I used to always have bad luck in making gold with my orc hunter. But it seems I’ve shaken that curse by entering the Dark Portal. Cha-ching! I probably make around 10-20 gold an hour without particularly trying. Green drops and rewards sell for 2-8gp to vendors. Humanoids drop around 10sp in coins and runecloth (which easily sells at 20 for 2gp). I’ve had a few drops sell on the AH for ~10-20gp.

I’ve donned at least 3 new armor pieces that were better than my previous. There’s just something weird about taking off something that gives +24 AGI to replace it with something better.

My hunter’s ranged damage per second (DPS) has increased about 15 points in the span of one level gain. Impressive. Outland has really increased the power level for us casual gamers.

Bullgrit
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I logged into my Alliance character to talk to a couple of friends in WoW. They mostly play Alliance side. This was the first time they had seen my Alliance character, a female human priest.

“Slutty” was the term used to describe her. Cleavage, bare midriff, Daisy Duke shorts—woot! I’m considering seeing how well I can play her “naked.” (You can only go down to underwear in WoW.) With the priest’s shield spell, she doesn’t need armor. The stat buffs are the only reason she needs any cloths at all — that’s the only reason she has a mace.

But this is something I dislike about WoW — a character’s look changes completely within a few levels. I wish we could upgrade the enhancements on our gear, rather than having to change the gear completely to get better enhancements.

I really liked the nightscape gear I once had on my orc hunter, back around level 40. It was all black leather (that he made personally). But within 5 levels, it was all replaced with better enhancement gear.

I like my human priest’s slutty look right now. It’s just fun eye candy. But within a few levels, she’ll have a completely different look. Hell, 2 levels ago, she was in full robes. Every time I see my friend’s characters, they have all new gear and a completely different look.

Bullgrit
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Felreaver are fantastic! Felreavers are infuriating! Huge, walking, mechanical, level 70 elite monsters that patrol through Hellfire Peninsula (HP), the first zone of Outland. Most characters exploring, questing, or hunting in HP are around levels 58-63, so the felreavers are far beyond what we can fight. You always have to keep an eye and ear open for these behemoths.

I think there are three felreavers in the zone, and they have a mechanical howl and make the ground shake when they are near you. These warnings and their sheer size are usually enough to keep you from being surprised by them, but occasionally they approach while you are engaged with another monster.

I got caught by one. They are brutal. My pet and I took massive damage: 1819, 2079, 1845. These were not crits; they were normal damage.

After rezzing, I went on to make level 61. I broke through the former level max. Huzzah!

Bullgrit
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I installed the Burning Crusade (BC) expansion for WoW. I took my orc hunter through the Dark Portal. Holy freakin’. . . Outland is awesome.

In about 2 hours of half looking around and half actually doing quests and hunting, I made around 30 gold. I can’t remember ever making 30 gold in 2 hours before BC. Not without waiting for stuff to sell on the Auction House. But this gold was in-hand, from dropped coin and vendor trash and quest rewards. Had I been actually fully engaged in questing, instead of rubbernecking at all the cool scenery, I probably would have doubled that amount.

I couldn’t find a hunter trainer in Thrallmar; is one there? Is there an AH in Outlands? Or do I have to travel back out the portal and fly to Org to get training?

Bullgrit
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