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1/30/24: I unlocked Old Stratholme!Unlocking the secret was actually a lot of fun - it FELT like something secret and hidden. I got vibes like the old Onyxia attunement quests which had a feeling of achivement behind them once complete - a new thing that you could do that others could not.

I'm going to unlock Naxx soon enough once my wife is ready. Actually, this is part of why it was fun - my wife and I played together, first farming the toy solo until one of us got it, then doing the work to unlock the old version of the dungeon. MMOs are supposed to be played as a group - who knew? :)

I also picked up a bunch of BFA Mythic raid achievements a couple of days ago. Not a lot to say here, other than some of them were tough to do with 2-3 total players. We hit some walls where some simply weren't possible with two people so I'll need to come back and do those later.

Right now I'm trying to decide between getting all the old dungeon achievements that I'm missing, just to finish them all off and working on something like professions for all my alts, none of which have unlocked Dragonflight yet.

[Popular Around the Isles]!

 




[Honor Our Ancestors]! This one was easy enough except some of the wowhead items were wrong and I had to get new ones from the AH. The other big caveat is that you need a Fire-Blessed Greatsword which is pretty rare. I was lucky to get one for 2000g but apparently it sells for up to 100k. There were only two on the AH when I looked and the other was 30k.


2/3/24: [Toe Tension]! This is one of a few climbing achievements that I'm working on. The others take more time or need a second person to complete.

2/4/24: I've been working on getting a Highmountain Tauren to level 50. I found an excellent speedrun guide that told me to do all the quests in Silverpine Forest. The problem is that halfway through it's no longer possible to complete one of the quests: https://www.wowhead.com/quest=27401/what-tomorrow-brings The issue is that the new Gilneas update added walls around the telescope and there is no way to get in without flying. Very frustrating.



2/17/23: I picked up a Love Is In the Air achievement as well as finally hitting 50 on my Highmountain Monk. It was slow going - 13 hours to level up. I'm going to try guardian druid next for the fast queues in tank spec but first I need to learn how to tank :)


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