Sophina
07-30-2008, 10:16 PM
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Firstly, Im not sure how much people want to hear about it, or really how much Im supposed to give away ;] So I'll probably try to be vague in places, just incase ;] Personally, if you are after a guide to levelling, you are in the wrong place. My stand on it is, Im not levelling Sophina once, to have to level her again!
Hehe, before I start the parading around going check out my beta key then ;] I must say w00t, those that know me, know my facination with snow; i love it, Im like a kid in a sweet shop when it snows. So seeing the snowy scene of the login screen, Im suprised I got passed it hehe; but with the chains moving, the music and the blue, I was starting to feel cold hehe. Love the music of it too, and the loading screens, and enjoyed the DeathKnight Intro cinematic too :] kudos and cookies to all the graphicy people at blizz ^_^
Day 1 in the Beta Testing House
Day 1 starts with a trip to Stormwind, stories tell of a brand spanking new edition to one of the Alliance proud capital cities. Its had a bit of a refurb, ok, thats not exagurating nearly enough for the refit our city has had. Many people have already heard, and already commented on the new harbour, but I tell you, until you have seen it you have no idea.
http://www.caz-world.com/nf/beta/stormwind.png
Now, heres why somepeople confuse me for a blonde, and sorry for the stereotype, I got sooooo lost ^_^. I got down to the dock and was dismounted, thats right, huuuge expance of dock, but no using of mounts. So I went left, no sign posts to tell me different, ok people, dont go left unless you want to take the boat to auberdine! Also, this is made worse, for the fact that the boat didnt quite meet the dock, and yes, I fell in the sea, swam to shore, waited for the boat then caught it!
http://www.caz-world.com/nf/beta/harbour.png
Incidently, the boat docks in Auberdine where the one to Menethryl docked, Ill have to take a trip to see if that one still goes. However, this to be honest confuses me, means that any nightelf/dreanei wanting to hop on a boat and menethryl quest from 20+ cant, cause that boat now goes to Stormwind.
Just because I know people will laugh with me, and not at me 0.o yeah, right. I decided while at auberdine to check out if the boat went from Darn or Exodar instead; a round trip that took a while ill tell you ^_^ But I did find that the boat to Exodar is now manned, interesting bit of trivia some people may have missed while beta'ing through *knowing their way* hehe wtb satnav ^_^
Lesson learnt, head to the second from the right dock to get to Northrend ;] but boy is it a long walk.
And for everyones travelling needs: getting to northrend:
By boat from Menethil Harbor (Wetlands) to Valgarde (Howling Fjord).
By boat from Stormwind Harbor to Valiance Keep (Borean Tundra).
Okay \o/ Sophs first XP 1250 for stepping off the boat and discovering the new town of Valiance Keep. So she is on her way to 71, hehe barely, first quest is to go and see the dude in the keep, awesome thats doable, 2000xp reward, thumbs up from me ^_^
http://www.caz-world.com/nf/beta/keep.png
The first actual quest that isnt go see billy bob junior from aberdare, is to kill 6 mobs from outside the keep. I loved this mob, it was like going back into strat/scholo.
Kill 6, ok, *shields self* walks 500yrds *mind blast*, *pain*, *vamp embrace*, *mind blast*, *death*, dead...cool rince and repeat.
Now my experience with them was quite an easy one, all I could see was about 20 of them scattered along the beach, inability to even aggro 2 at once. Now, I came back later, at a very unsociable hour, and it was like a swarm.
I am imagining the scenes from the start of TBC again, and starting to rock. I was a newly dinged 60 at the launch of TBC, and went through the portal 2 days after the initial launch. I tell you this as background, because although there were some quests in the old world that got a bit eek trying to find mobs, nothing compared to TBC "kill orcs" quest. Or, as Plod refers to it, "moonfire tag lolwtfIpwn". I hated this, as one orc spawned someone had tagged it and let u get aggro :/ great when I managed it, dont get me wrong, but hated being on the other end of it!
