The Blood Elves hit 50!!!

Well, the Blood Elves turned level 50 tonight & along with it, gained their 41 point talent abilities. For Caeden, there was Avenger's Shield, which finally gives him a ranged attack for pulling! Iltria picked up Dragon's Breath, which is an AOE spell similar to Cone of Cold, except with fire damage & a disorient effect. The combination of Firestrike, Dragon's Breath & Blast Wave is devastating!!! Between Caeden's ability to AOE tank & Iltria's AOE damage spells, taking on multiple enemies at the same time has never been easier =) I've decided to stick with the Blood Elves at least until 60 before I consider working on the Shaman. Hopefully, patch 2.3 will come out by then & I can decide whether its worth it to try and catch my shaman up in level.

Should I make it a trio?

Lately, I've been playing with the idea of making my 2 box experiment with the blood elves into a 3 box experiment by adding my shaman into the mix. I just keep dreaming of what a powerful trio it would be! I would spec my shaman restoration and he would be a dedicated healer. Between paladin, mage & shaman, I would have the three primary roles of any group covered (tank, healer & dps).

Technically speaking, it wouldn't be that difficult to do. I have an older, but still adequate computer that could be used to run the 3rd account. I have an extra copy of the Burning Crusade collectors edition that I've never used (don't even ask me how that happened...lol). So I would just have to pick up an original WoW game, a 60 day game card & transfer my shaman over to the 3rd account. Here are my reservations: (1) If I do this, I really will not learn how to play a shaman properly. All he would be doing is casting healing wave and some supportive totems. As the 3rd character, I would not be able to dedicate much attention to him. (2) My shaman is only level 20 now, so I would have to put off leveling the blood elves for a while until he caught up to their level (they are level 48 right now). (3) Will 3 boxing just become too overwhelming?

I'm not sure what the answer is? In one respect, it will get me closer to my ultimate goal much faster as I would be working on 3 character classes at the same time. However, I am just worried that it would be too stressful and not much fun in the end.

The Blood Elves start their run to 70!

Well, I finally finished up the quests in Shadowmoon Valley with Annariel & started my next leveling project this past weekend. I switched over to the Horde side to work on my Blood Elves. They are Caeden & Iltria. Caeden is a protection specced Paladin & Iltria is a fire specced Mage. They seem to be working very well together. When fighting melee type mobs, Caeden is able to AOE tank 3 to 4 with no problem. Iltria is able to lay down several powerful AOE spells, which finish off the mobs quickly. As long as I wait a few seconds before starting Iltria's casting sequence, Caeden is able to maintain aggro with no problem. When casters get involved, I have a tougher time taking on more than one at a time. I can always sheep an add, but I find it more difficult to AOE tank multiple caster mobs.

Right now, Iltria's casting sequence against groups of mobs is Firestrike, Blastwave & Arcane Explosion, if necessary. Once she turns level 50, I will be able to mix in Dragon Breath into the equation. Against single targets, Iltria just spams scorch and finishes the mob off with Fire Blast. I gained 3 levels over the weekend and the Paladin/Mage duo seems to be working quite well =) They are level 46 now & working in Feralas. Hopefully patch 2.3 comes out soon, so I can take advantage of the faster leveling.

My Fourth Character hits Level 70!!!

Well, Annariel finally hit level 70! She becomes my fourth character to do so. It seems as though it's taking more time to level a character to 70, the further I progress into my quest to have a level 70 character in each WoW class. I guess after you do all the quests in the game 4 or more times, it becomes harder to stay motivated...lol. However, I am determined to do it and the experience bonus that is coming with patch 2.3 should help a great deal! I have decided to switch over to the Horde side for my next leveling run and work with the Blood Elves. I am going to level 2 characters at the same time now, which should hopefully make my overall quest go much faster. The only decision I need to make now is whether to keep playing Annariel, so that she can finish all the Shadowmoon Valley quests, or go straight to the Blood Elves? Right now, I am leaning towards finishing up the Shadowmoon Valley quests since you get a huge amount of gold for completing them at 70. Plus, I might as well wait for patch 2.3, so that I can take advantage of the experience bonus.

Only One More Level to Go!!!

Well, Annariel hit level 69 tonight! Level 68 to 69 went extremely fast. There are just so many quests in Netherstorm...it's awesome! Annariel is in the middle of doing all the Kirin Tor quests...that area is just jam packed with quests...lol. One interesting thing to note is that Faerolin hit 70 by the time she finished the Kirin Tor quests, so somehow Annariel is progressing at a slower pace. Maybe its because I played Faerolin exclusively solo and Annariel has grouped with Devarien for the most part? Anyway just one more level to go and it will be 4 character classes down and 5 to go!