Ding 70, time to get to work...

So, Laic dinged 70 last night.

Now I get the wonderful task of grinding coin for a flying mount and working on gear upgrades. Using this list as my base guideline. I'm just listing stuff that is questable or non-heroic instancable. I'll try to include my pawn values and amend this post later.

Helm

• Currently using [Gurn's Horned Helmet].
  
• Quest Reward: [Malefactor's Eyepatch] from the quest Showdown. Most of the way done with this chain, will likely finish it soon.
  
• Quest Reward: [Stalker's Helmet of Second Sight] from quest chain starting with A Ghost in the Machine. Requires a Flying Mount.
• Quest Reward: [Earthwarden's Coif] fom the quest The Warlord's Hideout in Steamvaults.
  
• Drop: [Beast Lord Helm] form Palthaleon the Caluculator in Mechanar. Need flying mount.
  

Shoulders

• Currently using [Exotic Spiked Shoulders].
  
• Quest reward: [Skybreaker's Mantle] from quest A Job Unfinished... which starts off a drop from Avoar the Rapacious. Need flying mount.
  
• Drop: [Beast Lord Mantle] from Warlord Kalithresh in Steamvaults.

Chest

• Currently using [Breastplate of Rapid Striking]. Pretty happy with it, upgrade is lower priority.
• Drop: [Beast Lord Cuirass] from Warp Splinter in Botanica. Need flying mount.
  
• Drop: [Laughing Skull Battle] from Temporus in Black Morass.
  

Bracers

• Currently using [Felstalker Bracers]. Not really looking for an upgrade especially as there aren't any outside of rep rewards or heroics.
  

Gloves

• Currently using [Swiftseel Gloves]. No AGI, but lots of mp/5.
• Drop: [Beast Lords Handguards] from Warchief Kargath Bladefist in Shattered Halls.
  

Belt

• Currently using [Girdle of Gale Force]. No upgrades outside of Heroics.
  

Pants

• Currently using [Scales of the Beast].
• Drop: [Scaled Greaves of Patience] from Captain Skarloc in Old Hillsbrad Foothills.
  
• Drop: [Beast Lord Leggings] from Warlord Kalithresh in Steamvaults.

Boots

• Currently using [Duro Footgear], have [Sky-Hunter Swift Boots] sitting in the bank. Can't really decide which I like more. No real upgrades.
  

Melee Weapon

• Currently using [Crystalforged War Axe] with Savagery (+70 AP).
• Quest Reward: [Terokk's Quill] from Sethekk Halls and promptly through +35 AGI on it. Probably best pre-raid Survival weapon.
  
• Drop: [Sonic Spear] from Murmur in Shadow Labyrinth. Arguable if this is better for a Survival Hunter. I'd only think about getting it if it was going to get sharded.
  

Ranged Weapon

• Currently using [Valanos' Longbow]. There are lots of side-grades, but nothing that is an 'upgrade'.
  

Back

• Currently using [Cloak of the Craft]. I'm pretty sure I'm sticking with it for a while.
  

Neck

• Currently using [Earthen Mark of Razing], but have [Necklace of the Deep] in the bank waiting for me to hit the hit cap so I can swap back to it.
  

Ring

• Currently using [Pathfinders Band] and [Warmaul Slayer's Band]. Only looking to replace the later.
• Drop: [Ravenclaw Band] off Talon King Ikiss in Sethekk Halls.
• Drop: [Ring of the Exarchs] off Exarch Maladaar in Auchenai Crypts.

I'd go into Trinkets now, but I really need to get back to my day job...

Farming FTL

So, Sakuran has been sitting at 360 LW for the past week or so. I managed to find the pattern for [Drums of Restoration] on the AH and was able to score the 2 skill points I needed to get to 360 for around 60g (which I promptly resold for cost, didn't realize they're listed as a 35g buyout...), which is much better than the 150-200g per point the skill ups would cost other wise.

So, sitting at 260 I have the option of competing with every other LW in the game for [Thick Clefthoof Leather] (which is stupidly overpriced), attempting to make Felstalker gear, or the Fel Skin set. Now, the Fel Skin set was the way to go until the drop rate for [Mote of Shadow] was nerfed. What used to be the cheapest and most abundant Primal is not a 14-20g buyout. Obviously I'm not the only LW leveling to 375, so the market can be flooded with certain items. Felstalker Bracers in particular and any of the Clefthoof pieces in general seem to be abundant. However, I haven't seen any Fel Skin in the last week or so. The abundance of competition has driven down prices to the point that Felstalker Bracers are selling for 30g when the mats alone would cost over 100g. So, my plan is to make Fel Leather Boots, a yellow pattern at 360 and sell them for my cost in mats. Without any competition I'm hopeful that I'll be able to charge a higher price and offset my cost and get to 375 (well, as high as I can before they go green) without throwing thousands of gold down the drain. Might even get my Consortium Rep up and make Fel Leather Leggings for a profit is this works out...

Back to the tile of the post I've been running laps around Oshu'Gun hitting the Voidies that spawn abundantly all around it. Drop rate and re-sapawn rate make for solid farming, can do a complete lap in 10-15 minutes and seem to average 10 motes per lap (AKA 1 Primal). Also had decent luck with greens and blues. My first foray resulted in 3 primal shadows, three BOE greens, and 2 BOE blue (one from a rare named, Voidhunter Yar) all in roughly an hours work.

Still dreaming of Terokk's Quill

Laic is still dreaming of [Terokk's Quill], but my play time recently has been little and none. Finally moved into the new house last weekend, which unfortunately meant a week without internet access. Now that my access is back, while I wait for a group I'm doing the quest than that ultimately rewards [Malefactor's Eyepatch], which is going to be a nice upgrade as I'm still using the [Helm of Lupine Grace] from Terokkar Forest.

Where Laic's at right now:

My guild is finally getting people attuned for Kara and look at starting to run it in a week or two. For those of you how raid actively, we are a real casual guild. Most of our members have way too many alts, very irregular play schedules, and little desire to take the game 'seriously'. Honestly I like that as it fits my view towards the game. That being said I'm looking forward to something a bit more coordinated and 'serious'.

As Sakuran is going to be my raid toon, I've been thinking about how to spec her. Up till now the 5-man content/solo stuff she's been doing hasn't required her to go for a pure DPS build. Her current 17/0/44 is working just fine and with some of our under-geared tanks I have to hold back my DPS. But when we raid I want to make sure I am capable of bringing as much to the table as possible. That being said I'm not sure I can stomach going back to a combat build (100-120 DPS increase). It's so...boring. So, as a compromise I'm planning on going to 30/0/31 which should allow me higher DPS (60 more according to the spreadsheet) while still allowing the luxury of my subtlety talents that I enjoy so much. I'll miss Shadowstep, but I did love Seal Fate back in the day and I'm sure it'll make up for it.

Here's Sakuran right now:

edit: Item linking courtesy of Armory Musings by way of BigRedKitty.