Legion Thoughts

Legion has been out a little over two weeks. I hit 100 on my main within five days, that Sunday after release. A nice leisurely pace for my first, and possibly only 100, this expansion. Here's what I think so far about Legion.

Eye Candy

Ding 89! So close, only half a level to go!

I love the monk animations, they're pretty cool. 

Trying some more 'monk' looking mog gear. 

Heri and I, checking out my Megaplot in Onverse.

This shopping cart is a mount, two people can ride it. Passenger sits in the buggy, so cute! 

Moving along in LoTRO.

Dire and I questing along.

Swimming!

Doing a jig or something while I wait on Dire to figure something out, heh. 

Pretty night scene. I really need to turn the UI off when I take pics.... oops. 

Cut scene, LoTRO.

Moonlight. 

Falling Into Place

Running after my champion as he slays those big bad newbie mobs.

Last night Dire decided he'd like to try out Lord of The Rings Online with me. We've not really been playing anything together for awhile so I thought he might take to the idea of something different that he's never tried. I haven't played LoTRO in quite awhile and figured maybe it would be a nice time to return. It is old school enough where he would enjoy it, but not too modern where he feels there isn't a challenge. We rolled up a tank and healer duo. We quested a bit and he commented on how nice the world looked. The game still is beautiful and holds up quite as it ages.

We ran around questing for a bit, which he seemed to enjoy. I've done the starting areas many times but it was really nice to do it over with Dire. A few years ago I was really enthralled with this game but he didn't want to play, so it is nice to go back with him this time.

We're starting over, well I am, he's never played. We figured out old trusty combo might fare us well with this game. So far it has been fun and I'm introducing him to things in the game such as traits and deeds. Which I often hear moans about the grind behind them but we're pretty happy to grind away at content, especially him, if it offers a neat goal behind it. We're 'EverQuesters' after all, heh. We were born into the MMO scene when it was a horrible grind! Honestly though, he really likes game play with things to work on such as AA points from EverQuest, so traits and deeds sound like something he'd enjoy working on. We'll see.

Thus far he hasn't complained about the combat, that is what makes it or breaks it for any game he plays. Combat. Lets play Rift? Combat sucks. EQ2? Combat sucks. That's what I am up against. If it doesn't click with him, which I enjoy combat in both of those games, it will kill it for him. I received a text earlier today from him"LoTRO tonight?" Which is a good sign so far! We're playing for free now to gauge how much we like it. I want to play this as a duo, more fun that way. We're on Landroval, I can't remember where I was playing before. I think this is the RP server, add me if you play there- Sablesix.

Heri and I. Ninjas (he's in the black)! That is the inventory there, it works well and is easy to work with.

On my own I am playing Onverse. Heri joins me on occasion. I've been doing a lot of questing lately. There are many quests which involve grinding player points for items and/or completing puzzles. It is casual and laid back, I enjoy this type of play. No stress or pressure to do anything in particular. That's how I like it. I still find this my go to game for relaxing. I play it on a regular basis because I just really love this little game. It isn't just a social type game where you just pump (RL) money into it for anything and everything, a lot of the cool stuff you have to obtain through quests and buying with player points.

A couple of weeks ago I was reading about rune hunting. Basically you hunt runes, with a special tool, within a temple maze for keys. These unlock a steam punk chest full of all kinds of neat steam punk themed items. I really wanted to do this but you had to complete a quest and you need other players to do so. I wasn't quite sure if I could even find anyone to help. Luckily there were some people working on this quest and several others helping when I headed out there. I was in luck! One amazing gal led me through the maze to the jumping puzzle part which I then cringed and balked at. I was dead tired that night and the thought of me jumping through the puzzle as the others jumped on platforms to move the ones I needed.... Well that was just daunting! People had to wait on me to jump through it, gah!

Questing. Those pillars behind me are part of a quest, more jumping, oh joy!

I am not the best at jumping games. I'm not terrible though. I'm harder on myself than I deserve in all honesty. I made it after several attempts and I was so thankful to the people who helped. The other person with me trying to complete it never got to the end, she just couldn't do it and I felt really bad for her. Nobody can do it for you, so to speak. I've asked my son to try a few jumping puzzles before, even he thinks they are quite hard and he's amazing at that kind of stuff. He's way better than I am but I do like to do them myself. Maybe one day I will convince him to play it with me!

I can't wait to get more mog gear. The monk is so fun to 'dress up'  =p

I'm also playing WoW. I subbed back for the holidays. Since I have time on the account I don't want it to go to waste and I am working on finally getting my monk to 90. I am sitting at 88, not too bad for a slacker! This will be my 4th 90. I would like to get my 86 DK to 90 but I think I will work on the monk instead, enjoying it at 90 and taking a long break from leveling. I will use my free boost to 90 (that is if I purchase the expansion) on my priest.

I'm back on the Horde with this one. I have an old friend who I enjoy playing with over there so I figured it was due time to go back. I still play my other 90's but for now I want to get back to the Horde some and just enjoy the monk I've wanted so badly for so long! I'm actually feeling quite excited about hitting 90 with it.

Things are falling into place with gaming this year, I'm pretty content and have plenty to keep me entertained. It comes and goes sometimes. If you're playing WoW, what will you use your boost to 90 on? If you're not playing WoW, what is keeping you entertained as we wait for all these long awaited 2014 releases?

The Quickie Post- Rift

Within the last few weeks of playing Rift I've picked up playing more steadily. It is nice to be back, while I've been fiddling on alts I'm also working on my main. I figure I may as well get one to cap, this time around I'm having fun with the Harbinger spec, it really is a lot of fun. The climb from 50-60 is not nearly as bad as t was, recently it was tuned to be more along the lines of 1-50. I've noticed it going a good bit faster. I managed to hit 55 last night. Woo!

