How Are You Spending the Downtime?

Posted by Bastosa on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 - 43 Comments

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It seems like the entire world (of Warcraft) has gone into a bit of a holding pattern lately. Many people (myself included) have stopped raiding, we just heard about the arena points reset, so there is not a whole left for anyone to do other than count the days until November 13th.

While I am very much in the same boat, like hell I’m going to stop playing the game! So I have been trying to find a few activities to keeping me going.

In the short term, I have been spending my days grinding the Kodo mount for Brewfest. I have over 200 kills and still have yet to see the thing drop, I’m beginning to suspect the cake is a lie. I imagine I will get it eventually, and if not, Brewfest will ultimately come to an end. Soon I will be looking for other alternatives.

I have been trying to stay positive and look at this as a good excuse to catch up on those things I have always been meaning to do. I’m talking about all those projects I have always meant to get around to, but never did because I was busy raiding. Here is my list of things I think I will finally be able take a shot at:

Netherwing - I want to finally grind out the Netherwing Dailies, and get my nether drake. Although I must admit, with all the new mounts on the horizon, my desire here is waning a bit.

Fishing / Cooking - I have played around with the idea of leveling my fishing and cooking. It seems like a good way to make some cash and be able to make all that tasty raid food.  Problem is I hate fishing, so I guess this one is just a matter of how bored I get.

Farming Gold - The last thing I could even thing to do on my main is stockpile gold. Certainly not a bad approach, but I question what is going to happen to the WoW economy, and if this will pay off in the long run.

Alts - I have a Rogue that is closing in on 70 fast, and want to make her a priority. I have a few others sitting in 60 range that I may have time to get up there as well.

New Professions - With the prices on the AH falling through the floor (at least on Executus), this isn’t a bad time to powerlevel a new profession on one of my alts, and I’ve always wanted to try Jewelcrafting. For some it may be a good time to push to 375 on your main.

Roll Horde - I’ve always wondered how the other half lives.

I’m sure there are lots of other worthy projects that would be worth taking on during this time. So tell me, what are you guys doing?  Have you come up with a productive way to spend your WoW time? Please don’t tell me you are still raiding… I may become incredibly jealous.

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    By TJ on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 11:42 am

    http://wow.zuggaming.com/2008/10/01/honor-points-will-not-be-reset-in-wotlk/

    Posted that honor points and tokens will NOT be reset, this is coming after the original post that they will.

    By sonicsymphonia on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 11:43 am

    Farming gold for my epic flying…no I still don’t have it yet. (Don’t laugh!)

    By Karthis on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 11:46 am

    I’ve finally started leveling an alt. All I do with my main is raid and farm to replace the consumables I use (I am self-sufficient w/ alchemy). It turns out that enhancement shaman are a blast to level.

    By Kale on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 11:50 am

    lol i pretty much do all the things u just said lol :)

    By grillbar on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 11:53 am

    things i do while w8ing for wotlk:

    grind money (can allway use money)

    get better gear (no point i know but its nice just to have)

    do raids/heroic (for dailys/money and badges, why badges, cuz they can be traded for thing you can sell on ah for money)

    get stuff for my prof since they raises it then you got some of it to train skill fast at the beginning

    and finaly (witch is a GR8 IDEA) find a lot of lvl 70 quest and completing them, so that when the exp comes out i can get exp fast for 25 lvl 70 quest all i need to do is turn them in and i get a headstart

    By Gene on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 11:55 am

    That is correct, the honor reset was well.. reset. Creating more work for me.

    As for downtime, I’m taking a break from the game and have been inactive for about a month in preparation for the expansion. Mainly to make the expansion even more of a new experience for me.

    However I have myself a fun little project I’m in the works of doing once I am back and the expansion is out.

    By Reeper on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 11:55 am

    I just hit exhalted with the Kurnai (nagrand area, i cant spell it right now) so i could get the talbuk. Im working on rep with other factions so I can get there mounts for the mount achievements. Handing in cloth is soooo easy to do now and easy to get. I had thousands stockpiled of every kind. So much that I got to revered in Exador and leveled my mage alt to 365 tailoring.
    Thanks and keep up the good work.

    By grillbar on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 11:57 am

    oh and i dont have the epic flying mount for outland (i have this stange desire to use all the money before i get 5k) im a holy pala so i cant really grind that mutch.

    and dont wanna waste 5k when it only work in outland and not the other places so why get a epic mount for outland when you can get one in the exp and then get for outland after that. correct me if im wrong but the mount is only doing to work in outland right aint the new mount first when you get to lvl 77 or something like that

    By Bastosa on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    I wrote this before news of the honor reset broke last night… unfortunately there was just a bit of a posting delay.

