Last Chapter Notes 4/13/26

 Here's my favorite new character, a Harandir Druid.  I love two of her forms and am horrified by the third.

Regular Form

 

Adorable Feral Form

 

Totally Creepy Flight Form

 

She's going to use a Silvermoon Sweeper like everyone else when flying. 

 

The 12.05 Content Patch is coming April 21. 

https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24266871 

As I'm going deeper into the Voidstorm daily with my main character, I'm sure not looking forward to it leaking into Silvermoon and Zul'Aman (but not Harandar?) 

You'd think I'd enjoy the Decor Hide and Seek but that is really not remotely appealing.  We will say no more.

What does look fun is:

 

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 Atherne, my main character has finally reached the Voidstorm Zone.

There's a new group of companions, including Alleria Windrunner, who is still all about her friend Twinkle Toes, and Lothraxion, who I don't know at all, but he seems pretty inflexible.

 

The same old void creatures populate the place, but they strive to give them cute new names.

 

Are these head huggers or what?  Or flying crabs!

 

 Scenic, Voidstorm is not.  I knew I wouldn't like the area, but I just want to get through it as quickly as possible.

 

Last Chapter Notes 4 /8 /26

 These notes can appear on any day but Saturday, is the beauty of it.   

My brother in law invited me to visit his Wow house over the weekend.    It was easy to visit though I didn't have a character on his server. I created a level 1 character, had him invite me, voila, "View Homes" and I was in his yard in a trice.

You can't appreciate a place via screenshots as you can walking through someone's yard and house.  I got so many ideas, and asked for a screenshot of his layout.  

I tried versions of that layout and some other things, and decided I'd like the bottom floor to be like my Alliance house in size.

Original Blood Elf  Kitchen, also known as the "first room". 

 

I picked up every object in the house and removed every room I'd placed, then removed the first room so all I had was an entry.  Then, add a medium room, stone floors, and vault the ceiling...

 Don't worry I've dyed the chairs all the same color.  Same room, but better!  This open airy room made me want to go ahead and add on to my Alliance house.  The first floor is the same layout but I've moved all of the bedroom furniture out.

Now there's a long hall with a view to the bedroom and beyond.

 The bath area of the bedroom is nice I think.

 

I figured out how to get the Daylight Circle Room Placed (it's finicky as to where you place it). It's a big room with a dome of sky.  I have plans to make paths that lead to the tree, and I'll fill the center of the room with an obscuring garden of sorts.

 

At the tree, some sort of cool area, perhaps with a tree house.  Lots to do everywhere now.   I'm back decor treasure hunting again now that I have lots more space.

 Here's a video of another player's Daylight Circle Room so you can get an idea of the possibilities.

 

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 Harried in Harandar

My main character Atherne has finished most of Harandar.   I've sent her onward to do Arator's Journey, but will return to finish all the things at some point.  Harandar is a lush, pretty zone.

 With odd creatures.

 And a number of painting puzzles.

 

Getting to level 90 opened the Arcantina. It's a big cozy bar with occasional quests given by easily recognizable NPCs  from your many years of playing in Azeroth.  These quests appear to be all set in parts of the old world, and the NPC opens a portal to get you there immediately.

 The Arcantina

 

Atherne's next stop is Zul'Aman, as you have to complete every zone before getting to the Void Storm.  Of keen interest here is an old friend in a snazzy new suit.  Check out the zipper in the back and the little hearts.  Sooo cute.

 

My Blood Elf house is moving along.  Now that I have tons of space, I need to buy lots of furniture and rugs and paintings, and I finally brought out my dye kits.  I'm going to make her a set of plushies.  

I went with the Left Stairwell room, which gives you not only a staircase to climb, but you see it as soon as you look in the stairwell room, which is also the library.  Everything is a work in progress.

 

Landing

 

Here's the top of the stairs, a substantial area for hanging paintings, and making into an office or just a living room type area.  Possibilities.

I don't see people including hallways in their floor plans much, but it's another great place for displaying paintings.

 And here's the bedroom.  Needs lots of work.  I've left one wall open where I hope to add one more hall, then a large room that can feature alchemy, engineering, and other craft areas.  I'm going to work on what I've got here first, as the Alliance house is next up for a remodel now I see how it works.

 

 

Last Chapter Notes 3/30/26

 

 

Apparently, visiting another player's house isn't so easy.  Unless you're Battlenet Friends or in a Guild, or Friends who form a Party and can be summoned.  In theory they are working to make it easier. Not there!

