Monday, April 23, 2018

My 6th Level 80!!

Hi,

I got my latest level 80 this week. I leveled Greenbrit for most of the week and got her to 80 nearly finishing up Frostgorge Sound. I did a bit of the level 80 personal story, but stop as soon as I get the one to go meet Sayah Al Rajihd in the Cathedral. I just hate that underwater part of the story so much. It doesn't really matter, because I have no plans to ever complete any of the personal stories anyway.

Greenbrit
She did a few world bosses trying to get some better gear, and did get a couple of pieces. She's holed up on the Rich Iron Vein in Diessa Plateau now.

I then started working on leveling Huntingbrit, and get her to level 63, nearly having finished her level 60 personal story.

Mesmerbrit has been doing more World Completion and does the daily each day. She's up to 62% now, and is doing Lorna's Pass now. Karma is coming in slowly but surely, and it's very near 84K now, for another couple of pieces of Berserker gear for her.

Gold is coming in nicely. I now have 1000 Thin Leather Section, so the ones I'm getting from the Rich Iron Vein are being sold now. Gems are still a bit pricey for me. I hope it goes down to about 110 for 400, and then I'll buy 1200.

Gold: 395g 74s
Gems: 448

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 500 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 61
Map: 27% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 277
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map: 62% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 303
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Greenbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 23% Bags: 4/4/4/8 Crafts: None
Huntingbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 63
Map: 7% Bags: 4/4/4/8 Crafts: None


That's it. I hope to get Huntingbrit to level 80 next week.

Cheers.

Monday, April 16, 2018

Back to Leveling!!

Hi,

A few things for this week. One was that they introduced Glyphs. This apply to gathering tools and give some bonuses. I got the free Leather one and applied it to my Mining Pick. That's because of all the Rich Iron Ore vein mining I do. It's really good. For each Rich Iron, get about 2-5 Thin Leather Scraps for free. I don't know how to get other glyphs for my other tools, but I'll probably look into it sometime.

And yes, I'm back to leveling. Greenbrit has been my focus. I got her through the personal story, and when she got to 60, I did that one too. She's been leveling in Sparkly Fen, and just recently completed that zone. She's level 66 now.

The other thing I did this week was get Rangerbrit's Huntsman to 500! I did this in a way I've never leveled before. I actually went from 450-500 by buying everything on the TP. I guess I spent about 40g doing that, but I think it's worth it. I now have the recipe for Zojja's Longbow, and have started crafting a lot of the stuff I need for that Ascended bow. And here's something funny. I got ready to craft a vision crystal by crafting all the stuff required for it. Then I looked in my collection and realized I have TWO of them already :) They were from my choice of 'Ascedend materials' in the monthly log-on chest stuff.

Mesmerbrit got a bit more Map Completion done, and did some World Bosses. She got to 59% complete.

Gold: 334g 24s
Gems: 448

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 500 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 61
Map: 27% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 277
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map: 59% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 303
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None

Greenbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 66
Map: 10% Bags: 4/4/4/8 Crafts: None
Huntingbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 58
Map: 4% Bags: 4/4/4/8 Crafts: None


Next week I'll level more, and probably do more Ascended crafting, and map completion.

Cheers.

Monday, April 9, 2018

Two New Rangers!!

Hi,

I decided to use some of my gems to buy 2 more character slots this week. I decided to start two more Rangers, to make it 4 in total. And here they are. A Human and a Sylvari. Huntingbrit and Greenbrit.



I boosted them both to level 50 with level 50 boosters I had in the bank. Then, I did their personal stories. I got Huntingbrit though her level 50 story and now she's level 58. Greenbrit only got up to the level 30 story right now.

Why 2 more characters, you ask? Well, two more characters at the Rich Iron Vein is about an extra 50s each day :)

I did find another Rich Iron Vein close to Oldgate Waypoint, but it doesn't seem to be predictable. It's there sometime, but not at other times. It's slightly southwest of the waypoint, in the ruins there.

I also did a bit more Map Completion on Mesmerbrit this week, getting Kessex Hills finished, and getting her to 54% complete. No other leveling except for my new characters. Mesmerbrit did get another piece of Karma gear, but it's slow going getting to another 42K, because personal stories don't give any Karma at all. Mesmerbrit's been doing some World Bosses to keep the Karma ticking over.