Rift is a nice game, I'm especially enjoying the quests. I'm taking it easy on Instant Adventures lately, I used to do so many that I neglected questing. I like exploring around and the scenery is lovely to do so. Carnage quests are nice too, I love finding them and knocking them out.

I've also been decorating a few dimensions on my three characters. It is nice to have a cool dimension for each of them. Always fun and relaxing to do a little decorating or just pop in one and soak in the scenery for a few.

My year sub is up around January, as of now I plan on asking for another year for Christmas, but we'll see. I think I used it well, popping in here and there, chugging on alts, getting to see events. For me it was worth it.

Just a short post today, figured I'd share some lovely shots! Have a great weekend!

My rogue's dimension, love the little cabin area.

Graveyard.

A little pond I decorated. Little fox pet decided to sit on the lamp there, lol. Cuuute.

Cozy cottage beside the pond.

Searching for treasures in Rift. 

Cape Jule, so lovely.

Exploring the wilderness.

I love the sky in Rift, always so gorgeous. 

Ceiling in a new dimension I bought. A tower, it is simply stunning.  (temple of the abandoned- dimension)

Upstairs to tower.

View looking out of the tower door.

I could sit here all day :)

Bottom. 

Side view. Now the fun in decorating it.... It already looks so good what could I even add, lol. 

90- Late To The Party

Mmm.. Chicken.

Over the weekend I finally hit 90 in WoW. I still have a couple characters sitting at 88 and another at 85 but I think I will focus on my hunter for now and experience everything I've been working towards- Which is a lot. There are so many daily quests with so many factions! I do not have time to do them all but I make sure to do my favorites like The Tillers, I want to get my farm decked out! 

Speaking of farming, it is kind of neat. I like checking in on it, growing stuff, selling it. It doesn't really feel like housing at all to me, some people compare it. IMO, after playing some of the better housing out there, well, it cannot compare, but it is still quite nifty in it's own. I mean, who doesn't want their own farm if given the chance to have one? Plus, next patch we'll be able to own it, no buying it either, freeeeee! Well, once you max everything out, which I am still working on.

But yeah, so much to do now in this expansion. I thought things would slow down once I hit 90, nope, so much to do. The other expansions always had stuff to do but it really feels like MoP just expanded things. There are some fun factions to work on, way too many daily quests- not a bad thing and you never run out of things to do, right? Pet battles, fishing ($$$), trade skills in general, old instances and achievements, raids, five man instances, scenarios, rares to hunt... I really feel like there is always something to do, which is good! 

I have read the complaints about 'too much' to do, speaking of daily quests and factions in particular, but for me I just pace myself. I'm here for fun not to stress over maxing everything out asap. I mean I'd love to but I don't rush myself to burnout. I'll get there eventually, as I did with 90, heh. I'm always the last one to join in on the party. I like to call it fashionably late ;) 

I've done a couple of instances and a scenario, over the past few days. Had some decent people in the instances, the scenario was rather quiet and I was lost as hell, at first, but I picked up on what to do. Then there is the Valentine instance to do every day, hope to get the rocket mount this year!

For now, tons of things to do, enjoying that. I doubt I'll really raid, I can't sit still long enough to want to, but the odd instance or scenario here and there should be fun. On top of all this, even more in the next patch, more daily quests with a new area. It does feel like Blizzard is keeping the pace at a decent rate, but maybe I've been gone for too long? 

Quit buggin' me, we're almost there... 

Any relation to Jiminy Cricket?

King Varian makes it to Pandaria. 

Caring for baby.

This little guy is the last of his kind, son of Deathwing. 

Weekend Recap

Tinkerfest is here!

Over the weekend I managed to finish up the new quests from the Qeynos Rises update, in EQ2. I really enjoyed these quests, I even felt a bit sad when they were over. I wanted to keep on playing though the story, which I really liked a lot. The story made me feel part of the world, part of Qeynos because I was so drawn into the stories, and I really liked that. I didn't finish the Freeport line but I managed to get through a fair amount, to get a feel for that side, and I have to say those were just as good but with more of a darker feel. Qeynos is a bit more welcoming to me lately, always optimistic, while Freeport has a lot of sinister stories. Both are really great cities filled with a lot of fantastic lore. Just depends on what you want I suppose.

Tinkerfest is here, yay! It did get off to a late start, oops, someone forgot to flip a 'switch'. Good quests, lots of really great rewards, tons of housing items from merchants and quests. I've grabbed two pairs of wings, which act as flying mounts, very cool items from a holiday event. They cost 500 cogs, the best way to go about gathering these is to make a macro, so much easier and less redundant. A great post on what to do to create one here.

Other than that, I've been questing my heart out and having a blast. I'm really enjoying EQ2 again. I need to get some work done on some textures for Second Life today and I'm dragging my feet. I made my first sale in the Market Place this week. It's slow but I'm adding things and hopefully one of these days it will pick up a bit.

Sharing some pics!

Gone camping!

Questing in Antonica.

Guardian.

Queen Antonia Bayle.

All tied up.

A couple of my favorite NPC's from the new Qeynos questline- Murrar Shar and Field Marshal Vishra. 

Circle of The Ten. 

Baron Ironforge's office.

New wings from Tinkerfest, the darker set.

Our lovely guild hall, I didn't design this but someone else broke out and built this lovely large scale chessboard. Awesome!

EQ2 gives you wings...  Makes me want a REDBULL. 

Tinkerfest cheer!

Lighter, blue, set of wings from Tinkerfest.

Under the moon. Gave my Merc some snazzy new appearance weps from Tinkerfest.

Taking a rest?

Hanging out in the shop.