I’m smart! At least in Magic because I’ve read all the books…
Higher Learning Achievement
Since I’m on vacation I thought it would be a good time to work on a few of the more time-consuming Achievements. I hadn’t paid much attention to Higher Learning because I never actually found a book – except one.
I probably would never have bothered with it except it rewards a Kirin Tor Familiar pet and everyone in Azeroth knows how I love my pets!
I read the guide at Warcraft Pets, spent a couple of days stalking books and noting the spawn times if a book I found wasn’t for the Achievement. Eventually I was down to the last book that spawned in the Violet Hold. First one I found was “The Fluffy Bunny” and I believe one was a very sad tale “Bundle of Romantic Correspondences.”
I missed a couple of spawn times but several hours later the last book I needed appeared.
Even though Dalaran is a ghost town these days, I was surprised at how many players were around chasing the books – very busy at all the spawn points!
And it’s one more pet towards the next level pet achievement – that rewards another pet, of course!
What could possibly be worse than Recount?
World of Logs!
I tagged along on a Bastion of Twilight guild run that went well considering there were a few of us “rookies” still learning the fights.
I even didn’t die at Cho’gall – a first for me! My dps is still poor – I should be doing much more but I thought I was doing okay.
Then someone mentioned that the fight data would be posted at World of Logs. Okay, something interesting so I checked out my data and OMG! I’m terrible!
Only a few lines of “Damage by Spell” and a page of two of “Damage Taken.” I didn’t even want to look at the “Deaths” report….
And just in case I missed how bad I was, I have the option to confirm it in a colorful graph.
I know I should be doing better dps – I’ve got good gear, a nice guildie made me my Lightforged Elementium Hammer, and even a stranger in a Troll PuG asked if there was something wrong (in a friendly manner) because he thought I should have higher numbers and offered some advice.
So…I’m missing something somewhere – time to do more research!
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August 18, 2011 at 2:50 pm
repgrind
Grats on the pet! He’s one of my faves. He even does arcane explosions occasionally.
Interpreting WoL reports is an art form in itself. I’m still not always sure what all I’m looking at. Hopefully someone who knows spriest stuff can help you out. Unfortunately, that’s not me. 😦
But if you ever want to learn how to heal on a paladin, you know who to ask. 😀
August 19, 2011 at 9:00 am
wolfgangcat
I don’t have a clue how to interpret the logs but sometimes someone at the priest forums will ask to see them – maybe I’ll ask there now that I have some data.
Actually, I have a paladin I started a while ago to try different healer classes – but she’s only level 13 😀