WoW

New update to WoW Armory added some very cool features. Like a 3d model viewer


You can setup your character to "strike that pose". Very cool.

December 2009.. I hit level cap (level 80) with my Orc Warlock.



So I WIN at WoW! Only a few times playing MMOs have I hit max level (third time in WoW and only other MMO was SWG). This is my first level 80. So Grimgar is retired in Orgrimmar for now.

On the way leveling I saved enough gold to get my Orc Death Knight a flying mount



and the ability to fly when he got to Northrend.

New Orc DK (and possible new main) ...



I decide not to take my oldest main (a Mage who was the first character I got to 60 in old WoW) to Northrend as I played cloth casters for most of my time in WoW. So the plate wearing Death Knight is a blast.
DK is just bad ass; plate wearing, have a pet Ghoul, their own special mounts and great some spells and abilities.

So off to play in Northrend and play the few zones I skipped with Grimgar. Except to do the quests to get Axe of Frozen Death in Borean Tundra.

So 2010 will be plate wearing year.

Came back to WoW for a few reasons; one is the PvE content. As WoW has grown older the quests have gotten better and Wrathgate caught me by surprise.

I’m out running some quests and totally unknowing I was into the Wrathgate quest chain and found my self getting a cut scene.



Very cool, I though. Gave a “cool” comment in guild chat and was told there was lots more to come. And there was.

I’m not going to cover every step however what starts as a loss of a Saurfang the younger. (The Orc who dies in the cut-scene) starts an epic battle to take back the Undercity. It you fighting with Thrall, Vol'jin and Lady Sylvanas Windrunner.

After done that part of the word is changed (we see more of the phased instancing). I was lucky to watch my daughter do the same quest chain (so I got to see it twice).

What a fantastic quest! It really nailed home how great PvE is in WoW.

Onyxia that sly girl, for years I never completed the quests line to be able to take her on. Happily they removed it some time ago.


Still was not a solo job; a few of us in Brothers of Honor decided to get the achievement before she get buffed to 80 in the next patch. So my daughter and I went analog with a small group to take her down.

Here are a few pics...

Grimgar and Whitehoof teamed-up on a list of group quests in Dragonblight. After completion we both got Sarathstra, Scourge of the North.

Early in the week I witnesses three others try this and all get turned into dragon chow. I lean over and tell her about the last time I witnessed this fight. We agreed to give it a try and go down fighting.

I had my voidwalker out and we have the quest NPC call this huge skeleton dragon down on us. Our plan .. my void tank and we (mostly her) DPS. What we though would be a short fight lasted way longer and we ended up victorious.

My void tanked the dragon and all I really could do it keep up a curse of weakness and corruption, and keep my health funnel smashed on at ALL times. I think my Improved Health Funnel really shined.

Whitehoof and her pet did brilliant DPS, they never pulled aggro off my void, however they really packed a punch. What was a five man group on a 75 elite; we did as two (with pets) at levels 72 and 74.
We cheered out loud, did a few high fives when she went down.

One of our best WoW moments together.

Grimgar departed Agmar’s Hammer and braved the chill winds to explore the vast graveyard called Dragonblight.
Thanking the dark gods for the warmth from the fires of his dreadsteed; Grimgar heads out to face the unknown.

Coming back home to WoW I forgot how much I really love the open world MMO. Only three MMOs have this openness; Vanguard, LOTRO and WoW. And looking back on playing AoC and Warhammer I can see the difference. I love the vast expanses and exploring and moving seamlessly from one area to another. Running across a random camp withe a few quests.

Also looking forward to the weekend. Daughter and I are going to team-up and take on a three very tough foes who are wanted in the local hub of Agmar’s Hammer.
Wanted: Gigantaur
Wanted: Dreadtalon
Wanted: Magister Keldonus

We got our hit list now its time to hunt!