Yashima Plays

Borean Tundra, From Screenshots 2008

So while waiting for Wrath to finally come out, we were so excited it spilled over on twitter and the blogosphere – and it was a fun event to follow on blogs and twitter all over the world. Right now everything’s a bit calmer while people are still leveling and exploring.

We did play a lot these last couple of days. We managed to get to 71 and then completed both Utgarde Keep and the Nexus. Both instances were very nice and I was happy to be able to go in as a healer while specced Moonkin. This is very important for me that I can use my leveling DPS spec for something besides …

I mostly quested in Borean Tundra with Tenobaal who is a hunter. We also discovered that there is lots of fun to be had in the Tundra with the herds of Rhinos wandering around there … with two people you can easily AoE herd after herd and if one of the two is a professional Skinner he can easily max out his skill and make tons of gold on the side – unless he wants to keep the Leather of course – but Teno didn’t.

One of the things that impressed me the most was the entry into the Howling Fjord by ship and doing the first “welcome” quest. We have reports from several other people that the same thing happened to them as happened to little Yáshimá … they ran out of the gate combating the wolves and attackers and killed many more than the 12 needed for the quest and kept fighting until they died. This is what I always thought quests should feel like – you get so engrossed in this dynamic fight with lots of NPCs involved on either side that you keep at it when you’re already done.

If you haven’t gone yet – go to Howling Fjord, enjoy the Disney-like ride on the ship and then take the first quest you get and just run with it! Try not to die – if you do you’re in good company though

What is weird about leveling again at the same time as everyone else – leveling alts is different – is the queueing for quest mobs the ganking for getting to quest mobs first and my re-ignited hatred for Rogues.