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.