How To Dig.

Ugh.  Cymre encountered the same fun dig site Delgada found last night, in the Feeding Pits.  It is difficult to dig for artifact fragments when there are baby kunchong nipping at your ears, hands, ankles, and pretty much any tasty looking part of your body.  I think Del found the best way to dig at this site, as a priest.  The first part involves digging at an area where you have cleared the mantid away on the outer edges of the ring.  It will tell you to go into the ring to dig.  Mount up and fly to the approximate dig location and let the bug de-buff knock you off your mount.  If you timed it right, the kunchong babies will be milling around the outer edge of the pit. Dig quickly, get your prize or coordinates, dig again.  By this time the kunchong are starting to nibble your elbows.  Fear them away. Follow your dig directions or collect your prize, then bubble and run out to where you cleared  and keep running until you drop combat.  Rinse and repeat.  This works best if you have the talent that adds speed to your bubble.  Don't wait too long to cast that fear or bubble.  These guys stun!

I know this sounds sloppy, but darn it all, that dig site will be there until you clear it, and what if, what if, it has all sorts of fun extra special archaeology amber bits hiding in there?  It must be thoroughly searched and cleared!  Her next dig site was right next to the pits.  I am pretty sure someone in Blizzard Headquarters has a camera trained on this dig site to watch us kill ourselves getting our little pieces, and they are laughing their heads off watching us flail about.

Under the category of if it was hard to get it must be worth having, Del managed to dig up the pieces to this bad boy last night.

Del can't use it, and my hunter is about 20 levels shy of being able to use it herself.  If you hop over to Cymre's post she describes it in detail.  Time to level the hunter earnestly!  Del dug up the sword as well, which finishes out the rare items available in Mantid archaeology (hoping that is only a "for now" statement).  She did manage to get a pristine Kypari Sap Container, at least I think that is what it was.  When Delgada threw away the garbage and dusted off the shelf of honor, she put it down and it glowed like a lamp.  Del was a little frazzled from that dig site still, so it could be a lamp.  Heck, it could be anything.  I think she may be done with Mantid archaeology for a while.

Take some time and sit under the sap trees in Townlong Steppes today.  The pollen that falls from the branches is fragrant, and there is a cool breeze blowing today. Consider it my prescription for a much needed mana recharge. Delgada will be at the tree behind Niuzao Temple, ankle deep in the pond, fishing. She'll save a spot for you on her blanket next to the water.  Stop by and say hi!

Transmog Gear On The Isle Of Thunder

There are three cloth sets that just grabbed me when I started looting them on the Isle of Thunder. I love them so much that I mogged my PvP gear into one of the sets.  Here is Delgada in most of the Faded Spirit-Wrencher set.

Apparently it's a re-run of a set from Zul-Aman, except the shoulders seem to be a re-run from old Zul-Gurub.  The shoulders and the belt shown in this picture are vendor gear and not part of the set.

The other sets available are a re-color of the one above called the Forlorn Spirit-Wrencher set and a totally different design called the Exiled Dabbler's set.  Historically, the items that pre-date these were never part of a "set", as they dropped at different levels between 60 and 85.  I am glad they made these all drop in the same area, so as to make them easier to farm.  It is a great look, though one I haven't gathered any of, yet.  Seems that others like the look as well as I do, because they are out of my price range on the auction house!

I tried to load up this set on WoW Model Viewer but could not find the set in the files.  Then I had this fabulous idea of loading it up with the old set items, only to have the model viewer tell me it doesn't support my version of World of Warcraft.  I guess I will have to be a little more on top of updating my add-ons and model viewer when we get new patches!

I have to admit I haven't looked at the other types of armor available on the island yet.  Do I care?  A little.  I have an up and coming hunter and a rogue that may need a new look soon.  They're just a little too far off to be looking at gear from the Island of Thunder.  So, until then, I leave you abruptly having only covered the cloth gear.  Have a great day exploring Azeroth!

Something Different.

I have a human priest in a mash-up of different green items, in protest of the sameness of all that is the leveling and dungeon sets. My favorite piece that she has equipped is the Sanguine Armor. There is a set that goes with this, and I love the coloring of it, so much so that I decided this may be Delgada's next look.  Here is a screenshot of Sim-Del running on a beach in Pandaria with this set equipped, and a few accessories.

