Ding sixtytw--three?!

When I heard that TBC would be including the possibility of leveling up to 70 I thought "Oh gee, it'll be faster to bicycle through Sahara drunk than leveling from 60 to 70. I know Blizzard, they'll make us wanting to play this game forever and ever, and make each level last about that too." But I have to admit, once again, that I was wrong (been happening a lot, huh?). Because Akrah just dinged 63.

Yes, I've been online for... 8-9 hrs straight, doing nothing but questing and killing, my head hurts and my eyes itch, but still. I thought it would take longer. Maybe that says more about my views on Blizzards sadistical sides, than anything else. And of course, I'm not keeping myself awake and online for this long just to ding. Firstly, I wouldn't have been able to sleep anyways, so why lie in bed bored? (Ok to say that now when I don't have work, but how will it be on monday? Eeeeep..) And second; I do have some company. Luckily I have a healer friend of mine, an insomniac tauren who I gladly can spend 8-9 hrs straight with online. And thankies too Mokoru for keeping me alive, don't think I even died today, except when I left him to do something on my own. Bwaha.

The quests in the Outlands literally throws imba (read: very good) stuff at you, green (rated as "uncommon", but really not that uncommon) items that beats everything you could've gotten pre-TBC. Well, almost. I've sold more than one old purple epic today, accepting the fact that "Yes, this new thing actually is better". Akrah has gone from +305 spelldamage at level 60, to +395 at 63. I haven't paid that close attentiont to spell critical chance, but assume they've gone up from 11% to about 15%+. All seems very technical, but here's the short version: Akrah rocks, and kicks butt. End of story.

Also got Akrah her first socketed item today, and literally ran to the AH searching for gems. Not that many around at this hour, or maybe so early in the expansion. And maybe a wee bit disappointed about the stats on them. Don't know what I expected, but hey. Bought 2 gems giving +4 stamina and +4 spell damage each, still having another gem socket.

The top picture show's a slightly tired and red-eyed Akrah back in Orgrimmar after too many hours of running around in a swamp. Picture below shows Akrah and Mokoru having a wee rest before resuming the violence. And yes, we have matching staves. Who can resist a weapon with +80 spelldamage on it. Not us. Moo.
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