Mists of Pandaria To-Do List

Hello everyone!

As some of you might recall, I'm a big fan of making lists (it might be my OCD). So, I'm revisited my pre-Cataclysm to-do list and creating my first Mists of Pandaria to-do list!

Below you'll find everything I hope to accomplish before the end of the expansion. In a few weeks I'll post and update so you can see how well (or poorly) I'm doing.

Leveling-

• Get my Death Knight to level 90 (currently level 70)

Misc.-

• Finish my Shadowmourne
• Finish my Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings
• Get the last of the Blacksmithing recipes I still need

Achievements-

• Exalted with Avengers of Hyjal
• Finish these Metas:
• Glory of the Pandaria Hero
• Glory of the Firelands Raider
• Glory of the Dragon Soul Raider
• Glory of the Pandaria Raider
• Find people that aren’t failures to get my last WotLK raid achievement

PVP-

• Get 100k honorable kills (still 12k away)
• Get the Justicar title (grr WSG rep)
• Start doing arenas and stop being a coward about it :(

Mounts-

• Grand Expedition Yak
• Sea Turtle Mount
• Deathcharger’s Reins
• Ashes of Al’ar
• Big Love Rocket
• Corrupted Fire Hawk
• Reins of the AstralCloud Serpent
• Reins of the Crimson Deathcharger
• Reins of the CrimsonCloud Serpent
• Reins of the Drake of the North Wind
• Reins of the Drake of the South Wind
• Experiment 12-B
• Flametalon of Alysrazor
• Invincible
• Grey Riding Camel
• Jeweled Onyx Panther
• Jade Panther
• Ruby Panther
• Sapphire Panther
• Sunstone Panther
• Reins of the Vitreous Stone Drake
• Vicious War Steed
• Depleted-Kyparium Rocket
• Geosynchronous World Spinner
• Life-Binder’s Handmaiden
• Mimiron’s Head
• Obsidian Nightwing
• Onyxian Drake
• Phosphorescent Stone Drake
• Pureblood Fire Hawk
• Son of Galleon
• Swift Springstrider
• Swift Windsteed
• Pandaren Kite String
• Scepter of Azj'Aqir
• Reins of theTwilight Harbinger
• Golden Primal Direhorn
• Amber Primordial Direhorn
• Jade Primordial Direhorn
• Cobalt Primordial Direhorn
• Slate Primordial Direhorn
• Reins of the Bone-White Primal Raptor
• Thundering Cobalt Cloud Serpent
• Ghastly Charger
• Black Primal Raptor
• Red Primal Raptor
• Green Primal Raptor
• Sky Claw
• Clutch of Ji-Kun
• Spawn of Horridon
• Armored Skyscreamer
• Armored Bloodwing

Roll alts to get the following:

• Dreadsteed
• Felsteed
• Exarch’s Elekk
• Great Exarch’s Elekk
• Sunwalker Kodo
• Great Sunwalker Kodo
• Thalassian Warhorse
• Thallasian Charger

Pets-

(Not counting unobtainable or ridiculously difficult to obtain pets)

• Banana Charm
• Baneling
• Crawling Claw
• Cinder Kitten
• Darkmoon Rabbit
• Darkmoon Eye
• Death Talon Whelpguard
• Fox Kit
• Eye of the Legion
• Ethereal Soul-Trader
• Hippogryph Hatchling
• Pandaren Fire Spirit
• Pandaren Water Spirit
• Porcupette
• Searing Scorchling
• Rocket Chicken
• Stitched Pup
• Wind Rider Cub
• Clock’em
• Giraffe Calf (bane of my existence)
• Hopling
• Infinite Whelpling
• Qiraji Guardling
• Scourged Whelpling
• Singing Cricket
• Sumprush Rodent
• Dragon Kite
• Tuskarr Kite
• Gusting Grimoire
• Spectral Porcupette
• Red Panda
• Mountain Panda
• Snowy Panda
• Sunfur Panda
• Zandalari Anklerender
• Zandalari Footslasher
• Zandalari Kneebiter
• Zandalari Toenibbler
• Tiny White Carp
• Tiny Blue Carp
• Tiny Red Carp
• Tiny Green Carp
• Thundertail Flapper
• Swamp Croaker
• Elder Python
• Electrified Razortooth
• Son of Animus
• Living Sandling
• Ji-Kun Hatchling
• Spawn of G'nathus
• Sunreaver Micro-Sentry

Blizzcon 2013

Blizzard announced yesterday that Blizzcon will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California November 8th and 9th of this year

Featuring developer panels, eSport competitions with the world’s top players, prizes and give-aways, exclusive promotional gifts, new game demos, and much more; Blizzcon is the Mecca of WoW nerds.

