Progression

Back on the net, back in the game. New motivation there, strides to be made.

For example, Rokk has been doing it big in Wintergrasp.



He's amassed enough enough of a bodycount to pick up an upgrade.



From there, he knocked off a couple of reputations: Exalted with Sons of Hodir and -



Gemmed some gear, shoulder enchant SoH, and put a new killing tool in Rokk's hand, made by Rokk's own hands.



All this in the past 24 hours. How was YOUR day?

Halls of Lightning

When you have multiple characters, you sometimes forget what they have and haven't done as far as progression. However, I do know that Rokk appears to have gotten into the swing of the PVP concept of Wintergrasp.



He's becoming quite the adept killer.

Now in the wee hours of the morning, when a call went out to run heroic Halls of Lightning, a still-blooddrunk Rokk answered the call.



With the band of merry guildies, Rokk went forth and began to lay waste to Loken's minions.



Eventually, after crushing bodies beneath his feet, Rokk finally heard the words of the treacherous and deceiving Loken.



The battle raged, the body fell, and Rokk's first heroic instance had been completed. What did he have to show for his efforts?






It wasn't all about achievements. He did get an upgrade for his tanking set.



Success!

Where You At & What You Killin?

Rukgut! What have you been up to - uh, where's your shirt?

I have great abs. Felt like showing them off a little.

That's a lot of snow behind you. The cold doesn't bother you?

Mind over matter, friend. Mind over matter.

Well clearly you've lost your mind, so I guess it doesn't matter.

Got it in one.

I hear you've got a new pet that you're leveling up.

I'm trying a Survival spec, and thought I'd get a pet that'll hold my target down while I unload in its face.

That sounds dirty and wrong.

Says you.

Fair enough. What kind of pet did you get?

Got myself a nice blue crab.

You... you have blue crabs? That might not happen if you put your shirt on, and stopped tramping around with Tauren women with loose morals.

I have a gun, you know. A big one. Lots of bullets. And my crabs can be terminal.

Rokk, on the other hand, decided to take the plunge and get his PVP feet wet again. This time, he participated in the Big Boys version - Wintergrasp.

He actually did quite well for himself -





Might play with this for a bit, see what kind of gear he can get.

The Rokk Gets His Pumpkin On

Generally speaking, I don't go in for the World Events. I guess that always had something to do with the fact I was never level capped when the event came along, so I never got to play with the big boys. Maybe it's the cold, maybe it's the pain meds, but I thought Rokk would go and give this thing a try. Maybe not the title, but at least pick up a few achievements.

Boy did he.

First, he helped save Brill from burning down. Take that, Headless Horseman!



Then he took the fight to the Scarlet Monastary, kicked down the doors, and punted Mister Pumpkinhead through the uprights!



As a reward for his pumpkin-bashing, he picked up the Sinister Squashling & Hallowed Helm:



To celebrate, Rokk binged on candy:



That's right, not all events are wholesome and classy...

The People's Champ

Finally the Rokk has laid the Smack Down on the biggest Jabroni walking around the Argent Tournament!

Okay, so not really. However there was much smack that was laid down in ample quantities. The Black Knight was just the first. Once we qualified for Champion status, and had already beat the rest of the Horde representatives, it was time for the Alliance to get theirs.



Ding!

And then, once the smoke had cleared and the dust had settled, we proved what we'd already known, and the good Tauren of Thunder Bluff came to realise -



We are the People's Champ. You're welcome.

Achievements Suck

After going over the Achievement system in WoW, my conclusion is that they're not really all that useful. However, I feel that Foamy the Squirrel says it much better than I ever could.

Achievements

The first achievement I picked up this evening was one I stumbled across. I found a flock of turkeys on the road and recalled an achievement for killing 15 in 3 minutes.



Later on I decided to get another easy one, since I was in the neighbourhood.



Since the Ruk doesn't have hair to start with, I wasted four gold to change his non-existent hair color. Easy as pie.

Last one was the achievement I was most looking forward to.



Ding 74! I took the quest in Venomspite that ports me to Dalaran. I probably won't be finishing that one off for some time, since it's an easy port to the city.

Battle for the Undercity

I'd been trying to burn through quests to get to 74, and qualifying for the quest to take me to Dalaran. Just another short-term goal to make the grind to 80 a little more tolerable. So imagine my surprise when my achievement window popped with -



Hmm. Wonder if that has anything to do with the epic quest people are always talking about?

Turns out it was.



The Ruk was hanging out in good company.

Still 73 though.

/grumble.