GIRL IRL #1

Posted February 10th, 2011 by Miss Mediocre

Hello Readers,

I mentioned on Twitter the other day that I had been working on something special for the blog that it would either be awesome or awful. This is that something! I figured since I haven’t been in game as much as before and therefore have had less to write about that maybe I could use some of my extra non-gaming time to create a mini comic series. I have two finished so far, this one and one other. I’ll post them and see what kinds of comments I get, and if you you guys enjoy them I’ll keep making them! Girl IRL stands for Girl In Real Life of course and the comic will be about a girl who plays lots of WoW who relates everything in her real life back to gaming. My second one is better, but I’m saving that one for next week, lol. I hope you enjoy, but if you do hate them you can let me know (politely, lol) and I’ll stop posting them!

Thanks!
MM <3

Farming Lovely Charm Bracelets

Posted February 6th, 2011 by Miss Mediocre

EDIT : You can no longer post Lovely Charm Bracelets in the Auction House (unless you have access to the remote auction house), so otherwise if you farm any, they have to be sold in trade, which isn’t something I like doing, and so I will not be doing any more Charm Farming.

I just wanted to re-post this as it is now the Love Is In The Air Festival! I’m going to get my charm bracelet farming on later today and see how much gold this strategy makes me this year!

Previous Post on Charm Bracelet Farming.

Best of Luck!
MM <3

Hello Stereotype

Posted February 5th, 2011 by Miss Mediocre

There’s just something about moving home on your 26th birthday that puts a damper on birthday celebrations. It’s like, yaay it’s my birthday I’m getting older and I now live with my mother! I had always prided myself on being a hardcore(ish) gamer who managed to balance gaming and real life. My boyfriend and I lived on our own, we’d go out and have fun, but also spent a lot of time gaming. I’d hear the stereotype of the average (usually male, but still) gamer who was in their 30s living in their mom’s basement playing WoW and think, I am glad that isn’t me! Now my room isn’t in the basement here at my mom’s, but isn’t that always the way?

I won’t go into too much detail as to how I came to live with my mom again, the basic version of the story is that my boyfriend was needed at home and I was more comfortable returning to my home than moving in with his parents and young nieces. I would have loved to stay in my apartment but I didn’t have the funds to do so alone. So here I am, a 26 year old gamer, living upstairs at my mom’s place.

I love gaming and always have and even though spending my days in Azeroth isn’t what landed me here, I can’t help being a little wary of spending too much time on WoW or any game now, if only to avoid that dreaded stereotype… Perhaps once I get used to this change that feeling will dissipate, but currently I can’t help feeling like a failure every time I log in.

My posting schedule has been atrocious so far this year, and this has been why. The decision to move was quickly followed by the move itself and I’ve only been able to get out one other post since moving in here last week. I want that to change, for the sake of my blog if nothing else because I really do love it! I’m just floundering, unsure as to where I should go from this point in my life and so my blog, my toons and my Sim families are all in limbo. I apologize to those of you who had gotten used to me posting daily, and thank you for your patience as I figure things out!

<3 MM

WoW vs The Sims Medieval

Posted February 1st, 2011 by Miss Mediocre

I’m not sure why exactly, but my interest in WoW has been fading a bit lately. I am very happy with Cataclysm, and there is still a lot I have yet to experience, but regardless I have noticed a significant dive in the amount of hours I spend logged in during a week. Real life has been crazy hectic with an unplanned move and some family stuff, but I do think I could have been playing WoW more than I have been had I really wanted to.

As anyone who reads my blog knows, in addition to WoW I am also very fond of the Sims. WoW and the Sims are at constant war for my attention, but thus far WoW has always  come out ahead. I am wondering if that is finally about to change? In March of this year The Sims Medieval will be released, and I am very excited to give it a try. The game appears to keep the basic concepts of the Sims 3, only in a medieval setting! Now I realize this will be far from a WoW replacement for the rest of Azeroth, but my toons are definitely a little concerned.

I think WoW has always won out in the past because I was addicted to the social side of it. Not only would I level this awesome elf all the way to level cap, but all my friends would see it and be like aw sweet way to go. Then we would all go stab a dragon together or something. I don’t know if I am just getting anti-social or the majority of players are getting slightly unapproachable, but now a days, despite recent efforts, I don’t talk to anyone. Maybe once a week someone will message me to see what’s up, but I spend the rest of my time playing WoW like any single player offline game. I don’t do dungeons because their difficulty scares me a bit and I hate doing bad, I don’t join groups for quests because everything is basically easy enough to solo and I don’t talk to people in general because there’s really no point. I enjoy questing and making gold and archaeology and achievements, but I wonder if there’s a point where those things lose their enjoyment, and if I am maybe nearing that point.

