02-17-2012, 11:51 AM
After a few runs in the lower level Lich King dungeons, Neriad moved on to the Grizzly Hills. The whole zone was terrific. Thank-you to everyone who suggested it. I enjoyed myself quite well with most of the quest lines. By the end, I have to admit that I started to get a little burned out, because there were just so many dang quests. At one point I thought I was just about done with the zone and ended up picking up three additional quests that each lead to further chains of quests. Still, again, I had a lot of fun and got the Achievement for doing 85 quests in the zone. I ended up needing the help of two helpful level Lurkers to help me finish off Arugal and his elite pals. As far as I can tell, the only quest I didn't do was the fishing quest, because Neriad's fishing isn't up to snuff just yet.
My original plan had been to then go on a few more dungeon runs and then hit the Storm Peaks, which had been suggested to me by Bolty as being a "must see" zone. However, Neriad was already so high of a level after finishing the Grizzly Hills and the dungeons would clearly level her too fast to give her much of a chance to finish the Storm Peaks before hitting 80. So, I chose to just focus on the dungeons, making sure that Neriad hit every one of them at least once, which she did. You can probably guess my favorites -- the Culling of Statholme and The Nexus (the one where you fly the dragons). It took me about 3/4ths of the dungeon to undersand and get used to what was going on in The Nexus, but I had a surprisingly patient pug group helping me through it.
So, late last night, Neriad hit 80 and after buying the riding mastery skill, she took the boat to Vashj'ir. She's basically just starting. She got her sea horse, and she just rescued Adarrah and her two companions. I am absolutely loving the zone so far. I can't wait to see what happens next.
My original plan had been to then go on a few more dungeon runs and then hit the Storm Peaks, which had been suggested to me by Bolty as being a "must see" zone. However, Neriad was already so high of a level after finishing the Grizzly Hills and the dungeons would clearly level her too fast to give her much of a chance to finish the Storm Peaks before hitting 80. So, I chose to just focus on the dungeons, making sure that Neriad hit every one of them at least once, which she did. You can probably guess my favorites -- the Culling of Statholme and The Nexus (the one where you fly the dragons). It took me about 3/4ths of the dungeon to undersand and get used to what was going on in The Nexus, but I had a surprisingly patient pug group helping me through it.
So, late last night, Neriad hit 80 and after buying the riding mastery skill, she took the boat to Vashj'ir. She's basically just starting. She got her sea horse, and she just rescued Adarrah and her two companions. I am absolutely loving the zone so far. I can't wait to see what happens next.