May 28, 2017 Sunday Meeting
5pm
EST (UTC/GMT - 5)
AIM: Valar Guild Meetingplace
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Transcript work by Ar-Pharazon and Varda.
Attending (and at least
said something making them visible): (3)
AIM:
Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Varda
(presiding)
Discord:
Varda
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership
Arien
Varda
Web:
Gaming Site saga continues.
Gaming:
General gaming report by Eonwe and others.
Tolkien:
Topic: What were some of the
differentiating characterstics for the different races, especially ones
that gave special, useful talents?
After-meeting:
Flashgaming Reviews by
Ar-Pharazon
Personal gaming by Ar-Pharazon
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Before-meeting
Chat History for Valar Guild Meetingplace from AIM. Times are
Ar-Pharazon's.
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Varda Valar (22:40:38): Aiya
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:40:46): Aiya
Eonwe Valar (22:40:49): Heya early bird :}
Varda Valar (22:40:58): Aiya :)
Varda Valar (22:41:02): Trying to get set up
Varda Valar (22:41:22): I'm in here, Discord, LotRO.
Trying to get reports together, etc. :)
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:41:30): Well, with the 2 most
likely candidates here already, I've got a question for both or at
least one of you.
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:41:43): Starting with... are you
familiar with Amazon.com?
Eonwe Valar (22:42:01): I know of it, but don't buy
anything from it.
Varda Valar (22:42:29): Everyone's heard of it. Eowyn
buys stuff there all the time
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:42:36): Hmhm.
Eonwe Valar (22:42:54): There might still be some
Amish who haven't,... :}
Varda Valar (22:43:13): Might be able to buy Amish
products there. ;)
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:43:27): I wanted to buy some stuff
from there (not available on European versions it seems) but having
trouble getting it to ship to the Netherlands, and some third party
services are giving me trouble as well, unless they're Prime items or
something.
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:43:44): So I wondered if it was
possible to grab a middle person out of the Valar Guild ;)
Varda Valar (22:44:12): I don't understand. Are they
US only?
Varda Valar (22:44:32): O ok, Prime membership only
for that?
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:45:24): No, no, it's the items
themselves that seem to be the trouble; only certain stuff can get
shipped to Europe (or outside of the US) and an intermediate shipping
company I found only works for items with a Prime designation or
something, which these don't have.
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:45:44): They're used, y'see, the
items I want are not available new.
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:46:41): I could poke around some
more, see if there's something I can find that does it for me, but the
easiest way might simply be to get a friend in the US to buy them for
me, send them to the Netherlands personally, while I'd pay them in some
way.
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:46:56): So I thought.. who in the
US do I know? :)
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:47:50): And here you are.
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:48:30): Bit of a long shot I
suppose, but have to try it.
Varda Valar (22:48:55): Good idea
Varda Valar (22:51:09): Have you talked with customer
service?
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:51:31): Amazon's?
Varda Valar (22:51:40): yes
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:52:03): Not sure if they can do
anything, but I suppose I could try if I don't have to phone them.
Varda Valar (22:52:23): Should have a chat online or
email
Varda Valar (22:52:29): I'm not famiiiar with it
Varda Valar (22:53:10): Some form of contact
Varda Valar (22:54:12): Gil-galad says he has to
leave in rl for now, but might be back during the meeting.
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:54:27): What would you suggest I
ask them? Whether there's a way to get it shipped anyway? What service
they recommend?
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:54:52): Because if you do know
someone who frequently uses the site, I wondered if we could make a
deal.
Varda Valar (22:54:55): Aye, tell them your problem
and that you are trying to buy it from Amazon somehow.
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:55:05): Hm, could do that.
Varda Valar (22:58:18): Can you still see your notes
for people for AIM?
Ar-Pharazon-V (22:59:00): Hmm, apparently not.
Eonwe Valar (23:01:21): You can edit the name
displayed for you at least by hovering over the name in your buddy list
and clicking on the pencil.
Varda Valar (23:01:46): That's all I see too. Might
help on the transcript notes
Varda Valar (23:02:44): Who all is present? :)
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:02:51): *raises hand*
Eonwe Valar (23:03:02): Here am I :}
Varda Valar (23:03:07): *raises hand too*
Varda Valar (23:03:53): Yay us
Varda Valar (23:09:17): Arien around?