I am looking forward to playing the Sims Medieval because it’s something new with knights and castles and I love those things. Sure the Sims walking around my kingdom will be NPCs and sure I probably won’t be stabbing much, but I think I’ll be okay with that. Now if I blow through the whole game in a week like I did when the Sims 3 was released, of course I’ll be digging out my surveying gear and hitting some more Troll dig sites. If the Sims Medieval offers a similar amount of content to the Sims 3 plus it’s current expansions however, then WoW might be in trouble.

I don’t think the Sims Medieval requires much of a description, if you play the Sims you probably have a pretty good idea of what it’s going to be like just from *the Sims + Castles and  stuff* and if you don’t play the Sims you probably don’t care. If by chance you don’t play the Sims but want to check it out, the site for it is here.

Hopefully I don’t retire my toons anytime soon, maybe tomorrow I’ll find my Destroyer of Worlds and suddenly WoW will seem magical and wonderful all over again! C’mon RNG! Regardless of what game is holding my attention however, I’ll continue to blog about it! I’ve been thinking of leveling my Twinkerbell up to 85 and PvPing with her there, so if I get really into that maybe I’ll forget about the Sims Medieval completely?

Do you think you’ll be giving the Sims Medieval a shot? Is Cataclysm holding your attention? Have you been playing any other games? Leave a comment and let me know!

Thanks for Reading!
MM <3

Another Mediocre Parody – I’d Wipe A Whole Raid

Posted January 27th, 2011 by Miss Mediocre

This song isn’t the usual kind of thing I listen to, but after I heard it I couldn’t get it out of my head, then I listened to it 100 times or so, and when singing it one time I made up the “I’d wipe a whole raid for ya” line as a joke, and this parody was born! I wish I had a stronger voice, or knew how to auto tune or something as I think I come up with funny lyrics for these, but hopefully you all like it regardless!

If you don’t recognize it, the original song is Grenade by Bruno Mars.

Here’s my parody! Grenade Parody – I’d Wipe A Whole Raid (For ya)

Here are the lyrics :

Need roll need roll, that’s just how you play,
Oh take take all the loot, but that is okay,
Should have known you were trouble from the first run,
Said you needed cloth shoulders,
But you’re a pally?

Made you all new gear but you traded it for cash, you traded it for cash, you did,
To add my real ID is all I ever asked,
Cause what you don’t understand is,

I’d wipe a whole raid for ya,
I’d delete my main for ya,
I’d jump in front of the tram for ya,
You know I’d do anything for ya,
Ooh Oh,
I would DE all my gear,
Give you all my gold for a year,
My toon would die for your baby, but you won’t do the same.

Oh no no no.

You think you’re so leet, you make me feel so dumb,
Tell my Imp I said “hai” when you get back to where you’re from,
Selfish player, that’s just what you are,
Join guilds without thanks then steal the loot from their banks,

Gave you more new gear but you traded it for cash, you traded it for cash you did,
To add my Real ID is all I ever asked,
Cause what you don’t understand is,

I’d wipe a whole raid for ya,
I’d delete my main for ya,
I’d jump in front of the tram for ya,
You know I’d do anything for ya,
Ooh Oh,
I would DE all my gear,
Give you all my gold for a year,
My toon would die for you baby, but you won’t do the same.

If my character was on fire, oh you would use it as a cooking flame,
You slash-loved me you’re a liar,
Cause you never, ever did baby,

But darling’ I’d still wipe a whole raid for ya,
I’d delete my main for ya,
I’d jump in front of the tram for ya,
You know I’d do anything for ya,
Ooh Oh,
I would DE all my gear,
Give you all my gold for a year,
My toon would die for your baby, but you won’t do the same.

No, you won’t do the same,
You wouldn’t do the same,
Ooh, you’d never do the same,
Oh no no no…

Dear Blizz, You Kind of Owe Me 3500g!