Next, Jaded Crystal Dagger is my spell dmg dagger from a heroic MgT (Personally I put, or atleast used to before nerf, this weapon at mid kara level), reward for killing 6 mobs, is 33stam, 19int, 165spell power. Now, initial thoughts werent good hehe "OMG, we'll replace everything in 2mins of questing", but in reflection, its not as bad as I first thought. Rewards for killing 6 mobs were just under kara level weapons, and from what I saw one for each playstyle/class, think the 2handed druid mace I would put just about earthwarden level without the extra armor.
Next, go into the dock and get some cure from a boat. Again, Sophie had an easy ride in there, she went on the boat, got the cure, picked up the quest in there at a kindof voodoo shrine and walked off, got her huuuge stack of xp for it and went on her merry way. Now, as I walked past the boat later on I heard fighting, went down to have a look, now the cure is guarded by heathens! Great timing on my behalf hehe.
Thats about it for day 1, when I said I was travelling around looking for Northrend for a while, I wasnt joking!
Day 2 in the Beta Testing House
This day would happen to be today, but the reason I have been able to type up about my monday fun is because I connected, made my omage to Plods (oh, on beta, Plodders is a dreanei DeathKnight now - started as a nightelf, but couldnt customise looks so I made a blue person instead).
http://www.caz-world.com/nf/beta/plodders.png
I created my tribute to Plods, watched the awesome cinematic, did my first quest to go see bob 5yards away...SERVER WILL RESET IN 10 MINS, sorry for the inconvienece.
Long story short, I did the first couple of quests, got my first rune, killed my first mob, and...yes, that was about an hour ago and havent been able to get past the loading screen since ^_^ not complaining, love seeing that start up screen hehe and Tankers really should get that last little bit of XP ^_^
Did get back in, isnt much to tell, they arent all that and a bag of chips. Dont get me wrong, they are fun, but not "OMG MUST PLAY NOW" well, not atm anyways hehe.
Dinged 56 (was very quick, only about 4 actual quests) rest were speak to bob quests. Only noteable quest worth mentioning at this point...."grand theft palomino" well, here I am about to sound blonde again! You have to steal a horse from the town literally 2 seconds south of the quest giver. (Grand Theft Auto anyone?) You pick up a kill quest and a collect my arrows im shooting at these civilians quest at the same time, all in the same area.
OK, I stole a different horse 20+ times, returned to the quest giver and was starting to get annoyed. I knew I had to be missing something, re-read the quest, now, Dalf can tell you, I never really READ a quest, I just assume what it means. Now I read that I have to be caught, cause its aparently not stealing if u dont get caught! (DK's really working on the morales of society lol, especially when the Lich King himself /w's you telling you to kill civilians as brutally as possible) Now, OK, I get caught and die (yes, first DK death in history probably) but did see something cool, the spirit healer coming to you \o/ and just rezing you, think its the Lich King buff he gives you and it basically rezes u then and there.
Anyway off track, I finish the other quests now, horses are doing my nut, turn them in and see I get talent points as reward for quest turn ins! And the stealing of the horse is chain (1 of 2 q's) for the deathcharger mount! Now, those that know my facination with mounts/pets/etc will know my sudden...."OMG NEEEEEED" feeling, black armored horse with white glowy feet! too right, I was gonna steal that damned horse, even if it meant being late for Ramparts (sorry Silf ^_^).
10 or so horses later, a load of unsociable whispers back from people telling me to "l2play" :/ very helpful, I find a nice person, she too struggled for ages, till she found what I had missed.....yes, blonde moment incomming.... the spell bar had two buttons, we're used to seing them in chess, the you are controlling and the cancel control buttons. Where, like in chess we see the move forward button, change direction, and spell buttons here we have....and this is a major clue into what to do....1. a DELIVER THE DAMNED MOUNT, and Super Epic charge speed buttons :/ Which button, with the 30odd horses I took up the hill, do we think I hadnt tried yet? hmm?
Nice that I can laugh at myself, you cant, cause its mean, but I can laugh at myself :/ well, will be able to one day.
And so ends day 2, 56 DK Plodders, with her nice DeathCharger mount.
http://www.caz-world.com/nf/beta/mounts.png
The second picture is Plodders looking not so attractive on a disguise yourself as a courier quest ;]
Day 3 I want to explore interface changes, visit a bank, sleep with high ranking officials *cough* (maybe not that one) and other randomness :]
EEEEkk sorry about the essay :X Hope its happy reading :]
Firstly, Im not sure how much people want to hear about it, or really how much Im supposed to give away ;] So I'll probably try to be vague in places, just incase ;] Personally, if you are after a guide to levelling, you are in the wrong place. My stand on it is, Im not levelling Sophina once, to have to level her again!
