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A Hunter and his Pets

widgetspace — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:24:40 GMT

The one thing I like most about a hunter toon is the ability to have pets with companion pets.

This is Thorain Storm with baby BB upon an iceberg in the frozen sea

This is Miosain my cat and spook the kitten

I have always loved Owls, This is Furyain.

I love my white eagle. Though, I am yet to settle upon a name for him.

What a difference a change makes

widgetspace — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:10:36 GMT

I have a great friend, who I enjoy playing with quite a bit, they lived in a country that matched my own time zone nicely. Though they had to move back to U.S.A and would no longer be able to raid with me. They joined Amacitia a U.S guild on the Oceanic Sever Khaz'goroth Which meant we were not able to play and hang out as much. I really missed hang'n with them as time zones meant I could not play with them as I had been, and missed doing so I contemplated moving Cernowain my newly lvl 80 hunter to the same guild. Per chance, their guild had a couple of runs and I was invited along. The people in the group were all pretty cool, mature, into having a good laugh. which helped presuade me more, about moving Cernowain yet I was still reserved, I mean what would be the point of moving my hunter to Amacitia, and find I not like it or more to the point the people and what sort of gaming out look and attitude they had. These questions and concerns where soon laid to rest when I went to Amacitia Guild Site. the one thing that caught me was their by line Amaicita Measuring the Success by the Quality of our Friends.

So I signed up to become a Member of Amacitia. The guild members are all great people thus far I been there a fortnight, and have found nothing I do not like about the guild, or the members. They all willing to help you run things and are encouraging, helpful and just fun to hang with. They take on heroic and Normal instances at a fast furious pace,going full tit like an undead running from a bath of holy water yet on all heroics I have gone on we have never wiped. ( at least not when I have n=been in one o the teams.) We get through a heroic Instance in like 30 mins. Its all such a smooth and polished run, that I heard my thought qestion, this is a heroic and not normal ? its like a Hot Knife through butter

This change has been in many respects the change I required to come out of my shell which is a good thing, I found I more out going, and though there are plenty of guild runs, One thing that is to me of notable difference and new is, I am out pugging far more than I ever use to, it s liek this guild has given me a confidence boost to actually Pug ( something I sorely lacked, and thus never really pugged)Thanks to the Guild members and a few pugs Cernowain is now Raid ready and so I look forward to running Naxx With the Amacitia team when they next run it. As I need to gear up before I can start running Ulduar with them.

So if you are on the Khaz'goroth server and looking for a guild I recommend you at least check out Amacitia.

Strike a Pose

widgetspace — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:45:34 GMT

Over some time of playing WOW, My main toon Widget the Mage. Has obtained a number of outfits. Though they saw little use, due to the hassle of swaping over chest and leg peices etc.

Until a friend pointed me to Outfitter by Mundocani.

Its a nice compact little add on, that allows you to change the look of your toon. with a simple left click of a button. its simple easy to use, and will make it so you never forget to put on that tabard you want to wear in Instances to get rep with factions.

Here are the three main outfits I tend to use on my mage.

This is my Biker gnome look, goggles and red check shirt, black pants and boots

Gone Fishing, is a

Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat

,the red check shirt Kalu'ak Fishing Pole and black pants and Boots

Mage of the Kirn Tor is my look for hanging out in the citys or when on raids as this is the Heroes' Frost fire Set from doing the 10 Man Naxx runs.

I am hoping to be able to put a chefs out fit together, though apart from the hat, from cooking dialys I am unsure what cloths would suit best so any ideas and postive input would be welcome.

I also have the Don Carlos' Famous Hat that summons the spirit wolf compainon, and outfit, its a pitty there isn't enough room in my bags for another outfit.

So dressin gup to match my activie I have found fun to do, andit maddsa little bit something diffrent while playing the diffrent aspects and doing proffs.

So is there an outfit you like to put on just for the fun of being able to do so ?

Sorry that Pet name is Reserved

widgetspace — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:17:33 GMT

I love my Night Elf Hunter.

I decided to get a pet ape, and went to name Him and recived this interface message

That name is reserved. Pick another name.

I wanted a fun name, for my Hardknuckle forager

Lets face it they look toff, but a fruit eating gorilla, who doesn't attack when you walk by one, doesn't seem to be the toughest of apes.

so the Name I came up with was

GongoGoBongo

I neaver had that message before when naming a pet.