Posted January 25th, 2011 by Miss Mediocre

Along with a lot of changes to classes, quests, dungeons and more, the next patch to hit WoW will have a pretty significant impact on Archaeology. Anyone who has been digging around in the dirt of Azeroth as much as I, have no doubt noticed and been disappointed concerning the vendor price of the worthless gray artifacts you accumulate while looking for rares. To quote the blue post concerning the change to these vendor prices in the next patch, “The sell value of all common artifacts has been doubled, while a small subset of common artifacts have had their sell value increased far beyond that.MMO-Champion was kind enough to post a list of the updated vendor prices along with their current vendor price for comparison. At first glance this really didn’t seem like a big deal, but as I scanned down the list I got to wondering, how much gold have I missed out on by vendoring the grays I’ve found before this change? I decided to find out!

About an hour later I’d compiled a list of all the gray quality artifacts, their vendor price, their vendor price to be, and the amount of times I’d solved each. I discovered that I’ve made around 300g so far by solving and vendoring gray artifacts. I knew this number would be fairly small in comparison to how much time I’ve actually spent with Archaeology now, as most only vendor for a few silver. I then figured out how much money I would have made by vendoring these grays after the patch, which was about 3800g. That means I’ve missed out on around 3500g that I would have made had I only been starting Archaeology post patch. Lol, oh well, at least my casters have been enjoying their Staff of Sorcerer-Thane Thaurissan.

The artifacts that have had their vendor price increased the most drastically are the Word of Empress Zoe, which is a Dwarven artifact I’ve found twice that did vendor for 10g and will be changed to 1000g. The Silver Kris of Korl (Dwarven) I’ve found 4 times and vendors for 9g currently, but is changing to 180g. Finally the Scepter of Nezar’Azret (Nerubian) was 5g, will now be 100g and I’ve found it once.

I am really hoping that these changes in combination with auctioning the Keystones will lead to Archaeology making me a decent amount of gold per hour while I finish searching for a few more of the rare BoA artifacts that have been eluding me thus far! It can be a very frustrating profession when you don’t get what you’re looking for, so this could make it much more bearable for the players who just couldn’t get into it before!

What are your thoughts on this change?

