In the Mix

'This week, I'ave mostly been levelling Alchemy...'

I mentioned it before, but on Friday I finally bit the bullet and unlearned Mining on the Druid. This was after nearly three hours of herbing where I filled an entire 24 slot bag with herbs, and gathered ONE FROST LOTUS :( It's been hard times finding the Loti for several weeks now, and as a result I realised that if I'm only going to have a few piles of mats to use for flasks, I need a Flask Specialist. Yes, I could have unlearnt my Transmute Specialisation on W, but in the last three days I've seen SEVEN gems: a four proc Saturday, and a two proc on Sunday. With those kind of numbers I think a second Alchemist is not a bad idea.

Having managed to get to 100/150 with not too much effort it occured to me I was going to need some fish: Oily Blackmouth, Firefin Snapper and Stonescale Eels all being fairly vital for low levelling. With this in mind I got W out this morning, and headed for Ferelas. I fished solidly for 45 minutes and stayed well ahead of the spawns, so decided to fly to Gadgetzan (so I could pick up the recipe for the Philosopher's Stone) and do a quick sweep of the coast of Tanaris:

It's all excitement in the fast-paced World Of Fishing...

The biggest surprise for me was the fifteen points I put on my fishing skill (397-412) in an hour and a half. As fishing nodes now guarantee a catch if you land your bobber inside them, it was a particuarly satisfying exercise. I am sorely tempted to get W to 450 (which would be my second toon maxxed in Fishing) simply because I really enjoy it. I've always been a bit odd in this regard (I was fishing in Vanilla and for a VERY long time I was the only person in Guild with a maxxed score) but there's something about the water and the chance to haul in something surprising that never gets old. It makes me think I really need to try and do the Fishing Derby in Northrend or the Extravaganza in STV at some point, just because.

It was a good session: 60 Blackmouth, 40 plus Firefins and at least the same number of Eels. I also fished up 12 Mithril-Bound Chests which I will crack open on my bankalt shortly which should have a decent amount of cloth, leather and greens to DE (though having said that greens are selling for good money, all these people levelling) They're all sitting in my mailbox just waiting for me to convert them to Alchemy skill points... so if you will excuse me, I am off to Do More Alchemy...