5LP: Ariadust Level 60! + Other Good News x2!

Ariadust is now level 60! So happy right now! ON TO ZANGARMARSH AND FLIGHT!

But, more importantly, Gamer Waltz will be having a second writer very soon...as soon as I teach him how to use Blogger. He may not post all to often, but he is fantastic at Final Fantasy XIII and various other games (primarily shooters, which happen to be a sort of game that I am incapable of covering, because I don't play them!). Let's just say that he's the real mastermind behind the Valfodr Level 70 Guide on here.

Secondly, I'm in the process of converting this blog over to Wordpress, but it'll probably take a while still. I have to get used to it and everything...
Also, because I started one, and then proceeded to forget what the username and password I used for it is, so I'm not going to be able to use GamerWaltz for it, so the title may be a bit different. Perhaps, Gamer_Waltz, or I'll shorten it to GaWa or something like that. I may even change it completely, since there's a new writer and all, and I think he should have some say in the title...Although I am rather fond of Gamer Waltz.
I'll, uh...keep you notified on any changes...

Thirdly, The New Writer and I are considering starting up a YouTube channel with gaming videos. Once our Xboxes stop being broken and I bother to pick up a capture card and a decent microphone...


As for Ariadust being level 60...

Shadow Form makes these pictures SUPER EXCITING AND DIFFERENT, doesn't it?

Equipment:
Tattered Dreadmist Mask, Kelsey's Necklace, Curtainfire Mantle, Ancient Bloodmoon Cloak, Whispering Tunic, Evil Dolly's Cuffs, Earth Warder's Gloves, Foreman's Sash, Tattered Dreadmist Leggings, Furen's Boots, Rubellite Ring of Intellect, Frostleaf Band, Power of the High Chief, Chelsea's Nightmare, Umbranse's Staff

Hmm, you know, if anyone else has any ideas on what to call the redone Wordpress version of Gamer Waltz, do let me know! :)

5LP: Ariadust Level 55!

Dreading the idea of Outland in 3 levels. Outland has never been a pleasant experience for me, and it's generally when I just give up. I would really like to keep it up with Ariadust, though, because I'm enjoying her much more than I've enjoyed Theeriyi.

Anyway, equipment:
Tattered Dreadmist Mask, Kelsey's Necklace, Curtainfire Mantle, Ancient Bloodmoon Cloak, Robe of the Thousand Needles, Evil Dolly's Cuffs, Earth Warder's Gloves, Gourmand's Sash, Tattered Dreadmist Leggings, Furen's Boots, Dangeorus Machinery Piece, Frostleaf Band, Power of the High Chief, Chelsea's Nightmare, Umbranse's Staff

I need Glyphs...

I'm Back! + 5LP: Ariadust Level 50

Hello again! I'm back! I still am not sure where my games got to though...Which is very much not fun.
A couple exciting things have happened recently! One of which is that I got my very own Xbox360, so you may get to hear some wonderful Skyrim-ish things, because I got the expansions as well.
I also got a Parakeet! I love him! His name is Louis, and he likes to chirp along to Pokémon movies.

Right now, though, I'm playing WoW again. As Ariadust, my lovely Shadow Priest.

Level 50! Whoo!

...Okay, maybe this picture was taken at level 52...

Anyway! Gear!

Kelsey's Necklace, Oasis Mantle, Robe of the Thousand Needles, Evil Dolly's Cuffs, Earth Warder's Gloves, Send-Off Belt, Furen's Boots, Dangerous Machinery Piece, Frostleaf Band, Power of the High Chief, Chelsea's Nightmare, Power of the Treant (staff).
I also have the Guild Heirlooms, so: Tattered Dreadmist Mask, Ancient Bloodmoon Cloak, and Tattered Dreadmist Leggings.

Ariadust Level 40

I just hit level 40 with Ariadust now.
Leveling in Thousand Needles, and still going strong!

Now, I have to take the ultra-long flight to Darnassus again to get my Journeyman Riding and to do some Enchanting training...That flight is painful.

Ariadust Update 1

I meant to do this last night, but I forgot!

Where am I right now with Ariadust?

I am leveling in Desolace, very unhappily. I am remembering why I always go to Stranglethorn instead of Desolace. It's that naga questline. Ugh, that naga questline. The one where you have to transform into a naga and kill water elementals and collect tablets. You have to avoid the sharks so that you aren't seen. Oh, but when you're killing water elementals, you attack so slowly and take a ton of damage. So I always stopped in what I thought was a safe area, transformed back, used Flash Heal, usually got attacked by a nearby naga that I didn't see, and then transformed back into a naga.

Oh, and then the questline where first you have to find a treasure chest, and then a satchel. The dwarf gives you a water breathing potion. Guess who accidentally clicked on it way before they were where they needed to be when they meant to click on naga form? Me. So that was tricky as well. I had to go to naga form so I could breathe underwater, find another naga, turn into a draenei again, kill the naga, then go back into naga form so I could breathe.