I haven't bought any more gems yet. It's still hovering about 110-120g for 400. I guess I'm just going to have to suck it up soon, and buy when it's close to 110.

Gold: 365g 16s
Gems: 448

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 429 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 61
Map: 27% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 277
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map:46% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 303
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None

Greenbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 53
Map: 4% Bags: 4/4/4/8 Crafts: None
Huntingbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 58
Map: 4% Bags: 4/4/4/8 Crafts: None


Next week, I'll finish Greenbrit's personal story through level 50, and do more Map Completion on Mesmerbrit, and more Rich Iron Vein farming :)

Cheers.

Monday, April 2, 2018

3rd Map Completion!!

Hi,

Yay, I got Roverbrit to 100% Map Completion earlier in the week. It actually wasn't too bad. I needed some help on some of the Hero Points in the Ruins of Orr, and some of the vistas were pretty tough, but she got it done. She did get more geared up than any other character, getting full Karma Exotic Beserker armor, and a Karma back piece too. Now I'm low on Karma again :( I now have 6 Gift of Explorations, that I have no idea what to do with though:)

After this, I decided it was time for some leveling again. I decided to play Asurabrit, my Elementalist. Well, after playing her a bit a doing a bit more of her personal story, I decided that I hated playing an Elementalist. Uggh. So, I decided to do more Map Completion. This time on Mesmerbrit. First, she tried to gear up a bit doing some World Bosses (getting a couple of upgrades) and she bought one Karma piece. She's now the one I'm doing the daily with, and she's working on all the home cities now, with just a bit of Divinity's Reach left to do.

I did a little bit of crafting this week. Asurabrit needed a level 60 staff, so Mesmerbrit crafted her one.  Also, I realized that Asurabrit had a few Tailoring crafting bits and pieces in her inventory, so I decided to craft a bit and got Tailoring to 277.

The gold continues to roll in with the Rich Iron Ore Vein farming and doing the daily. It's up above 300g now.

Gold: 324g 40s
Gems: 2048

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 429 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 61
Map: 27% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 277
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map:46% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 303
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None


I really don't know what I'll do this week. I'll probably do more Map Completion on Mesmerbrit, and I may level Asurabrit a bit.

Cheers.

Monday, March 26, 2018

Rich Iron Vein Farming!!

Hi,

I've found a Rich Iron Vein that's good for farming on my eight characters. You probably all know about it anyway, but I found it in Diessa Plateau. I've now got 7 of my 8 characters stationed there, and get Roverbrit there every morning. They all mine it and get between 12-16 Iron Ore each. Iron Ore sells instantly for about 1s85c->2s each, so this usually brings in about 2g per day extra, for about 15 minutes of work.

Rich Iron Vein
It's just north west of Oldgate waypoint in Diessa Plateau, as you can see from the mini map in the picture. You need to fight some Flame Legion to get there, but nothing tough at all.

I've just been doing more Map Completion on Roverbrit. She's got to 89% now, and has nearly finished every zone except for the Ruins of Orr area. I've got 1000 Platinum Ore now, so it is being sold now too, bringing in a little more gold.

No more Fractals this week. No crafting this week either. The Gem price is still around 120g for 400 gems, so I'm still waiting for it to come down.

Gold: 279g 4s
Gems: 2048

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 429 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map: 37% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 89% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None


Next week, I'll continue to do the Rich Iron Ore farming, and hope to get Roverbrit's Map Completion done.

BTW: It's my birthday today!!

Cheers.

Monday, March 19, 2018

Doing Some Fractals!!

Hi,

I decided to try something different this week, and try out some Fractals. I made sure to get Roverbrit all geared with Karma Beserker armor first. I'm really glad the first couple went well, or i might have given up. The first two were really smooth, and I got some good loot. The second was the same. Then I ran into a couple of failures, dying and not being able to be rezzed, or party wipe. But I persevered and ran quite a few more successful ones.

Roverbrit doing Fractals
With my other time, I did Map stuff and the daily stuff on Roverbrit. She has completed a lot more zones, and is now 74% map complete. She's still got a lot left to go though. For the dailies, those mesmeric who give portals for the jumping puzzles are absolutely awesome! I wouldn't be able to do many, if any, of them if they didn't do the portals.