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Varda Valar (23:09:29): Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
Varda Valar (23:09:34): Membership:
Varda Valar (23:09:41): Arien is away on vacation. :)
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:09:57): *checks bnet* so she is
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:10:05): Fladrif's been online this week
though!
Varda Valar
(23:10:11): I'm back after an operation on both eyes,
but figure I can manage the meeting.
Varda Valar (23:10:16): Yay Flad!
Eonwe Valar (23:11:42): Glad to have you here :}
Varda Valar (23:11:52): Thank you
Varda Valar (23:12:23): May all in the US have a safe
Memorial weekend.
Varda Valar (23:12:39): A shout-out to all the guild
members who have been or are in the service.
Varda Valar (23:13:18): And thank you to all those
not in the guild as well. :)
Varda Valar (23:14:04): and of course, a remembrance
to all who have fallen. Those we knew and those we did not. Quite a few
in my family and probably in many of those who are reading.
Varda Valar (23:14:18): Any other membership news?
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Varda Valar (23:15:50): Web:
Varda Valar (23:16:14): Nothing new to report for the
Tolkien Site, my apologies.
Varda Valar (23:16:33): Eonwe, did you have anything
you wanted to say on Web?
Eonwe Valar (23:16:40): Aye.
Eonwe Valar (23:17:08): The Games Site Update is
slightly delayed while I determine the reason for some problems that
arose with some last minute adjustments.
Eonwe Valar (23:17:46): As soon as I have time to go
over it, I will, and once I have it fixed I'll proceed with the update.
Eonwe Valar (23:18:28): That's it.
Varda Valar (23:18:34): Glad you're quality testing
before rolling out. I know you did quite a bit earlier, but we
appreciate it.
Varda Valar (23:18:48): So many programs are rolled
out full of bugs, that it's refreshing. :)
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Varda Valar (23:19:23): Gaming:
Varda Valar (23:19:31): Eonwe, would you like to give
the general report?
Eonwe Valar (23:19:36): Sure.
Eonwe Valar (23:19:54): World of Warcraft:
Eonwe Valar (23:20:23): A preview is
up for the up coming raid The Tomb of Sargeras.
Eonwe Valar (23:20:35): Check out
the latest hotfixes.
Eonwe Valar (23:20:48): Starcraft 2:
Eonwe Valar (23:21:02): Patch 3.14.0 is out.
Eonwe Valar (23:21:16): Diablo 3:
Eonwe Valar (23:21:31): There have
been more updates to the necromancer beta patch notes.
Eonwe Valar (23:21:44): Heroes of the Storm:
Eonwe Valar (23:22:05): The second
anniversary is coming up, and there will be an event running May 30th
to June 12th. Check out the announcement for details on rewards and requirements.
Eonwe Valar (23:22:18): Overwatch:
Eonwe Valar (23:22:41): Overwatch is
celebrating it's first
anniversary.
Eonwe Valar (23:23:03): Also, free-to-play weekend if
you want to try it without commitment.
Eonwe Valar (23:23:23): That's it for gaming news I'm
privy to.
Varda Valar (23:26:23): Thank you, Eonwe
Varda Valar (23:27:05): LotRO is in the Year 7 questing,
starting at the Party Tree. Here's a guide:
Varda Valar (23:27:07): https://departmentofstrategery.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/anniversary-scavenger-hunt-guide-year-7/
Varda Valar (23:27:52): Chance Thomas is coming back
to make the Mordor music. He was very popular for the Rohan music.
Varda Valar (23:28:22): Here's a Q & A with him.
This report was brought to you by Gil-galad-(V). :)
Varda Valar (23:28:24): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7XdHf8v2nw
Varda Valar (23:28:51): He also did the music for
Shadows of Angmar and Moria.
Varda Valar (23:30:45): Kin mates in LotRO seen this
past week:
Varda Valar (23:31:06):
Bregalad
Dis
Falco
Fangorn
Gil-galad
Lenwe
Nar
Varda
Varda Valar (23:31:22): Any other gamers to mention?