So I am wondering how many hunters have ?

Odds and Ends

widgetspace — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:12:48 GMT

My night elf Hunter Cern is now lvl 75.

I Duel specced my Hunter to be MM, and the secondary Talent tree is a mix I am still playing around with it fine tuning it so I can use it as a leveling and PVE spec, as my main spec is really for Raiding. Having found it give's me the best versatility and bonus's to raid / party members

The biggest challenge I am finding is leveling my pets without leveling my character to fast or to high. As it s a right pain having a pet to low, and not being able to hold agro while I lay in with dps.

I found the best way to do this is by grind leveling my pet, which isn't a bad thing as it also allows me to gather leather for my profession to make mail and leather good's.

I happy I got my leather working to 115 today, which means I am making gear a lvl or two lvls higher than my toon and being able to sell leather / mail armor on AH for some good prices. Now it is at 115 lvl I can make a couple of the high end big pocket bags, which I see sell on A.H for a good sum of gold. Of corse the main reason I took up leather and skinning on my hunter was so I could make my own armor to save me some gold, and not have to be solely reliant on quest rewards which are generally not as good as the stuff I can make. Being able to sell gear is a bounis and a welcome one as I want to be able to buy cold weather flying skill when I hit lvl 77. The epic flying skill will be a harder target to reach. Though now I am able to make some good quietly leather, Mail and cloth gear, I am sure It won't take me to long to get both flying skill targets.

I seem to have a knack for naming pets. I fair time ago I named a couple of my friends Pets. My other friend commented on how much they liked the names, and was told I came up with them. So in a moment she was talking to me and asked if I would name her pet, which I was happy to do, Upon seeing her Cat, I picked a name I felt best reflected Her and her Pet, she loved the name and said it was perfect. I seem to have a thing for names in that, I go for names that have some deeper meaning to them, other than the face value. I have found It pays to be with the person and pet, it sounds silly as it all VR, but I do pick up on a vibe so to speak. With some quite thought and my mind racing though thousands of possible names, I then center on those names that seem to pop out at me, and the one that "speaks" to me most is generally the first option, which is most times the name the person likes the most.

Trailing on from my last blog post about my strong dislike for gold sellers and those that rip people off using their love of WOW. I see after my complaint about a comment that read to me like an ad, and my comment on gold sellers using our blogs to "comment" /feed back to our blog posts simply as a place to write an ad for their gold site. This has taken a disturbing twist, As I see they are now setting up blogs solely to push their gold sites. One has already been band. However the person or persons have simply just created a new account to carry on this disturbing trend. Thanks to Curse Admin the first is already banned, and I hope this second attempt shall be also, I just Hope Curse can just ban the ISP's saving the Curse Crew pain in the butt stuff leaving them free to deal with more important site related issues.

A really cool guy, friend and fellow guild mate got their account hacked on Friday. all His toons were striped bear and all their banks were also wiped clean. He brought a TCG card with the spectral mount on it, the link he got in the sale confirmation email to claim his Mount, was a fake, a very good fake of WOW's official web site. SO as he entered his details he unwittlying gave said seller his account details user name and pass word. The web page looked for all intensive prepossess to look well exactly like a Blizzard web site page. Only a couple of letters were different in the url bar. They went to a lot of effort to make sure the slightly altered and fake url, did not set off any warning bells, or draw attention to the fake url.

Luckily he was able to sort it out with Blizzard Accounts, though this took a number of hours with toll calls to the states, emails and proving he was in fact the real account owner. He will be getting a WOW card ID which gives an extra lvl of security. Yet he was left feeling, like a mug victim, ie abused and venerable. So another Heads up for all players. If you purchase off Ebay a wow related product such as a CTG, best bet is, Do not use the link enclosed in the email and go to the official web site yourself. Should you find the product you brought is a fraud in anyway email Pay Pal and they will not only refund you your money, but also bane the person and the isp from being able to set up any future frauds and will prosecute the person under false and Fraudulent sales laws under the country of origin laws about fraudulent sales etc.

I am getting round to finishing my wow music video. I left it for a few of weeks as I had the beginning and end alright, its been the middle where the acoustic bridge is, that has been a bit harder to smooth out. As I trying to make it interesting and not look like I threw just any old thing into it.