No crafting this week. I'm still looking to get a lot more high level mats before trying to get Rangerbrit's Huntsman to 500.

For gold, I've got 1000 of Green Wood logs and Copper Ore, so they're being sold on the TP now. This helps bring in the gold a bit. It's up to over 242 now. The gem price is still way too high to buy, but it seems to be coming down a bit now.

Gold: 242g 97s
Gems: 2048

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80

Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 429 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map: 37% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 74% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None


For next week, more map completion for Roverbrit, and maybe some more Fractals.

Cheers.

Monday, March 12, 2018

2nd Map Completion!!

Hi,

Yes. I got Rangerbrit's Map Completion this week. It was much easier on a Ranger than a Warrior. Cursed Shore was last (as it probably will be for all my characters). I really don't know what to do with Gift's of Exploration I'm getting, but I know it has something to do with crafting a Legendary. Well, I'm looking into crafting an Ascended piece before that.

Takling of crafting, I did work on leveling Rangerbrit's Huntsman this week. She even crafting a level 80 Exotic Longbow for Roverbrit, my next character for Map Completion (who got to 55% this week). She got Huntsman to 429, but now needs so much more Elder Wood and Orichalcum Ore now, and the high level crafting stuff for the Inscriptions. This will have to wait, as I'm not going to buy anything off the TP except Globs of Ectoplasm.

Gold went up a little bit this week. In fact, I now have 1000 Iron Ore, so Iron Ore is now getting sold again. As this happens for more and more mats, the gold will come running in again.


The Gem Exchange
As you can see, the Gem price is still very high (118g). I'm not buying at that price. It should come down in April after all the March sales are over. I now have 213g

Gold: 213g 72s
Gems: 2048

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80

Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 429 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map: 37% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 55% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None

That's it for this week, I'll work on Roverbrit's Map Completion this week, and start on Silvybrit if Rover gets it done.


Cheers.

Monday, March 5, 2018

Expanded Storage!!

Hi,

Yes, I decided to spend some of my gems and buy two more expansions for my collection storage. People had suggested I do this after I posted on the GW2 forums. I looked at what it might take to craft some ascended pieces, and you need soooo many mats it's ridiculous. So, having storage at 1000 per item rather than 500 is a necessity.

With that change, my gold making has dried up al lot. All the crafting mats over 500 that I used to sell are now just getting deposited. So, I only went up about 25g this week. 14g from daily, and then the other from doing some World Bosses and selling gear drops, vendoring greens and blues over 1s in value, and from doing lots of Hearts.

Talking about lots of Hearts, I've been doing map completion on Rangerbrit. She's got to 92% completion. She started off finishing the home cities and then got to work on the low level zones. She's now only got some of Fireheart Rise, Iron Marshes, and Blazeridge Steppes, and then some of Straits of Dev, Malchor's Leap, and Cursed Shore to go. Here she is this morning, doing some Fireheart Rise.

Fireheart Rise
I also worked on crafting a bit this week. I got Rangerbrit's Huntsman to 352. But now I need a lot more mithril and wood, so getting to 400 is going to have to wait. Oh, I looked into leveling Jeweler too, but that requires Globs of Ectoplasm. I started salvaging exotics, but then realized I could just buy them on the TP, and sell the exotics on the TP. As a test, I bought 10 for 18s11c each. I now have 20.

Gold: 180g 23s
Gems: 2048

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80

Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 67% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 352 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map: 37% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 42% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None

That's it for this week, I should get to 100% on Rangerbrit this week, and start working on my other 2 level 80s map completion.

Cheers.

Monday, February 26, 2018

100% Map Completion!!

Hi,

Yes! I got Blondybrit to 100% Map Completion this week. I thought it didn't include Straits of Dev, Malchor's Leap and Ruins of Orr, but when she had completed all the other zones, she was still lots of  Hero points etc. short of completion. But all hearts were complete. Luckily, she'd done Straits and Malchor's earlier, so she only had Orr to go. What a pain! She needed help on lots of the Hero Points. Here's the proof she got to 100%

Blondy gets to 100%!!
After she got done, I started working on Rangerbrit. She has a long way to go, but did make it to 67% this week.