:)
Varda Valar (23:31:43): StarCraft 2 had Fangorn, Eowyn, and
Faramir playing together.
Eonwe Valar (23:31:52): Bofur, nob and Arien were in
WoW Lothar.
Varda Valar (23:31:59): StarCraftBroodWar had Fangorn and
Varda gaming together.
Varda Valar (23:32:02): Thanks, Eonwe
Varda Valar (23:32:43): Any other news, business,
comments?
Varda Valar (23:34:54): I don't think I have the hang
of Discord quite yet. :)
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Varda Valar (23:35:08): Tolkien:
Varda Valar (23:35:33): Before I mention my topic,
did anyone else have a Tolkien comment or question they would like to
mention?
Varda Valar (23:36:28): What were some of the
differentiating characterstics for the different races, especially ones
that gave special, useful talents?
Varda Valar (23:36:34): For instance, the Woses.
Varda Valar (23:37:15): They were of Man, but enough
different physically that the Rohirrim sometimes hunted them. Unlovely.
Varda Valar (23:37:42): I mentally pictured some form
of Neanderthal, probably not quite right. :)
Varda Valar (23:38:15): Statues of the Pukel-men seem
to be of the Woses, probably made by them in the past.
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:38:23): Perhaps more like native
jungle-inhabitants?
Varda Valar (23:38:31): This suggests that they had a
culture at one time.
Varda Valar (23:38:33): Aye.
Varda Valar (23:38:46): They were very good at
wood-craft, spectacular even.
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:38:59): Very comfortable living in
forests!
Varda Valar (23:39:14): While the Rohirrim had been a
danger to the Woses, they found the forces of Sauron far worse.
Varda Valar (23:39:49): They put aside their fears
and differences, a very high level of thinking there, and offerered
their aid as scouts to the Rohirrim.
Varda Valar (23:40:02): For payment, they simply
wanted the forces of Sauron gone.
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:40:18): I suppose the Rohirrim were
not too fond of a people living on the edge of their country, possibly
inside it, that they did not control or were able to communicate much
with.
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:40:34): I hope the latter changed
after the war.
Varda Valar (23:40:51): They may have considered them
some form of orc, maybe a hybrid.
Varda Valar (23:41:00): Aye, after the War of the
Ring,
Varda Valar (23:41:14): King Elessar, aka Strider aka
Aragorn etc,
Varda Valar (23:41:52): gave them ownership of the
Druadan woods formally, and everyone else had to keep out unless given
permission by the Woses.
Varda Valar (23:42:17): What is another race from
Tolkien's legendarium?
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:43:13): petty dwarves?
Varda Valar (23:43:21): Ok.
Varda Valar (23:43:39): Most of the petty dwarves
were wiped out by the time we meet the few survivors.
Varda Valar (23:44:10): They were a sub-group of the
dwarves, shorter for one thing.
Varda Valar (23:44:38): They seemed less concerned
about honor, at least of the kind the other dwarves such as the
Longbeards showed.
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:44:43): Petty in more than one way.
Varda Valar (23:44:56): What special abilities did
the petty dwarves show?
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:45:24): Ehr... poisoning, was it?
Varda Valar (23:47:45): I'm looking in the
Silmarillion for info. They are in the chapter on Turin Turambar
Varda Valar (23:48:25): They were banished in ancient
days from the great Dwarf-cities.
Varda Valar (23:48:38): ones in the east.
Varda Valar (23:49:14): Long before Morgoth's return,
they went west into Beleriand.
Varda Valar (23:49:34): But they became smaller and
lost a lot of their smith-craft there.
Varda Valar (23:49:57): They took to stealth (a
special ability)
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:50:06): Ah, there's one :)
Varda Valar (23:50:16): having bowed shoulders and
furtive steps.
Varda Valar (23:50:30): The Elves didn't know what
they were and slew them
Varda Valar (23:50:47): at first. Later the elves
left them alone.
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:51:00): If you don't know it, kill
it. Interesting policy.
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:51:08): But then, with Morgoth
creating new stuff, somewhat understandable.
Varda Valar (23:51:12): They looked like sneaks. :)
Varda Valar (23:51:23): They loved only themselves.
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:51:29): Makes you wonder what
they'd do to hobbits on first sight.
