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Gundrak Raptor
Like many other people I do not have the Gundrak Raptor, and like many of those same people it’s probably because I (we) did not know you could farm this raptor Outside of Gundrak [Level 76-77].

The drop rate is said to be 1 out of 1,000. These mobs are probably the best in the game for straight-up Borean Leather farming. Very easy to farm, only complaint is a little spread out but a flying mount can fix that =]

My Results So Far: No Raptor pet yet but I did get 2 Rares, Terror Spinner & Zul’Drak Sentinal both rewarding a blue item, 22 gold, and a stack of frostweave which goes for nearly 100g on my server AH. Using my skinner to farm I’m also skinning my kills for borean leather which sells quite well once converted to heavy borean leather. Raptor Kills: 23 (adding up sharpened raptor talons which seem to drop nearly if not all kills).

Deviate Hatchling
Kill all deviate guardians and deviate ravagers in the first part of the instance Wailing Caverns [Level 17-19+], the road makes a circle giving about 24 mobs per circle per attempt and allows for 5 resets per hour. The drop rate is said to be 1 out of 1,000.

Razzashi Hatchling
The Razzashi Raptor is now a zone drop from Northern Stranglethorn and The Cape of Stranglethorn. Venture Co. Miner have the highest droprate according to WowHead.com but I would suggest killing Bloodscalp Trolls simply because there’s plenty of them or maybe even Bloodsail Pirates from which may also get lucky enough to get the elusive The Hyacinth Macaw and/or First Mate’s Hat. It’s also worth your while to kill Gan’zulah the Bloodscalp chief (25.18) who has been reported to drop the raptor pet or even the Hyacinth Macaw as a reward now and then.

High Priestess Hai’watna is a rare in the area with a higher drop rate for the raptor. She can usually be found at the beginning of the path leading up to Zul’Gurub (67.31)(67.34). Be prepared for a long wait as this raptor does seem to be quite elusive. The Raptor drop rate is said to be 1 out of 1,000. Northern Stranglethorn [Level 25-30] or The Cape of Stranglethorn [ Level 30-35].

West Memphis 3 – The parents of two of three Arkansas boys who were murdered in 1993 said they’re disappointed that a documentary about the killings and the three men convicted, known as the West Memphis Three, was nominated Tuesday for an Academy Award.

Really? It’s not enough that these three men lost 18 years of their life in prison for a crime they did not commit? The justice system failed completely with these teenagers and in the end stole their young lives!! If you haven’t heard of this story be sure to google it!!

The good folks behind the The Undermine Journal have now brought us realmpop.com It uses the magic of the internet, or something, to find every toon on every server, then assemble all sorts of information together. Here are a few of my fav’s: Llane , Steamwheedle Cartel, Turalyon.

Since you probably can not see post on our guild forums these links are more for my reference: Levelling with the new DarkMoon Faire, How-To: Gold!, How to: Win Tol Barad, More Lich King Info, and Branni’s Guide to Blizzard’s Recruit-a-Friend Service.

And here are some other guides you should be able to view: Firelands Daily Quest Guide, Huntsmans Lodge: Hunter Macros, Just My 2 Copper: 400 Wow Gold Tips, and Bloodsail Buccaneers, Insane in the Membrane link #1 and link #2 — both are older websites but still useful. Profession guides that can’t be beat: Herbalism 1-525, Mining 1-525, and skinning 1-525. Always looking for a great Addon? Check out Wow Insiders Addon Spotlight.

An Interesting Tid Bit: Oombulance wrote a very interesting article about the best grinding trinket you can get in world of warcraft which is the Oracle Talisman of Ablution. The article seems to have Poofed but basically this little gem will grant you 5% total mana, 10 rage, 20 energy or 40 runic power every time you kill a target. This isn’t so much of a big deal for warriors but for all the other classes in the game this is absolutely huge, especially mana users with big mana pools. A fire mage could literally go forever two shotting mobs with this thing, and that’s why it’s the best grinding trinket in the game.

Lunar Festival (Jan 22 – Feb 12) Guide
It’s time for the first in-game holiday of 2012, the Lunar Festival–so everyone break out the fireworks, show a little respect for your elders, and come celebrate the (lunar) new year! The Lunar Festival is held every year starting on a date that typically coincides with the Chinese New Year. 2012′s Lunar Festival starts on January 22 and ends on February 12. Ancestors of Azeroth are praised and honored by both Horde and Alliance, who then reward players with a special title, Elder , a celebration in Moonglade, and numerous Coin of Ancestry that can be used to purchase festive garb, patterns and fireworks!

