Monday, May 26, 2014

Everyone to 35

Hi,

Yep, I did complete my plan for this week, getting all my characters to at least 35. The last was Necrobrit, who completed Gendarren Fields at level 32, but did the Fields of Ruin for a bit to get to 35.

Charrly has now moved past 35 leveling in Hirathi Hinterlands. A bit disappointed that the trees are still Gummo, but the Seasoned Wood ones will appear soon enough. I don't know if I should just get the right tools for one of my 80s and get the Seasoned Wood, or just wait for it to come naturally with Necro and Charrly.

I continued with World Bosses on Blondy, and added the Jungle Wurm. I also tried the Gollem Mark II once, but died almost immediately and didn't get loot. I think I'll give that one a pass. Blondy also tried out the Queen's Pavillion, but oh boy, what a flop. The bosses were really tough, and after about and hour, the event was completed at Bronze, netting 6 Champion bags. I could have done 4 World Bosses in that time, or way more than 6 champions. Just not worth the effort for the reward as far as I'm concerned.

I forgot about getting Ranger more gear, because I haven't been playing her. I'm just accumulating the Karma for later. I also keep forgetting to buy stuff with Guild Influence. I have tons of influence now.

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 62% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 227 Weaponsmith 325
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 38% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 202 Jeweler 226
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 54
Map: 23% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 175
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 43
Map: 17% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Artificer 171
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 37
Map: 19% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 42
Map: 20% Bags: 4/4/8/8 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 35
Map: 11% Bags: 5/5/5/5 Crafts: None

So, I'm now at 371/560, an increase of 11 since last week. I did continue to play Wildstar a bit, and Civ 5 a bit more than normal.

The plan for next week is to play GW2 until Friday, but then it's Wildstar headstart on Saturday, so I don't know how much I'll be playing after that. The goal is to continue leveling Charrly and Necro, and doing World Bosses to make gold.

Cheers.

Monday, May 19, 2014

A Wildstar Interlude, Cupcake!

Hi,

Oh Yeah! Played the Wildstar beta quite a bit this week, so progress in GW2 was pretty minimal. All that I'll say about it is that I did buy a copy, and I'm looking forward to playing on May 31st. But I'm planning on splitting my time between Wildstar and GW2, so I will continue to make progress.

Most of the stuff I did this week was on Blondy and Ranger. Blondy did 4 World Bosses most days, and Ranger did maybe 1 or 2. I did get back up to 40g with all the stuff I got, and bought over 400 gems more. I've got nearly 1300 now.

My 1327 gems

I leveled Asura just a bit, focusing on her as my next 80. She's hit Iron Marshes now. But then I decided to get Charrly and Necro to 35 and into Hirathi Highlands, so I stopped playing her.

Charrly completed Gendarren Fields, and is closing in on 35. Doing a bit more personal story, and some stuff in the zone where that takes place should suffice.

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 62% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 227 Weaponsmith 325
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 38% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 202 Jeweler 226
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 54
Map: 23% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 175
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 43
Map: 17% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Artificer 171
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 33
Map: 17% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 42
Map: 20% Bags: 4/4/8/8 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 28
Map: 6% Bags: 5/5/4/4 Crafts: None

So, I'm now at 360/560, an increase of only 6 since last week. As I said, that's because of Wildstar, and because I spent a lot of time on my 80s.

For next week, it should be a full GW2 week, because Wildstar beta is over. My plan is to get Charrly to 35, get Necro to 35 and to continue to do plenty of World Bosses.

Cheers.

Monday, May 12, 2014

Two Level 80s!!

Hi,

That's right. It only took a couple of days to get Ranger to 80. She then explored Malchor's Leap a bit to get a few of the temples open, and bought a couple of pieces of Karma gear. Now I'm poor on Karma again and will have to wait to get more gear for her. The Ranger is certainly fun, and my second favorite right now. I even did a couple of world bosses with her, and Ranger seems very effective.

