Posted: October 25, 2009 at 9:36 pm
(Original Post Date: October 18, 2009)
WARNING: Large screenshots lie ahead! I resized them quite a lot, but I play on a 20″ 1600×900 monitor, so they may be like WHOOSH IN YOUR FACE if you play on a smaller one.
I’ve spent the last few weeks plugging away at a few of the items on my bucket list. I made a lot of progress. In fact, over the last week, I think I managed to knock off about half the things on it.
First, it was decreed that Serreina should reach 80. And lo, my first max-level alt came to be:
No, that’s not a glowy red ding – I missed the actual ding, having dinged on a mob kill. But I caught the achievement itself, and I was standing in my mage friend’s Flamestrike, which looks pretty darn cool if you ask me!
With that done, I plowed away at my remaining Alliance rep grind – Gnomeregan, possibly the most aggravating Alliance rep grind, which I’d saved for last since I wasn’t as far along in their rep as I was the others (I was not quite halfway through revered). After I finished the quest series, I bought a few commendation badges and voila! Ambassador title for me!
I stopped to laugh for a while, because if you’ve RP’d with Shizu you know how funny it would be for her, of all people, to actually be an ambassador. Many dignitaries would facepalm. Then I remembered something else, and I raced to Dun Morogh, where I completed another achievement I’ve been eyeballing for a while:
Yes, Shizu was 7 mounts away from the albino drake, and Gnomeregan happened to have 7 mounts available. Huzzah! And the albino drake is gorgeous, so here, have a gratuitous screenie:
With those achievements under my belt, I decided it was time to finish off my Silver Covenant and Argent Crusade reputations. Three days later, I hit exalted with the Silver Covenant. That left me about 4 days’ worth of dailies away from Argent Crusade exalted and the Crusader title, but I am impatient. So I took a deep breath, dove into /lookingforgroup (which, by the way, SUCKS if you’re dps), and waited patiently for someone to announce that they needed dps. One H-Utgarde Keep and one H-Violet Hold later:
Then I snickered at the very random, very silly thought of Shizu actually being knighted. “Highlord Fordring, sir, be careful with that blade. I have large ears…”
So, what’s next? The Silver Covenant hippogryph, of course. 85 seals and counting!
Posted: October 25, 2009 at 9:31 pm
(Original Post Date: September 15, 2009)
A bucket list is a list of stuff you want to do before you kick the bucket. For most folks, such a list would probably consist of trips they want to take, shenanigans they want to pull (climbing a huge mountain, skydiving even though they’re afraid of heights, etc), estranged family and friends they’d like to make amends with, and so forth.
We, however, are WoW players, and a huge chunk of our beloved Azeroth will be getting rocked. Inspired by a handful of posts around WoW.com and the WoW Ladies LJ community, I decided to make my very own pre-Cataclysm bucket list – things I want to do before Azeroth as we know it kicks the bucket.
Without further ado, here is Shizukéra’s bucket list, in no particular order:
1. Frostsaber mount! I’ve wanted one of these for a long time, partially because it matches my hunter’s pet and partially because I think it is the most beautiful land mount in all of WoW. Evil rep grind is evil, but that’s what friends are for! :grabs Taldarion:
2. Get my death knight (frost tank) to 80. She’s 74 already, plus I’ve got my own pocket dps in the form of my guildie’s mage, so that’s looking very doable. Also, Northrend elite mobs hit like little girls. I’m just sayin’.
3. Get my tree druid to 80? Considering I’d like to take a bit of a break from leveling after Serreina hits 80 to get her some gear and complete the Frostsaber grind, this is very likely to not happen. I’m sure I can get him to at least 70, though, especially since I have the best leveling buddy ever. :grabs Taldarion again:
4. Finish the World Explorer achievement. I know this will be easier in Cataclysm when we can fly in Azeroth, but I want to earn that achievement in the Azeroth Shizu grew up in.
5. Take screenshots. Lots and lots of screenshots. Ashenvale and Azshara especially. :makes ragey face at Blizzard: </3
6. Get this blog really going, with regular updates and whatnot. Seriously, Shizu, what the heck? :thwaps self:
7. Get a Silver Covenant hippogryph. Considering how diligently I don’t do those quests – seriously, jousting, wtf Tirion – this will take a while.
8. Get Ambassador and 50 mounts. I’m currently at 30 mounts, exalted with Stormwind and Darnassus and well into revered with the Exodar, Ironforge, and Gnomeregan. Those remaining mounts, plus a couple more gryphons or netherdrakes, should get me to 50.
9. Get Crusader title? That depends on how much I really want to work on Argent Crusade and Silver Covenant rep, I suppose. I’m revered with the Argent Crusade – how that happened, I have no idea; I didn’t think I did that many quests for them before the tournament came in – and Silver Covenant, I’m literally one quest away from revered. Of course, Crusader Shizukéra would be really cool … :grabs Argent Crusade tabard, eyes instances and weird jousty stuff:
10. Finish writing Serreina’s introductory story arc. Also write some stuff dealing with her service in the Scourge; I have ideas regarding both Acherus and pre-Acherus, at least one of which has the potential to be very creepy.
11. Integrate Faisaal, Khiraa, and Syliah into my main storyline a bit more tightly. They have an important place, I just suck at showing it. 
So, what’s on your bucket list?