So hopefully by this time next week I will have a link to the completed peice

Gold sellers the Bane of my Play life

widgetspace — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:09:07 GMT

Well the gold sellers are back in force. It was a nice rest from their unwelcome and unwanted stupid whispers .Gold sellers are one of life's scum bag's that in my opinion are so low they would have to parachute out of a snakes ass, just to get to their computer to log onto W.O.W

You can always tell when they are back,Good's you can sell on the AH get undercut by a fair bit. Making honest players out to earn some gold , peeved as, as they legitimately save up gold to get, what ever their "goal" is that requires gold. The sellers don't care, they have no play life, their sole prepose is to farm, 24 /7 not play or to make any genuine welcome and positive contribution to the game in any shape or form. They create a self fulling cycle. But is it just the gold sellers ? Nope, as with all things its a two way street supply and demand. Players that either are ( A ) to dam lazy or stupid to make gold ( B) People that want a quick fix,with the concentration span of a Nat, and those that can't tell the simple difference between what they need and what they want. (C) those that get so frustrated at being undercut all the time, and wanting to buy item X for a heap of gold out of frustration turn to these evil Selfish Gits, to get the gold to get X item. Therefore unwittingly cause the cycle of undercutting to continue. Yet they do not seem to realize the gold sellers are screwing them over twice. One making you part with real life money. Secondly as already stated, undercutting the very goods you are trying to sell on AH. Which caused you to want to use their "services" in the first place.

If that wasn't enough to peeve me off in game life. I now see a number of comment posts recently from gold sellers on our blogs, once more they are not adding any positive input. just clogging the system up with their crap.

So all you gold sellers and those that use Game players Blogs to peddle your crapy existence BUGGER OFF AND CRWAL BACK UNDER THE ROCK YOU SLITHERED OUT FROM.

My hunter disguise

widgetspace — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:37:48 GMT

So its been a couple of weeks from last I wrote.

I finally got Widget one companion pet I have been wanting, the drop from daily fishing quest finaly yielded Chuck the baby croc. though I haven't been playing widget a lot just the odd daily that I like to do.

I been busy playing my hunter for a change of pace. Though there is the whole new quest zone in Northrend with everybody becoming Knights and champions of their race thing and other achievements and things I would like, I simply not in the mood and they can wait not like they going to be taken out of play in the next month

ITs been great fun and I really enjoying playing my hunter, thus far I have gotten him to lvl 72.

I got the "easter" achievement for my hunter a day or two after the first day mad rush of got to have it now a load of people fighting over eggs and getting pissed with frustration thing, So yeah I liked the ring the title achievement had "Cernowain the Noble" and will be most likely the only title he has. I not into doing achievements on all my toons. As I not into doing an achievement for the sake of it, the closet my main Widget will get to it is getting enough eggs for a pet bunny and the polymorph spell and thats it.

For those that read my blog, its no real gussing game why I have and like my hunter so much, as the one thing I do love is the games pets, o and the fact I can kinda match up companion pets to my hunter pets is a boon.

all my pets have two things in common, One they are all white ( so is my hunters hair) Two all three are rare, elite, or spawned pets.

I got Olm the wise tamed ( at lvl ) so my wonderful Owl, has a white tick bird hatchling not exactly the same I know but does look pretty cool when both flying along side one another, and when I jump on my white cat mount I have a reflection of my current hunter pet I have a great white Lion, his companion = white kitten

For my thrid and final pet I managed to with help from a priest friend, tame Hosser the elite lvl 71 bear from H.F and of corse baby blizzard bear is the companion, ( which also looks best, and reminiscent of the bears and cubs in dragon blight) so I have a pet for each tree. Yet more to the point, each pet I have found better for one aspect of play over another.

I did do the beast master talent tree, but found it a bit of a waste and prefer duel spec of MM and survial trees, probably because this suits my play style better. and found one is better for solo play while the other is better for instances and B.G's etc

I shall defiantly be getting this hunter up to lvl 80 and raid ready

I like PVP with this toon, However on my last foray into battle grounds (lvl 69 ) I was shocked at what I found. apart from W.S.G

The other battle fields were so light on Alliance players, the horde players at times out numbered us 10 to 1 ( respective of battle ground game group sizes ) I did get to have a couple of P.V.P achievements, and win the odd game, though I did give up in frustration. As the battle fields were it seems resembling a lot of older world game instances. It appears the been there done that attitude, and the thats old school, nobody does them any more, seems to have crossed right over into the battle fields. I found myself waiting for hours to get into a b.g , and not because they were so full, because not enough players on Alliance side were about to even get a game started and not even the incitement of BG quest of the day could not pull more player's in. IN the end it was frustration that took any and all fun out of the B.G's So I went back to lvling.

