April 2015

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I normally have absolutely terrible luck when it comes to opening salvage crates. I never get anything worthwhile out of them other than follower armor/weapon upgrades. I must have opened thousands of those suckers by now across my four characters with not much to show. My normal routine is to speed click through them so i can vendor all the junk and move along my way. I honestly stopped paying attention to this process altogether. My bad luck is legendary when it comes to RNG in MMO's.


Well that finally changed for the better. I received my first piece of actual epic loot from a crate. What's even nicer is that i can actually use it as an upgrade, let alone for transmog purposes later down the road. After my initial amusement, i began thinking about something i would have never thought about before. Do i keep it and use it or do i sell it and pay for my next months subscription?

Granted the reason i never thought about this option before is that it didn't exist until recently. Well not legally i suppose. I always had the option to do this through underground means, but it was never something i ever considered. Real money trade just isn't my cup of tea. It defeats the purpose of the game for me. So what changed? The option to do so legally i suppose.

Then i started thinking if this is something i want to do this once or whether i'll always be keeping this in mind for any future BoE's. I have no issue trading gold for tokens as I've already done for this upcoming month. My worry is that this option will somehow affect my choices moving forward in a negative way. I don't want it to and i certainly won't allow it to, but it still concerns me a bit.

Blackrock Bulwark
New Shiny


The item in question is the Blackrock Bulwark. It's perfect for my Protection Warrior's tanking transmog set. I can also use it as an actual upgrade, which again is another positive. The issue is of course that i never play this spec so i feel it would be wasted sitting in my bag taking up space. The going rate on my server for this is 22-25k, which is also the going rate for the token. I'm not exactly swimming in gold since i'm still relatively new to the game, but i'm also not in dire need of any as well. Still, who doesn't like free game time right


Bulwark of Azzinoth
Old Yucky



My opposition to selling it is the fact that i love collecting transmogs. It's half the game for me at this point, when i'm not raiding or farming mounts. I also already have the Bulwark of Azzinoth as my main shield transmog. It's basically a lower res version of the new shield and the go to shield for every damn warrior in the game. While it is pretty much the same model, it's definitely less visually appealing than the new one. I, at least, notice the huge difference right away. To sell, or not to sell, that is the question. Its is a pickle. Hopefully it doesn't start a trend for me.


The Lorewalkers Reputation

Had i known the reputation grind for The Lorewalkers was essentially just flying around Pandaria and clicking on stuff, i'd have finished this a long time ago. I'd been was putting this off for a while since i assumed i'd have to be grinding dailies once again, which i despise. Credit to my buddy Laz for straightening me out and getting me on my way. Once in a while you fake knowing what you're doing quite well.

Mount number 109 is the Disc of the Red Flying Cloud. It's going right on my bar as my main mount for a while. I'm a sucker for mounts that look proper whether on ground or in the air. This one definitely fits that criteria quite nicely. It reminds me a bit of my mount in EQ2.

Disc of the Red Flying Cloud


Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher

Since the release of Blackrock Foundry, I've taken a bit of a hiatus from mount farming. So as i was skimming through my achievements tab last night before raid, i noticed i was one task short of completing Glory of the Icecrown Raider (10 player). I'm not sure how i left this undone for so long but, once i saw it, i had to get it completed asap. Not a bad five minutes spent at all. Welcome to my stable Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher.

Only 142 mounts to go! Ugh...

Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher


World of Warcraft Tier 10 Warrior

The moment i decided to level a warrior was the moment i knew exactly which set i wanted for my transmog. It was tier 10 all the way and there really was no alternative. Everything about this tier screams Warrior to me, from the horned helmet to the boar head shoulders. It has rage emanating from every nook and cranny. The set just looks damn good. I actually managed to get the full set before i even dinged 100, which actually happened rather recently. The tabard, on the other hand, took some reputation grinding to complete. 

Fury set:

World of Warcraft Tier 10 Warrior


Now, i told myself i would never be like every other Warrior and go with the all too cliche choice for my shield transmog. I constantly shake my head at every damn Warrior for using the Bulwark because every one of them do in fact use it. They all look look like clones of one another! So what did i decide to use to buck the trend? Don't judge me.

Bulwark of Azzinoth

Protection set:




Finishing up the Black Rock Foundry portion of my legendary ring quest opened up the quest for a legendary follower. Of course it had to be an Orc. It's always a damn Orc isn't it? Oh well i suppose. Garona can sit in the corner somewhere and think about what she's done. She now becomes my 34'th follower completely maxed out at level 675 and can join the crew holding down my lovely garrison. I say "lovely" as sarcastically as i possibly can. I'll expand on that at another time!

Garona Halforcen
Orcs? In my Garrison?!

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