Not a pleasant experience.

I did, however, make it through Stonetalon Mountains without screaming. That's new! I mean, it was because I totally skipped over the quests involving it, went straight to another area of the map, and received a quest to go to Desolace at level 28, but...I was desperate. Literally, the only other quests I was offered were in the spider area. There were ancient-ruins-with-ghosts quests available too, but the only way to get to the ruins was through the spider area! I also still had the Bioshock-referencing quests too, but the items you need for that quest are ridiculously spread out, so I didn't want to do that one either. So, I skipped ahead, hoping that another area would have quests. The only area that did was Desolace, so I left Stonetalon Mountains at level 28 (if I didn't have heirloom gear, this would not have been possible).

Do not go to Desolace at level 28. The first quests, with the satyr are brutal at that level. It takes a while to kill them, and they do a large portion of damage to you as well. Wait until 30 like most people, just trust me.

Oh, but I did have my first death! I went AFK in a place that I thought was safe (I needed to feed my pet rats), but when I came back, I was dead. I decided that I was, by extension, killed by rats, resurrected, and carried on my shadowy little way.

Oh, and I'm level 33!

New Pants Please

Just finished Darkshore (Darkshore always seems to take longer than, say, the Barrens, for some reason). I ended up with an Aboriginal Loincloth of the Eagle. I hate these pants. I got them on my first ever Priest, who was a Worgen. At least they look a tiny bit better on this character than they did on the Worgen, but I would still like some new pants!

So, I'm level 20 on Ariadust. It feels really slow right now, but probably because of Darkshore...and Ashenvale's next. I might just respec to Discipline until level 30 or so, because otherwise I'm doing the same zones as I just did a few days ago on Octofish (except on Alliance, of course).

Oh, and as you can probably see, I got my heirloom helm! Of course, that left the remainder of my account with about 6 gold total, so that's troublesome, but it's for a good reason! If I level up this character, I'll likely enjoy her more than Theeriyi anyway, and then I'll be more motivated to earn more gold! Yay, I hope!

You know...

My last post made me realize something.

Why in the world do I level characters that I don't want?

I mean, I know what sorts of characters I want to level. I've been wanting a max level Priest and Mage for the longest time. And yet, what does my character screen look like?



My only max level character is a Monk that I somehow leveled without knowing how I managed it. Ignoring my healing priest that I'm not fond of anymore at level 41, my second highest is a Warrior. I don't even like melee classes! Why is Octofish a Warrior?!

I want to focus on a character that I like the idea of, and I like the idea of Priests (hence why I have so many. I'm honestly surprised my entire account doesn't consist of Priests at this point). Shadow Priests aren't as slow feeling as Mages are, and they don't have pets like Warlocks do. They're a happy medium to me (albeit with lower DPS ratings). I can even heal when I get sick of playing DPS, like I inevitably will!

Priests are my favorite class, so why don't I have a maxed level one yet? Why?!

And so, I am going to try my very hardest to actually level one seriously. I am certainly not going to cease leveling Octofish completely, but I will be refocusing my efforts on my new Priest, Ariadust.

I really, really hope I can do it this time. I feel like I can. I feel like losing Toontown made me want to focus on a single character because I never maxed Miss Binky Octofish due to a lack of concentration. I had TEN YEARS to max her, or at least get her to 100 laff! And I never did, because I just couldn't focus on just her, like I should have. So now, I'm stuck listening to music from Bossbot HQ and regretting never reaching a high enough level to participate in the group content I always wanted to complete.

So I will get to level 90 this time. I swear I will. Ariadust is going to be my character. She is going to be my main. If I get the urge to play an alt, I will ignore it. I'll switch to my healing spec and heal for a while. But I will reach level 90. It might take a while, since I will be starting a job soon and I have a boyfriend who obviously needs attention, but I will reach level 90. I hope to by the end of this year. I will be able to play through the next expansion while it is still current.

Not only that, but I want to actually be able to provide factual and interesting articles on this blog, rather than posts about my troubles leveling. I do not feel like I am in any place to be writing factual articles until I myself have experienced max level content.


Okay, that turned out to be a lot more passionate than I thought it was going to be. Actually, it veered off completely from my original idea from the post. Oh well! I guess I just declared that I'm going to hit level 90 by the end of the year. So, I guess I will! I won't check in constantly with 5LP stuff, but I think I will check in every day at least with how I'm doing. Given the name of my character, calling this my Genesis Project would be awfully appropriate, but I don't think that's what I'll end up calling it.

Wish me luck in breaking my alt habits! :)

5LP: Ariadust Level 5

I've been making considerably less characters recently, since it seems like once they're above level 10, they're pretty safe as of late.

This is my new Mage, who we'll just have to wait and see if she sticks around. I've done way too many level 5 human 5LP things here, so I'll just skip the equipment list. It's exactly the same as any other level 5 human cloth-wearer!