    Even so, I question if grinding honor is a productive use of time. Bornakk said “those rewards will be significantly more expensive than their level 70 counterparts.”

    It makes me think even a fully banked 75k would only be worth one or two items at 80. There are probably more productive things we could be doing.

    By Kriyet of Bladefist on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pm

    Well, hate to make you jealous, but we are still raiding.

    I’m in a casual, laidback guild. We just hit Kara this summer, and are just heading into Gruul’s & Mag’s with a guild alliance now.

    We’ve also taken a break from that this month to get guildies attuned for some last minute stabs at Naxxramas the Original so we can all get a peek before it’s gone.

    We’re also running UBRS to get people their Onyxia attunement before that disappears. You know what? At 70, UBRS is FUN!!!!!

    Once we have everyone attuned, we’ll plan a guild assault on Onyxia.

    There’s no way we’ll see Black Temple or Sunwell before Wrath hits, but we still want to see as much new content as possible before it’s time to level again.

    So, between hitting the 25 mans for the first time, and the old pre-BC for the last time, we are busy busy busy.

    Cheers!

    By Eugen on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pm

    *quote* Roll Horde - I’ve always wondered how the other half lives. *endquote* You’ve only just now thought of that?:))) Everyone knows Horde RULZ!!! For the hordee!!!!

    By jeley on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:04 pm

    finally levelling my lockpicking skill…talk about tedious.
    - Open 2 SM doors
    - go inside and pickpocket 2 mobs
    - rinse & repeat
    - after 3 times, reset instance so i dont have to go in so far

    Are you kidding me? Now I have to go back to BRD and open doors? I thought I was done with that place forever!

    By FungusMonkey on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    I plan to complete my lifelong goal of creating an entire guild full of Level 1 Gnomes, and then amassing them, in nothing but their skivvies, at every major city in Azeroth for one glorious, glorious bloody revolution.

    Also I want a pony.

    By Scott on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:09 pm

    well i cant play till i leave school which is next may however if i was still playing i would be doing all the brewfest stuff on my 70 gnome mage and lvling my undead lock and be priest and rolling a tauren druid (something ive always wanted to do)

    By Bastosa on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    @ jeley

    I just did the exact same thing on my Rogue! It has been a major chore, but it is always so embarrassing to be in a run and unable to pick the chests… I wish LP would just scale with level.

    Maybe I’ll see you in BRD. :)

    By monkeystick on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    Well, I just got back into the game about a month ago so there’s still plenty to do.. Leveling an orc warrior, at 61 right now.

    By Deadilus on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    “Roll Horde - I’ve always wondered how the other half lives.”

    Better than you.

    I plan to stockpile gold. Also fill up my bank toons guild bank with mats; ore, enchants, herbs, cloth, etc. In preparations for an unknown future!

    By Kastegir on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    The same here in my guild. Raiding no more. :( But that have left me with a lot of free time for my pet projekts. At this very minutte i am on my way to Dire maul, on my Kodo mount (Human palla) The turn in the last book and become exalted with Shen dralar. Yes i am a rep geek ;)

    By Sicari on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    Just been checking out games that I’ve neglected as well as new ones that’s come about as I know WotLK will reclaim me to WoW once it comes out.

    but as always..TRG ftw! :)

    By Santofuego on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:36 pm

    To be honest, I’m going to keep at raiding with hopes of at the least being able to see Zul’Aman and Gruul’s and with some Luck (Ha not likely!) Hyjal. I’d still like to get my Chestguard of the Stoic Guardian & Inscribed Legplates of the Aldor If possible. The hard part for me is keeping everyone (including myself) focused. After that, if it looks like I’ve hit a lull… maybe I’ll go raid Orgrimmar for fun. (haha another fun trap I just walked into!) Hordie: “Look at that noob, he’s trying to raid Orgrimmar!”

    By Redaurora on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:39 pm

    The AH pirces have gone crazy on my server. Things that used to be expensive are now cheap and cheap are now expensive items are now cheap go figure. So I have been grinding rep and doing dailies. My plan till the wrath hits.
    Also what is with “The cake is a lie”? I missed that inside joke. Lots of players in the BGs have been saying it. Please if anyone could explain it!

    By Grido on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    Play Warhammer online, like everyone else.

