June 10, 2018 Sunday Meeting
5pm
EDT (UTC/GMT - 5)
Discord: Valar
Guild/meeting_place
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Transcript work by Varda.
Attending: (3)
Discord:
Arien (presiding), Ar-Pharazon, Varda (After-meeting)
Some editing done to the transcript, perhaps as should not have been done, but you got it anyway.
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership:
Web:
Gaming:
General gaming report
Tolkien:
Topic: How real life landscape and other real life affected JRRT's work.
After-meeting:
Flashgaming Reviews by
Ar-Pharazon
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Before-meeting
(times are in Central from Varda, so add one hour for Eastern)
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:07 PM
Aiya if anyone is here :)
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:07 PM
Aiya!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:08 PM
it seems to be that time again :smiley:
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Elen sila lumenn omentielvo! A star shines upon the hour of our meeting
Membership news:
Varda is on the road helping Bilbo to pick names for his newborn twins :smiley: [Note:
names already picked, but didn't know which would be used until today.
Twins not yet born, just found out gender from sonograms.]
Eonwe is tied up workwise
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:10 PM
Gender reveal party, was it?
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:11 PM
yeah something liike that
and depending on the result pick names
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:13 PM
Fun.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:13 PM
and i myself am here but quite tired since last night was a bit short
and i ve been working today so i ask you to bear with me :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:13 PM
Over here I think people choose names for either gender and then tend to wait to see what gender it is :smiley:
Sure! I'm a guardian druid, bearing with people is what I do.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:13 PM
but non the less we are here :smiley:
Varda wrote in her mail she might arrive late
but as we know .. a Valarite is never late .. nor is he or she early ..
he or she arrives exactly when she or he means to :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:15 PM
Indeed!
Even if the meeting's already over, they just pretend that was the plan all along.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:16 PM
indeed nods
in other member ship news: i am away for a long weekend from coming friday up until monday night
so i wont be here for the meeting
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:17 PM
Ooh, enjoy!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:17 PM
we are away to Oxford to meet J. R. R. Tolkien , Maker of Midle Earth :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:17 PM
Back from the grave?
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:17 PM
and spend some time with Buce's parents
hehe .. his legacy :smiley:
an exhibition in the Bodleian Library and that is the name :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:18 PM
Very good!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:19 PM
i heard early creations ,sketches ,water colour paints, notes .. some
of his letters and a corner to learn some of his fictional
languages :smiley:
but i will deliver a report the following week :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:20 PM
Learn all of them!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:21 PM
hehe
right :smiley: any other membership news from your side Phari?
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:23 PM
Well, my life's about to change a bit... I'm starting some extra
volunteer work, agriculturally, on tuesday and thursday mornings to
shake up my routines a bit and get used to a working schedule, and
pretty soon I'll also be entering a sort of fitness regime with my
mother's physical therapist based on my own health issues.
So overall I should get a bit more of a life, and better health, as I work toward getting a real job :wink:
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:24 PM
that sounds great and good luck with it :smiley: and more than that i really hope you will be blessed :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:24 PM
As an atheist I'll settle for healthy :wink:
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:24 PM
I am sure it will work out fine so heads up :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:25 PM
Thanks :smiley:
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:26 PM
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Web news wise we miss Varda and due to that i cannot give any links i fear
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Gaming report:
i have seen Pallando , Eomer and Celebrian in eve online in the Guid channel
i have peeked into Rift last week once shortly but other than that there is no other game i played appart from Wow and Lotro :smiley:
i ve spotted Phari and Helm in the Bnet chat and Menel as well in the app
any other Valarites you have seen Phari:)?
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:30 PM
I think I've seen you... oh, and I've seen Fladrif in bnet chat / Hearthstone
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:31 PM
Very good .:)
Eonwe has posted his gaming report
World of Warcraft
A new comic is out: "Three Sisters".
Two new exerpts from the upcoming book Before the Storm are out.
Blizzard plans to have a simultaneous worldwide launch for Battle For Azeroth.
There's also a preview on Nazmir out.
Nazmir being a region i suppose?#
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:33 PM
Before the Storm comes out in 2 days!
