An Audience with the Prophet

Again, not much going on - apart from some mysterious buff benefactors that I never got to thank. Dinged 16 just now, and advanced my professions some too.

Oddly enough there was a mob that I knew existed (because I've killed him before) but didn't spawn while I was there. Odd.

I also discovered upon the wonder of a new target macro:

/target
/cast Hunter's Mark(Rank 1)

Not only does it target the mob, but also slaps a Mark on it so I can see it on the minimap.

EDIT A MONTH LATER: With the added bonus that if there aren't any around, it will go for a dead target. Argh.

SKILL STATUS:
Mining: 71/150 or thereabouts
Engineering: 60/75 or thereabouts
Fishing: 22/75
Cooking: 57/75 or thereabouts
First Aid: 59/75 or thereabouts

I haven't done any fishing in a while, but that can wait until I've completed the quests in Bloodmyst and I don't have to worry about bag space.

All that glitters...

Okay, so maybe gold does glitter a lot ^^ got a nice amount from copper bars selling on the AH (On BDF they'd go for something like 1G a stack? On AD they go for 5-6G a stack).

Done some more quests in Bloodmyst, but other than that not much to report.

Need more bag space!

SKILL STATUS:
Mining: 68/150
Engineering: 59/75
Fishing: 22/75
Cooking: 54/75
First Aid: 15/75

It's interesting to note that now my cooking skill is higher than Chesha's when she dinged 70.

On the Storm Front

Not an update post; will edit this into one later. It looks like I'm going to be spending a lot more time on Aidava now; Chesha's guild on BDF is collapsing and I've decided to lay low for a bit and see what happens.

EDIT

Ok, up to about halfway through Level 12. New stuff?

Completed all the quests in Azuremyst Isle, and done 1 from Bloodmyst (Good old Kessel Run). Bumped into the Blood Elf Bandit (or whatever he's called) and killed him, didn't drop the bandit mask :( but I got the quest item and turned it in.

SKILL STATUS:
Mining: 58/150 or thereabouts
Engineering: 57/75 or thereabouts
Fishing: 22/75
Cooking: 44/75 or thereabouts
First Aid: 9/75 (All the cloth is currently going to Engineering.)

NEW ACHIEVEMENTS:
Exploration: Explore Azuremyst Isle

Logged out in Blood Watch.

The Azuremyst Shuffle

Okay, went on again.

Ding Level 10! :D

There were some more people out and about, which means that the maximum number of people I've seen in the same place (besides in the Exodar) is 2.

Done the majority of the Azuremyst quests now; turning in the penultimate hunter training quest was my 50th, actually, so that's a new achievement.

SKILL STATUS:
Mining: 57/150 or thereabouts
Engineering: 53/75
Fishing: 22/75
Cooking: 27/75 or thereabouts
First Aid: 9/75 >.>

NEW ACHIEVEMENTS:
General: Level 10
General: Can I Keep Him?
Quests: 50 Quests Completed
Professions: Professional Journeyman (in Mining)
((Feats of Strength: WoW 4th Anniversary))
((Feats of Strength: Collector's Edition Frost Wyrm))

Currently logged in the Exodar, halfway between the Engineering Trainer and the Anvils. Still slightly peeved about lack of low-level cooking recipes.

Skilling Up

Okay, so I've dropped the roleplay posts, since I've realized how impossible it is to keep up with them; since I'm practically being forced to condense several days of in-game time into the space of a few hours. Having made up the fact that Auberdine and the Ruins of Mathystra, both Darkshore, are 1 day apart from each other, it kind of falls apart when the journey in-game is done in about two minutes.

Level 7 up, found the cooking trainer (can't believe I forgot about Cookie... gah!) and levelled fishing, too. Also, the drop rate on the Root Trapper Vines wasn't as bad as I remember. While fishing, I fished up my first chest... inside was a grey foot leather piece... and it was better than my current ones >.>;

Already having bag space issues. With my backpack having to hold my fishing pole, mining pick, food, drink, hearthstone, as well as bandages and obligatory quest items, it and the 4-slotter we get in the starter area can't really keep up. Going to have to buy some bags ASAP.

On the tracking status: I feel I only really need to have track beasts/humanoids/whatever on if I'm looking for one in particular. Other than that I'm staying on Find Minerals.

SKILL STATUS:
Mining: 1/75
Engineering: 1/75
Fishing: 22/75
Cooking: 21/75
First Aid: 7/75 (or something like that)

Interesting point: Fishing at Ammen Ford, I caught one fish type only, Slitherskin Mackerel I believe. Guess who sells the cooking recipe?

Alliance vendors for the recipe are in Ironforge, Westfall, and Teldrassil.

Does anyone else see the problem here?

The Hunt is On

Ok, she's started. There weren't many people about – but then again it was coming up to midnight ST, so I'm not surprised. I did see some other characters – the first one was a Warrior, one level lower than me, who waved at me. I waved back, and he made a rude gesture at me. Whether this was because I was a Hunter or some other bizarre reason, I know not. I made it out through Ammen Vale, learnt all the tradeskills I could (Fishing, Engineering, Mining, First Aid) and levelled Fishing to 11.

Where is the cooking trainer?

Before the Hunt

Hello.

First things first, this is a World of Warcraft blog, so if you don't like that, this isn't for you.

Now that's settled, let's get down to business. Those of you who know me already on World of Warcraft know me as either Chesha, Draenei Shaman, or Xavrington, Human Death Knight on the realm EU Bronze Dragonflight. This blog, however, is not about them. It's about my upcoming alt, the Draenei Hunter Aidava, on EU Argent Dawn.

Why a Draenei, like Chesha? The Azuremyst and Bloodmyst Isle quest chains are much better than all of the Vanilla WoW starter areas, IMO.

Why a Hunter? My first serious character (who, incidentally, didn't get as far as level 40) was a hunter, and I genuinely enjoy playing the class.

One of this blog's primary purposes is to record anything Aidava encounters along the way, be it griefers (Hunters are generally seen as the easiest class to play in WoW and therefore attracts a lot of idiots), bad or good PuGs, and any other experiences in-game. Each post will also be accompanied by an RP post, just to sharpen my RP skills, as I'm rolling on an RP server.

And I'm not going unprepared, either. I'm going in with a Talent Build worked out, with a list of Hunter gear, and a levelling guide. I know what professions I will take (Mining & Engineering) and how to play the class and play it decently.

I'll see you all later... when the hunt begins.