Hehe, before I start the parading around going check out my beta key then ;] I must say w00t, those that know me, know my facination with snow; i love it, Im like a kid in a sweet shop when it snows. So seeing the snowy scene of the login screen, Im suprised I got passed it hehe; but with the chains moving, the music and the blue, I was starting to feel cold hehe. Love the music of it too, and the loading screens, and enjoyed the DeathKnight Intro cinematic too :] kudos and cookies to all the graphicy people at blizz ^_^
Day 1 in the Beta Testing House
Day 1 starts with a trip to Stormwind, stories tell of a brand spanking new edition to one of the Alliance proud capital cities. Its had a bit of a refurb, ok, thats not exagurating nearly enough for the refit our city has had. Many people have already heard, and already commented on the new harbour, but I tell you, until you have seen it you have no idea.
http://www.caz-world.com/nf/beta/stormwind.png
Now, heres why somepeople confuse me for a blonde, and sorry for the stereotype, I got sooooo lost ^_^. I got down to the dock and was dismounted, thats right, huuuge expance of dock, but no using of mounts. So I went left, no sign posts to tell me different, ok people, dont go left unless you want to take the boat to auberdine! Also, this is made worse, for the fact that the boat didnt quite meet the dock, and yes, I fell in the sea, swam to shore, waited for the boat then caught it!
http://www.caz-world.com/nf/beta/harbour.png
Incidently, the boat docks in Auberdine where the one to Menethryl docked, Ill have to take a trip to see if that one still goes. However, this to be honest confuses me, means that any nightelf/dreanei wanting to hop on a boat and menethryl quest from 20+ cant, cause that boat now goes to Stormwind.
Just because I know people will laugh with me, and not at me 0.o yeah, right. I decided while at auberdine to check out if the boat went from Darn or Exodar instead; a round trip that took a while ill tell you ^_^ But I did find that the boat to Exodar is now manned, interesting bit of trivia some people may have missed while beta'ing through *knowing their way* hehe wtb satnav ^_^
Lesson learnt, head to the second from the right dock to get to Northrend ;] but boy is it a long walk.
And for everyones travelling needs: getting to northrend:
By boat from Menethil Harbor (Wetlands) to Valgarde (Howling Fjord).
By boat from Stormwind Harbor to Valiance Keep (Borean Tundra).
Okay \o/ Sophs first XP 1250 for stepping off the boat and discovering the new town of Valiance Keep. So she is on her way to 71, hehe barely, first quest is to go and see the dude in the keep, awesome thats doable, 2000xp reward, thumbs up from me ^_^
http://www.caz-world.com/nf/beta/keep.png
The first actual quest that isnt go see billy bob junior from aberdare, is to kill 6 mobs from outside the keep. I loved this mob, it was like going back into strat/scholo.
Kill 6, ok, *shields self* walks 500yrds *mind blast*, *pain*, *vamp embrace*, *mind blast*, *death*, dead...cool rince and repeat.
Now my experience with them was quite an easy one, all I could see was about 20 of them scattered along the beach, inability to even aggro 2 at once. Now, I came back later, at a very unsociable hour, and it was like a swarm.
I am imagining the scenes from the start of TBC again, and starting to rock. I was a newly dinged 60 at the launch of TBC, and went through the portal 2 days after the initial launch. I tell you this as background, because although there were some quests in the old world that got a bit eek trying to find mobs, nothing compared to TBC "kill orcs" quest. Or, as Plod refers to it, "moonfire tag lolwtfIpwn". I hated this, as one orc spawned someone had tagged it and let u get aggro :/ great when I managed it, dont get me wrong, but hated being on the other end of it!
Next, Jaded Crystal Dagger is my spell dmg dagger from a heroic MgT (Personally I put, or atleast used to before nerf, this weapon at mid kara level), reward for killing 6 mobs, is 33stam, 19int, 165spell power. Now, initial thoughts werent good hehe "OMG, we'll replace everything in 2mins of questing", but in reflection, its not as bad as I first thought. Rewards for killing 6 mobs were just under kara level weapons, and from what I saw one for each playstyle/class, think the 2handed druid mace I would put just about earthwarden level without the extra armor.
