A New Grind
Our guild didn't get any raiding done over the long weekend -- most of our members were on vacation or otherwise unavailable. We managed to go into Molten Core and kill Ragnaros, but considering that we should have been working up to Farming Speed in BWL or exploring AQ40 or Naxx, we were slacking.
Personally though, I'm more or less satisfied with my pre-expansion gear. My DKP status means I don't realistically have a shot at any of the elite gear that would be a real upgrade, and the marginal upgrades that I could get -- the Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal vs. the Mantle of Maz'Nadir, for example -- aren't beefy enough to get too excited about.
Instead, I've become fixated on getting Bottomless Bags. On most servers, this might not be a problem; you'd just have to farm the gold to buy the mats. On my server though, only one person ever got the pattern. And while he WAS Horde side, he either quit the game or transferred. So, no Bottomless Bags for my realm until someone else finds the pattern.
People are claiming on Thottbot that you can get the pattern from Eternium Lockboxes. Unfortunately, the only mobs that drop them are elites level 61 and above. Usually you have to go into an instance to find mobs that level, but there are a couple of places in the overworld where you can find them.
One of my guildies suggested Alcaz Island, a mini-zone off the coast of Dustwallow Marsh used for some of the Tier 0.5 quests. I quickly learned that I couldn't tackle the Minions of Weavil, but with six stacks of yummy mage water in my bags I was able to farm the Naga and the Hydras for a good long while. Only about a third of the mobs are level 61 (and thus eligible to drop Eternium Lockboxes), but after a couple of hours of farming I netted one Eternium Lockbox, several greens and a couple of blues.
Sadly, the lockbox held only a random blue and green item and no Bottomless Bag pattern. But considering my farming yielded both a +20 FR ring and a Maiden's Circle (approximate worth: 250g), I'll give this area a couple more tries. If I don't have luck or get bored, I'll start assisting groups attacking Hive'Regal in Silithus where I can work on CC and Brood rep while killing the occassional Level 61 bug.
Personally though, I'm more or less satisfied with my pre-expansion gear. My DKP status means I don't realistically have a shot at any of the elite gear that would be a real upgrade, and the marginal upgrades that I could get -- the Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal vs. the Mantle of Maz'Nadir, for example -- aren't beefy enough to get too excited about.
Instead, I've become fixated on getting Bottomless Bags. On most servers, this might not be a problem; you'd just have to farm the gold to buy the mats. On my server though, only one person ever got the pattern. And while he WAS Horde side, he either quit the game or transferred. So, no Bottomless Bags for my realm until someone else finds the pattern.
People are claiming on Thottbot that you can get the pattern from Eternium Lockboxes. Unfortunately, the only mobs that drop them are elites level 61 and above. Usually you have to go into an instance to find mobs that level, but there are a couple of places in the overworld where you can find them.
One of my guildies suggested Alcaz Island, a mini-zone off the coast of Dustwallow Marsh used for some of the Tier 0.5 quests. I quickly learned that I couldn't tackle the Minions of Weavil, but with six stacks of yummy mage water in my bags I was able to farm the Naga and the Hydras for a good long while. Only about a third of the mobs are level 61 (and thus eligible to drop Eternium Lockboxes), but after a couple of hours of farming I netted one Eternium Lockbox, several greens and a couple of blues.
Sadly, the lockbox held only a random blue and green item and no Bottomless Bag pattern. But considering my farming yielded both a +20 FR ring and a Maiden's Circle (approximate worth: 250g), I'll give this area a couple more tries. If I don't have luck or get bored, I'll start assisting groups attacking Hive'Regal in Silithus where I can work on CC and Brood rep while killing the occassional Level 61 bug.
posted by Inframike at 1:29 PM
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