Thanks for Reading,
Miss Mediocre <3

Ancient Shark Jaws        20s    40s x7        1g40s        2g80s
Anklet with Golden Bells        1g    20g x1        1g        20g
Atalai Scepter            20s    40s x7        1g40s        2g80s
Baroque Sword Scabbard    1g    2g
Beautiful Preserved Fern        5s    10s x5        25s        50s
Belt Buckle with Anvilmar Crest    5s 50c    10s 50c x1    5s50c        10s50c
Black Trilobite            5s    3g x6        30s        18g
Bodacious Door Knocker    20s    20g x2        40s        40g
Bone Gaming Dice        5s    10s x3        15s        30s
Boot Heel with Scrollwork    20s    40s x3        60s        1g20s
Bracelet of Jade and Coins    22s    44s x6        1g32s        2g64s
Carcanet of the Hundred Magi    90s    1g 80s x3    2g70s        5g40s
Carved Harp of Exotic Wood    1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Castle of Sand            90s    1g 80s x1    90s        1g80s
Cat Statue with Emerald Eyes    90s    1g 80s x2    1g80s        3g60s
Ceramic Funeral Urn        10s    20s x1        10s        20s
Chest of Tiny Glass Animals    40s    8g x4        1g60s        32g
Cinnabar Bijou            10s    20s x6        60s        1g20s
Cloak Clasp with Antlers        10s    20sx4        40s        80s
Coin from EldreThalas        10s    20s x1        10s        20s
Cracked Crystal Vial        40s    80sx1        40s        80s
Delicate Music Box        20s    40s x3        60s        1g20s
Dented Shield of Horuz Killcrow    40s    80s x2        80s        1g60s
Devilsaur Tooth            20s    40s x3        60s        1g20s
Dignified Portrait            1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Drakkari Sacrificial Knife        40s    80s x13        5g20s        10g40s
Dwarven Baby Socks        5s    10s x1        5s        10s
Eerie Smolderthorn Idol        10s    20s x7        70s        1g40s
Engraved Scimitar Hilt        1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Ewer of Jormungar Blood    5g    10g
Fanged Cloak Pin        5g    10g x1        5g        10g
Feathered Gold Earring        10s    20s x5        50s        1g
Feathered Raptor Arm        40s    80s x5        2g        4g
Fetish of Hireek            5s 20c    10s 20c x9    46s80c        93s60c
Fiendish Whip            1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Fierce Wolf Figurine        1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Fine Bloodscalp Dinnerware    5s    10s x6        30s        60s
Fine Crystal Candelabra        1g 20s    72g
Flint Striker            5g    10g
Gahzrilla Figurine        20s    12g x6        1g20s        72g
Golden Chamber Pot        20s    40s x1        20s        40s
Gray Candle Stub        1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Green Dragon Ring        10s    20s x3        30s        60s
Gruesome Heart Box        3g 50s    7g
Hairpin of Silver and Malachite    22s    44s x3        66s        1g32s
Highborne Pyxis            5s    10s x5        25s        50s
Imprint of a Kraken Tentacle    5g    10g x11        55g        110g
Infested Ruby Ring        5g    50g
Inlaid Ivory Comb        5s    10s x4        20s        40s
Insect in Amber            20s    20g x4        80s        80g
Intricate Treasure Chest Key    5g    10g x1        5g        10g
Ironstars Petrified Shield        20s    40s x2        40s        80s
Jade Asp with Ruby Eyes    10s    6g x4        40s        24g
Kaldorei Amphora        20s    40s x7        1g40s        2g80s
Lizard Foot Charm        5s    10s x11        55s        1g10s
Maul of Stone Guard Murog    1g    20g x1        1g        20g
Mithril Chain of Angerforge    41s    81s x3        1g23s        2g46s
Moltenfists Jeweled Goblet    11s    6g 30s x1    11s        6g30s
Mummified Organ        1g    2g x2        2g        4g
Necklace with Elune Pendant    5s    10s x4        20s        40s
Notched Sword of Tunadil the…    20s    40s x3        60s        1g20s
Pewter Drinking Cup        10s    20s x1        10s        20s
Pipe of Franclorn Forgewright    10g    20g x5        50g        100g
Plated Elekk Goad        1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Proto-Drake Skeleton        5g    10g x7        35g        70g
Rusted Steak Knife        1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Scandalous Silk Nightgown    5s    1g x4        20s        4g
Scepter of Bronzebeard        9g    19g x1        9g        19g
Scepter of Charlga Razorflank    40s    80s x2        80s        1g60s
Scepter of Nekros Skullcrusher    1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Scepter of NezarAzret        5g    100g x1        5g        100g
Scepter of Xavius        40s    80s x1        40s        80s
Scepter of the Nathrezim    1g    2g
Scorched Staff of Shadow…    40s    80s x4        1g60s        3g20s
Scramseax            5g    10g x1        5g        10g
Shard of Petrified Wood        5s    10s x3        15s        30s
Shattered Glaive            10s    20s x4        40s        80s
Silver Kris of Korl        9g    180g x4        36g        720g
Silver Neck Torc            11s    21s x3        33s        66s
Silver Scroll Case        90s    1g 80s x1    90s        1g80s
Six-Clawed Cornice        5g    50g
Sketch of a Desert Palace    1g    2g x3        3g        6g
Skull-Shaped Planter        20s    40s x4        80s        1g60s
Skull Drinking Cup        1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Skull Staff of Shadowforge    40s    80s x2        80s        1g60s
Soapstone Scarab Necklace    90s    1g 80s x1    90s        1g80s
Spidery Sundial            5g    10g
Spiked Gauntlets of Anvilrage    9g    18g x4        36g        72g
Stone Gryphon            10s    20s x2        20s        40s
Strange Silver Paperweight    1g 10s    2g 10s
Strange Velvet Worm        10s    20s x4        40s        80s
String of Small Pink Pearls    40s    80s x6        2g40s        4g80s
Thorned Necklace        5g    10g
Tile of Glazed Clay        1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Tiny Bronze Scorpion        1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Tiny Oasis Mosaic        1g    2g x1        1g        2g
Tooth with Gold Filling        40s    80s x11        4g40s        8g80s
Twisted Ammonite Shell        10s    20s x6        60s        1g20s
Umbra Crescent            90s    1g 80s x5    4g50s        9g
Vicious Ancient Fish        40s    80s x5        2g        4g
Viziers Scrawled Streamer    5g    10g
Warmaul of Burningeye        9g    18g x4        36g        72g
Winged Helm of Corehammer    20s    50s x2        40s        1g
Wooden Whistle        5s    10s x2        10s        20s
Word of Empress Zoe        10g    1000g x2    20g        2000g
Worn Hunting Knife        5s    10s x1         5s        10s
Zandalari Voodoo Doll        5s    10s x11        55s        1g10s

New Worgen Female Hairstyles?

