The Dwarf, The Legend

So as I was grabbing supplies in Dal for a raid (that later would just not happen) I saw this giant colorful wasp fly in, and its name caught my eye. I recognized the pet and looked around frantically for its owner. As I looked down there he was, the great hunter legend BigRedKitty. Now I'm the first cow that you could come to for a good game of gnome punting and fun time picking on the shorter inhabitants of Azeroth, but that dwarf is the reason that I've become the hunter I am today. I have nothing but the utmost respect for BRK and would turn on a fellow hordie to protect the legend who has helped form so many hunters, like me, for the better. So of course I had to chase him down to get a photo. Please pardon my fanboydom but come on now IT'S BIGREDKITTY!

Hopping through the Garden

Hey everybody! After a long break the cow is back to talk about his favorite things, holidays! Ever since I found out I could get a protodrake out of the deal I've been staying on top of the achievements. I figured why keep my wealth of knowledge to myself? I should share it with everyone! The current holiday is Noble Garden and this cow worked his tail off to get it done in one day. So let the passing of knowledge begin!

Egg gathering: Ok this will be grindtastic and challenge even the most gentle priests to stop themselves from wanting to punch people for stealing their eggs. The best place I have found to farm eggs is Falcon Wing around the fountain. There are some areas where you can stand in place and have three eggs in grabbing range. I highly recommend having auto loot on as it will you able to grab eggs much faster. Also try playing during off peak hours, many more eggs for you and only you.

Chocolate spending: Now unlike other holidays with bad drop rates you can buy items from the holiday vendor. Now I don't recommend doing this with the dress and tux pieces because you need to get them from eggs for the achievements. What I would suggest is besides spending 100 of them on the rabbit, is to spend another 50 on the bouquet of flowers. I opened over 200 eggs and didn't get it so that helped me. I got everything else I needed except for the rabbit and an extra egg (which costs 5 chocolates) to hide in Silvermoon. You will most likely get multiples of all the other clothing.

Run Rabbit Run: The part I had the most difficultly with was laying the egg in Un'goro Crater. I'm not sure if I did it right but I know you can't take any damage in bunny form or you will lose it. I recommend using Tracker Snacks, this way you can run through areas and stay away from beasts that may want to eat you. Also the biggest thing I can recommend is to look for eggs in Bloodhoof until you get the bunny buff, it's makes for the shortest run.

So those are the tips I can give you for the holiday. I was able to knock it all out in a single day with just a bunch of grinding and a few failed bunny hops to Un'goro. You can figure the rest out yourself, good luck! At least you got 4 lucky rabbits feet to help you along.

Wrath Gate Adventures

Hello everyone! Did you miss your favorite orc rogue while I was away? (Yes, this is Mal.)

Recently, I was running around and questing with our newest active guildie, Kelindra, as she made her way through Dragonblight. She happened to ask if I had gotten the chance to do the quest line leading up to the Wrath Gate event, and I said that I hadn't. Kel immediately insisted that I had to see it! We promptly finished off the quests that sent us up to the Wrath Gate in northern Dragonblight, where we saw something that changed our world forever.

I couldn't believe it! Just when we thought we had made some progress against the Scourge, Grand Apothecary Putress dropped some vile green plague onto the mass of Alliance and Horde forces, killing everyone in moments. To make things worse, Saurfang the Younger, son of the great Saurfang, was killed in one shot by Arthas. I can't say any more because it quite simply took my breath away! In the aftermath of the slaughter, we were sent to Warsong Hold back in Borean Tundra. I hadn't been back there since I was a mere 72 levels old. When we spoke with Overlord Agmar, he sent us to Undercity, where the battle began. We carried the flags of our people and fought at our warchief's side against the evil who had overtaken the Undead's home city. We were very proud of how well we fought, for not only did we survive, we killed many, many of our enemies. We can only hope that it made a difference.

I have really enjoyed going back to the parts of Northrend that I missed and helping Kel work through all her quests. There was one moment, though, that took me by surprise. We were on top of Wyrmrest Temple, and had just reported on our progress to the officials at the top of the spire. I mounted up onto my gorgeous horse that I stole from the Headless Horseman back during Hallow's End, when I saw tiny Kel leap from the edge with no mount! I panicked and flew down to her, only to see her gliding gracefully down to the ground. I called out to her and she assured me not to worry, since mages have a special ability that lets her jump from any height without getting hurt at all. Well, how was I supposed to know? Rogues can jump off of high places without getting hurt too badly, but there is no way I could have survived that jump. I followed Kel down to the ground on my horse, then gave her a good guilt-trip for making me worry. I neglected to mention that I was jealous and wanted to be able to do it myself!