A Guide to Collecting TCG Vanity Items
As part of the Trading Card Game, there are three cards in every new set that have special codes which can be redeemed for loot! These loot cards vary in rarity–generally there will be a commonly-acquired pet card, a somewhat-rare novelty item, and an extremely-rare mount. Read on for not only the list of TCG loot available but alternatives if you prefer look-a-likes.

Traveling Around Azeroth: A Transportation Guide
Getting around Azeroth quickly is important–especially with holidays requiring lots of travel like the Lunar Festival and Love is in the Air coming up. Basic flight paths can take you anywhere, but they’re slow and easily up to 15 minutes across a continent. And which boat goes where from Stormwind anyway? There are numerous items, teleports, and portals that can shave minutes off your travel experience–whether you’re looking to get to an Outland instance to farm transmog gear or have archaeology digsites scattered across the world. There’s even breadcrumb quests that you can hold onto which will provide useful ports! With this guide, you’ll learn about all the travel options on each continent. You’ll never have to spam trade looking for a mage to port you to a major city again!

Molten Core: A Hidden Treasure
Rumor has it that farming MC is a gold mine! There are some BOP recipes in there, but the things you craft are BOE meaning you could the crafted item at the AH. On top of all this you also have the Sulfuron Ingot which is used to craft the Legendary Sulfuron Hammer. You can either sell the ingot on it’s own as the Sulfuron Hammer needs 8 to be crafted, or you can go to Blackrock Depths and turn in the Ingot for the Plans of the Sulfuron Hammer.

Utilizing Your Alts – Camping Nests For Gold
I almost hate sharing this TIP since I DO IT myself haha. Pets have always been a great item to sell in WoW. Most of them have high markups which allow for huge profit margins, and the best thing is that people are willing to pay absurd prices for some pets. Vendor pets, Hatchling, Whelps, Oozes, you name it there is probably a pet for it.

Best Frostweave Cloth Farming Spot
Frostweave Cloth is an item that is always in demand. Tailors need it for power leveling (and many prefer to buy it rather than farm it). Not only that, but the bags are still extremely popular and sell extremely well around the 175g-275g (more or less) price range. I have even seen on one of my servers the price of these bags being equal to the price of the larger Embersilk bags (because Embersilk is so prevalent in our markets at the moment and easy to farm). Many people believe runs through Utgarde Keep to be the place for farming Frostweave Cloth, but I have discovered another place that not only is easier to farm, but more plentiful with the Frostweave drops. So get your tailor and head on over to Icecrown.

And Today’s Breakfast Topic: What NPC do you miss the most?
Honestly I’m sure there are several but off the top of my head I can think of only one at this moment: I miss that goblin out in the badlands, the one who used to stand very close to a vendor. When killed he rewarded you with 5 points to bloodsail buccaneers reputation. Blizz decided to screw over anyone working on bloodsail buccaneers reputation during the cataclysm by making it nearly impossible to get this reputation without forming a group. I wish I could remember the goblins name especially after I felt we had become so close after all the months of killing I spent stalking him for those mere 5 points all the way through revered and finally exalted. Admiral Shely is still standing on some docks far north of Stormwind with her two body guards. She also rewards 5 points for bloodsail buccaneers reputation BUT instead of a few minutes to respond it’s more like 24 hours!

I just finished reading most of the replies to today’s topic and I have to agree with what many pointed out:

Mr Smite in Deadmines, being the first dungeon I ever fought my way through actually brings back fond memories simply because those days are dead and gone and the new version of Deadmines hold no interest for me. I’ve noticed my new toons seem to skip right over it now, mostly because it was fun before and now it’s lame enough I don’t even think about it until it’s done dropped from the LFG finder and I realize I missed it.

Mor’Ladim and/or Stiches in Duskwood having been my first encounters with elite enimies are memorible but I can’t say I’ll miss them. Are they gone? I will say the Mor’Ladim quest line leading to his grave was memorable and one of the first to tug at my heart in WoW.

Gone long before the Cataclysm was the quest chain ‘Jailbreak’ involving safely escorting Marshal Windsor out of the Detention Block of Blackrock Depths and eventually leading up to what was an Epic parade through Stormwind. I have to say I do not know if Marshal Windsor made it through the Cataclysm but his quest chain was by far my personal most memorable and missed.