Yeah, it is, one of the 3 Zandalar zones.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:35 PM
here come the links
for the exerpts
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21788098/before-the-storm-excerpts-2-3
World of Warcraft
Before the Storm: Excerpts 2 & 3 - WoW
for the comic
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21833317/new-comic-world-of-warcraft-battle-for-azeroth-3-three-sisters
World of Warcraft
New Comic: World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth #3 — “Three S...
New Comic: World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth #3 — “Three Sisters” - WoW
also Blizzard plans to launch Battle for Azeroth world wide simultaneously
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21849061/battle-for-azeroth-one-launch-to-rule-them-all
World of Warcraft
Battle for Azeroth™: One Launch to Rule Them All - WoW
here is the announcement
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:37 PM
Geeh, that line sounds familiar.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:38 PM
hehee
it does
one launch to find them all and in darkness bind us . in the lands of Kul Tiras where the canons roar :smiley:
to find us all that is of course my pardon .. .. brain
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:40 PM
Very nice :smile:
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:41 PM
o 3.
Diablo 3
See what's coming for future seasons with Season 14 First Look: The Season of Greed.
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:41 PM
That's also starting this week, right?
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:42 PM
i think so
the link is here
https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/21839180/season-14-first-look-themed-seasons-6-5-2018
Diablo III
Season 14 First Look: Themed Seasons
Season 14 approaches with a shiny new coat—in addition to new cosmetics
to acquire, we're launching our first Themed Season with the
Season of Greed!
Heroes of the Storm
A new PTR patch is up with the new hero Yrel, new event, and new battleground.
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:43 PM
An event which is also starting next week, I believe.
We're gonna get busy!
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:46 PM
Oh, the link is actually wrong in the gaming section as well. Eonwe's mistake, then.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:48 PM
do you have the correct one?
it seems to be patch notes all right
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:48 PM
I think it's this one
https://heroesofthestorm.com/en-us/blog/21795071
News - Heroes of the Storm
The latest news for Heroes of the Storm
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:50 PM
oh i havent got Heroes of the Storm yet thank you Phari :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:51 PM
No, you mentioned it, but gave the wrong link.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:51 PM
oh right thank you for keeping me right
:smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:52 PM
Glad to help :wink:
Starcraft 2
A new patch is out for Starcraft 2 as well: Patch 4.3.2.
https://starcraft2.com/en-us/news/21728663
there is the link
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:52 PM
Hearthstone
Update 11.2 is out.
June 13th is New Pack Day.
A new event is running June 11th through July 3rd: Taverns of Time.
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/21802981/update-11-2-june-5
Update 11.2 – June 5
There’s a ton going on in this update: we’re celebrating a new
Hearthstone holiday, inviting you to GET IN HERE for a great deal,
mopping up Toki’s timeline hijinks, updating game mechanics, AND making
improvements to Arena picks! We’re also be fixing a few bugs in th...
that is all for that :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 4:54 PM
Much stuff!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 4:58 PM
Lord of the Rings online:
Active lasrt week were:)
Arien
Varda
Gorlim
Nimrodel
Dis
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:00 PM
Lenwe
Fangorn
Nar
Hamson
Meriadoc
Orome
nothing special there else i fear#
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Tolkien:
so if you are ready Phari we have a wee think about Tolkien topic :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:07 PM
Sure!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:07 PM
any idea :)?
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:08 PM
Maybe something related to the exhibition you're going to?
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:09 PM
just one thing to mention there we know that
Papa Tolkien was influenced by the landscape he saw around him in
Oxfordshire .. especially a village called Brill thathas a still
standing windmill :smiley:
wonder where i heard that name before .. Brill . hmmm
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:10 PM
Tirisfal Glades? :wink:
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:10 PM
maybe :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:10 PM
Unfortunately, the next expansion does not bode well for the place.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:10 PM
well ...
can you think of places in real life that we know of influenced Tolkiens writing ? or what influenced him in general?
this is just spontaneoous i havent read up or done research but let us see what we can come up with :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:13 PM
Hmm.
Atlantis? :wink:
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:13 PM
myths and legend rightr :smiley:
what did that inspire :)? with Tolkiedn
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:14 PM
It might be real!
And it inspired the story of the Second Age, with the highly advanced
human island kingdom of Numenor, which sank beneath the waves.
Hmm, what else...
I suppose he was inspired by a volcano, though it might not be a specific one.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:19 PM
oh yeas they don t know but we do have some orf the ancient historians
mention it and at least there are some hints of the legend
that sound suspiciously like report of a catastrophe of a land that has
sunken
possibl y
possibly yes
interestingly they put Saurons temple to morgoth on top of the Holy Mountain .. a volcano maybe?
