Well. This is more of a general holiday update. Did the santa stocking quest with a couple characters (the baking was the biggest pain really). Did have a kinda funny story though. I needed fruit for the muffins (which was the last one I was missing). There was only one for sale in the bazaar, and I really wanted four (so I could make enough for the two characters I was doing the quests for). I thought I was going to have some trouble (or have to spend the ridiculous amounts some grinches were charging for those muffins).
Then I remembered vaguely having used forage at some point in the past. But I didn't think I had a character who could forage. Hmmm... Well. I perused the list of characters and realized that I still had a level 12 Iksar shaman that I'd made when Kunark had first come out and probably hadn't logged into since. Well, I could use her to forage, right? Logged in, moved a bunch of windows and keys around (everything was set to a default spot since this character predated the last three UI updates!). Noted that there was indeed a forage button. Went to forage and got nothing... Hmmm... This may take awhile...
Then I looked through her bags to see what she had and lo' there were three fruits sitting there! hah! Santug smiled on me and I got my muffins done. :)
So if you got a Frostfell muffin that tasted a bit "odd" (7 year old fruit?), you know why...
Spent a heck of a lot of time taking advantage of the 25% exp bonus. Most of it soloing in HoH with my paladin (was getting a full yellow of AA per kill). I've maxed out my shield block, and ground out CA 9, 10, 11, and 12. Once I finish CA (13 at my level), I'll hit the double attack, double riposte, some more spell crit stuff, then up to CS13. Then I think I'll be good to resume leveling. Normally, I'd level a bit, but I'm at such a sweet spot for gaining AAs right now, that this seems to be working out better for me. I'm not likely to be able to upgrade any gear for at least 5 more levels, and the mobs will just get relatively tougher and/or less AA per kill. So I'm piling them on and having a pretty good time.
Also purchased a few more gear slot upgrades. Lots of fun!
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