    By Kevin Kline on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pm

    Yea, I’ve been farming the Brewfest Boss for the mount as well. Epic level 70 items are fine, but a mount you can only get once every two years? priceless. I won the damn kodo on the 172nd run, it was the 6th time the kodo dropped for me.

    By Naasuk on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    I made a horde character, instantly cured my boredm.

    By Broca on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    Yor are Lucky to have AH prices drop, on my server it rising for no good reason and there is not enough stuff being put on it.

    By Uesegi on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 1:59 pm

    Well for me there is my goal in game. Which is to complete all quests, and be exalted with all possible factions (and of course max hated with the rest).
    So as you can guess im grinding all the quests i can find.
    And I’d like to think that i made a nice big dent in the numbers.

    By nebrakaneizzar on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    alt is the way to go =D

    By teddy on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    my computer crashed…then refused to turn back on….well the motherbord was fried and so was the turn on power source..so im stuck with an old labtop.. but i was farming for my gyro-balanced khorium destroyer. but sense WOLK is comming out soon and i should have wow and my computer back up by then. was only 6 khorium away from it. arg annoying :( QQ

    By rockeroad on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    Well right now im just farming gold, doin the brewfest boss and getting my rep up w/ factions. Simple and easy as that. Not much else to do as all of the gear will be obsolete in a month. *sad face*

    By Alayea on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    @Redaurora

    “The cake is a lie” phrase is from Portal, a Half-Life mod. In the game, the computer running the tests is trying to kill you after you survive past the point that it (computer) wanted you to die. So, it attempts to lure you to your death with promises of a party with cake! However, previous test subject(s) scratched into the metal walls that “the cake is a lie”.

    Essentially, it means do not believe all that you hear.

    By Alayea on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    @Bastosa

    You should go do the Netherwing dailies, even if you don’t really feel like pursuing the nether drake anymore. You get better gold payouts on average than those for the SSO.

    By Inasnum on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    I’ve already rolled a new main and farmed up a hell of a lot of gold to get my epic mount, i definitely say grinding new professions is a good way to go anything that will help at 80 is worth doing now. ^^

    By Jeff on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    I’m being boring (mebbe) & grinding Faction rep. in Azeroth…

    … also has the benefit of
    A) kitting out my alts., in greens & gathering cloth for my Tailor ‘lock alt (specifically), &
    B) farming ores/bars for the switch to Blacksmithing on my Warrior Main - not a great fan of PvP so I’m thinking I’m gonna have to MAKE kit rather than spend years in BG’s to earn Honor points… :/

    By Niuva on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 3:45 am

    Roll horde:)
    It’s alot different experience and from my own experience the Horde love to slay Allince players. Good luck.

    By friksydingo on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 4:43 am

    well i want to say congrats on seeing the first blog post that didnt yell first! or second! as a comment, i would like to thank god, my family, all the bloggers and wow players who helped make this happen. *tears* i look foward to the other blogs.

    By Ahirum on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 5:27 am

    @Alayea

    Buddy…. a good explanation of the origin of “the cake is a lie”, but you should have had a huge SPOILER ALERT disclaimer on that one!!!

    I pity those who hadn’t played through the game first, it was a blast, even as short as it was.

    By chris on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 9:14 am

    personally i have been raiding and trying to get to T4 before nov 13th. (just got the pvp gear) other than that i’ve also helped out guildies and try to get motivated to lvl all of my 11 alts.

    By Kathy on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 11:41 am

    I started out strong farming dailies, but lately I’ve just been leveling alts and QQing about having to farm the gold for their mounts.

    Dailies really burnt me out when I farmed the 2 Epic Flyers on my 70’s, so I feel like my cute little alts won’t have their flying mounts for a bit :-)

    I was really happy to hear about the honor being reset because I hate bgs and I wanted to cap the honor anyways for level 80, but now I wont have to go through the pain of loosing 4,000 times :-)

    By Kathy on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 11:43 am

    Oh noooo honor does count now? Crap… lol. Now I’ve got to farm bgs QQ.

    By Alayea on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    @Ahirum

    …I actually didn’t about that. :oops:

    By Alayea on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 11:10 pm

    [Please insert "think" between "didn't" and "about". >_>]

    By FaaipD on Saturday, October 4th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    Roll horde on Akama!

    Not a bad server at all, good community.

    By Lifedragon on Sunday, October 5th, 2008 at 11:52 pm

    i have been raising my different factions to exalted so far i have

    netherwing for mount
    Sha’tari Skyguard for mount
    Mag’har for mount
    Sporeegor for pet

    next is Ogr’ila and Battlegrounds

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