Prices haven’t been announced yet, but would-be convention goers can expect to pay somewhere near $200 per ticket. This pricing includes all the free promotional items, concerts, contests, goodie bags, and panels. Official pricing will be announced as the event draws closer.

Check out the Blizzcon main page linked below for more information on events to come in Blizzcon 2013.

Official Announcement
Press Release
Blizzcon Main Page

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Hello internet,

It may come as a shock to some of you, but I have played on the same server since WoW vanilla. Every level of every character was earned on Andorhal server. I’ve had some great times on this server – from my first experience with a member of the Horde (a level 10 Dwarf Paladin melee swinging a Tauren in Kharanos because I didn’t know that a skull next to his name meant he could rofl-stomp me in a second) to getting my TLPD, this server has been good to me.

Sadly, Andorhal’s population has been in a steady decline since The Burning Crusade. At this point, trade channel is dead, Stormwind’s population has been reduced to a handful of people AFK at the auction house, and since my guild transferred last night, the Alliance is left without a single viable raiding guild.

People throw around the idea of transferring pretty often on a server as dead as mine. As evidenced by the server population dropping faster than the stock market, many people have decided that transferring was the only solution. The issue is that server transfers are part of a self-fulfilling prophecy on a low population server. When an entire guild full of players leaves a low-pop server it takes with it such a large segment of the population that the playing experience of those left behind is so drastically changed that they have no choice but to transfer, creating a vicious cycle.

As I was saying earlier, I’ve been on the same server for my entire WoW life – which is actually an embarrassingly long stretch of time. As such, I’ve always felt a special connection to my server; after all, it is MY server. People know me here; they greet me warmly (or coldly) when I stand at a mailbox, they laugh at my jokes when I troll in trade chat, and they complain about me on the opposing faction when I alt-hop to check the Horde AH. The point is: Andorhal is my home.

Sentimentality aside, I know that I’m not getting the full playing experience on my server, and with my guild leaving, I stand to lose a lot of friends. So, despite my hatred of Blizzard’s money-grab-transfers, I want to get some answers to some questions and share them with the rest of you so that we can make an informed decision about transferring.

New Territory-

The first thing I did was scout out the new high-pop server on an alt. Bleeding Hollow was my guild’s new server, so I ran a level 1 Human into Stormwind to take a look for myself. The first thing I noticed was a very active trade chat. People were not only selling things, but recruiting for ICC 25 runs (you may or may not know this, but I’m a sucker for running old content). Next, I made my way through throngs of players to the auction house (yes, throngs of players). The prices seemed fairly comparable, but the quantity was insane. On Andorhal’s auction house there was 1 epic blacksmithing pattern; on Bleeding Hollow there were about 20.

Round 1 goes to Bleeding Hollow. While the seething mass of players doesn’t have the same appeal as our close-knit server, the possibilities on a server with an active population are undeniable. And if I’m being honest, it made me nostalgic for the good old days on Andorhal.

FAQs-

My next plan was to scout out Blizzard’s website for some answers to common FAQs. I wanted to make sure I wouldn’t be losing items and stuff. Here are the answers to my biggest questions:

What if my character's name is already taken on the destination realm?

If your character’s name is already taken, you will be prompted to rename your character. Remember that your character name should follow our Naming Policy.

What is the gold limit to transfer?

The following gold limits apply to all characters. Characters above the limits on the following table are not eligible to transfer.

 

Can I transfer back?

A completed transfer cannot be reversed. If you want to move your character again, you may complete another character transfer three days after the last one completed.

What will transfer with my character?

• The contents of your character’s bags, bank, and void storage
• Your character’s currencies including gold, honor, justice, valor, and conquest
• Your character’s achievements and achievement points (including account-wide achievements)
• Your character’s hidden ratings (MMR, BG Rating, etc)

 What will not transfer with my character?

• Your character’s quest log will be cleared completely.
• Account-wide pets and mounts remain with the original Battle.net account.
• Character friends and ignore lists will be reset.
• User interface settings (macros, character-specific key bindings, etc...) will be reset.
• Guild affiliation does not transfer (unless you perform a Guild Master Realm Transfer).

Conclusion-

So, I haven’t finalized my decision yet… but I’d like to say that Andorhal has been one hell of a good place to hang out for the last several years. It will always hold a special place in my heart.