I prefer bows over guns, I just do not like guns , and can live without the bang of a gun in my ear, I hate loud and sudden bangs. I always found even as a kid a bow had a lvl of class and skill required that guns simply do not. Its a pity though that a lot of the Hunter rewards for the Alliance when it comes to weapons is guns, The Dev team apparently prefers the Alliance to have more Dwarf Hunters than Night Elf Hunters, based on quest rewards, and most mail is suited for Sharmen not hunters. The mail quest rewards or lack there of for HUnters armor is ok I can make that. THough I can make all the top guns, on my mage, of corse as stated I hate guns. So if a profession comes out where i can make bows I shall indeed take it up.

So yes life as a Night Elf hunter is fun.

I still play widget, though just giving him a break, as he is a prety well finished there not all tomuch left for him to get or want to get. The only way I could up his gear is 25 man raids, and I am more a casual raider and go raiding to help the guild dps side as new players lvl and get their toon's raid ready.

So for now my main play time is on my hunter, all the achievement's and all the new items can wait. I have hunting of another kind to do for now. See how we go.

Pros and Cons of the Mekgineer's Chopper/ Mechano-hog after patch3.1

widgetspace — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:23:53 GMT

This is in part an update post in connection to an ealyer Post Blog faq-about-the-mekgineer-s-chopper-mechano-hog

Knowing that with Patch 3.1 a number of changers were most likly to be made. Having had a week to test and learn all the pros and cons. I can think of. I now shall share them with you.

The Cons being, the K3 parts are still 12500k gold to buy. Wish they were cheaper,as the tank bike effect has been removed.

You can no longer do a vertical drop from the Dalaran sewer pipe and live upon impact, or off any other high ledge and live, So in this respect this is a total nerf, of one of the most fun things about the bikes. If you are riding shot gun in the side car, do not except invitation to join a battle ground. First leave the side car then except, Other wise you will either fall through the terrain, and end up dead have to res at Grave yard, and suffer the shame of deserter, or you may be ported to a place anywhere in the world, or you will find yourself in a weird semi zone of the Battleground yet are unable to participate in it.

THis is largely due to the fact the bikes have been re scripted to be an ordinary mount, taking ordinary mount abilities.

THis is were some of the Pros of the bike come in.

One with automatic dismount option of cast spell, now means you can ride into battle and begin to engage your battle ground opponents. ( without having to right click and dismount via the dismount button.

You will no longer be dismounted when you pass through a world portal, or enter into water, by the way the bikes make a very cool and quite fast boat.

Yet to me the best part of having a bike was nicly summed up in a comment by

Brisson "Exploring whole azeroth on my bike with Steppenwolf on the radio."

So there are plus's ( though I do miss my tank bike) and the best of these is having a cool bike you can ride round with your friends have a great time doing it. and classy mount to do so.

My Personal take on Add Ons, a mini helpful guide. ( I hope )

widgetspace — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:46:07 GMT

OK so Add ons.

For the longest time I played without them ( gasp, shock, horror ) though they are most helpful I am not the kind of player ( as others might be) that they are so dependant on add ons if they bug out all goes to Hell play wise.

I keep add ons at a minimum lvl as I can only using those I need for raiding and professions.

I only got a quest helper, some where around lvl 70. and had played all the game with out any such add ons and yes I could power level and I rembered all the quests ( i love a good quest story). I only then got a quest helper because of circumstances in my life meant suddenly my memory isn't what it was But I digress.

I decided to set up my thoughts on the following add ons having had some new ones for a trial peroid so here we go.

Quest helper add ons.

QuestHelper is an awesome tool and I highly recommend it for those newer to the game. more so for the first time players just on their first toon

coming in a neat easy use package with help full in game pointer arrows where to go and what you need.