I did a lot of crafting this week. I got Blondybrit's Weaponsmithing to 400!! In fact, I got it to 408. I was really surprised when it started going above 400. I though that 400-500 was only for those with the Expansions. I guess not. Anyway, in getting to 408, she used up nearly all the Mithril Ore. I'm really thinking of getting another Collection expander so that I can hold 750 of each item, instead of 500. I'll probably do this. It will cut down the gold I make, but I'm swimming in Gems already, and don't really need make tons of gold. In fact, I'll probably start salvaging all the exotics I get now, because I need the Globs of Ectoplasm. I also continued leveling Rangerbrit's Huntsman. She got it to 300. This will probably the one I'll concentrate on now, for some sweet Longbows and Rifles for my Rangers and Warriors.

Gold did go up nicely this week. I got to 155g 77s. I didn't buy any gems. I was waiting for it to get down to 105g for 400 gems, and it never did. It was always hovering around 110g.

Gold: 155g 77s
Gems: 3648

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 67% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 300 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map: 37% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 42% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None


That's it for the this week. More Map Completion and Crafting next week. I'm really enjoying GW2 at the moment.

Cheers.

Monday, February 19, 2018

My 5th Level 80!!

Hi,

Yay! I got Mesmerbrit to 80 this week. That's pretty amazing, 2 new level 80s in 2 weeks. She had to do all of Frostgorge Sound, after doing her level 70 personal story, to get to 80. It was pretty close too, she needed to do some events (and helped out with Claw of Jormag at level 77 :)) to actually make it to 80. After she was 80, I got her the ascended Ring and Accessory for laurels, and did a few World Bosses on her. But, she didn't get any good gear drops. I forgot to do the first bits of the level 80 personal story. That will have to come later.

This Rose has Thorns...and here they are!!
And there she is.

Speaking of Personal Story, I've got to figure out why Rangerbrit doesn't have a 12 slot bag. The bag is a reward from the level 70 Personal Story, so I need to log on to her and see what's going on.

So, I'm getting level 80s quicker than I can get Karma to gear them up with Karma gear. So, a change of pace is needed. I decided to work on Blondybrit's World Completion. She finished off a few more zones late in the week, and got to 89% completion. I hope to make this 100% at some point. In fact, I'm going to work on completion on the other 80s too. This brings in tons of Karma. She finished Bloodtide Coast, Sparkly Fen, and Kessex Hills. The other great thing about completing zones is the Black Lion Key you get (from the higher level zones). You get some fun stuff, and a piece of junk worth about 1g->2g50s. It helps bring in the gold.

Speaking about gold, we're up to 98g 5s. Not bad for this week. No crafting this week.

Gold: 98g 5s
Gems: 3648

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 89% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 325
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 55% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 232 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map: 37% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 42% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None

That's it for this week. More World Completion next week, and making Karma and Gold.

Cheers.

Monday, February 12, 2018

My 4th level 80!!

Hi,

Yay, I got Roverbrit to 80 this week. This makes it 2 Warriors and 2 Rangers to level 80. She got to 80 doing Frostgorge Sound, and made sure to finish it off completely for the bonus. After she got to 80, she got to Straits of Devestation and made sure to get to Malchor's Leap and Cursed Shore to open up the Karma vendor for Beserker gear. She got 2 pieces, as I'd amassed over 84K in Karma. I did splash out 75 Laurels for an Amulet and Ring for her. I think I'll do that for each character I get to 80.

Now that I realized that Karma is account bound, I started doing the daily on Silvybrit or Blondybrit, it didn't really matter. I'm enjoying trying out the jumping puzzles or dungeons, instead of the 4 events in a specific zones. I know I'd probably get more Karma from the events, but it takes so much longer. Thank you to all of you Commanders who provide portals for the jumping puzzle, and all the groups for dungeons. Here's Silvybrit completing Honor of the Waves, just this morning to complete the daily.

Doing Honor of the Waves
In other news, I decided on my next 80, it will be Mesmerbrit, my Mesmer. She did a lot of Bloodtide Coast, made it to Sparkfly Fen, and completed her level 60 Personal Story. She got to level 62 this week.

Also, I decided to level Blondybrit's Weaponsmithing a bit. I got her to 350. I might try and get to 400 this week.

