Heroic Wands Cataclysm (RARE!!!)

My suit is really coming together for my mage finally. She has four 359 item level pieces after finishing off Exalted with the Earthen Ring and Ramkahen for Flamebloom Gloves and Desert Walker Sandals and making the Breeches of Mended Nightmares and Dreamless Belt with tailoring. Her gear is looking good with all those other pieces colored in blue. There is a problem though I still have that stupid 318 item level wand from a quest in Twilight Highlands. You might think I’m lazy and not running enough heroics? Well that’s simply not true!


There are only two wands to choose from with a 346 item level. I figured by running Blackrock Caverns after my random each day that would basically guarantee Corla’s Baton to drop for me. Over twenty runs later and I still have never seen it drop and I am now starting to question its existence. I can’t even go run the regular over and over to get the 333 item level wand because the one that drops is only a 308 item level which is 10 points lower then my green quest wand.

The other boss that drops a wand is deep into Deadmines which so far has proven to be one of the longest heroic dungeons in Cataclysm. Cookie’s Stirring Rod is a really nice wand, but after running a random and Blackrock Caverns nightly that is usually all I have time for during the week.

In case anyone else saw the Wand of Dark Worship I thought I would let you know that only a normal version drops. Even if you’re doing heroic Stonecore you will still only get the 316 item level wand if it drops.

I could be getting so much more done every night if only I had a wand so I could stop running extra heroics. Has anyone else seen one of these?

Back for Cataclysm!

Like many people I took a well needed break in between expansions to clear my head and catch up on real life.  I bought Cataclysm the day after it came out and finally logged into the game on Monday.  To say a lot has changed would be a big understatement.  I love the changes that I've come across so far!!!

I love Questing! 
I have always hated questing.  It always felt like work and when they put in random dungeons I just ran instances to level up my low level alts.  That has since changed.  Everything seems streamlined now.  I run an instance and the quests pop up to let me accept it when I hit certain areas in the dungeon.  No more searching all over the place to find them.

The quest hubs seem to have just the right amount of quests and when you finish one in a string of quests you can automatically go onto the next one without going all the way back to the quest giver.  This saves a ton of time going back and forth constantly.  Even though it seems every cloth reward piece has spirit on it I still think they did a good job of giving us a good selection of choices.  I even got a companion pet from a quest without searching all over the place.  I chose the Blue Mini Jouster!

I love Flying
One of the main reasons I did not complete a lot of the achievements in the old lands was because I couldn't fly!  I hated traveling via horseback from place to place.  Being a mage I had it easier then most classes, but come on I shouldn't have to suffer to get the achievements I was most interested in!  I even hated the fact that I would port into a town and have to ride to get to the bank or auction house.  How very nice it is we get to fly in towns now!

I love the Talent Tree
Gone are the days of not being able to choose the fun talents.  The fact we had to basically choose certain talents to be competitive just wasn't cool.  Now I can choose improved blink and not get picked on by my fellow guildies.  How cool is it that we get Time Warp too!!!  Basically a Bloodlust/Heroism clone! 

I love the Instances
Running dungeons and raids has always been my favorite part of WoW so it wasn't hard for me to love it.  I have only run Blackrock Caverns so far, but 6 bosses, some cool mechanics and some good loot.  How could it go wrong?!

I'm only level 82, have only quested in Mount Hyjal, ran one instance twice, and haven't tried the new PvP battles yet, but so far this is shaping up as the best expansion yet by Blizzard.  My love for the game has been reborn all over again!