No Experience

I am starting with 7668 of 19,300 experience points, 40%, to level. *shudders at the thought* (Not that you cared it is for documentation purposes.)

The first kink in my plan of doing “quick” runs was I didn’t have Flight paths…

No Menethil Harbor…

No Theramore Isle…

No Ratchet…

Did you know that they put Defias I-don’t-know-what-level-you-are-cause-I-am-level-19-and-you-are-a-skull-to-me Brotherhood in Dustwallow Marsh? Well a newly discovered Defias Diver finally killed me. This was after Sprint, AGM, Evasion, and even my Insignia. So I used ghost travel the rest of the way to Ratchet.

With the traveling I had to do, I ended up at 8399 experience. An increase of 731, I feel is not a bad price for getting my Serpent's Shoulders on the first drop. How does that work…

Have leader of the party be the Twinker (the one you sweet talked into running you through). Twink stays outside the instance. Twinker then goes in and clears everything to the boss, or other appropriate area. Twinker call the Twink into the instance. Set looting to Group Loot for a roll or on Master Looter selecting the Twink. Twink takes off all their gear, or everything but items that get durability damage, run up to the mob and die. Once dead you get no experience points. The Twinker can kill the rest.

Wailing caverns is nice, you can use the 3D aspect of the game and have the Twink die below some of the bosses, like Verdan the Everliving and Lord Serpentis. The Twinker doesn’t have to kill every mob in the whole instance. Just walk past.

Now off to get my chest piece!

Getting to VanCleef of Deadmines requires a complete clear of the instance. To combat this Twinker and Twink Main clear out the instance. Two level 70s clearing every mob to VanCleef. It becomes a challenge to see how fast you can make it go. Once clear with only VanCleef alive, the Twinker set as the party leader, the Twink main leaves the instance and logs onto Twink. Twink should have been stationed right outside the instance.

Now as a Rogue, I can sneaky sneak past the patrols. Other classes will need the Twinker to clear the patrols before entering the instance.

Again remove armor and run up to the boss and die. Loot and repeat as needed.

Hydra made quick work of the Defias between Siphon Life and Seed of Corruption there was little down time. VCWC took us about 30 minutes because we were looting. Setting loot to free-for-all is best for getting that done fast. We were able to get 3 runs in before we were called into a REAL instance. No Defias Armor but a shinny new Cruel Barb dropped.

We can now do this run as many times as need be for the needed drop. With no experience gained, time becomes the limiting factor.

As for the upgrade? That +9 Agility put me at 48.2% Dodge!

**random story that no one will care about but a few**

So I have been taking my new shoulders and Shadowfang out for a spin in 2 vs. 2 Arena skirmishes. Prior to this I had competed in arena skirmishes 4 times. A kidnapped 5 vs 5 and more kidnapped 2 vs 2.

In WSG as a flag carrier I am a gouge and go kind of gal. But after a 1 vs. 1, FC vs. EFC, Rogue vs. Rogue, twink vs. twink epic battle … I knew I needed to improve my 1 vs 1 skill. Of COURSE I won… what do you think this is HIS blog. Flag returned and capped too. I am an all-in-one kind of package.  

So while waiting for WSG a bunch of us queue for 2 vs. 2. It pops and I hear Aed say that he got a pop, I letting him know I did too. But before I click to go in… I see a scary thing…I see Ulti vanish.

This is THE hunter Twink on our server. With 2K health and a pet that eats your face before you get a chance to blink. Been playing with him for about a year and is a good friend. But I am always glad he is on our side.

I tell Aed what I saw … we put together a “If it IS Ulti lets-hope-it-is-not-plan”. Sure enough it is us vs. Ulti. Our plan is whoever he finds first will have to keep his and pet’s attention. The other must burn him down a fast as they can.  We already decided that we lost to him…so our goal is getting Ulti under 25% health.

Ulti finds Aed first … serpent sting, concussive shot, arcane shot… Ulti starts to kite Aed.. like a good hunter.

But Ulti walks right into my backstab, sinister strike, sinister strike, gouge, slice and dice, sinister strike...

We get Ulti to under 40% before I lose Aed. Maybe less I was a little busy at the time.

At 15% I start to flip out I still had about 60% health … I start panicking at the realization I just MIGHT kill Ulti!!

But I had all of Ulti’s attention now. I can see he is trying to kite me. HE pops his AGM. I got him to use his trinkets!! Success me. I still had all my cooldowns Evasion, Sprint, and my AGM.

He gets a concussive shot on me but he is low on mana but does get a serpent sting off to. I will NOT be kited by a hunter. Sprint into his face so he gets a good look at my new Shadowfang, hit my AGM because at this point I am at about 35% heath and he reminded me that I had one of those.

Ulti goes down.

Much laughter and rejoicing. Ulti and I talk about the battle… he is so hard to kill… it makes me almost feel sorry for the Horde. Almost.