However, Rift’s 1.1 patch, dubbed ‘River of Souls’ for the new Raid that presumably will unlock later in the patch’s life cycle.

For now, it is mostly a balance patch (not that I noticed, because I hadn’t played the game for weeks) with a ‘World Event’. This event has it’s own interface in the game’s UI (which I should probably cover in another post – short version, it’s not-moddable) which shows that it is comprised of three phases.

The current phase (I think the term they use is ‘Stage’ – whatever), is the first, which is basically comprised of a bunch of NPCs turning up and offering a bunch of daily quests. These are, as far as I can tell, the same for all characters from 1-50. They comprise of the following:

• Close 3 (non-grey con¹) Death Rifts.
• Defeat a (non-grey con) ‘River of Souls’ Death Invasion.
• Fight some level 10 enemies around the capital city of your team.
• Blow up some minor ‘River of Souls’ Death Invasion mobs.

There might be another one that I’m forgetting, but that’s about it. These give you a special currency (which is held in your bags, not your currency tab, annoyingly) which you can turn in for a number of Purple (item colors are the same as in WoW, as far as I can tell) rings for various level ranges (low, 30, 40 & 50), a choice of 3 different companion pets (which I will get on principle), and two other vanity items that were less alluring. Still gotta get them all, though.

This currency is also rewarded for closing ‘River of Souls’ Rifts and defeating the Invasions they spawn (although in lesser quantities) which means that the rewards are basically farmable, which I plan to do when I can catch a break and actually do it (why am I writing this when I could be farming?).

Nothing else of note has been added yet, but we’ll see. Or not, I’m pretty lazy. :3

So, beta is awesome. Bugs, random DCs, broken Goblin quests, it has EVERYTHING.

However, the big thing that is awesome is ARCHEOLOGY. It’s… just… damn. Love it more than fishing, mainly because the titles are A: Better than Salty, and B: Easier to get. Aw yeah, RNG boss FTW. (Says he with the worst luck).

Haven’t been rushing off leveling, as there are mini-showstoppers in the form of NO QUEST REWARDS for the best zone (Uldum) and Twilight Highlands. This means that leveling is “not easy”. Especially for a crappy geared, kinda squishy, mage. So waiting for that to be itemised, then making a dash for 85.

After that it’ll be using Tour Guide Recorder (mainly for my own nefarious uses, but I also plan to send my datasets to Tekkub, because sharing is caring, kids). (Please note: Nefarious uses === leveling on live in a less-inefficient manner. Also Loremaster), while I level up Iraia through the gambit of quests to 85.

Then, if I have time, hopefully I will be able to make a full 1-30+ run with a goblin mage, mainly to fully test out Kezan (which I’ve done, but the final quest can’t be turned in) / Lost Isles / Asharza (old favorite zone, because it is/was PRETTYFUL. Less so now, though).

So yeah. Expect a more proper writeup of Archeology when I’ve managed to get a few more skill points under my belt.

Like, really bad, guys. I AM NOT SHITTONG YOU GUIZ.

Okay, perhaps that last bit was a little too far.

Anyway, would you kindly pick one from the following list/poll thing.

So, yeah. No DK, Mage or Pally in here, because I have them at above 60. If the winner already exists (and isn’t a bank alt), it’ll be picked up from where it is at (somewhere between 6 – 19).

If nobody votes, I’ll be kinda sad, and stuff. I mean, this is a relatively short duration poll (like a day or two?) SO GET VOTIN ALREADY, JEEZ.

Other things, like race & spec are 100% my decision, but if you really have an opinion on that, you can leave a comment, savvy?

As such, I’ve decided to make a quick list of what I intend to play (and beat) this week.

• Bayonetta – Just started 1st playthrough (normal) intend to probably play through on hard also.
• Tales of Vesperia – Part way through (10 – 20 hours, perhaps?) intend to finish it, depends on how much time I spend on other games.
• Infinite Undiscovery – Just bought on the cheap, I’d like to give it a fair play – at least.
• Some Warcraft (of course) – Iraia is at 76, I’d like to get her to 80 in the next few days.
• Assassin’s Creed II – Finishing up the achievements, to properly 100% the game.

As you can see, that’s a fairly Xbox 360 based list (all but WoW are on there) – which means that they’re only going to get played during the evening, really, as the projector is kinda useless during the day (from about 12 - 7:30 , as it is summer here in Australia, and the room I’m using for projecting has a huge amount of windows in on the North/West facing walls) so there will still be plenty of time for WoW, and getting various achievements (like Peedlefeet now he’s not a random luck thing).

So, with that, I bid you adieu for now. Catch you in a few days, I guess.

Been playing the paladin, who is now sitting at 63 after fully clearing Hellfire (gaining over 5 whole levels in the process), and I did gain a level on the DK (or like half of one), with the drastic reduction in leveling speed in the 70s, I’m not feeling terribly enthused (I’m really just going on Cobalt farming runs and killing things at the same time).

I also started a HUNTARD. He is an orc, and that is the sex. Sexy orc sex, with their sexy oversized shoulder armor. (Disclaimer: He really isn’t the sex at all, Bayonetta is “the sex”.)

Now I’m not the only one leveling alts (mainly because Rilgon is leveling a Mage (awesome) that is frost ( … ) and is a lady Gnome (awesome)) but I am the only person who’s leveling an alt that also happens to post on this blog. ((Why did I feel it necessary to post that, anyway?))

So, what about you guys? Are any of you leveling alts?

Now for the stats;

• Total quests completed (Inc Non-Loremaster) : 66
• Total quests completed in [Eversong Woods] : 66
• Total Loremaster quests done (Total) : 63
• [Loremaster of Eastern Kingdoms] : 63/550 (63 from zone)
• [Loremaster of Kalimdor] : 0/685 (0 from zone)

For other interesting (not) stats, see after the break.

Total :

• Zones Explored : 1
• Kills : 211 (204 non-greycon)
• Deaths : 5 (1 Falling)
• Total Damage done : 25822
• Total Healing done : 2696

I'm to sexy for my elbows, to sexy for my elbows, so sexy I don't even have them anymore.

Apart from the fact she’s wearing a CLOTH chest, she’s doing alright. Despite the fact she has the ‘pretty’ face, I gave her the awesome X over her eyes, because it’s friggin awesome.