Sim-Del is wearing the Sanguine Regalia with the chest piece instead of the robe and has the Anzac Dagger in her right hand and a Consortium Crystal in her left hand. She is wearing an Amber Filigreed Shirt under it all to help tie in the shoulders and cloak.  Her head piece is hidden, but she did try on a few, just for kicks, and here are her favorites.  She may never get either one, but they are still great options!

The Firehawk Hood is only available to mages.  Does this mean Delgada cannot use it for transmogrification?  No clue.  If you are a mage, it's a great match, if not a bit fancy to go with the rest of the outfit.

The Spellpower Goggles Xtreme are a great match, if you are an engineer.  Guess Del will be going hatless, as usual.

How can you get these fabulous items?  Sanguine armor pieces drop from level 21-30 mobs in Kalimdor.  The dagger drops from level 61-71 mobs in Outland.  The offhand drops from the same mobs as the dagger.  The Firehawk Hood is sold by the Justice Quartermaster in your faction's main city.  The goggles can be made by an engineer that has a skill of at least 225.

Of course, all but the mage headpiece could possibly be found on the auction house.  Here is to a little luck and a big enough coin purse.  Have a great day in Azeroth and on Earth.  See you in game!

Early Crops Don't Count.

See those scallions?

Those scallions are a place holder for some more leeks.  I'm not sure if I harvested those leeks before or after I picked up the follow up work order to harvest and deliver them, so I could be wrong.  The leeks already in my bag count toward the final crop count, though.  Stinking farm work.  Do you know how hard it is to clean Pandarian mud out of Del's finger joints?  You probably don't want to know.  Edit:  Bursting crops really don't count if you pick them right then and there, even with the harvest and collect quest accepted.

On another topic, do you know how many Redbelly Mandarin fish you need to fish up before you anger Krakkanon?  

That many...

...and one Flying Tiger Gourami, and about 6 crates.  Then, you get killed because you are alone, and practically naked in your fishing hat and carrying a fishing pole.  Unsuspecting, innocent Delgada, dies yet again, is raised and is triumphant over a giant fish.  Hoorah!  For her trouble she gets a fishing journal and...more fish! Fantastic.  Of course, she forgot to take a picture, but isn't the journal and the fish enough proof?  I guess Delgada will be telling her fish story for many, many years to come to audiences who will believe her as much as you do.  Even WoWhead has no link for Krakkanon  I swear it exists!  

It was THIS BIG!

Other Platforms.

I own a PS3 and a Wii.  The Wii gets a workout with Just Dance, Lego games, and Sims Castaway.  The PS3 was recently resurrected after the video card came unseated.  Since hubby isn't really good at the more delicate fixes, I gave it to my brother for a project and bought a new one.  Sounds a little irresponsible, but since both controllers have vanished and I got a new game in the process, there really wasn't much more spent than would have been spent fixing it.

So, after a swim meet and Panda Express last night, we decided to renew our Gamestop reward card.  We need new games!  Of course, you cannot just go into Gamestop and not buy a game!  So, I shopped the used wall and found Little Big Planet 2.  The day before the kids were playing the stuffing out of poor Sock Boy, so I figured we needed it.  I found it later in the store for 2 dollars more brand new, so I swapped it out.  I know the kids will play it into the ground, so I really needed to make sure it had as fresh a start as possible.

It's Tricky! 

Another game I found  was SSX, and knew the kids would love it.  Back when hubby and I were first married, his PS2 had the original SSX and it was a rare weekend when the music wasn't blaring over the TV speakers.  This version isn't much different in that the music is fun to listen to and the game play is much the same.

With our new system we got Uncharted 3.  I love games with a story to follow, and this one has a two player mode, which helps with the "entertain all the children" attitude I have.  We haven't gone too far into the story yet, but if it is as good as the other two, I'm sure it will get played.

I am hoping to get Rock Band set up this weekend for a jam session.  I really have missed my Playstation!  Any suggestions on games to pick up? Even two year old titles are new to me.  No, I didn't buy the Move equipment, so no gymnastics games, please!