Probably my next glut of mounts will come from getting all of my Draenor factions exalted. (Dungeon rep bonus coming up!)

So for now, just leveling alts.  My goblin hunter is 98, my blood elf rogue is 92, and my night elf druid is 91.  My goblin seemed to go fast, but the blood elf seems to be dragging a lot.  On top of this I'm working on their professions as well, because that is one thing I really don't want to leave until Legion.

But of course, there's always real-life to tend to.  I will be actively moving next week, so that is going to put a dent in my progress.  I'm hoping to get at least a couple of my toons to 100 this weekend so I don't have to kill myself next week to get them all to 100.  (I may or may not try to get my troll warlock to 100, since she's 88 that feels like a tall order, but its in the back of my mind.)


Achieved:
-Tons of Toys
-Invincible
-Petty Officer
-Master of All

Left to Achieve: -32