🚀 go-pugleaf

Cryptoengineer <pete...@gmail.com> wrote in 
news:XnsA3E8725...@216.166.97.131:

> My lock is at 99.44, ilvl 592
> 
> Somehow, this levelling run seemed almost too easy. Maybe 'locks are 
OP.
> 
> With the Voidlord as a personal tank, very few fights have been 
> challenging. Some of the big set-piece battles - up at Iron Docks,
> Shattrath, and Grommashar took a lot of concentration, but were 
doable.
> 
> My gear didn't start to get replaced till 97, but I still have the
> BoA weapon from Garrosh, the legendary cloak, and two trinkets left
> over from MoP. I'll be really sad to let the cloak go.
> 
> Rares are all over the place, and definitely worth the effort. They
> tend to drop nice blues.
> 
> 'Bonus goals' areas are a quick XP boost, but don't reward gear, so
> I've stopped doing them. I don't want to outlevel my gear.
> 
> Instances vary - they don't give enough XP, but Skyreach gives some 
nice
> items. I'm continuing to run it, hoping trinkets drop.
> 
> I've got the legendary ring, but can't wear it yet. I think I may go 
for
> the Apexis Crystals quest to upgrade it, worried that I won't be able 
to
> get into the heroics for a while - my DPS is kind of mediocre (5k-6k).
> 
> I still haven't sussed out garrisons - it looks like I may be able to
> take some of my followers to help fight, but haven't figured out the
> mechanics of doing so. My garrison is at level two, and I have a 
> storehouse (giving bank access), and enchanting (letting me shard 
stuff).
> But handling work orders, missions, etc, remains a bit of mystery.
> 
> Sharding is big deal; it's always bugged me that I have to vendor gear
> that my mage could have DE'd. Since I didn't need money, I also tended 
to
> shard BoEs. Now, I can do so, though I'm saving the BoEs for alts.
> 
> Still liking the greeness of most of the zones.
> 
> Wish my toon could fly.

One last thing to add - in the absence of flying, the engineering Goblin
Glider tinker on my cloak ROCKS! - there are frequent cases where I am
at the top of something, and want to get down. The GG saves a lot of
time and aggravation.

pt