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:21 PM
It did have a lot of smoke coming from it.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:21 PM
fascinating
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:21 PM
I was more thinking of Mount Doom, though :smiley:
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:22 PM
other influences from History or Mythology you can think of?
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:22 PM
Hmm, location wise...
What could be inspired by real life locations?
Mountains, forests, plains, lakes and springs...
From some of the movie locations you'd almost swear Tolkien had New Zealand places in mind when he wrote the books :wink:
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:26 PM
The shire reminds a bit of Oxfordshire deed .. obviously . especially narrow gorges :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:27 PM
hehe
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:27 PM
and wild rivers :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:27 PM
I've not been there myself.
But yes, the Shire was supposed to have been around England, region-wise.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:28 PM
i dl love to go there but looking at the locations from the time they made the film they must be real
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:29 PM
I remember them talking about the big plateau they built Edoras on, as if it was made for it.
A similar plateau may have been inspiration for Gondolin.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:29 PM
and The Riders of Rohirim do remind much of the Anglo Saxos
, especially the houses and Meduseld indeed is the closest thing you
have tor a picture of an Anglo Saxon royal Meadhall :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:30 PM
Harad and the Haradrim have a bit of a North African feel, southern Mediterranean.
Down to the elephants, similar to Hannibal from Carthage :smiley:
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:31 PM
indeed the poor old Oliphauts :smiley:
Oliphants
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:31 PM
Yep!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:32 PM
reminds me of a young Hobbit in the middle of wilderness meeting
with grim stangers on the edge of a war and shortly after a
battle quoting old shire verses :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:32 PM
was that in Ithilien?
Ah yes, and Sam with the verse about the Mumakil.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:35 PM
uhu yes :smiley:
or no actually i confused that as well my foggy fault#
that was in front of the Black Gate
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:36 PM
Was that where they saw one?
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:36 PM
Sam asking Gollum whether he had seen an Oliphant marrching out there
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:36 PM
Ah.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:37 PM
ah i am sure Varda will put it right when she turns up or tell you next week :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:37 PM
hehe
what about Forochel?
Inspired by the Inuit?
Or is it more Viking?
Finnish perhaps.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:42 PM
Lotro used an Inuit scenario
the people living there .. Mordor reminds a bit of Tundra and desert ..
remember not the whole of Mordor was barren and plantless
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:43 PM
Wouldn't really be able to sustain people if it was.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:43 PM
there were still areas where corn was grown and propbably mounts bred and raised
the wainraiders .. they sound a bit mongole like?
marauding raders if i remeber right?
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:45 PM
Possibly, but not sure about the wagons.
Sounds a bit more like US colonial times.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:46 PM
some celtic tribes actually used wagons to live in .. the
Sarmates for example a tribe that lived in what is today Hungary
, East Austria
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:46 PM
Or something from Greek times, perhaps...
and yes, that could work too
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:47 PM
speaking of Rivers . the Anduin is a bit like the Rhine :)?
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:47 PM
Long river, starts in mountain, goes past forest, is home to a large harbor city at the end? :smiley:
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:47 PM
something of that dimensions and the Brandywine river like the neckar that flows into the rhine :)?
yeah .. it does eventually .. let me think .. or blush let me check
The Rhine is more like the river Isen actually looking at this map
a long river with a huge delta that joins the great sea .. aka north sea
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:51 PM
Directionally, sure. Otherwise, it still kinda fits.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:51 PM
flows together with several rivers in the netherlands eventually in the Ijseselmer and then into the Northsea
into
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:52 PM
Eh, only partly in the IJsselmeer.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:52 PM
and Waddenzee
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:53 PM
Most of it goes west past Rotterdam.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:53 PM
and Maarkermer
and smaller Arms indeed past rotter dam and Den Haag
but the whole River ends up finally in the North Sea :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:54 PM
True!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:55 PM
Right what elsee do we have ?
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:56 PM
Mountains!
