Exploring Harathi Hinterlands

Wiki - Harathi Hinterlands

Renown Hearts: 11      Waypoints: 15      Points of Interest: 15      Skill challenges: 6      Vistas: 8

Date: 30. Aug 2012

Character: Istarwyn

Race/Profession: Female Human Elementalist

Weapon/Spec: Staff

Zone Level: 35-45

Level at start: 44

Level at end: 48

High Moments:

• The Metaeventchain in this area is fun with an elementalist that uses a staff. All those aoes really come in handy. The centaurs always run in big groups and a Meteor Shower and Eruption help alot.
• Ran 3/4 of the map with the guild again. Its way more fun to play this game in a group than go about it alone. 
• Got a gold drop while in Harathi Hinterlands. I can't wear it myself but a friend assured me, it's good stats for a ranger. We will see if I can sell it.

Low Moments:

• I participated in an event but either it is bugged or I got trolled hard by the game. I had to defend 3 catapults from waves of centaurs. As I was alone, and it wasn't a group event, I thought: lets do this! I can kill a few of those horses on my own! The problem was, that the waves consisted of about 40 centaurs each. Of course I didn't make it. I will have to return to this one and see if it is normal.
• Well...Vistas...enough said.

Reward:

Items I got from left to right:

Strong Cabalist Hood of Hoelbrak (first item I could use from those rewards)
Penetrating Krytan Short Bow of Smoldering
3 Basic Transmutation Stones
40 Coarse Leather Sections

Exploring Gendarran Fields

Wiki - Gendarran Fields

Renown Hearts: 11      Waypoints: 22      Points of Interest: 16      Skill challenges: 7      Vistas: 8

Date: 27. Aug 2012

Character: Istarwyn

Race/Profession: Female Human Elementalist

Weapon/Spec: Staff

Zone Level : 25-35

Level at start: 25

Level at end: 30

High Moments:

• Played the zone with a few friends and it flew by. It really is faster to play in a group than alone.
• I really liked the heart in the northeast of the map (Help Johan with his training duties at Vollym'S battle pit). There was an event going on at the time and it flew by. The Norn that held the fighting competition became a vendor afterwards and I got a nice Accessory from him.

Low Moments:

• The heart: Get back at the pirates for Joukje is hard. Or at least I thought it was. We encountered a Champion Pirate in the camp and wiped before we knew what hit us.
• Alot of players were exploiting an event at The Bloodfields. Seems it spawned every minute and gave you about 1k exp. Not really my style. I passed them all but I don't like people exploiting. It takes the fun out of the game.

Reward:

Items I got from left to right:

Ravaging Magician Boots of Vampirism
Honed Mace of Blood
1 Black Lion Key
40 Iron Ore

Exploring Queensdale

Wiki - Queensdale

Renown Hearts: 17      Waypoints: 16      Points of Interest: 21      Skill challenges: 7      Vistas: 9

Date: 25. Aug 2012

Character: Istarwyn

Race/Profession: Female Human Elementalist

Weapon/Spec: Scepter/Dagger and Staff

Zone Level : 1-17

Level at start: 1

Level at end: 14

High Moments:

• It's the HEADSTART!!!
• Loved the event at the Greatheart Weald. We had to kill a Champion Oakheart that was corrupted. It was a nice way to show what is still in store for us in the future.
• Hmm...dont't know if it is a bug, but when I switched between overflow server and normal server all the farming nodes were open again. 

Low Moments:

• No activity in the swamp. Would have liked to do the event with the Shadow Behemoth.
• Sometimes there were alot of people at events. We steamrolled those. But it was expected for the headstart.
• The sever problems were a downside too but these were expected as well. Have yet to see a game start without any problem.

Reward:

          In order from left to right:
          Resillient Krytan Short bow of Agony
          Mighty Swindler Pants of the Pack
          3 Basic Transmutation Stones
          40 Jute Scraps