HOwever as a more well versed player and no longer requiring alot of those helpful tools and always making sure add ons take up the lest amount of run program space as possible I switched to

Bayi's Extended Questlog This is a slim lined helper, and is great when I am having one of my pink haird days, Or need a refresher on where to find a perticulaerr bad guy,while reducing brain damage caused by over thinking trying to recall where you went and what you did on a higher lvl toon,

Info can with a click display on the map when you left click the speach bubble next tot he the quest objective. so a slim and slick wee add on for the more experienced player This helper I recommend for the more experienced Player who just having a Pink haired moment, or slightly fuzzed memory on a quest when playing an alt.

Personally having used QuestHelper for so long I find this a great tool and highly recommend it for the newwer player to the game, as it will speed things up for you and give you more help than alot of people can or know where something is, also will even help you find your body a wee quicker when you bite off more than you can chew.

for Profession add ons you can not go past one of the following two

Gatherer is best tool for those miner and herbiest out there. a powerful add on that can help you and your whole guild.

I tryed this new tool GatherMate agina slim lined helper and am still using it finding it great tool as it also allows an engeriner to mark the gas clouds one finds. So for me it si the prefered of hte two.

I have found alot of these add ons are not just a cleaver tool, or that one is better than another. I would say this I personally do no think any one is better than another, simply one is more suited to my/ your play style over another.

I have found Auctioneer One of the most helpful AH tools. especially when I have not known what I should sell something at, whats the best price without being greedy, what is the base price, a must have if you often sell and buy from AH

Its easy to clutter up alot of space on your hard drive with so many niffty add ons, my thing is get those that are useful to you and your toons, and you cann't go wrong.

Something a bit different

widgetspace — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:12:53 GMT

Well Its been a long long time from when I last did any eiditing of video. Due to cercumstances( I won't go into ) Much of my knowdlge of how to do it all was gone from memoray so I have had to relearn.

I am wanting to create a speical project

( I hope to be able to share with you all when I have it completed)

So here is a little something I put together, ( real basic and simple)

My First Clip mini music vid

So, I am working on a much bigger project. If it turns out as good as I hope I will, be very happy Gnome.

Also thanks to all for your support, the friendly feedback. and Hi to my first and new curse friend, you know who you are. :-D

Kirn Tor Familiar and secondary skill's fishing and cooking

widgetspace — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:45:48 GMT

Well I learnt something new about my Kirn Tor Familiar. He does a cool arcane blast, His animation is he holds out one arm ( like to cast a spell) and happly blasts away a few arcane bursts.

However he does have to stand in a spot for some time and this seems to be his way of saying, ha buddy I been standing here for ages I built up to much power and not gotton rid of it with a few arcane blast's, instead of how I normally do by chasing you over hill and dale and through every street and lane in the city's you visit.

I discovered his trick as I was working on the coins of Dalaran achievement, As yes he had to stand in a spot for quite some time as I fished up the coins required.

Side note here. fo rthose wondering how hard it is and how long it will take

I did find on each occasion, as I started to fish at the fountain that one seems to have to fish up gold fish and asorted junk for a bit before catching a coin, then once you got one they seem to flow.

I had completed the whole achivment in about 48 hours, and this was taking a break going off questing working on other game projects etc.

this is also saying some thing about me, as I was never really bothered with fishing, and only lvled very recently. In Part to hope to catch a rat ( for those that read my blog you know I a nutter for Champaign pets)

and found it rather fun also did it to lvl up my cooking skills so I can do the daily and make the very cool buff food ( way better than B.C buff food) The critter food recipe one of my fav's nothing like having a number of critters become your minions for a period of time so Blizzard has made fishing and cooking far more desirable skills to learn and skill up. Added to that the achievements and rewards you can get, its now actually a lot more fun and rewarding than ever. Also baby spice is always good for a laugh

IF you are wanting to lvl your fishing and cooking then I highly recommend

El's Extreme Anglin' fishing guide. A Guide to fishing in the World of Warcraft.

by following it I was able to skill up in 24 hours, with the new patch some exciting changes to fishing skill rewards and achievements will be coming. even if you are not lvl 80 and wish to know hwo best to skill as you level, follow this guide.

So yes I got my Titanium Seal of Dalaran

by completing Titanium Seal of Dalaran which is made up of hte following three sub achivments

A Penny For Your Thoughts

Silver in the City

There's Gold In That There Fountain

Some of the things written and wishs made with the coins are rather funny

So a very breif blog this week.