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:51:53): Strange sneaky things only
loving farmland and food.
Varda Valar (23:51:55): They feared and hated the
Orcs and Eldar alike, but most of all,
Eonwe Valar (23:51:56): Well, they were attacked by
the Petty Dwarves first, and never got a good look at them. It's not
like they just went out and starting killing them on a whim.
Varda Valar (23:52:13): the Exiles.
Varda Valar (23:52:27): The Petty-Dwarves claimed the
Noldor stole their lands
Varda Valar (23:53:35): The Petty-dwarves had
discovered the caves of Nargothrond before Finrod came.
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:54:00): So basically it was Ulmo's
fault.
Varda Valar (23:54:05): They began a very slow
delving there, untroubled by the Grey Elves.
Varda Valar (23:54:08): heh
Varda Valar (23:54:35): because the Sindar kept
mostly to the woods. No problem.
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:54:36): "Yeah, I've got this nice
big cave system for you to hide in. Oh, previous inhabitants? Don't
worry about those, just drive em away."
Varda Valar (23:55:26): It doesn't say they drove
them out or they just fled when they saw some big folk coming in
without doing anything about them.
Ar-Pharazon-V (23:56:23): Hmm, in that case it's
rather an odd position to take; you could almost say they gave away the
caves willingly.
Varda Valar (23:56:29): The people dwindled and died
out except Mim and his two sons, and they no longer bothered with their
own smithies.
Varda Valar (23:56:49): Not willingly, but did they
fight to keep them? Or just flee?
Varda Valar (23:57:39): The name of the race was only
remembered in Doriath and Nargothrond.
Varda Valar (23:59:28): It was one of Turin's human
band that shot one of the three, a son of Mim, who died.
Varda Valar (23:59:55): but this is a digression from
abilities. I'm looking for your mention of poison, which should be in a
bit.
Monday, May 29, 2017
Varda Valar (00:01:27): Mim and his remaining son
were captured by Sauron's forces and led them back to their home,
asking only that they not kill Turin.
Varda Valar (00:01:52): The forces were orcs.
Varda Valar (00:02:22): Turin was netted and hauled
off.
Varda Valar (00:02:44): Mim checked the bodies of the
rest, found the elf Beleg still alive, and was going to kill him with
the sword Anglachel.
Varda Valar (00:03:22): But Beleg took it from him
and ran him off.
Varda Valar (00:05:30): Way later we find that Mim
went to Nargothrond, after Glaurung had done his deeds and left.
Varda Valar (00:06:01): Hurin came there and Mim was
blocking him from entering. Bad idea..
Varda Valar (00:06:26): Hurin knew Mim had betrayed
his son, Turin
Varda Valar (00:06:38): Hurin killed him.
Varda Valar (00:06:55): I did not spot the poison you
mentioned. Could you help me locate it?
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:07:21): Sorry. I thought I
remembered reading something about them poisoning most of the human
party. Maybe that's in a different version.
Varda Valar (00:08:19): That's the Sil. Maybe it's
there and I missed it, or it's in the Children of Hurin, or another
History?
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:08:36): Sounds like a History.
Varda Valar (00:10:31): Children of Hurin, no index. What
happened to our Christopher?
Varda Valar (00:10:52): Everything else is indexed
within an inch of its life.
Varda Valar (00:11:46): Mim has his own chapter
Varda Valar (00:14:05): Seems they were mistaken for
some form of orc, until Turin had a closer look at the captive.
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:14:58): small orc, then
Varda Valar (00:15:42): Sorry, but this is hard on my
eyes right now, although fun to dig through.
Varda Valar (00:15:49): I'll have to let you do it
for now. :)
Varda Valar (00:16:35): Muscles were cut on both
sides of both eyes, not a lot of stamina to them at the moment,
although they are getting better quickly. :)
Varda Valar (00:17:05): How about another race? One
we're more expert on?
Varda Valar (00:17:08): Hobbits?
Varda Valar (00:17:25): What made this branch of Man
appear different from the mainstream?
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:17:58): Size. Hairy feet.
Resilience to rings.
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:18:45): Attraction to farmland.
Later on, dislike of swimming.
