02-10-2012, 08:40 PM
I finished the Southern Barrens and Dustwallow Marsh yesteday. The Southern Barrens was fun. This was the first time I missed playing on a PvP server, though, because I'll bet that on a PvP server, the SB is a *real* battlezone. I still had a lot of fun, however. I liked the joke about the Taurens always trying to blow up the dwarf's plane, and I also liked the search and rescue quest in Bael Modan.
I then moved on to Dustwallow Marsh, and I loved it. DWM used to be a favorite of mine, because ironically so few people went there -- and sometimes on a PvP server, you just want a break and to be left alone to quest. DWM had a lot more quests than many people realized, but the quest givers were so spread out that if you didn't know where to go, you wouldn't realize just how much was there.
And, yet, DWM was incomplete. It was like they got half-way through development of the zone and said, "We have to move on to other zones -- the release date is coming!" Well, it looks like they finally went back and finished the zone. Almost all of the old quests were there plus another, oh, 30+ additional quests. We finally found out who burned down the Shady Rest Inn. Yay! (However, I was hoping for a better answer than "a bunch of Taurens"). I got the "completing 60 quests" achievement in DWM before even stepping into Mudsprocket where another 8-10 quests were given.
Near the end of Neriad's adventures in DWM, the dailies reset on the server, so I had her run around completing all of the Love is in the Air dailies. In addition, her herbalism hadn't kept up with her character level, so I took her to some lower level zones to level up her herbalism. Plus, I had her do a few archaeology digs as long as she was in the area. She ended up getting 3/4ths of a level of experience without killing a single experience giving mob!
Yikes! Neriad is already level 43 and just starting Thousand Needles. I suspect that by the time she's done with TN (plus any dailies along the way), she'll be too high of a level for the Badlands. I'm just going to have to hit it later with an alt character. Oh, well. That's something to look forward to. I'm thinking Neriad will finish TN, run several random dungeons (her equipment could use a big upgrade), hit the Blasted Lands, and then jump through the Dark Portal.
I then moved on to Dustwallow Marsh, and I loved it. DWM used to be a favorite of mine, because ironically so few people went there -- and sometimes on a PvP server, you just want a break and to be left alone to quest. DWM had a lot more quests than many people realized, but the quest givers were so spread out that if you didn't know where to go, you wouldn't realize just how much was there.
And, yet, DWM was incomplete. It was like they got half-way through development of the zone and said, "We have to move on to other zones -- the release date is coming!" Well, it looks like they finally went back and finished the zone. Almost all of the old quests were there plus another, oh, 30+ additional quests. We finally found out who burned down the Shady Rest Inn. Yay! (However, I was hoping for a better answer than "a bunch of Taurens"). I got the "completing 60 quests" achievement in DWM before even stepping into Mudsprocket where another 8-10 quests were given.
Near the end of Neriad's adventures in DWM, the dailies reset on the server, so I had her run around completing all of the Love is in the Air dailies. In addition, her herbalism hadn't kept up with her character level, so I took her to some lower level zones to level up her herbalism. Plus, I had her do a few archaeology digs as long as she was in the area. She ended up getting 3/4ths of a level of experience without killing a single experience giving mob!
(02-10-2012, 03:30 PM)shoju Wrote: Thousand Needles if far and away the single greatest Zone that they redid, with Badlands second, and Blasted Lands a Close Third.
Yikes! Neriad is already level 43 and just starting Thousand Needles. I suspect that by the time she's done with TN (plus any dailies along the way), she'll be too high of a level for the Badlands. I'm just going to have to hit it later with an alt character. Oh, well. That's something to look forward to. I'm thinking Neriad will finish TN, run several random dungeons (her equipment could use a big upgrade), hit the Blasted Lands, and then jump through the Dark Portal.