I would also like to thank those that gave my last blog entire a five star rating you really made my week so Cheers

FAQ about the Mekgineer's Chopper/ Mechano-hog

widgetspace — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:40:45 GMT

I thought I would take some time and write a blog to answer the qestions I get asked most about my Mekgineer's Chopper.

Being a Hip Gnome Engeriner I had to of corse, make a Mekgineer's Chopper. Apart from the number of requests I get asking to ride shot gun. I also have recived a number of questions regrading these wonderful mounts the

Mekgineer's Chopper ( Alliance)

Mechano-hog ( Horde )

What's the difference between the Mekgineer's Chopper and the Mechano-hog ?

Not alot both use the same model. However that said both use their own mount icon ( a different key) and both have their own textures and colors

The Mechano-hog for the Horde is panted Red and brown with the Horde Insigna on the front of the bike

The Alliance has the Alliance Insignia on the front and is painted Gold and Blue

What is the Level limit requirement to ride one, IS this another Profession only mount ?

To own and ride you must be lvl 80, and no you do not have to be an engineer

To ride shot gun in the side car I know of no level Limit and have had lvl 20's riding shot gun

Is the Side car a separate option does it cost extra to get ?

No the side car is part of the bike and when not in use folds up

It sits on the right hand side and looks as though it is a spare tier with a bag just below it.

Blizzard model designers put a lot of neat detail into the bike model

including the license plate on the back, ( just released never seen a horde bike close enough to see if it is the same license plate

As you can see the License Plate reads PWN. This is also a shot of the "interface" of the bike and the way Blizzard along with PVE planes and tanks has the same sort of controll to dismount.

At the time of writing this the Bike has its own health bar and if you look on your mini map you will see a "Party" icon dot for your bike right under your own icon of yourself

You can ride off almost anything and not die. ( apparently that is about to change will write here if it does)

If you find clicking the "pet" icon for yourt bike a bit of a pain simply right click the "buff" icon and you will dismount

You can not cast spells etc while in the bike however you can interact with PVE Characters for quest etc.

This is simply a look at the left hand side the Bike Foot will come down when you are stopped will lift when riding and if you "jump" pushes down lifting you up on an angled jump into the air

Doe's it matter if I specialize in Goblin or Gnome engineering ?

No it doesn't matter. As the two bikes are faction based, not profession specialization based.

I've seen these on the AH why do they cost so much ?

It is just the expense of the Parts, and the time required to get the other matt's

How much do the parts cost ?

I have split the parts into two groups. Those you can farm and those you have to buy from K3.

12 Titansteel Bar ( if you can mine the Titanium and smelt it this is the cheaper option do not worry about the cool down as you will need to make gold to buy the K3 parts )

If you are buying the Titansteel Bar you are looking at lowest base line cost of 99 to 105 gold per bar.

40 Handful of Cobalt Bolts ( mine Cobalt ore and smelt yourself)

If you are buying the bolts price's range in price depending on sale and demand

2x Arctic Fur If you do not have a skinner or can get from a friend you can buy these on AH from 30 to 50 gold per fur

The K3 Parts

The total cost of the K3 parts is 12500 gold

and is made up as follows

x 8 at 1000 gold each = 8000 gold

x 1 only

x 1 only ( once brought the icon disappers wil come back on your next visit)

Where can I get the Schematic ?

You can get the Schematic from two of your Factions vendors

For the Alliance you can buy it from

Logistics Officer Brighton Alliance Vanguard Quartermaster in the Howling Fjord

Logistics Officer Silverstone Alliance Vanguard Quartermaster in the

Borean Tundra

You must have an exalted reputation with the Alliance Vanguard, do not confuse this with the Alliance Expedition. At lvl 80 if you run lvl 80 instances or heroics. Wear NO FACTION Tabard as Alliance Vanguard is the default faction for rep points.

For the Horde you can buy it from

Gara Skullcrush Horde Expedition Quartermaster in the

Borean Tundra

Sebastian Crane Horde Expedition Quartermaster in the Howling Fjord

As I have no high lvl Horde I can only asume that the same Tabard Rep lore's apply as it does with the Alliance

I hope this has been some help to both engineers and non engineers alike

Learn Stinker the Skunk trick, My Newest companion rocks

widgetspace — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:06:13 GMT

I got Stinker the skunk before WOLK was released.

