I ran another poop quest. Go around the area searching through the talbuk droppings to find 20 little cherry-like things. When you turn in the quest you get back 20 berries that give you water breathing for 30 minutes. Good items, but I don’t think I’d want to pop those in my mouth.

In Nagrand, the Throne of the Elements is a cool area with a lot of quest givers. It’s like Stonehenge on a small island in a lake. Walking the perimeter of the area are big elementals. One is a HUGE earth elemental (fel reaver big). He gives quests to go kill bad earth elementals. It’s kind of funny to talk to this guy because you can’t really see much of him. You have to be right under him to talk, so all you get is an “up the kilt” view. Eww.

I’m also really looking forward to getting a flying mount at level 70. (Just 4 more levels to go.) I want to fly up to some of those floating islands in the sky. I’m actually kind of surprised that I don’t see more people flying around on their mounts. I only see one every long once in a while, and they are usually down on the ground.

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My hunter’s ranged DPS has broken through 200 (on the character sheet). The power curve after level 60 is amazing. I think my hunter was doing around 120 at level 60 before Burning Crusade.

Here’s something odd: I haven’t seen the end bar for rested experience points since entering Outland. Even right when I gain a level, there is no marked end to be seen. I have started playing some nights with half the xp bar empty, and then I play until I gain a level. But then the empty xp bar for the next level still doesn’t show an end to the rested xp.

I’ve always played on rested xp because I only play about twice a week, but usually I can see the marker for the end of rested xp.

Bullgrit
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Weirdness in Terrokar Forest.

I’ve been in the water killing eels (“Rather be Fishin'” quest) and I notice that I’m getting only ~600-700 xp for the kills (levels 62-63 to my then level 63). I had been getting over 1000 xp for such kills just minutes before. And checking the log, I was getting rested bonus. I got this lowered xp for a couple critters other than the eels, too, I’m pretty sure.

After several kills (~20), my xp rate went back to the normal 1000. What’s up with that?

Also, the eels had a growl sound when they attacked. Then a couple times I heard the sound but there was no eel attacking me. The sound seemed close, but no eels other than the one at range that I was shooting.

Later, out of the water, long past that quest, hunting beasts in the forest, I heard that sound again. I heard it a second time when I was not fighting anything at all. Scared the bejeebers out of me. A loud growl right in my ear, but no monster attacking me. There was no message in the chat window (I thought maybe there was some world event happening). What’s up with that?

Did I experience a computer hiccup, or is there a reason my xp awards lowered for a while, and I sometimes heard a strange growl?

Bullgrit
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I’ve left Hellfire Peninsula, adventured a few hours in Zangarmarsh (completed half a dozen quests), and am now in Shattrath City (SC). SC is pretty cool, especially looking at it from up on the faction platforms. I chose to ally with the Aldor faction. I’m going to jump from one of those platforms some time and see how long it takes to hit the ground. I think it’s taller than Thunder Bluff.

I liked Zangarmarsh, but my hunter is in the upper levels for that zone, so I’ve moved on to Terrokar Forest (TF). He’s in the lower levels for TF.

Funny note: I still have the Molten Core quest, “Attunement to the Core.” It’s showing as green (easy) for my hunter, now. He’s growing up.

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