Posted January 24th, 2011 by Miss Mediocre

I like playing around with WoW Model Viewer as I believe I have mentioned before and when I was looking through it to get a good picture of a female Worgen the other day, I noticed that they had all new hairstyles! I have made a few Worgen ladies since Cata’s release, but have deleted them all so far mostly because their hairstyles were all so horrible, looked the same, and had to be black. I am thrilled if these new hairstyles and hair colors are destined to be available in game, and will definitely roll some more Worgen women, and may even race change a Night Elf or two into Worgens (since I have so many, lol). I really think these new styles feel Worgen since some are a bit Victorian-esque, and I hope they add them to the barbershop for some of the other races because they look so great!

Perhaps this is a sign of what Blizz has in store for characters in the near future! I’m sure I’m not the only one visiting the Barbershops on all my characters again and again with crossed fingers hoping new styles have secretly made their way into the game! One of my first posts here was about race hairstyles, and as I mentioned back then, some races really are lacking in the hair department! Oh, I would be so happy if they updated the older race skins and added a bunch of new hairstyles! Here are the new styles and an example of what they are now.

To Honor One’s Elders

Posted January 23rd, 2011 by Miss Mediocre

Since the Lunar Festival achievements consist mainly of visiting the Elders throughout Azeroth in exchange for Coins of Ancestry, my guide is basically just an easy flow list of all the Elders and their locations! If you have epic flying and can solo Wrath dungeons, you can easily get yourself the “Elder” title! Please note that I have included the Capital City and Dungeon Elders in my list so you can visit them along the way as well, but they are colored  in case you want to skip them and come back for them at another time.

Alliance & Horde, start in Booty Bay.
Winterhoof the Elder – (40, 72) Booty Bay
Starglade the Elder – (71.34) Northern Stranglethorn Vale
Skychaser the Elder – Westfall (56,47) Sentinel Hill
Stormbrow the Elder – (40,63) Elwynn Forest, Goldshire
Hammershout the Elder – (34, 50) Outside Stormwind
Bellowrage the Elder – (54, 49) Blasted Lands, Dark Portal
Starsong the Elder – Sunken Temple, Swamp of Sorrows
Rumblerock the Elder – (70, 45) Burning Steppes
Dawnstrider the Elder – Burning Steppes (53,24)
Stonefort the Elder – Lower Black Rock Spire
Morndeep the Elder – Blackrock Depths

Ironband the Elder – (21, 79) Searing Gorge
Goldwell the Elder – (53, 49) Dun Morog, Kharanos
Bronzebeard the Elder – Ironforge, The Mystic Ward (29, 17)
Silvervein the Elder – Loch Modan, Thelsamar (33,46)
Highpeak the Elder – (50, 48) Hinterlands
Moonstroke the Elder – (50, 36) Weastern Plaguelands
Windrun the Elder – (35, 68) Eastern Plaguelands
Snowcrown the Elder – (75, 54) Eastern Plaguelands, Light’s Hope
Meadowrun the Elder – (63, 36) ELP, Weeping Cave
Farwhisper the Elder – Strathlome (main entrance) EPL
Obsidian the Elder – (45,41) Silverpine Forest
Graveborn the Elder – Tirisfal Glades (61,53)
Darkcore the Elder – Undercity (Ruins of Lordaeron) (66,38)

