Stargrace

Road to 5 million – for the casual gamer

Before BfA released I was making a fair amount of gold in Warcraft, but that was before my second child was born, and as surprising as it is to say, I had a lot more free time back then. Now, not so much. I earned just a hair shy of 5 million gold and then I spent it on subscriptions, the BfA collector’s edition, all of the battle pets from the shop that I didn’t previously own, and a few other bits and bobs. That depleted my gold but not down to zero.

For 2019 I’d like to try to reach 5 million – but in an ultra casual way. I’m not starting from scratch, I’m starting with a little over 1.5 million gold. I’m averaging things out to 14,000k a day, 365 days, and we’ll see how long it takes me to get there with my play time which ranges between 10 minutes and an hour daily.

I’m confident it’s possible, and I love that it’s something that will span over the entire year rather than just a few short months (that way I don’t feel pressured or that it’s too hectic). I’m not sure what I’ll actually DO with 5 million gold, I haven’t decided if I want to purchase the AH mount – but I probably will, if for no other reason than to be able to use the AH at remote locations where I won’t get phased due to population.

Each month I’ll create a new chart like the one above, so I should have a collection of 12 that put me closer and closer to the end goal. Exciting? Well, depends on how you like to play. For me, yes, this is exciting. I love making gold in WoW, and while I may not be the best at it, it IS something I think I do OK at.

I plan on doing some farming, some crafting, and whatever else manages to pop into my timeline that I can handle. End game? Probably not, but that’s alright.

I probably won’t write about it here every single day, but I’ll try to post at least once a week with the progress, maybe I’ll set it to be every Wednesday just to follow with tradition. Check back next Wednesday to see if I’ve met my goal of 126,000 gold (this is a joke, I’m already at 1,500,000, so if I can’t keep above 126,000 there are some serious issues we’ll have to look at).

Happy gaming no matter where you find yourself!

Priestapalooza

One of my game resolutions for 2019 is to run more player events on Sklotopolis. I’m kicking January off with Priestapalooza, in preparation of the priest changes update that we all hope land on our server in the future. At 100 faith priests are able to cast a new spell, but getting to 100 can be a drag. Sermons with listeners can speed up the process, so I’m hosting a week long event where priests can come for sermons, have some great food, and do some meditation. My goal is for as many people to hit 100 as possible.

In my own roster I have 2 of each priest type, with one Skloso priest. In the future update priests have the ability to cast spells at 100 favour instead of 120, so batteries may become a thing of the past – which I personally am looking forward to. That will let me drop off and ignore 2 alts, rather than continue with 6 characters as I have been.

I’m looking forward to the event, and I hope to run it a few times this year. Hopefully it goes nice and smooth.

As always, happy gaming no matter where you find yourself!

Sklotopolis Server Events – Troll Invasion

Engineer informed us that some over zealous trolls had taken control of a town on the Novus server and it would be up to us to rescue any survivors and free the town from their wrath. We showed up on horses, no wagons, no carts, our best armour polished, war cries on our lips and we were ready to go.

A lot of troll bodies hit the ground… a lot of players, too. It was awesome. In the end we DID rescue the village, and we were rewarded with donation chests that contained sleep powder for our efforts. It was a fantastic event, a nice change from the player-run slayings, and the rifts that happen.

I’m looking forward to more of these events in the future! I went with Minxes, my Fo priest, and I’m really glad I did – although next time I’m going to take a surplus of gems with me so I can have more favour for healing..

Happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!

2019 Resolutions

It’s still 2018 at the time of writing this, but I figured I’d jot down a few goals just to motivate myself. Sure, there are statistics about how frequent resolutions are broken – but I work great with lists, and I love feeling inspired. A brand new year is never a bad thing. I’m also not sad to see 2018 go, it has been a difficult one as me and my family transitioned to a new province, new job, new house, new city (and new baby).

There are some goals I’d like to accomplish in the next year, but if I don’t, that’s OK too. In no order:

Lose the baby weight (approx 40 lbs to lose)
Get back to fiber arts (knitting, spinning)
Blog more (especially my book blog)
Do more for me (I’m constantly taking care of everyone else, self care is not a thing in my world)
Stream
Keep my agoraphobia under control (through medication/therapy/whatever is needed)
Be more present for friends & family

The last one is especially important to me. After having a baby you sort of lose touch with the entire world because this little being requires every ounce of your attention, and they depend on you for every single moment of their life. My girl is 5 months old now, my boy is 2 and a bit, and I’m hoping that I’ll have some ‘me’ time or some ‘free’ time as they continue to gain a bit of independence. We’ll see how that goes, for now my smallest isn’t sleeping through the nights and only sleeps for 2h stretches, so it has been a long 5 months to say the least.

I’m confident I can lose the baby weight. I lost over 70lbs just last year before I got pregnant. I’m looking forward to getting to my pre-pregnancy weight. I don’t consider it a failure if I don’t make it, but I do want to at least put in the effort and see what I can do.

Blogging, well. We’ll see how that goes. I have yarn posts I’d like to make, and I have an entire other site for books – I’d like to try to catch up on the books I haven’t posted about. I did read 30 of them this year after all. Can I do it? I can if I make the time.

In most cases it’s not that I have zero time – it’s that by the time I get to the 1-2 hours of free time I have, I am so absolutely spent from life in general and being needed 24/7 that I am too tired to do much of anything, so I check sales, browse games, read a bit, watch half a show, and go to bed only to repeat it all the next day.

Anyway, here’s to 2019. May it be better than 2018 in every way.

A Tale of Two Deeds – Part Two – Liberty

Liberty has always been my home in Wurm Unlimited, but after two and a half years at the same location I decided it was time for a change. I moved to Novus and settled into a great deed there created by Barefoot, but I still wanted to have a place over on Liberty. Once again I took to the forums, this time offering a set of dragon scale armour as payment to whoever took on the contract. I had a few offers, but eventually hired Takah, a well known housing developer. She had created a few popular buildings, including a lovely tavern I had seen previously at a rift event.

Takah’s work is nothing short of absolutely stunning. She began early in the day, making light chatter with me as she went about her planning. I gave wide berth and let her make most of the decisions as I did with the first deed, but kept some control over necessary buildings. After a week she had designed an absolutely stunning masterpiece. It was enough to encourage me to stay on Liberty full time, passing my Novus deed to Minxes, my alt. This new waterfront home leaves me speechless every single time I look at it.

A miniature village that leaves nothing to be desired, this town comes with impressive hanging bridges to take in every view.

Now I’m able to customize the deed to my preference and decorate to my hearts content. Just because Wurm allows you to build from scratch doesn’t mean you HAVE to enjoy that aspect of it. Life is too short to spend it doing something you don’t enjoy. Hiring Barefoot and Takah to create my deeds for me so that I can enjoy my time in Wurm is absolutely one of the best decisions I ever made, and I’m so thankful that others out there enjoy that aspect of the game, so that I can continue on with what I enjoy.

As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!