Most pets you click and they make a sound but stinky, was as quite as the grave, ( the graves that don't have undead rising from them)

I did think it would be cool if you clicked him he would let a stink bomb out.

Stinker though cute didn't seem to do anything, that is untill I found out the other day by chance that if a player has out a Bombay cat, or the black tabby cat. Stinky will have a heart apper over his head and chase the cat all over.

Fot those old enough to re call, this "trick" of Stinker's is in fact a tribute to Pepe' Le Pew

a cartoon chracter from the Warner Brothers Loon Toons

Most oft a female black cat would often one way or another get a white stripe of paint down its back, seeing Pepe' and knowing he was a skunk would naturally run a mile. Pepe' of corse being the romantic French Skunk would pursue said Cat. hence World of Warcraft has Stinker chasing a black cat's. Any other color / type of cat and Stinker will just well stand there.

very funny to watch.

For those that wish to add something a little different to their pet experience I made this macro up. Using the Happy pet snacks you can buy from Dalaran.

/emote gives His %T a Snack,and a pat and then whispers to the %T, "Your the best pet ever"

/use Happy Pet Snack

/hug

I am now a "Real Mage" having studied the books of Arcane. One does have to be patient, and there is no "short cut to accomplishing this achievement.

The first Four Books I was lucky to get in 24 hours, two of hte last four I got very shortly after the last two. these took abit longer to get, and the final one, by chance I was up late. So at 2 am my time =The 12 p.m v.r.t spawn time I thought o what the hell and there it was finally.

You are mailed a book that will teleport you to the highest Spire in the city

I recived my very own Kirn Tor Familiar. when I talked to the Mage there.

The promised calendar update

widgetspace — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:28:29 GMT

For all who read my post entitled

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS Read this before you order from a secondary party of Official Blizzard product.

I am pleased to let you know that last eve, my calendars arrived. Thier post date was for earlyer this month so one of two things may have happend the orginal order was for whatever reason returned to sender whoi then made sure I recived it as planned. Or the charity had recived 2 calendars ( possibly cancled orders /shrug)

I do still stand by my original post in that if you live out side the states check a couple of things at time of ordering. ( see orginal post)

Also I stand by the fact though I was disappointed my order had not arrived. The fact the money I paid, went to young people who are in more need of help, than I am in need of the calender, and though am happy I got the art work. Which was the reason I placed an order in the first place. At end of the day it wasn't the be all and end all. Knowing that money went to help young people with cancer, was the better end of the deal.

Born to be a biker Gnome

widgetspace — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:58:19 GMT

Well at long last I finally got to make my chopper bike.

OK so yes there should be an achivement just for getting the schematic ( seeme dto take for ever to get exalted.

Then thres the Bike making itself.

I go the matts together ( those you do no thave to buy from k3) pretty quick all things considered

Yes the Matts from K3,they are the kicker and thats the part that hurts the gold purse 12500 K gold

Piston 1000 gold each x 8

Salvaged Iron Golem Parts 3000 gold x1

Elementium-plated Exhaust 1500 gold Pipe x1

Yet now having made and ridden my Chopper bike. Totaly well worth it

What other mount can you drop vertically out of the Dalaran sewer pipe and not find yourself on impact, having a tea break with the spirit healer ?

Yup I tested this out and have done a number of vertical drops and not died

Its a guaranteed way to make your friends lose ten pounds ( from all the pooing in their pants) and make thier hair go white with fright.

The best thing is getting your mate riding sot gun in the side car and riding stright over a very high cliff

( hope this isn't something Blizz wil fix if they find out you can do this )

The best thing is getting your mate riding shot gun in the side car and riding stright over a very high cliff

( the over hang balconey at Ulder very good ride off point)

You can hear them scream and poo as they wonder what the hell you playing at getting them killed until you land and the cheer of "do it again", echos out and amazement of not finding they are dead.

Its just a supa fun and cool ride. Those in the side car get a very cool trip. As one of my friends put it, "this is so cool, its like going on a road trip"

though it beside the point they do not have to do anything but sit and watch the screany pass by, get up go afk and come back and find them self in another zone. Though one friend did say she couldn't take eyes off the monitor and said " This is the best fun I have had while doing nothing"

So all you engingers out there that have said blow that what a rip off. IT is well worth the time and effort.

I hope to edit this particular post and add a screen shot from the drivers point of view, much easier than trying to explain the "set up" of this particular mount.