Shaking The Shakes
iTZKooPA on Monday, December 8, 2008 - 17 Comments Tags: alliance vanguard, boredom, champion, factions, grinding, kirin tor, reputation, tabard  Via Wikipedia |
Some of you may have noticed a lack of a blog from me on Friday. No, I wasn't “Indisposed,” at least not in that sense. I decided to take a mini-vacation before the holidays for some early-season skiing in Westminster, MA. It was a wonderful time filled with friends, food, drink, falls and bruises. However, I went without a computer from Thursday evening until this morning, only checking my e-mail when I got home late last night. I am still recovering.
The freshly made and natural snow could not keep me from thinking about my favorite MMORPG. Some may call that addiction, but I call it “letting one's mind wander while on the chairlift.” Top on my mind was my lack of leveling, causing me to fall behind my guildmates a little further. Now that we have started doing Naxxramas, it actually means something to be behind. Lucky for me, I know those encounters from my Naxxramas 40-man days, so I am not completely clueless. Also, the instance is very easy.
After getting over my lack of dinging, I focused on more productive objectives, like faction grinding. I still haven't decided if I am gonna begin my faction grinds and Championing sessions right after I hit 80, or if I should switch off and focus on leveling my Priest. To continue contributing to my little guild I will probably begin Heroics, with raiding as they need me, and only play my healer during off hours or when needed by other members.
As I sat in the cold, I tried remember which factions I would need to work on the most. I came up with a rough idea of which factions I should do. The Alliance Vanguard will be my initial focus for the sexy dagger. Although they don't have the best collection of items to offer, the design of Northrend has led me to quest for them substantially, thus it should not require much grinding. Due to my incessant need to prove my worth to factions, I already have gained enough reputation for the Kalu'ak's chest piece (just not the level requirement), but I will definitely come back to them for the epic fishing pole, and the vanity pet modeled after my favorite animal IRL.
While fighting off the blistering winds I couldn't recall who I should Champion for after I complete AV rep, Kirin Tor or the Frenzyheart Tribe. While the Frenzyheart Tribe have three pieces for a rogue, none of them are offered before revered, and the pants are not as beneficial as the item from the Kirin Tor. To top it off, the dagger from the wizard sect is acquired at honored, and is a great main hand for a Mutilate Rogue, making the decision easy once I looked into the specifics a second time.
It is hard to guess past that though. I expect to be doing Naxxramas before the holidays, and much of the Tier 7 gear will not be replaced by faction items. In the end, the stuff offered by the Argent Crusade, Wyrmrest Accord, Knights of Ebon Hold and Sons of Hodir will be used to fill in a few slots, or only for their enchantments. Hopefully my Priest will get more use out of these other factions.
Anyone else have their Championing schedule mapped out? Did you do it out of sheer boredom as well?
Reader Comments (17)
Im all about Wyrmrest rep, as a tank, it seems to be the best faction for me with items available for both Honored and Reverred.
I am VERY dissapointed at how badly they nerfed Naxx. Im trying to raise my rep with the Argent Crusade considering i'll also get my new title if I get them to exalted.
First!
As a protection warrior, the only reputation I really went for was Wyrmcrest Accord. I completed getting to revered on saturday, and now I have no real use of championing....if only the sons of hodir had a tabard.....
A WoW player can only dream
nevermind :(
Shoot!! I forgot about the quartermasters. I've been working on questing and farming stuff for skills. Guess I will be doing a little back tracking for a couple of items. Damn, thanks for the reminder.
Westminster, MA? I'm in Newton, MA!
Well while you guys focus on the new shiny stuff, i'm grinding my way with the sha' tari skyguard for the flying jellyfish mount thing. Anyway since i can't afford the peic flying mount, i'm just spending some time each day grinding so that hopefully by the time i get the gold together for the training i'll be close to exaulted.
Wait i changed my mind! I want a penguin! OMG i want one so badly!
First, always refreshing to see more WoW players in MA. And Watchusett is fun... provided you know how to ski. In my case I spent the day flying over fences and making sure I didn't break my legs.
Second, as far as a championing schedule. All I know is I want my rep up with Argent Crusade and Sons of Hodir for the moment. This way I can be hooked up with the awesome enhancements that I've always wanted(AC has the healing head enhancement).
I've already hit exalted with the Kula'ak(sp?) for my penguin but they also have some nice gear as you level through the ranks so the sky is the limit.
You can't champion the Frenzyheart tribe O.o But unless you're interested in their trinket at exalted ( which at least for me, sux ), it's quite easy to get revered since after the intial quest line you'll be honored.
As for me, I got to exalted with the Wyrmrest Accord ( for the mount and the leather bracers ) and the Knights of the Ebon Blade ( initially for the chest, but it's crappier then mine ), now I'm working on my Argent Crusade rep ( for the leather boots ), 6600/21000.
Not really interested in the Kirin Tor, no epic rogue rewards. I'll need to start Sons of Hodir at some point, but right now I'd rather play my DK, run some heroics or just slack rather then doing quests in Storm Peaks :|
Being just under 77 myself, I haven't put too much effort into thinking about how I want to gain faction rep. It's nice that most of the big factions I've encountered so far have given enough rep through quests that I'm around honored or higher for most of them.
I'm focused mainly on reputation grinding out of need since I'm unguilded and solo at present. Focused mainly on Argent Crusade (revered), Wyrmest Accord (honored) and Knights of the Ebon Hold (honored), and have picked up a few pieces from each. Looking forward to Exalted with AC to get a helm and ring, and Exalted with Wyrmrest to get that Red Drake.
Im starting to raid Naxx tonight and i have all the rep itams i need appart from the tanking head enchant from A.C and the sholder enchant from S.o.H, im just goign threw the h.c and back to my fav raiding :D ( wipefest here i come lol :D )
I love your website, its quite fun just to read the comments was wondering however if you are alll going to update your gameguide to include DeathKnight and inscription details.and revamp the talents and spec listing to match what we have now....
Who the F*** cares about who posts first? Nobody! Stop thinking you've done something special by posting but not saying anything important.
Seriously, I really wish you were disposed of. You're an awful article writer an and an arrogant prick.
As a prot warrior i took Kirin Tor exalted first for the Hands^^ After i went Wyrmrest for the chest and the drake and im atm working on Argent Crusade rep for offspec.