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94/100 Exalted Reputations


I picked up The Unshackled exalted this morning. I'd been slacking on it as I don't really like the zone - the multi-level nature of it makes it hard to find things even with a flying mount and I keep accidentally aggroing mobs that are a real pain in the ass to kill.

The screenshot above is my current Steamwheedle Cartel rep. I did every quest in Winterspring and Stranglethron Vale (three new achievements there) and then I've mostly been grinding the pirates in Tanaris to get exalted. It's very slow going but a combination of the 15% bonus rep and the guild banner that also gives 15% rep makes now the best time to grind it. I'll try to have this completely finished in a week or so. One small thing that I noticed: you can't actually hit exalted with Gadgetzan while grinding these mobs - they stop at 20,999 revered. You'll need to kill pirates in Ratchet for the final point.

Other notable reps I picked up: The Oracles, The Ogri'la and The Scale of the Sands.

I've been slowly grinding my way through Hydraxian Waterlords as well. This is one of these reps that is simply going to take months and I'm resigned to it. At least I still need stuff from MC like my last Earthfury set piece.

To break up the grinding, I (with help from my talented, beautiful wife) ran through mythic Siege of Orgrimmar yesterday. Holy crap that was a lot of achievement points. This is what my "Raids and Dungeons" looked like before the run:


And this is it now:


I'm sure I did some other stuff over the last couple of weeks but the specifics escape me. I *did* do enough Alterac Valley to get all the 15 year anniversary stuff, including the mount.

One other thing I badly need to work on is getting a set of PVP gear that doesn't suck. Right now I'm blocked on getting Blood of the Enemy because I can never seem to find a group to do a PVP island expedition. I actually have rank two unlocked already, I just need a stupid island and I'll be set.

In terms of grinds, I'm alternating between the Tanaris pirates (to finish getting Steamwheedle rep) and then finishing off my Firelands rep. I also aim to do a battleground every day and at least one mythic ten each week just to keep my gear relevant. I don't raid right now - my plan is to raid hardcore in the next expansion, assuming I can get most of the PVP achievements this expansion.

Now back to Molten Core for this week's run...

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