Following on the heals of ‘Jailbreak‘ was ‘The Battle of Darrowshire‘, ‘The Blightcaller‘, and ‘Linken – It’s a Secret to Everybody‘. All gone in many ways but not forgotten.

Since I’m working on getting a set of Whelps for my mage Vervaine I thought I’d share my tips for farming these companion pets.

Crimson Whelp
Take a skinner and head out to wetlands. Stop by Greenwarden’s Grove and empty your bags – use the mail box and mail cloth/skins/drops to an alt, your going to need space – set yourself to auto loot and loot everything – it adds up quick. Your going to start out at Raptor Ridge 69.34 and kill every raptor in sight including clearing out the cave which about once an hour you will find a nest has spawned in there, which once you ‘clicked’ rewards you with a Razormaw Hatchling worth 200-350 gold. Continue along the ridge and you will end up down by the burning gate entrance to Twilight Highlands here you will kill Ebon Slavehunter and Ebon Whelp who can drop not only the Crimson Whelp but also the Dark Whelp. Follow the road out to an area with wrecked wagons where you will find several groups of Ebon Slavehunters and Dragonmaw Whelpstealers fighting. If you prefer farming in one spot than this is the spot, the respawns are almost instant. Kill these Dragonmaw/Ebon npc’s till your hearts content or until your ready for something else. I follow the road which ends at the Greenwarden’s Grove, emptying my bags. Then I head over to the spider cave Thelgen Rock 52.62 and I kill all the Leech Stalkers outside the cave. According to WowHead.com these spiders Leech Stalkers and the Highland Lashtail raptors have a slightly higher droprate for the Crimson Whelp than most other kills in this zone. After killing spiders I head back towards Raptor Ridge killing all Ebon Whelps/Slavehunters on the way.

Bonus: There’s not a higher droprate for these but there are three rares in this zone that have been known to drop the Crimson Whelp now and then. Mirelow can be found north of Greenwardens Grove, look around the pools of water. Gnawbone is a gnoll and can be found in the gnoll camps along the water north of Whelgar’s Retreat. And Sarltooth is a bone raptor which can be found at the back of Whelgar’s Excavation Site.

/tar Mirelow
/tar Gnawbone
/tar Sarltooth

So far: 6 hrs — 1 Dark Whelp, 6 Razormaw Raptors, and countless greens/blues, stacks upon stacks of linen/wool cloth, medium/light leather, not to mention the medium/light hides and grey items. With the current AH prices for the raptor pets and leather I’ve already made several hundred gold. The leather sells as fast as I can list it actually!

… To Be Continued.

So I just woke up having a dream; I was working on some quest in World of Warcraft and in the background I hear “God Damn It” not even ‘peace’ in my sleep.

And the hits just keep coming … Sam took two PG test yesterday and both we’re positive. I’m not mad about it, disappointed yes, but she’s about to be twenty-three years old and #%$#* happens I know it happened to me what five times haha.

My disappointment lies in the fact that she can’t answer the one (what should be simple) question “who’s is it?” What is with these kid’s today?!? We tell them to be safe. We tell them to use contraceptives. We teach them to respect themselves. And then at some point it’s like they just turn into ‘horny bitches’ just the opposite of boys who become ‘horn dogs’ seriously!! When I was growing up it was NOT every other kid who fell into these classifications like it seems like today. Not that kids weren’t horny of course but they weren’t blatantly giving it out to every Tom, Dick, or Harry they dated!! It was a more like a specific handful in my whole high school – otherwise it was one’s who cared enough to protect themselves by keeping it secret! People used to care about their reputations … what happened ….

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(Cont’d) Sam came in from work last night and her scrub top was twisted and pulled from sitting (driving) and it drew my eye to her belly. I realized it wasn’t the first I had noticed the protruding tummy. Over the last month or so I’ve thought to myself more than once, damn she’s gaining some weight or o’man she better not be …. yaa you know. I guess on some level I just didn’t want to know the answer or believe she might actually be PG. I asked hubs about it last night, and he said he’d noticed it too but just never said anything. I hate admitting it but apparently it’s fairly easy to fool yourself when you don’t want to know the truth. Anyway looking at it now I really don’t there’s no anyway that belly is only 1-2 months along …. but let’s hope so!!