Alliance, hearth and go from Stormwind to Darnasus.
Bladeswift the Elder – Darnassus (33, 14) Cenarian Enclave
Bladeleaf the Elder – (56 53) Teldrassil
Starweave the Elder – Darkshore Lor’danel (49, 18)
Riversong the Elder – (35, 48) Ashenvale
Nightwind the Elder – (38, 52) Felwood
Brightspear the Elder – (53, 56) Winterspring
Stonespire the Elder – Winterspring (60, 49)
Skygleam the Elder – Azshara (64, 79)
Darkhorn the Elder – Orgrimmar near the flight master (53,59)
Runetotem the Elder – Durotar, Razor Hill (54,44)
Windtotem the Elder – The Barrens, Ratchet (68.69)
Moonwarden the Elder – (48, 59) The Barrens, Crossroads
High Mountain the Elder – (41, 47) The Barrens
Splitrock the Elder – Mauraudon, Desolace
Bloodhoof the Elder – (48,53) Mulgore
Wheathoof the Elder – Mulgore – Thunder Bluff Elder Rise (72,23)
Skyseer the Elder – Thousand Needles (46, 51)
Morningdew the Elder -(77, 75) Thousand Needles
Dreamseer the Elder – (51, 28) Gadgetzan Tanaris
Wildmane the Elder – Zul’Farrak (Beside the pool) Tanaris
Ragetotem the Elder – Tanaris (37, 79)
Thunderhorn the Elder – Ungoro Crater (50, 76)
Bladesing the Elder – Silithus (53, 35), Cenarion Hold
Primestone the Elder – (30, 13) Silithus
Grimtotem the Elder – (76, 37) Feralas, Camp Mojache
Mistwalker the Elder – (62,32) Feralas, Dire Maul

Horde, start as Southern as possible. Go from Dalaran to the Caverns of Time in Tanaris, or take the Orgrimmar portal to Uldum.
Dreamseer the Elder – (51, 28) Gadgetzan Tanaris
Wildmane the Elder – Zul’Farrak Beside the pool) Tanaris
Ragetotem the Elder – Tanaris (37, 79)
Thunderhorn the Elder – Ungoro Crater (50, 76)
Bladesing the Elder – Silithus (53, 35), Cenarion Hold
Primestone the Elder – (30, 13) Silithus
Grimtotem the Elder – (76, 37) Feralas, Camp Mojache
Mistwalker the Elder – (62,32) Feralas, Dire Maul
Morningdew the Elder – (77, 75) Thousand Needles
Skyseer the Elder – Thousand Needles (46, 51)
Wheathoof the Elder – Mulgore – Thunder Bluff Elder Rise (72,23)
Bloodhoof the Elder – (48,53) Mulgore
Splitrock the Elder – Mauraudon
High Mountain the Elder – (41, 47) The Barrens
Moonwarden the Elder – (48, 59) The Barrens, Crossroads
Windtotem the Elder – Ratchet (68.69) The Barrens
Runetotem the Elder – Durotar, Razor Hill (54,44)
Darkhorn the Elder – Orgrimmar near flight master (53,59)
Skygleam the Elder – Azshara (64, 79)
Stonespire the Elder – Winterspring (60, 49)
Brightspear the Elder – (53, 56) Winterspring
Nightwind the Elder – (38, 52) Felwood
Riversong the Elder – (35, 48) Ashenvale
Starweave the Elder – Darkshore Lor’danel (49, 18)
Bladeswift the Elder – Darnassus (33, 14) Cenarian Enclave
Bladeleaf the Elder – (56, 53) Teldrassil

Alliance & Horde, get to Borean Tundra in Northrend.
Sardis the Elder – Borean Tundra (59,65) Valiance Keep
Arp the Elder – Borean Tundra (57,43) D.E.H.T.A
Pamuya the Elder – Borean Tundra (42,49) Warsong Hold
Northal the Elder – Borean Tundra (33,34) Coldara
Igasho the Elder – The Nexus, Borean Tundra
Sandrene the Elder – Sholazar Basin (49, 63) River’s Heart
Wanikaya the Elder – Sholazar Basin (63,49)
Bluewold the Elder – Wintergrasp Keep (49,13)
Graymane the Elder – Stormpeaks (41,84) K3
Fargal the Elder – Storm Peaks (28,73) Frosthold
Muraco the Elder – Storm Peaks (64,51) Camp Tunka’lo
Stonebeard the Elder – Storm Peaks (31,37)
Yurauk the Elder – Halls of Stone, Storm Peaks
Tauros the Elder – Zul’Drak (58,56)
Ohanzee the Elder – Gundrak, Zul’Drak
Kilias the Elder – Drak’Tharon Keep, Zul’Drak

Lunaro the Elder – Grizzly Hills (80,37) Ruins of Tethys
Beldak the Elder – Grizzly Hills (60, 27) Westfall Brigade Encampment
Whurain the Elder – Grizzly Hills (64,47) Camp Oneqwah
Thoim the Elder – Dragonblight (48,78) Moa’ki Harbor
Morthie the Elder – Dragonblight (29,55) Star’s Rest
Skywarden the Elder – Dragonblight (35,48) Agmar’s Hammer
Nurgen the Elder – Azjol’Nerub, Dragonblight
Jarten the Elder – Uthguard Keep, Howling Fjord
Chogan’gada the Elder – Uthguard Pinnacle, Howling Fjord

Remember that it’s really easy to get to Moonglade during the Lunar Festival, just complete the quest called Lunar Fireworks in any Capital City  except Stormwind, and then use the Lunar Festival Invitation you get from the quest in the circle of light near the quest giver.