Varda Valar (00:19:08): Some things in common with
the Petty-dwarves such as that short size, ability with stealth. But
they were not generally sneaky, nor loving of selves only.
Varda Valar (00:19:41): Most hobbits weren't keen on
being around water, but some such as Tooks and Bucklanders could...
swim!
Varda Valar (00:19:52): Even handle boats a bit.
Varda Valar (00:19:59): Frodo learned from them.
Varda Valar (00:20:19): Weird hobbits.
Varda Valar (00:21:04): Aye, fond of farming rather
than smithying. Gardening too, which is similar. Fond of the food
results.
Varda Valar (00:21:35): Elves?
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:21:36): A bit more of a direct
sustenance reward compared to smithying.
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:21:45): Compared to?
Varda Valar (00:21:59): Sorry, seemed as if we were
through on hobbits.
Varda Valar (00:22:08): Go ahead. :)
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:22:10): yes, sure, but we've
handled sub-specied so far :)
Varda Valar (00:22:52): Ok. What are some sub-groups
of elves and what made them different enough to have different
abilities?
Varda Valar (00:24:06): Silvans living in the forests
mainly, with woodcraft, archery.
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:24:31): Noldor living in cities,
architecture, gemcraft, more smithying.
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:24:40): Teleri living by the sea. Boats?
Varda Valar (00:24:43): Sindar, the Grey-elves mentioned
earlier, that also liked the forests but were keen on water as well.
Teleri were great boatmen.
Varda Valar (00:24:45): Aye
Varda Valar (00:25:15): Noldor, the heaviest-built, and most
interesting in smithying.
Varda Valar (00:26:25): So if you needed a stealthy
woodsman, you'd want one trained by Silvans.
Varda Valar (00:27:03): But if you needed the
woodsman to be well-educated, might go for a Sinda.
Varda Valar (00:27:45): The only Elves not used to
living with the help of a Ring were in Thranduil's group, mostly
Silvans and some Sindar of his household.
Varda Valar (00:28:08): If you needed stealth, four
hobbits certainly filled the bill.
Varda Valar (00:28:22): And a Ranger, a sub-group of humans in the
North at least.
Varda Valar (00:28:50): A southern Ranger would have
been good too, fit right in, but they missed out on that one.
Varda Valar (00:29:04): But a stealthy dwarf?
Varda Valar (00:29:18): They were out of
Petty-Dwarves by the time of the Fellowship.
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:29:24): A stealthy dwarf and a
showy elf.
Varda Valar (00:29:28): So maybe a youngish one .
Varda Valar (00:30:11): Boromir was the least
stealthy of the lot. Couldn't even start out without blowing his horn.
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:30:20): hehe
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:30:29): He was the tank in a party
of rogues.
Varda Valar (00:30:57): Eonwe needs to leave and I
guess we kind of covered the subject. I was trying to bring it around
to the Fellowship eventually. :)
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:31:07): Ah, you had a grand plan :)
Varda Valar (00:31:22): Well some kind of plan at
least, heh.
Varda Valar (00:32:12): *catches a flying hammer*
Varda Valar (00:32:19): *it keeps going*
Varda Valar (00:32:35): *I extend a toe and tap the
hammerpad*
Varda Valar (00:32:40): *tappp!*
Varda Valar (00:32:46): *and keep on fliying*
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Varda Valar (00:32:53): After-meeting!
Eonwe Valar (00:40:02): Ladies and gents, I must be
off. Take care, good night, sleep well, and have fun :}
Varda Valar (00:40:11): Namarie!
Varda Valar (00:40:30): I need to take a break as
well, but will scroll back or read the transcript. :)
Ar-Pharazon-V (00:40:36): Namarie!
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:11:03): Personal gaming report!
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:14:45): For flashgames, http://www.kongregate.com/games/bontegames/yellow
is the first game, a simple-ish puzzle game where you have to employ
various methods of turning the screen yellow.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:26:45): http://www.onemorelevel.com/game/dungeon_in_a_bottle
as the second, a tricky platformer game with walls closing in on you.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:35:24): http://www.kongregate.com/games/kekgames/iceberg
is the third game! Fun physics puzzle game, unfreeze the frozen pieces
by clicking on them to make them fall, into the gaps of the iceberg, to
get below the required height.