Mountains, Gandalf!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:57 PM
we have the influence of the Christian Creation of course in the
Ainulindale .. the idea of Eru creating merely by speakng
with the idea of the minor spirits the Maia , not too unsimilar like
the Angels .. oh dear .. dangerous territory i know :smiley: but one
sees the parallesl :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:58 PM
Greatest lieutenant of the Creator falling to evil out of jealousy? No, doesn't sound familiar at all :wink:
Varda - Last Sunday at 5:58 PM
Aiya
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:58 PM
hehe :wink:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:58 PM
Aiya!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 5:58 PM
Aiya Varda :smiley:
glad to see you :smile:
how are you?
Varda - Last Sunday at 5:59 PM
Very happy. :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:59 PM
I always liked how Tolkien's mythology combined monotheistic creation with a polytheistic pantheon.
Varda - Last Sunday at 5:59 PM
But I need to run make supper right quick for all these people.
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 5:59 PM
Ah, good luck!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 6:00 PM
good luck and say hello from us :smiley:
Varda - Last Sunday at 6:00 PM
Bilbo's twins had the gender reveal party. We just came back.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 6:00 PM
or rather say aiya :smiley:
Varda - Last Sunday at 6:00 PM
Anyone want to know right quick?
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 6:00 PM
Yay! What's the verdict?
Varda - Last Sunday at 6:00 PM
Boy and girl!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 6:00 PM
sure :smiley:
Varda - Last Sunday at 6:00 PM
Fraternal
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 6:00 PM
One of each, how useful!
Varda - Last Sunday at 6:00 PM
hehe
Ok, running to cook. Elwing is here, plans to join us in LoTRO shortly.
Will scroll back. Sounds very interesting
ArienV - Last Sunday at 6:01 PM
enjoy the meal :smiley:
and the cooking
very Hobbit like :smiley: i guess they d love to join
right .. . not to mention how in the Lord of the Rings Christrian
values like Forgiveness and Tolerance shine through from time tto time
, same as mercy and the willingness to help others in a need greater
than the own
like Merry with the Pipeweed he offered Saruman
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 6:04 PM
Well, Tolkien was Christian, so it would make sense.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 6:04 PM
it would :smiley:
there is nothing more i can dig up from my head .. and the time is up :smiley:
so .. *takes a feather and an ink pot
and draws a metal gavel .. the drawing springs from the paper ..
catches the gavel and just about manages to hammer it on the virtual
meeting table .. *
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Aftermeeting
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 6:07 PM
Still, I'd hope things like forgiveness, tolerance and mercy are not
just Christian in nature, but a sign of advanced civilization where
social harmony is more important than violent competition :smiley:
It makes it easier to live in large cities etc.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 6:07 PM
it does indeed :smiley:
carry on feel free to add more if you want :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 6:08 PM
I wonder what a paper gavel hitting a table sounds like.
Rustling a bit, perhaps!
ArienV - Last Sunday at 6:11 PM
sends a spark on it to lighten it up and add a crackling sound .. speaks word of power and extinguishes fire
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 6:11 PM
Ooh, fancy.
ArienV - Last Sunday at 6:11 PM
well .. i shall be heading to be Phari .. sorry to leve you alone :/
to bed
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 6:12 PM
Namarie! And Varda is here.. somewhat...
And enjoy the Tolkien thing :smiley:
ArienV - Last Sunday at 6:12 PM
i think so she is yes :smiley:
thank you ! I will :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 6:35 PM
Personal gaming report!
Let's hunt some flashgames.
Varda - Last Sunday at 6:35 PM
back
Glad you guys handled the meeting! Much appreciated.
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 6:36 PM
Hopefully you'll be around next week though, because Arien won't be :smiley:
Varda - Last Sunday at 6:36 PM
Hamson and Elwing are in LotRO
I should be. : )
Far as I know, nothing planned then, so this should bump most anything else that can come up.
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 6:44 PM
Right, I've got some.
http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/platformer-mixtape/
is the first! A short-ish platformer, 20 levels. Bit of a puzzler in
when to move and jump, but most of it is practice and getting the
timing right.
Variety of mechanics including bouncing floors and ceilings,
gravity-switching levels when you jump, teleporters, and giant circular
saws moving around you have to avoid.
Not too difficult though.
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 7:06 PM
http://www.onemorelevel.com/game/afterlife_the_game
is the second game! Drag and click stuff to get through the fast-paced
levels as a ghost, getting to hell or heaven (your choice at the end,
actually - heaven is easier, though, ironically). Be warned, though, a
jumpscare in one of the earlier levels.