Next, go into the dock and get some cure from a boat. Again, Sophie had an easy ride in there, she went on the boat, got the cure, picked up the quest in there at a kindof voodoo shrine and walked off, got her huuuge stack of xp for it and went on her merry way. Now, as I walked past the boat later on I heard fighting, went down to have a look, now the cure is guarded by heathens! Great timing on my behalf hehe.
Thats about it for day 1, when I said I was travelling around looking for Northrend for a while, I wasnt joking!
Day 2 in the Beta Testing House
This day would happen to be today, but the reason I have been able to type up about my monday fun is because I connected, made my omage to Plods (oh, on beta, Plodders is a dreanei DeathKnight now - started as a nightelf, but couldnt customise looks so I made a blue person instead).
http://www.caz-world.com/nf/beta/plodders.png
I created my tribute to Plods, watched the awesome cinematic, did my first quest to go see bob 5yards away...SERVER WILL RESET IN 10 MINS, sorry for the inconvienece.
Long story short, I did the first couple of quests, got my first rune, killed my first mob, and...yes, that was about an hour ago and havent been able to get past the loading screen since ^_^ not complaining, love seeing that start up screen hehe and Tankers really should get that last little bit of XP ^_^
Did get back in, isnt much to tell, they arent all that and a bag of chips. Dont get me wrong, they are fun, but not "OMG MUST PLAY NOW" well, not atm anyways hehe.
Dinged 56 (was very quick, only about 4 actual quests) rest were speak to bob quests. Only noteable quest worth mentioning at this point...."grand theft palomino" well, here I am about to sound blonde again! You have to steal a horse from the town literally 2 seconds south of the quest giver. (Grand Theft Auto anyone?) You pick up a kill quest and a collect my arrows im shooting at these civilians quest at the same time, all in the same area.
OK, I stole a different horse 20+ times, returned to the quest giver and was starting to get annoyed. I knew I had to be missing something, re-read the quest, now, Dalf can tell you, I never really READ a quest, I just assume what it means. Now I read that I have to be caught, cause its aparently not stealing if u dont get caught! (DK's really working on the morales of society lol, especially when the Lich King himself /w's you telling you to kill civilians as brutally as possible) Now, OK, I get caught and die (yes, first DK death in history probably) but did see something cool, the spirit healer coming to you \o/ and just rezing you, think its the Lich King buff he gives you and it basically rezes u then and there.
Anyway off track, I finish the other quests now, horses are doing my nut, turn them in and see I get talent points as reward for quest turn ins! And the stealing of the horse is chain (1 of 2 q's) for the deathcharger mount! Now, those that know my facination with mounts/pets/etc will know my sudden...."OMG NEEEEEED" feeling, black armored horse with white glowy feet! too right, I was gonna steal that damned horse, even if it meant being late for Ramparts (sorry Silf ^_^).
10 or so horses later, a load of unsociable whispers back from people telling me to "l2play" :/ very helpful, I find a nice person, she too struggled for ages, till she found what I had missed.....yes, blonde moment incomming.... the spell bar had two buttons, we're used to seing them in chess, the you are controlling and the cancel control buttons. Where, like in chess we see the move forward button, change direction, and spell buttons here we have....and this is a major clue into what to do....1. a DELIVER THE DAMNED MOUNT, and Super Epic charge speed buttons :/ Which button, with the 30odd horses I took up the hill, do we think I hadnt tried yet? hmm?
Nice that I can laugh at myself, you cant, cause its mean, but I can laugh at myself :/ well, will be able to one day.
And so ends day 2, 56 DK Plodders, with her nice DeathCharger mount.
http://www.caz-world.com/nf/beta/mounts.png
The second picture is Plodders looking not so attractive on a disguise yourself as a courier quest ;]
Day 3 I want to explore interface changes, visit a bank, sleep with high ranking officials *cough* (maybe not that one) and other randomness :]
EEEEkk sorry about the essay :X Hope its happy reading :]