My sister, who is in the BWR Guild was able to visit.  She said "Very Nice", followed by "You know you can add more rooms, right?"     My brother in law looking over her shoulder said "Very Cool."   

It is getting a little crowded, which is why I'm looking into how to add on floors and rooms without messing with my perfecto Alliance house.  I love my house.

It occurred to me that many Wow players who have adopted the housing system also probably played The Sims, or Minecraft, maybe even Everquest's Landmark. Building up and over and out must be so familiar.  I've never played any of those, and the concepts aren't there.  Working on it, but it feels like three dimensional thinking which isn't my forte.

 

My next goal is to get to level 90 with either my Druid or Warlock.  Both are 88. It is slow going though.  I'm no huge fan of either Harandar or Zul'Aman after spending time in each.  Harandar wins somewhat because of the decor, but I haven't seen a decor quest reward for awhile, and there are dozens of quests to go before leaving the area.

That's all I've got this week. 

Open House!

 Here you go, Redbeard buddy.  I've made my Alliance House public so you or anyone can take a look.  There are plenty of snacks, so make yourself comfy.  I'll change back to only having the yard space open Monday April 6, 2026.   How you get to the house, dunno.  Think you can select the neighborhood if you have the address?

 

 

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 Home Sweet Home.  I thought I'd best just dive in and try to add a second floor to my Blood Elf House.  It was always the one I meant to experiment on. 

 

I have not found good instructions for adding a second room, or what that odd ball "empty" stairwell room looks like in place.  I know now, it's just an empty room with a high ceiling.

Here's the new entrance to my addition.  A nice tidy hole in the wall.

 

It sure is dark in here, alright.   I wish I had a grapple, or a ladder so I could pop up there, but I guess I have to buy beams and place them just so to make a staircase.  Why is the "empty" stairwell room recommended over the left or right stairwell rooms?

 If I want to try out the left or right stairwell rooms to see if they have stairs (not guaranteed), I will need to first delete the small medium square room I put on the second floor, and the hallway I made there.  According to what I've read.  If you don't, you can't change out the stairwell room and your house is in the f place.   That's what I'm reading.

 

I used up all my boldness for these shots, so next week, the stairwell room saga continues. 

Last Chapter Notes 3/24/26

Even I didn't like the Meandering Monday post title, so my Monday posts will now be Last Chapter Notes, which won out over my other ideas: Scribbles from Azeroth and The Azerothian Scribbler.  The Last Chapter is the Blackwater Raider's Guilds guild name.  

I wrote most of my post for yesterday in a notebook, it simply didn't make it to the post page.

Harandir 

First, and most exciting, once my druid in Harandar got a few pieces of gear from questing, I finished the Harandar Campaign really quickly, almost without paying attention.  This earned me the ability to make a Harandir character.   I'm not a fan of markings and tattoos, and I normally don't use them at all for characters. She wasn't quite right without some, so here she is.  You can change the fur coloring of the Feral form a bit, not as much as I'd like though.

 

There's a portal now in Silvermoon for coming and going to Harandar.  I plan to finish everything in the zone before switching to Zul'Aman for my main character.   While all of the verticality of Harandar can be frustrating, something I do like about Harandar is there are so many decor quest rewards.  Fun ones, right away.

 

Home Sweet Home

Though I have lots of interior items I can still display, and not be near the limit, I've reached the set in stone limit of 250 placements for the outside.    There aren't 250 items on my lot, as some things "cost" one item placement space, and some things five (or more, I haven't researched how they're counting).

I don't want to change a single thing in my yard, but I have more I want to add, like a gryphon's roost, complete with roosting gryphon on it that would be pretty great looking out over the bay.

I wish I understood the tech behind these things.  The neighborhood itself is it's own instance, correct?  Inside your house is it's own instance?  But your yard contents create some mighty weight on the server load?  Pfft.  Make the larger items count as one, give the player a true 250 items.  Solve the load issues later.

Crafty 

I've always used Wow Professions  as my guide for leveling crafting.  I noticed in the War Within when I actually tried to learn the system that they, and Wowhead, only take you to 60, they then flap their hands and say there are too many choices after 60 and you'll have to figure it out.

That's not helpful.

I found Methodgg  as a really well done source for seeing the choices, picking the recipes to learn in order, and guiding through options for assigning Knowledge Points.   To 100.

Even so, my main Leatherworker is an Assassination Rogue, and I've had trouble with her in fights with multiple attackers.    In order to advance in Leatherworking, I needed many more Void -Tempered Scales than I'm finding. In fact I've gotten none in Zul'Aman.   Enter my Level 80 Hunter, whom I sent through the opening sequences and she had the easiest time of anyone getting through.   Off to Silvermoon to grab Midnight Leatherworking and Skinning, then Sunstrider Isle and its Mana Wyrm population.  A Hunter is so much quicker in a fight, and within an hour I had 100 Void-Tempered Scales for the Rogue.

