WoW update: Mage 18

So we lost power for about an hour last night - right while I was playing WoW, and not in a safe area! Fortunately when power returned, I turned out to be still alive. Did a few quests with someone, and only died once - but I can see that it's definitely a good idea to have a larger party to do many quests with.

We did have a scary moment. We'd worked our way fairly deep into an enemy area, and these enemies were stronger and more agressive than I was used to. We paused for a while to drink and eat, and the enemies started respawning behind us - four of them, almost certainly too many to cope with! My companion lagged out and froze. I wasn't sure what to do. Just then, two enemies respawned very close to us. I was able to kill them, but my companion was disconnected at around that time. Fortunately that didn't last long. Once we were reunited, we got what we needed and got out of there.

We went to Stormwind. I'd completed my "Mage's Robe" quest, and picked it up. It looks like a damned lavendar dress! I'll see if I can get a screen capture.

It was really late, and my companion logged off for the night. I was going to, too - but I was SO close to 18th level! So I ran over to Westfall and killed some creatures that were just about my level. I was surprised at how quickly I leveled up. I also worked on my technique: when fighting single creatures, it was no problem to freeze them with Frost Nova and then finish them off.

Unfortunately the spells I got at 18th level seemed kind of lame: Fireball 4, Amplify Magic (seems REALLY useless) and Remove Curse. But I didn't get a chance to try them out.

I ended up getting to bed at 12:15. I really have to stop doing this.

WoW update: Mage 18

So we lost power for about an hour last night - right while I was playing WoW, and not in a safe area! Fortunately when power returned, I turned out to be still alive. Did a few quests with someone, and only died once - but I can see that it's definitely a good idea to have a larger party to do many quests with.

We did have a scary moment. We'd worked our way fairly deep into an enemy area, and these enemies were stronger and more agressive than I was used to. We paused for a while to drink and eat, and the enemies started respawning behind us - four of them, almost certainly too many to cope with! My companion lagged out and froze. I wasn't sure what to do. Just then, two enemies respawned very close to us. I was able to kill them, but my companion was disconnected at around that time. Fortunately that didn't last long. Once we were reunited, we got what we needed and got out of there.

We went to Stormwind. I'd completed my "Mage's Robe" quest, and picked it up. It looks like a damned lavendar dress! I'll see if I can get a screen capture.

It was really late, and my companion logged off for the night. I was going to, too - but I was SO close to 18th level! So I ran over to Westfall and killed some creatures that were just about my level. I was surprised at how quickly I leveled up. I also worked on my technique: when fighting single creatures, it was no problem to freeze them with Frost Nova and then finish them off.

Unfortunately the spells I got at 18th level seemed kind of lame: Fireball 4, Amplify Magic (seems REALLY useless) and Remove Curse. But I didn't get a chance to try them out.

I ended up getting to bed at 12:15. I really have to stop doing this.