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It’s Only Gold, Right?

hynjoku — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:47:23 +0000

This was totally out of character, and I’m probably going to be kicking myself.

Today, I dropped 1200 gold at the Auction House.

1200 gold.

I’ve been spending a lot of time PVPing lately and had hoped to upgrade a lot of gear with honor and marks. It dawned on my that the [Gladiator's Heavy Crossbow] is REALLY pricey! In fact, I could use the honor necessary for that item to purchase two or three other items.

So, this morning, I dropped 1200 gold on a [Gyro-Balanced Khorium Destroyer], ',VAUTO,HAUTO,FULLHTML);" onmouseout="return nd();">[Glinting Noble Topaz], and [Khorium Scope].

The very first thing I can tell you is that this gun looks absolutely wicked. I haven’t done the math on the damage difference yet due to my Gun skill being so low (as evidenced in the screenshot), but I’ll report that shortly. I chose this over the [Don Santos' Famous Hunting Rifle], because of the huge STA boost and yellow gem socket. Since I’m PVPing so much, the STA boost is a welcome addition.

Anyway, I need to sit back and finish my I-just-spent-1200-gold panic attack. Adios!

Christmas Comes Early

hynjoku — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:59:47 +0000

I decided that I’d spend a little time in-game and get something different for my wife. She’s new to World of Warcraft, and I thought something out of the ordinary would be neat for her.

I hit the Ol’ Wetlands Trail and began grinding red dragon whelps in hopes of finding a [Tiny Crimson Whelpling]. It took me about 3 hours and all but one stack of bullets to finally get the little bugger. If you aren’t aware, all whelplings have a 1 in 1000 chance of dropping. Naturally, this can take a REALLY long time, if you are unlucky. I consider 3 hours to be fantastic.

When I gave the wife her whelpling wrapped in [Blue Ribboned Wrapping Paper], I told her that she could either keep it and have it follow her around as a relatively rare non-combat pet, or sell it on the Auction House. She thought the whelpling was pretty neat until I explained just how much folks would be willing to spend for such a difficult to acquire item.

Naturally, she made the right choice and sold it!

Above you’ll find the screenshot of how much she made off the whelpling. Since this is her first character, that 300G is going to go a long way.

Oh For the Love of Gnomeregan!

hynjoku — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:59:48 +0000

I forgot to mention that I completed Gnomeregan a while back. When I joined the LFG channel, a level 51 rogue immediately asked me if I wanted help. Never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I immediately accepted his offer and we duoed the entire instance.

Except for the batteries dying in my wireless keyboard in the middle of the Mekgineer Thermaplugg boss fight, the instance run went off without a hitch. I managed to acquire four rare items from this instance and associated quests. Anyway, not much else to report here.