Rokk Talk

After finally completing the chain quests to the point where the Ruk is no longer KOS to the Sons of Hodir, it was time to start working on the dailies to up the rep on those big goombas. However, AFTER finishing that quest line I wasn’t in the mood to see the big guys very much. Time to wander about a bit, clear the head so to speak.

First things first. Leatherworking dinged 440, which meant that purples could be made. What I didn’t know was that the purples were not bind on pickup. Made two pair of pants – Giantmaim pants – and put one of them up on the AH.

Next, Nord dinged 79. Since I was thinking about farming mats to try make some gold, I figured I’d get more bang for my buck by bringing up one of the other pets. Back to the Stable with the Devilsaur, out came the Scion!

Cunning pet’s special = more mana for me. Good times.

Hmmm, looking for leather and a place where a 77 pet can get xp… The BASIN!

Isn’t there a pet that wanders around –

Hush now.

We’ll see what we’ll see.

After running the dailies for, well, a few days, Ruk is finally Revered with the Oracles. He picked up a swanky helmet, as well as the Mysterious Egg. Really not a bad rep grind, as far as grinds go. Quick quests, decent cash (12-16gp each), and it kept me in the basin to grind leather for my Leatherworking. Between the quests and grinds, I’m almost at the point where I can make myself some purple gear.

However, now that my Oracles rep is as high as I need it to be, I can’t see much reason to stay in the Basin. I may do some grinding on one set of fast-spawn mobs (as long as they don’t get fixed in the patch today), but all in all I think it’s time to move on. To be real here, the chance of getting the Spirit Beast is slim to nil. I’m not about to spend five hours flying in a circle, spamming a macro and hoping it’ll go off. It was all about the Spirit Strike, and at the end of the day I have to balance the Want for that ability with the Want for Ruk’s other things (gear, abilities, pets). Spirit Strike falls short. Goodbye Loque’nahak.

Besides, Gondria is coming out in 3.1 and I’m guessing the spawn rate will be much better for him.