Afterlife The Game - OneMoreLevel.com
http://www.onemorelevel.com/game/make_7
is the third game. Tough one, not been able to finish it yet. Simple
though. You get random numbers from 1 to 3, place them in the grid;
when you get a three of the same attached, it converges on the third
spot to make a higher number. Goal is obviously to make 7, but I've not
been able to get beyond 6 without filling the board.
Make 7 - OneMoreLevel.com
Takes some thought and planning, and a bit of luck to get the higher numbers :smiley:
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Blizzard gaming!
Hearthstone:
The new event has started (in Europe, anyway) with extra dust for each
daily quest rather than just gold, and new temporary cards available in
arena.
Still pushing forward on xp for all classes. Brawl this week:
Randomonium. Choose a class, get random cards for that class, which
also randomly switch mana cost every turn. As such, it is advisable to
try to keep more expensive cards in your opening hand, and hope you get
lucky :smiley:
Heroes of the Storm:
Still level 276. I did get to the point where I had to buy myself a new Starcraft support, though, and went for Morales.
Bit of an odd hero, possibly even more purely heal-focused than Lucio,
which means soloing a lane with it is not advised. Still, it is
possible to make a bit of a grenade spec which helps in teamfights.
Also finished the Nexomania questline pretty easily, focusing on
takedowns in groupfights in the last few matches. All new rewards got!
Next event will start this week, with new quests, including one to play with friends, but that should be fine.
Brawl was a single-lane fight. Mostly heroes I was already quite
familiar with, though I did end up having more practice with the
somewhat unfamiliar Malthael. Went okay, though.
WoW:
Raiding still going along, no new mounts/pets from old raids or
anything new from current raid. But I did collect some new stuff
otherwise, which I'll get to in a bit.
Weekly quest is mythic dungeons, and had me doing a variety of mythic
levels, including some keystone dungeons. This included Vault of the
Wardens, where I still need a recipe, and which I have been doing on
heroic every day as well... but looking online for a moment, I found
out the droprate is slightly higher on mythic difficulty as well. So I
think I'll re-add that to my weekly schedule again.
But I did collect a whole lot of other things!
To start with, I finally got the toy that drops from 2 rare mobs on
Argus, the barrier generator. Been checking and camping out those 2
mobs for a long time, so I'm glad it's done. Nothing left now except 2
mounts, but those are less important. I will be checking the mobs for
those regulary, though.
Also got a new legendary token, for the shaman this time. It's my
second alt-class-token, and while it may not see use for a long time,
still nice to collect them now and then.
I then got a new cloak from outdoor Argus, a rare one which normally
comes from the quite rare cloak token you might get from rare mobs,
with a really low chance. I've been killing plenty of rares, but I
ended up getting it from the second possible source: A random proc from
the Veiled Argunite-bought cloak token. It was the item I had in mind
when I started buying cloaks, and now I'm pretty much done with the
Argunite.
Other than that: Pets! Many, many pets.
My next big project was Broken Isles Safari: collecting all the wild
pets found in the Broken Isles zones. I'd already gotten some in Azsuna
and Suramar, but also collected all of them from the other zones as
well, completing the achievement with a Fawn reward. Made it
challenging for myself by collecting only Rare quality pets, killing
and patrolling for respawns if necessary. Only exception was the
Hog-nosed Bat, a Highmountain pet that's so rare I settled for a normal
one.
As I went along I also decided to go for other pets in the zones I
hadn't gotten yet, from quests and drops, including a low-drop Eye pet
from Suramar which luckily only took about 30-40 kills for me while it
could've easily been hundreds, an Ashmaw cub which I had to protect
from some aggressive sprites which had killed its family (very sad
story) and a dog I rescued from a burning house near Bradensbrook;
don't know why I missed that quest for so long.
But I've got all of those now, with the last Safari pet gotten early in
this very meeting :smiley: Next up I'll be heading to Argus to collect
the few pets there.
And I'll wrap up the report by saying that the Before the Storm novel
should arrive in a couple of days, with my last missing volume of the
main Warcraft Comic series being estimated for a 3 days later, so
looking forward to both of those :smiley:
And that's my report!
- a
Ar-Pharazon-V - Last Sunday at 8:57 PM
namarie!
Varda - Last Sunday at 8:57 PM
Namarie Phar
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