I decided to splurge a bit and purchased the raven mount pack that was for sale in the bnet shop, since I had converted a bunch of tokens into balance earlier this week. That brings me up to 495 mounts total, and I really just love the way the raven looks. I used to feed a pair of ravens at our post up North, nothing but good things to say about them.
The climb to 500 mounts is within reach, finally.
Another week of ‘ok’ gold making sales, which I’m happy about considering we’re at the end of a season when people are typically playing less. As normal, the sales come from transmog, recipes, and pets. I don’t deal in current expansion items (or at least, I don’t typically. An exception would be the clickies you get from doing activities as a needed class. Those are current tier and I usually farm them pretty easily and then stuff them all up on the AH.
I didn’t post auctions every day, sometimes I burn out or I just don’t have enough time so I leave them and deal with them the next day. This helps me avoid burn out, and I just need to remind myself sometimes that it’s a game, and I shouldn’t stress too much.
I’m back playing on my NA account (as I mentioned in my previous post) so hopefully I can get a few more goals knocked off my list. We’ll just have to see. As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!
Well, after making a big deal and playing my EU account for most of last week, I’ve already migrated back to my NA account – it’s just hard to give up 20+ years of content, not to mention *all* of my gold making to date has been NA. Will I play both? Probably. Will I focus on obtaining ‘stuff’ over on my EU account? Probably not to the same extent as my NA account, I just don’t have it in me.
That being said, I’ll also need to look for a community some place on NA. To date, I haven’t managed to find a place I call ‘home’. That’s a project to work on at least.
I’ve been farming mounts this week, and trying to get some completion done while the collector’s bounty is live. Mounts have not been dropping very frequently for me (Dragon Soul, I’m looking at you) but I still have some level 80 characters to run through the raids, so there’s time. I did manage to 100% my very first dungeon, which was The Vortex Pinnacle of all things. The only item I needed to complete today was a final achievement within the zone. It requires you to go out of your way collecting 5 glowing balls in awkward places. With a demon hunter (and double jump) this was easy. I attempted it on a few other characters first, not so easy. At least not for me.
I’m also taking care of weekly chores. I’ve migrated to playing my monk for most of Season 2 so far, and I think that will continue for some time. The heat wave has finally passed, and it was a balmy 29C today instead of 40C, much joy was had.
As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself.
Last week I decided to start playing on the EU servers because it better fit my time zone, I’m 4h behind the UK time zones, and 4h ahead of the West Coast, being here in Atlantic Canada. I typically game day-time hours, and go to bed pretty early (9-10pm) which was right when things would typically get started over on NA. Waiting for queues was difficult, and raid times were always so late for me, it was not an optimal experience.
I should have made this change years ago, because so far it has been fantastic. I’m currently playing alliance on the Argent Dawn server, and I have two level 80 characters (a paladin and a hunter) and a handful of 70 characters (evoker, and druid), with some babies (monk, and priest) that I’m hoping to lowly level. Eventually I’d like 1 of each class, and perhaps 1 of each class on the horde side (on a different horde heavy server, when that time comes).
Groups and activity happen when I’m available, which is REALLY different for me, and I’ve just been having an amazing time. I joined up with the community of twitch streamer “Bears Adventures”, who is just a lot of fun. My only ‘complaint’ if it can be called that, is that I took so long to make the change, and also I have so much content to catch up on.
The only thing I truly ‘miss’ from my NA account (aside from the gold) is my pet collection, which I am slowly working on. I’ve unlocked the Legion daily quests so that I can get those pet trainers when they come up, and I do have a handful of level 25 pets now. It helps that you can jump into pet battles for both Dragonflight and The War Within with level 1 pets. You don’t get a lot of experience for them but what you want to do is the dailies that reward charms, and then use those charms to buy pet boosts from the NPC.
We’re in the middle of a horrible heat wave, so I’ve been doing a lot of gaming lately and hiding from the sun (we’re talking 35-40C outside). There should be a break in the heat on Monday, and honestly, I’m looking forward to that.
Happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself.
Auchindoun always felt… heavy. The air shimmered with lingering spirits, whispers of draenei prayers long since faded. But even in a place like this, I found small joys.
Like the smell of roasting meat.
I followed it past a collapsed archway and nearly bumped into the source: a broad-shouldered human shaman, hair tied back with what looked suspiciously like a piece of cooking twine. He crouched near a campfire, turning a skewer of clefthoof meat over the flames, seasoning it with pinches of salt and flickers of crackling elemental energy.
“Smells amazing,” I said, peeking up at him.
“Should. I don’t burn food,” he grunted, glancing at me briefly before flipping the skewer. His voice was rough, like gravel rolled in ale, but his hands moved with the care of someone who respected every bite they made. “Name’s Hugeo. You eat?”
“Sometimes,” I replied, tucking a lock of hair behind my ear. “Though usually not in the middle of a draenei tomb.”
He snorted at that, and for a moment the grimness of Auchindoun faded, replaced by the warm, smoky scent of cooking meat.
We parted ways shortly after—he back to his skewer, me to my errands with the Timewalking group—but I couldn’t stop thinking about him. Not just the food, but the way his expression softened, just slightly, when he cooked.
So, later that evening, I found a quiet corner, pulled out a small parcel, and packed it carefully: three soft, rich Dalaran brownies, the kind my mom used to bake when I had bad days. Sweet, fudgy, and best eaten warm. I tied the parcel with a simple red ribbon, slipping a little note inside:
“For the road. Sometimes cooking for others is easy. Eating something made for you is harder. –Auremai”
I asked a helpful ethereal to deliver it and went back to sorting my wares.
Somewhere out in the shattered wilds of Outland, a rough and tumble chef was hopefully taking a bite of something sweet. And maybe, just maybe, smiling.
A Pixel Nomad 