Speaking of World bosses, Blondy has a couple more figured out, and now is on a good schedule. Maw -> Ugloth -> Fire Ele. Then dinner, and then Shadow Behemoth. Here's what it looks like doing Maw :)

Blondy vs Maw

That's Blondy in the foreground. She's been making the most of the gold I have. Lot's of gear from the World bosses goes for about 30-40s and it all starts adding up. With the gold I get, I'm buying gems, ready to improve my overall account once things go on sale. I was surprised that the gems for 10g dropped below 100, so I didn't buy. Fortunately, it was back up to 105 on Sunday, so I bought 40g worth. I have nearly 900 gems now.

Other than this, both Silvy and Asura have leveled this week. I was leveling Silvy and realized I really didn't want her to be my next 80. So, I fired up Asura and have been leveling her a lot. Elemental takes a bit of getting used to, but I think I'm getting the hang of it now.

I also tried leveling Artificing a bit more, but got stuck because I didn't have enough Seasoned Wood. So, I need to get more characters in the Tier 3 areas. That can wait though.

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 62% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 227 Weaponsmith 325
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 38% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 202 Jeweler 226
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 53
Map: 21% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 175
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 43
Map: 17% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Artificer 171
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 28
Map: 14% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 42
Map: 20% Bags: 4/4/8/8 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 28
Map: 6% Bags: 5/5/4/4 Crafts: None

So, I'm now at 354/560, an increase of 14 since last week. Let me tell you why that's a bit low. I've actually been playing a bit of the Wildstar Beta each night since it went open beta. It's actually quite fun, so maybe there will be a My Life On Planet Nexus soon :)

The plan for next week is to continue leveling Asura, do more World bosses on Blondy and Ranger, and perhaps level the lower level characters into Tier 3 areas.

Cheers.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Ranger, Ranger, Ranger

Hi,

That's right, it's all about Rangerbrit and getting to 80 (soon hopefully). I spent a lot of time on Ranger over the last week, and got her to level 74. She's now in Frostgorge Sound and going for completion. I've found this a pretty tough zone to figure out. You go north from a 71/72 area and suddenly all the mobs are level 80! Anyway, with the help of the internet, starting to figure it all out. Ranger is fun, and it will be good to see what it's like at 80. Knowing that you can only get loot from World Bosses once a day per character, it will be nice to be able to do it on a couple of characters.

Rangerbrit and Rooney

Other time was mostly spent on Silvy. She actually completed Hirathi Highlands, and is only level 40. This is kind of crazy. Only gained 5 levels while completing a 10 level zone. Anyway, I'm trying to become really familiar with Gendarren Forest and Hirathi Highlands, as I do those on all my characters.

I did play Blondy a bit. I've now got Flame Elemental and Shadow behemoth routines down, and will try out some other World Bosses to get familiar with them as time allows. FE and SB are nice, because they're 45 mins past each hour (FE odd hours, SB even hours) and are pretty easy to get to.

Other than that, I leveled Jewelcrafting up a bit, after realizing that it didn't need any tier 3 fine materials. So, it was easy getting it past tier 3 with all the gems I had. I also did my first laurel purchase, and purchased 5 Tier 6 mat bags. Even selling to just buy orders, this netted me 5g20s. Also, with the gold I had (40+) I bought 40g worth of Gems. Starting to build up my Gem stash for when things go on sale again.

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 61% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 227 Weaponsmith 325
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 74
Map: 34% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 202 Jeweler 226
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 47
Map: 18% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 175
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 43
Map: 15% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Artificer 153
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 28
Map: 14% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 40
Map: 13% Bags: 4/4/8/8 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 28
Map: 6% Bags: 5/5/4/4 Crafts: None

So, I'm now at 340/560, an increase of 25 since last week.

The plan for next week is to get Ranger to 80, and level some other characters. Also, to become familiar with some other World boss fights, and do FE and SB every day.

Cheers.