Another reason to move the Hunter forward is for potential fun Hunter Pets.  Alas, the Mammoths are not tameable.  Why put something so adorable in the game and not let you have one of your very own?

 

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 Welcome to Zul'Aman!   Since names start with Zul, all I could think of was:

 

 

 Your actual introduction:

 

However, we are in troll territory, and it's a jungle. 

 

And there's a Council of War wherein we find the trolls aren't cooperating with each other so they didn't help at the battle for the border.

 I'm not far into the area, but so far there is cloth aplenty for my Tailor, animals galore for my Leatherworker, and ore nodes for my my Blacksmith.  Not a bad place to land for my crafters.

Except my poor Alchemist, Harried in Harandar.   (Next week's episode)

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 I've sent my first two characters onwards from Eversong Woods.

Harandar  

Atherne, my Druid main to Harandar so she can get the Allied Race option.   I kinda don't like Harandar as she's getting booted around.  Maybe tomorrow's class tweaks will help.  She was fine till she got to this jungle paradise.

It's an underground world area, but feels light and open.  It's also so far a very vertical place where nothing much is on the same level you are.   I might send my Paladin here to see if she also gets whomped.  I don't think this was a zone recommended for mining though, and she's my armorsmith/blacksmith.

Zul'Aman

My Brave Little Gnome Tailor is in Zul'Aman happily killing Twilight skinks and getting cloth.  I like the plot line and characters here.  I suspect the brother/second to the throne is plotting against his sister from what little I've seen.  I like her though, and Lady Liadrin is here too, and so far I like her a lot.  It's important to me I like the companions I spend time with.

Decided: I'm just going to send the Blacksmith and Leatherworker to Zul'Aman too and they can go to Harandar better prepared.

Eversong

Speaking of companions, Arator and Umbric, both of whom I had taken a dislike to in all the preview/opening scenarios, were good to work with.  Except Arator went a little cray cray at the end of the Eversong sequence. Was The Light leaking out of his body during the final fight at the Amani Pass?  He looked like he went bananas, frankly.

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What's the first thing you do when Steady Flight for all is announced?  You pop your Death Knight who has Herbalism and Mining into the intro area. Without preparing at all!  Ignoring she hasn't done the reset on her talents!  Who is that stoopid?  Thanks for the "You will not die today" cheerleader lines, Arator!

 

 I can't blame even Talents Unset for not being to hit the broadside of a Voidborn Soarling.  At 2 of 16 for way too long!

 

I love fishing and plan this time around to fish my way to the top.  I love that these floating crates are in the new expansion.

 

Here's a Midnight Map.  I thought from what I'd read that you went just a little bit into Eversong Woods, maybe to Fairbreeze Village, then you could split off to the other zone of your choice.  It turns out you need to finish the Main Campaign in Eversong with at least one character, I think.  I'm close on all four of my first characters.  I'll have done all the quests here before they move on.  Arator's Journey turns out to be just over the mountain range at Light's Hope Chapel in the Eastern Plaguelands.  I'll save that for after Harandar and Zul'Aman.  Apparently the possibly icky Voidstorm can only be done once you're at 90 and have done all the other areas.  

Baby's First Midnight Delve  Shadow Enclave

Entering this delve is part of the Campaign.  It's thick with mobs, including sets as pictured below.  You kill the one that looks ghostly, then an elite mob pops up for you to fight.  My Warlock is turning out to be my powerhouse character so far, so she had no problem here.  There are tons of little floating eyes you can't do anything about who send a beam.

The new companion, Valeera Sanguinar, is more of a fighter than a healer, even when set to be one.  I miss Brann, who you know really cared about helping you (sniff).

Wow Flight Changes : I Believe I Can Fly (Once Again)

 

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/midnight-update-steady-flight-unleashed/2271396

I can't recall the last time that Blizzard did something that made me so happy!   No more careening through the skies, tapping buttons to stay aloft constantly, making crash landing after crash landing, hoping I didn't keep going at full speed into some mess of things.  There can be little doubt Skyriding is faster. If you're going a long distance it will get you there fast.

However, you've little control over where you land, and if you land in a bunch of mobs (and you do), you better hope you bounce out of them and can control your direction.  

How great to go where you want, land where you want, hover where you want.   Hugs hugs and more hugs to whoever made this possible.