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The friendly skies ...

My Druid flyin' over Ashenvale - long trips call for airborne express. One of the longest flight paths is over 5 minutes real time. These travel paths are fixed, requiring no control by the rider. The next expansion of WoW will include flying mounts, directed by the rider.

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Pirate Halloween costume

My Druid rigged out with a Halloween "pirate costume".

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Not your Teddy Bear ...

My Druid bear morph, in jump action.

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Here kitty, kitty, kitty ...

Here's my Druid cat morph - I like the horns. I'll let you touch my tail for 5 gold.

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Bovine on Meth ?

Here's my incarnation as a Horde Tauren Druid. Druids are shape changers - I can morph into cat, bear and seal-like creature. Eventually, I'll have a Wildkin form - think Big Bird on meth.
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Halloween in Azeroth

So WoW is all rigged out for Halloween. Innkeepers hand out Trick or Treats - I got tricked and turned into a frog for a couple minutes. You get to "Trick or Treat" once every 60 minutes. Click image for larger pic (enlarge in browser).

Otherwise your treats are health or power up items in the form of "candy corn" or "apple bobs".

Level 60

This morning I went level 60! That took awhile for my primary character, since Nov 2004.

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Stuck on a quest, or don't know where to look for upping your secondary skills? Try Thottbot, the Google for WoW ...

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Also good notes about quest / skill bugs and how to get around them, such as cooking above 225 skill.

Finally, bought a mount!

Today marks another major game threshold for me - I earned enough gold (90) to buy a Nightsaber mount.

I really pushed today, earning 23 gold in one session, selling nearly everything I looted from kills. I did keep a better gun I found in a chest, and sold my war staff to push me 90 silver over the gold needed to buy the mount. Did all the major hunting, today, in Tanaris.

Now I'm poor, but fast moving.

I'll post a pix later.

12 slot bags for guild members

Today I found a level 41 player who can make 12 slot bags.

And we found an area (in the Hinterlands) where monsters drop lots of the raw material he needs to create the bag (mageweave). All I have to do is buy the thread at Aerie Peak.

Then I give him the raw materials and he makes me the bag. I give him a few extra mageweave for his service.

So I am CONSIDERING gathering raw materials and having bags made for my Guild members.

So far many Guild members are low level (less than 15) so a 12 slot bag is really valuable to increase your carrying capacity of loot.

I have one more 12 bag to be made for myself then I can start working on bags for Guild members.

Make a macro invite

[ macro guild invite ]

New Guild members are elevated to a status where they can invite other players into the Guild.

I created an "invite" macro in the game that sends the text to the General chat channel. You can do the same.

Open the Macro screen from the chat bubble menu (left of screen near chat history).

Start a new Macro, naming it and choosing an icon.

In the macro text area enter your invite beginning ...

/1 your message here

The /1 sends the remaining text to the General chat channel. Mine is something like ...

/1 Guild now open to new members, any level. Visit the Guild blog, http://libertyrangers.blogspot.com You will be elevated to invite other players into the Guild, by the Guild owner.

Save your macro. Then drag the macro icon to one of your action bars.

When I enter a new zone / territory I just click the macro icon (on the action bar) for this message and zap the message goes to the General chat channel. Saves lots of typing.

Watch for replies. To add someone to the Guild, open the Social ( O ) window; click the Guild Tab; click Add Member button which opens a dialog where you can type their game name.

I am the only person who can elevate Guild members. Any new members will have to wait until the next time I log on before they are elevated to a rank where they can invite others.

Thanks for building the Guild.