If you can hear crickets chirping, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because adventuring around last night was very quiet. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still short a Halls of Stone run for that very last Elder but all the runs last night seemed to be for regular and not heroic. Yes, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easier on regular than on heroic but if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re sitting there as a lvl 80, you should be doing things in heroic unless you absolutely have no idea about the fights, then maybe a regular run to get familiar with it, but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it. But since I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a run and I was bored, I puttered around the classical lands.<\/p>\n
So to be silly, I decided to finish up my To All The Squirrels I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve Loved Before<\/a> achievement, because critters need love to. Very silly since I spent 15 minutes wandering around Elwynn Forest looking for a fawn. Then again, it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Spring yet so maybe there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not as many fawns out there yet. But while there, I get a message on the guild that a couple of guildmates want to do the warlock quests to Shadowfang Keep and Blackfathom Deeps.<\/p>\n We meet up at Menethil Harbor since the two alts didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have any of the other FPs on the way. And then I whip out my Traveler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tundra Mammoth and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re off. A couple of things discovered on the trek. Yes, passengers get xp credit for exploration. No, you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to dismount to grab Flight Points. Yes, a passenger can access the vendor sitting in the other seat while riding. And yes, a passenger can fall off, making you quickly turn around and frantically search for the button to dismount so you can rescue said passenger from being eaten.<\/p>\n Shadowfang keep is one of the instances I rarely ever went into, mainly because it was such a long trek for Alliance. So I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t too familiar with that particular instance. And since my warlock is in his high teens only, I also hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t done the quest. I compensated by slaughtering everything I came across. Between exploding traps and volley, things cleared out pretty quick. My two guildmates got their Shadowfang Keep<\/a> achievement, the warlock got the drop they needed, and we were heading back to Southshore.<\/p>\n From Southshore, a quick jaunt to Stormwind Harbor and we were heading for Auberdine. Got a lot of admiring looks and questions from passer-byes about the Mammoth when I realized I rarely have seen anyone with the Traveler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. It is expensive but I personally think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worth it not having to travel too far for repairs, food, drinks, ammo, or even to sell vendor trash. Being a taxi is only a small bonus.<\/p>\n Blackfathom Deeps. The first instance I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever gone to. Also where my arch-nemesis is. Yes, the turtle. Ghamoo-ra. You wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe how often our rogue and I would fight the turtle only to have it laugh at us. Nowadays, in the rare occasion I return, I make sure that turtle is dead. Even if we only need to head partly in, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll travel inside far enough to kill that darn turtle. It must die!<\/p>\n Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t worry, my guildmates have pointed out how insane I am about the turtle. It happens. But we go through, grab the items the warlock needs, kill the hydra and get my guildmates their Blackfathom Deeps<\/a> achievement. And then I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m off to Durotar to search for a swine and a hare to love.<\/p>\n Having never really created a horde character, running around Durotar looking for critters is a bit frustrating. Even with the amusement of having a lvl 72 Tauren Druid follow me around, I was getting a bit irritated. But finally, I found the critters to love and managed to get my To All The Squirrels I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve Loved Before<\/a> achievement. And what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s that? There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a quest giver over here a hop, skip and jump from Ogrimmar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s front gates and he has quests for me? Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t I feel special?<\/p>\n