Finally

So the end has come after just over a year since starting this character; I have finally achieved my first 80.. wooo

Not that anyone other than me is bothered but it was good for me.. so a nice setting for a screenshot and here it is..


That's me and a bear. So the wife was here to see me have no XP bar any more (that is odd) and "T" was in the background scolding my "Wowiness". I had a few comments from the guild which was nice.

So not it is finish up my normals and then into heroic instances and the Hemlokk badge chase.

all good fun.. :)

Into the Nether

Ok reputation. Other than building rep with Stormwind and Darnassus (beinga nightelf and all) I have never thought about it. Hem had fun getting "Son's of Hodir" for those shoulder enchants as I helped her with a couple of quests but generally - of no interest.

Epic flying... oooo... 5000g aghhh
....but if you have Honor hold faction you can have it .. oh wait its changed to Stormwind... weee so I coughed up 4k gold + 200g for a mount and epic I am.

The downside; I have a griffin. Its very nice and all but its a bit boring. Yes it is 280% but at the end of the day its a griffin with a hoody. Also in some ways I think I would have preferred flying to stay at 60% instead of 150% as I don't honestly see a lot of difference in the speed.

So back to reputation and Stevie (yay Steve a mention in my blog) who introduced me to WOW back when I was playing Guild Wars. I lunked my PC over to his place on Saturday night and we gamed and discussed flying so inevitably it went onto what we were flying and he said he was rep grinding.

This (see picture) now one of my aims for the future - a Netherwing Drake


This was Stevie and me doing the reputation grind hence the Orc me rather than Night Elf me :)

..and so it begins

Well actually it began at Christmas (Eve to be precise). The wife (Viv) was talking to my son about games and the conversation got to WOW (now you must know about WOW - World of Warcraft; the one with lots of people). Anyway she decided to give it a go after we said it was like Spyro and you get to collect things - a lady of simple tastes. Anyway I had tried it at a LAN (read geeky gaming convention) and found it quite relaxing so we agreed to start together.

Lots of installing on her laptop and mine later and we get to login. She got in first and then me and we met online -

Anyway that was then and now 10 months later she has a levl 80 character and is levelling her second and I and slowly wandering up on my first (66 at time of writing). This brings me to the title of the blog..

... Late night why - well due to work and family its when I have normally managed to get online - simple really.

Enough rambling - things to do