Auction Addiction!

Wednesday evening I visited the Black Market Auction House and noticed a Dun Morogh Cub for sale at 1,000G. I thought this was a bit of a bargain knowing that these pets (those purchased with Champion's Seals) used to sell for around 4k each. As I hadn't checked for some time I logged onto my banking-alt and found only one for sale at around 2,500G. So, I made a bid before logging off for the night.

Last night I logged in to find I'd been outbid. I made a second bid for the cub and went off to do some dailies. The auction had between 2 hours and 30 minutes left and so I knew I would need to keep a close eye on things.

I managed to find my second ever Onyx Egg and found myself just short of reaching exhalted with the Order of the Cloud Serpent. I did a quick daily and managed to reach exalted status and get my Jade Cloud Serpent. I also decided to buy the Azure Cloud Serpent and Golden Cloud Serpent.

Cool shot from the cinematic.

I headed back to the BMAH and found that the auction still had medium length but I knew that it wouldn't be long until it went below 30 minutes. I noticed a Bood-Soaked Invitation at the base price of 1,000G with a short duration and though 'what the heck' and made a bid. By this time the cub had also dropped to short duration.

I hung around the BMAH leveling some battle pets and keeping an eye on things. Someonne outbid me, I outbid them and a mini bidding war began. But I was determined to get the cub. Again they outbid me, I outbid them and then things settled down again. I won the Invitation and it was a case of waiting to see if I'd be outbid again. I wasn't and I got the cub for 2,169G.

With my new cub beside what appears to be a giant mailbox!

 

Order of the Cloud Serpent!

I haven't blogged (or even played WoW) very much in the last week or so. You may have seen via twitter that I pulled a muscle in my neck/shoulder at the end of last week so I didn't play at all for a few days. This week has also been very hectic and I've been lucky to get my dailies done let alone any leveling etc. But things have settled back down and I intend to get back into my usual daily routine meaning more in-game time and blogs.

 

 

Anyway, on Monday I managed to squeeze in a couple of hours of game time. I've been slowly working on my reputation with the Golden Lotus - I'm currently friendly. But I guess I was looking for an excuse to spend more in-game time on my hunter and so I decided to start grinding rep with the Order of the Cloud Serpent. As of yesterday, I have completed their daily quests twice. I'm enjoying their dailies in particular the fishing and cooking quests! There's also some great scenery in the local area and I've taken some screenshots to share with you.

As my reward for Choosing the One I picked the Green Serpent Egg and I'm really looking forward to growing my own mount. I'm not sure if I'll buy the other two mount colour variations or attempt to grind the rep on a couple of other characters - depends how lazy I'm feeling really.