The Perfect Cold Remedy
I have spent the better part of the past week exhausted, achy and stuffed up to the extent that my Ventrilo vocalizations have surely suffered from a severely “nasal”-ly quality – in short, struck down by a nasty summer cold. As a result, I hung around the house in jammies, playing copious amounts of WoW, sleeping, drinking loads of water, eating tons of miso soup (my sick – and well – food of choice is always Japanese cuisine) and hauling about tissue with me wherever I went.
I decided to make the most of it and tackle my Daily demons. I would do Icecrown and Hodir dailies till my eyeballs fell out, get myself an Argent Squire (finally!) and learn to love these level 80 Dailies in all their glory the same way my pally does. Well, I completed parts one and two:
"....But I want a pony now!"
…but part three eluded me. Instead I spent a great deal of my time hemming and hawing with sympathetic guildies about how much I missed the Isle of Quel’Danas Dailies with their speedy, easy, free-money qualities (as Sydera on World of Matticus pointed out, I could get several toons through them all with ease…every day!), and, when all else failed, I retreated to my little solo Hordie hunter alt and managed to get her up to level 38 and off into Stranglethorn Vale.
I discovered along the way that Desolace, a place I had always detested questing in as an Alliance toon, is a joy to quest in as a Hordie. Shadowprey Village is charming! The quests, when actually read, as I do on this toon, are fun and lore-filled and make one feel as if she is Making A Difference For The Horde, etc.
And Stranglethorn Vale is even better! Is there any place more tailor-made for a Horde hunter who back at level [something single digit] plunged without hesitation into the stereotypical hunter professions of skinning/leather-working? There are even trainers for hunters, skinners and leather-workers right in Grom’gol!
Teza learning her chosen trade.
Not to mention all the lovely, eminently killable beasts roaming around the wood barricades. (Dwarven Gentlemen’s Club take heed! I’ve considered abandoning my melee weapons for my sojourn in Stranglethorn and simply carrying about a fishing pole and my gun – for killing and fishing is the bulk of what I do there.) Hanging out there is a bit like being on vacation in Mexico – although, admittedly, while on vacation in Mexico I do less killing-of-the-local-fauna and more lounging-on-the-beach. (/sigh Why aren’t I on vacation in Mexico?!) Stranglethorn Vale was another area I’d never been terribly excited about as an Alliance member, but with the Horde it was a whole new game. Which was, in a way, what I was striving for with the creation of my little alt in the first place.
...vacation, had to get away...
I <3 STV. I know many other Hordies who avoid it at all costs…even on PvE servers. I've gone there on every toon and probably always will…even on my newly minted Alliance toons.
Hope you feel better soon!
The last time I was in STV was on Alliance with three other people – possibly the worst way to do something like “collect 25 troll tusks…each”, so this has been a lovely and fun change of pace. And thanks for the well wishes!
Is that chunks of butter in the soup? lol, looks intriguing. I am glad to hear that you are enjoying the horde side.
Its the better side through and through…take it from someone that has had max level raiding toons on both factions.
Seriously though, they both have their ups and downs, but I have enjoyed my hordies alot more then my allies.
I have enjoyed reading your blog. Even added to my blog roll =P
Nono, those are chunks of tofu! Normally, I avoid tofu as a rule, but in miso soup I’m all for it!
I don’t think I’ll ever go fully Horde – my friends and family are all Alliance. But having my little Teza to knock around on by my lonesome is wonderfully fun…
Thanks for reading!
I love miso soup too !
And I so understand you about dailies. Everyday, I ask myself : “dailies or not dailies ?” Sometimes, after a raid when I don’t feel like going to bed, I will do my Hodir dailies. I quite like those. If I have a little more time, I will do the Ebon Blade ones in Icecrown. But I really have to push myself to get to do the tournament ones… :’(
And I still haven’t time to roll a hordie… I may roll another hunter, a troll I think. Or another druid, or a shaman… Really, I don’t know… I’ll have no time to play it anyway…
I hope you will get better soon. Take care. When I’m sick, I keep drinking infusions and tea with milk and always a lot of honey, because it’s antiseptic (honey)
Nef
I don’t get a chance to play my little Hordie often, but when I do get the chance, I make the most of it. And now that I’ve got my little squire, the impetus to do Tournament dailies has dwindled to practically nil, since I can make repair bots and mailboxes with my new engineering spec…It’s off to find Jeeves!
And thanks for the cold-remedy advice. I’m now down to simply being still a little stuffed up, but all the unpleasant exhaustion and achy bits are gone.