For the Festival Finery achievement, visit Valadar Starsong in Moonglade and purchase any of the Festive Dress or Pant Suits for 5 coins.

For the Frenzied Firecracker achievement, visit any Festival Vendor and purchase 10 Festival Firecrackers. Then, fire off all 10 in 30 seconds (putting them on your action bar helps).

For the Rocket’s Red Glare achievement, visit any Festival Vendor and purchase 10 Red Rocket Clusters. Throw all 10 into the nearby Cluster Launchers by right clicking the Red Rocket Clusters in your inventory in 25 seconds or less.

Finally, pick up the quest to kill Omen from Valadar Starsong in Moonglade (you must be at least level 40 to do so). Then join a raid to kill him, or simply stand on his corpse as soon as he dies to complete the quest, then turn it in for the achievement.

A couple of the issues you could run into are that first of all, there is no more Park in Stormwind so if you pick up a quest that sends you to the park, just abandon it and head outside of the Stormwind gates where this year’s Lunar Festival is set up. Second, if you cannot find Rumblerock the Elder in Burning Steppes he may be in a different phase if you’re still questing through that zone. He’ll show up again once you complete the quest, The Spoils of War.

Thank you for reading and may many Coins of Ancestry jingle in your pockets!

MM <3

The Magic Lamp & Enchanted Lantern

Posted January 17th, 2011 by Miss Mediocre

I haven’t shared much about my gold making lately mostly because my gold making has taken a bit of a back seat to leveling my characters and playing with Archaeology. I do need gold though, and have been trying to get my barrings in the Cataclysm Auction House! Because I play both the Alliance and Horde fairly actively, (though to be honest my play time has been a bit Alliance heavy lately), and because I am pet crazy, I noticed something cool about the new Enchanting pets!

My Horde Enchanter can purchase the pattern for the Enchanted Lantern for 20 Hypnotic Dust at 525. The mats to make the lantern are 8 Heavenly Shards, 1 Maelstrom Crystal and 8 Hypnotic Dust. The average price for this pet on my Horde server is around 2000g.

My Alliance Enchanter purchased the pattern for the Magic Lamp for 20 Hypnotic Dust at 525. The mats for this one are 8 Heavenly Shards, 1 Maelstrom Crystal and 4 Greater Celestial Essence. The average price for this pet on my Alliance server is around 3500g.

The pets are great to sell if you can find the mats for a decent price and are a max Enchanter, but they are even better to sell to the opposite faction! If you are the only one doing it, you can more than double your price! I have only seen one Enchanted Lantern in my Alliance Auction House and it was for 7000g and have never seen a Magic Lamp in my Horde Auction House. Even if you don’t have both Alliance and Horde characters on the same server, you could try posting them for a higher price in the Neutral Auction House in either Booty Bay or Gadgetzan or if you aren’t an Enchanter you could try flipping them cross faction.

Hopefully some of you can make some gold selling these! Pets really are my favorite market. Also, don’t forget to keep selling the Dalaran Pets, now that the Dalaran portals are gone, they sell for even more than before!

Thanks for Reading!
Miss Mediocre <3

Hell Hath No Fury…

Posted January 17th, 2011 by Miss Mediocre

Whenever I have some free WoW time, I have been doing some quests on my latest character Fuchsia, the pink haired Deathknight. I have been playing her with my brother’s Deathknight and lately while questing in Hellfire something funny happened that I wanted to share.

We were doing some of the quests north of Thrallmar to kill cannons and things when this Orc Shaman ran up and /slapped me. I hadn’t stolen any kills from him and didn’t recognize his name as someone I may know, so I /questioned his actions. He then /spit on me, so my brother followed him around making rude gestures until he eventually flew away. I figured he was probably just one of those players who really gets into the whole Alliance vs Horde thing and shrugged it off, but hoped that maybe someday I would meet him again in a PvP setting, and be able to teach him a lesson.