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Ar-Pharazon-V (01:37:52): Blizzard gaming:
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:38:51): Heroes of the Storm: Level 192 now,
still getting new skins etc :) This week's brawl was mage wars, with a
select pool of random casters, and buffs to their magic. Games can take
a long time, but you only need 2 for the reward.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:40:16): Next week starts a new
event for second anniversary: Do a daily match for a loot chest for the
duration of the event, play 3 to get anniversary portrait, banner and
spray.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:41:31): ...which was something
already mentioned by Eonwe, oh well
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:42:03): Diablo 3: Level 53 in season now,
and onward in chapter 3. Unlocked Kanai's Cube as well. Next goal is
getting to level 60.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:42:08): *chapter 2
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:43:55): Hearthstone: Going back to the
basics for this week's brawl: Make a deck using only basic and classic
card sets! Finally a deck-making brawl for which I already had most of
the cards ;) As such, it wasn't too difficult.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:44:43): Moved on to the Gadgetzan
packs in my pack-opening, which some interesting cards. Would be nice
to get one or two legendaries, though. Preferably Aya Blackpaw. But
chances are low!
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:45:02): *with some interesting cards
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:45:28): Also got all my classes
caught up, they're now all halfway to the next level or slightly
further.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:46:28): WoW:
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:47:51): Not much raiding news. No
new stuff from Northrend raids, and we only did one raid for current
content, where I got no loot. Not sure if we'll do Mythic now; 7.2.5
seems to be pretty close with the new raid already announced in detail
in the blog, like Eonwe linked.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:48:32): Bunch more marks of honor
got this week, enough to buy the first season weapon appearance arsenal
and almost halfway to the second. This is the kind of rate I like :)
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:49:44): Couple of pet master fights
more. No new world quests though.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:50:23): Unless... I think I found a
new location for a fishing WQ ;)
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:50:57): This week's weekly was
Cataclysm timewalking, with some more timewarped badges collected.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:52:25): Some new accomplishments
this past week for me: Got my Prestige to level 2, with a special quest
in Stormwind, unlocking my first pvp appearance for artifacts.
Interesting forms, might use the one for catform for a while, though I
do still like the owlcat.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:53:33): Also, finally found the
queststarter for rank 3 leather skinning! Now I won't need to wait for
7.2.5 and its increased droprate. Which means I'm also finally done
with skinning world quests, since I have plenty of leather in my bank
already.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:54:50): On top of that I also
finally got a new recipe from Nomi, which means I no longer need to
kill bears for either their meat or their skin. Good thing too, it
always felt a bit weird to kill bears as a druid who main-specs
bearform, and then give the meat to another (panda)bear ;)
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:56:05): Some progress in the
Suramar questing, too! Cleared a few more sidequests and got started on
the side-arcs for the Good Suramaritan achievement, bringing down the
leader of the demonic Lightbreaker ship. Next week, more side-arcs.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:57:38): Oh, and as for the skinning
quest-starter, I made a bit of a start there too, including a beast I
had to skin in the Tol Barad raid. Interestingly, you can only enter
the raid if your faction owns Tol Barad, and when I got there it was
Horde-owned, and I ended up conquering the entire place solo, since I
was the only one on my side and the Horde side was completely empty.
People really don't care about Tol Barad anymore :)
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:58:10): Another beast I need to
skin is during the Northrend raids we always do on monday, so that'll
happen tomorrow. After that I'll get everything else.
Ar-Pharazon-V (01:59:40): Finally, for appearances,
it took a few weeks, but finally got my last item from heroic Durnholde
today. Next up will be Mechanar, with almost identical loot-tables for
normal and heroic difficulty. And since the only items heroic has that
normal hasn't is a few epics my druid can't unlock, I only need to
bother myself with normal difficulty. So it should be a lot faster than
the last one!
Ar-Pharazon-V (02:00:06): And that's my report for
this week.
Ar-Pharazon-V (02:01:24): (oh, as final mention, the
Hearthstone brawl also doesn't allow epics and legendaries, which meant
I really own all the cards available for the brawl)
Ar-Pharazon-V (04:10:45): Makin' and sendin'
transcript.
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