Gold came in great this week. All the leveling through the platinum zones brought in lots of gold. I got enough to buy more gems. I waited until it was about 105g for 400 gems and then bought some. Gold is now back up above 41g again.

Gold: 41g 53s
Gems: 3648

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 85% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 325
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 55% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 232 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 62
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 42% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None

That's it for this week. I guess I'll try and get Mesmerbrit to 80 this week, and continue making gold.

Cheers.

Monday, February 5, 2018

Vacation and Sickness!!

Hi,

As I said last week, we had my Sister and Brother in Law here. We were showing them around the south of Florida for the week, so I didn't get much time to play. I did get to do the daily most days, but then I became very sick, and didn't even get to do the daily for a couple of days. It was just a cold, and I'm nearly over it now, but it really threw me for a loop for a couple of days.

The dailies have been mostly OK, but I really don't like the jumping puzzles,  and so have to do the 4 events in a zone or suffer through one. The mini dungeons and activities are fine. So I do the vista one, gathering one, and then choose whichever third one seems the easiest. As you can see, the gold has gone up a bit over the last couple of weeks.

Magmua Wastes Vista
I also leveled Roverbrit a bit, and got her to 69. The really annoying thing was that she still had a level 44 Longbow. None of the heart vendors seemed to have an upgrade at all. So, I got on Rangerbrit, and made a level 55 Longbow. This brought her Huntsman up to 232. I guess I'll have to really really level it up to make a higher level one if she can't get one from anywhere soon. I guess I could get one off the TP, but I'm just so averse at spending any gold at all.

I'm thinking that I will start spending some gold getting bigger bags. I know you need to buy one component of a bag to craft it, and it costs a lot for big bags. But it seems like a good use for gold, as I don't really need any more gems now.

I'm up to about 55k in Karma right now (I didn't realize it was account wide until recently), so Silvybrit can get another Beserker piece of armor.

Gold: 99g 53s
Gems: 3248

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 85% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 325
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 55% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 232 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 51
Map: 21% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 69
Map: 32% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None

That's it. On the road to recovery health wise, finished with vacations, so I should be able to try and get Roverbrit to 80 this week.

Cheers.

Monday, January 29, 2018

A Brief Interlude!!

Hi,

With family visiting, I don't really have time for a full blog update.

But don't worry, I'll be back next week.

I made some progress on getting my latest towards 80 (level 68 I think). I also got gold up to about 85g but I haven't played a lot because of company here.

More to come next week.

Cheers.

Monday, January 22, 2018

I'm Back...again!!

Hi,

It's good to be back.

I gave up WoW last week, and decided to come back to Guild Wars 2. I didn't have any trouble picking up the slack, and got back into doing Dredgenaught Cliffs for Iron Ore and Seasoned Wood, doing some World Bosses, and doing the daily. The log in rewards are excellent these days too.

I had forgotten about salvaging, and was vendoring most of my greens and blues. However, when I remembered, I now salvage everything less than 1s, and vendor those above 1s. Any materials that I have more than 500 of get vendored. Iron Ore and Seasoned Wood have really dropped in value, so I'm not going to do Dredgenaught Cliffs any more. Surprisingly, Onions are selling for nearly 3s each :). I pretty much instantly sell everything, and don't put them up at a higher price.

Here's Silvybrit, about to take some earnings from Trading Company:

Getting some cash from the TC

I've also been leveling Roverbrit this week. I got her to level 60. I haven't dipped into any other characters yet, only playing my Warriors and Rangers right now, that I feel most comfortable with.

Oh, I was doing the Daily and World Bosses on Blondybrit, without thinking about it. Then I remembered that Silvybrit still needs more Karma for gear. So now I'm doing them on her.

So, how did I get so many Gems? I think I got a couple of Gem cards for my Birthday last year, but then I stopped playing. I've bought 4 shared slots, the Unbreakable Pick, Axe and Sickle, and one bank extender (250->500 items stored). So, I really don't know what to spend the Gems on. I think I was planning on buying more Character Slots, but I want to get all these to 80 first. If you have any great ideas, let me know.

Gold: 62g 53s
Gems: 3248

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 85% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 325
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 55% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 226 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 51
Map: 21% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 64% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 60
Map: 28% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None


That's it for this week. Next week, I hope to make a lot more gold, and probably level Roverbrit a lot more.

Cheers.