My Life in WoW - Part 7

I didn't play much last night... I needed to spend some QT with the wife, so we watched Clerks 2. BRILLIANT FLICK!! If you haven't seen it, what are you waiting for? It has a gutter mouth, but a heart of gold.

Back to WoW. I did play just a little... long enough to stable Barrengeist and wrasssle me up another pet!! Now that I'm level 19 (knocking on the door of level 20) I am able to tame level 19 beasts. So I went and tamed myself a WOLF!! They're called Ghostpaw Runners around Ashenvale, but for all intents and purposes, he/she (I respect its privacy) is a wolf.



Isn't it BAAAAD ASSSSSS?!?



His/her name is Diemgeist, which is a ridiculous mish-mash of Latin (Diem = Day) and German (Geist = Ghost), so his/her name is, eassentially, DayGhost.

Granted, with the sheer level of lameness I stooped to to come up with that name, I might as well have gone with Pig Latin instead.

'Ayday Hostgay' has such a nice ring to it, doesn't it?

My Life in WoW - Part 6

It was a productive night for Schatengeist last night. The wife (my poor WoW widow) was out shoe shopping with her best friend, so I put the kids to bed and had a solid 4 hour chunk of time to devote to WoW.

So, the first order of business was to get Schatengeist to level 19, which I did rather quickly. This gave me newfound confidence to try some harder quests... one of which led me to a tunnel found on the outskirts of Ashenvale called Talendeep Path.

Talendeep Path leads to a new map... an area called the Stonetalon Mountains. My quest was to lead me to Stonetalon Peak, high within the Stonetalon Mountains. Before I reached the peak, I found myself in this gorgeous area... How's that for a view?

I was so enthralled with this spot that I just had to dance!

Of course, the Stonetalon Mountains aren't all views and dancing. There are new beasts to contend with. It didn't take much for Schatengeist and Barrengeist to take this big sonofabitch down!


Unfortunately, this area is also highly contested, and I saw my first Horde players running around here... and ever single one of them was at least 8 levels above me! So, I tried to take advantage of one of the traits of the Night Elves called Shadowmeld. This is when you stand still and basically turn invisble to other players.

The problem with this is that you PET does NOT turn invisible as well. So, any Horde wandering by is going to see Barrengeist and KNOW that an Alliance Hunter is around. As you can see, this Horde guy had a fun time standing in front of Schatengeist, taunting him. Before he ran off and (mercifully) didn't slaughter me, he took the time to actually wave! Bastard... Once I level up some more, I'm going to find him...


Not everyone was as merciful as Pompompaihn... On my way through the Stonetalon Mountains to Stonetalon Peak, I was slaughtered about 4 times by higher level Horde players. Buncha freakin' bullies... just wait 'til I hit level 20!

My Life in WoW - Part 5

Don't you hate it when you're in the woods fighting a Rabid Thistle Bear and suddenly you're glowing green because you've contracted rabies? That's what happened to Schatengeist yesterday.

But have no fear, for Schatengeist possesses a hearty constitution which affords him a fairly quick recovery time.

After that, he battled diligently until finally reaching the coveted LEVEL 18! This is what it looks like as one levels. Pretty, isn't it?

Once the after-glow of leveling wore off, we headed due south until we found a new Night Elf village in Ashenvale. It was touch and go making our way down to the village as the area is contested, and Horde could be hiding anywhere... Luckily none were lurking about yesterday, and we made it to the village without incident. Once there, we found another Hyppogriff Master which gave us a new flight point... all the way back up to Auberdine. Granted, it beats walking for 10 minutes, but I was hoping to be whisked away to yet another exotic land. I mean, I've never been whisked away before, so you can't blame me for hoping it would happen...

Ah well, at least the flight through the forest was scenic.

My Life in WoW - Part 4

I'm quickly learning that as you start leveling up, the process of leveling takes longer and longer.

As I write this, I'm on the verge of reaching level 17, but it's been a major pain in the ass. After attempt upon attempt last night to complete a quest by killing a huge level 19 Den Mother Thistle Bear and her annoying level 11 cubs, I finally had to step away from the computer. I realized that NOT killing her, NOT leveling, and dying time and time again was raising my blood pressure and seriously pissing me off... like way more than it should.

But before I got to the point of either walking away or committing Harry Carry, I did learn that I could clear my screen before taking a screenshot, thus making it much more picturesque. Take this shot, for example. Here's Schatengeist entering a new land called Ashenvale. It's contested territory, meaning there's always the chance I could run into Horde players here.


I've also been taking the time to learn the fine art of mining. Through this practice, I can obtain different materials that I can then turn around and sell for a shitload of sweet, sweet cash.


And now that I'm getting up to higher levels, I'm also forced to fight some pretty sweet looking badasses. Take this dude, for example. Him and his kind are a wicked pain in the ass (if you're a lowly level 16 Hunter, such as myself).


But the most frequernt activity I've encountered thus far in my daily doses of Warcrack is running, running, and more running. Every quest leads you to new and exciting areas, but they're all a 5 minute run away!


It is my understanding that once I reach level 40, I'll have the ability to obtain a mount. No, not THAT type of mount, you sick bastards! A mount as in a horse... something that moves WAY faster than I do on foot. But that's at level 40... 40!!! Keep in mind, my official tally of total time playing WoW is already up to 1 day, 2 hours and 43 minutes. That's TIME PLAYING THE GAME!! And I'm only at level 16.

I guess Schatengeist should invest in some good shoes... he's going to be hoofing it for a while.