A few hours later we picked up the quest to capture the 3 Hellfire PvP spots. It was the middle of the night so we figured we’d probably be safe from level 80+ characters hanging around the zone, so we flew on over and flagged to capture. We didn’t run into any defending Hordies on the first two, but as we sat on our mounts at the third, my brother noticed he was getting dotted. It was just a Warlock a few levels higher than ourselves, so we both dismounted and she was dead in a few seconds. (For anyone who doesn’t know, Deathknights are a bit OP starting out, lol). I felt a little bad for the little lock, but she had attacked us!

We waited around to see if she’d be back for more, and sure enough, she was! We aren’t on a PvP server, so there’s always the option to just wait until your PvP flag wears off before resurrecting, but maybe she didn’t realize that. After we’d killed her a couple times I guess she asked for help in general because who flies in on their tawny wind rider but the nasty Orc Shaman from before!

I shouted on skype, “Oh it’s him! From before! GET HIM!” and we both laughed and laughed as we destroyed him. I felt justice had been served, and we both /pointed and /laughed at him until he released. We then camped him a little, but as I mentioned before if someone ever doesn’t want to PvP, then can just wait until their flag drops and go about their business, but he and the Warlock submitted themselves to Deathknight ownage over and over.

The Orc was taking his sweet time rezing after dieing about 7 times at our hands and we noticed the Warlock had rezed and was no where to be found. I suggested letting her go because she wasn’t the one who had so rudely /slapped me earlier, but as we were discussing that she ran up to me and /laughed! I /laughed back, a bit confused about what she found so humorous, as I killed her yet again, and then mounted back up to look for that nasty Shaman.

A few seconds later we found out what the crazy Warlock had been laughing about, because who should show up but a level 80 Orc Shaman of the same name as the level 62 Shaman (only spelled correctly). Unfortunately for him we were both in flight so he couldn’t kill us, and even more unfortunate for him is the fact that being a level 80 is no longer intimidating. I quickly logged onto my level 85 Paladin and was in Hellfire in about a minute.

He was sitting on his flyer at the Overlook when I found him taunting my brother’s level 61 Deathknight who was keeping an eye on him from a safe distance until I got there. He saw me and started to fly away, but I caught him with a Hammer of Wrath and he was toast. When he rezed, he mounted, flew up to where I was, flame shocked me and fell to his death, which made me laugh so hard I nearly peed myself. I killed him a couple times until a level 85 Warlock showed up.

My Paladin has no gear, so I kept at a safe distance until my brother’s nicely geared Rogue arrived, and he took her out as I kept an eye out for the Shaman.

Anyway we killed them for a while, but then as I was waiting for the Shaman to rez, I got a tell from an Alliance asking if I could quit killing him. I asked if he was the Orc Shaman and he said that he was and that he was just trying to get some quests done when these two Deathknights showed up and wouldn’t stop killing him. I explained that I was one of the Deathknights and that I would continue to kill him because he’d /slapped and /spit on me without reason earlier. He seemed to have a bit of a nerdrage and tried to say something along the lines of he’d been questing in that area first, which is why he’d been all rude with his emotes, but he logged off before I could reply.

He logged back onto his level 62 Shaman and stood in front of my 85 Pally, still flagged PvP and said /sorry. I am much more forgiving than my brother, so when I said I was going to let the guy go do his quests, my brother quickly left his one-sided battle with the Warlock and headed over to where we were. I said /sorry to the Shaman as my brother’s Rogue backstab one-shotted him and then danced on his corpse. That was the last we saw of him.

We killed the Warlock a lot more, confused as to why she didn’t just leave. My brother logged over to his Horde character to check to see if our Shaman buddy was still online, but he wasn’t, so he messaged the Warlock to see what her story was because we were both starting to feel a bit bad about slaughtering her. She was the low level Lock we’d been killing earlier, and she said she was just trying to leave at this point but kept getting attacked by a Rogue. My brother promised to leave her alone, explaining that we’d really only been interested in enacting revenge on the Shaman. She laughed and understood and commented that he’d seemed like a bit of an idiot. Then, after two hours of hilarious PvP in which neither of us had died, my brother and I went back to questing.

As I’m writing this I am only now realizing that these players were leveling alts that were the same class as their mains… Lol, wtf?

I like to think of myself as a pretty kind and courteous player, but some people deserve a good camping now and again! You know what they say, Hell hath no fury like a Night Elf Chick scorned!

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