My Journey from 70 to 80

Started Surley in Howling Fjord but was having trouble doing some of the beginning quest. I switch to the Borean Tundra and have not looked back.

Level 71 13/20 on Nov 21, 2008

Having all the daily quest for Kalu'ak. I am working towards getting their Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole. This thing does 186.5 damage a second, add +30 to fishing, and allows underwater breathing. However, I must be Exalted with the Kalu'ak to get it. You can get this at level 70 with a fishing skill of 300. So as soon as I get Exalted, which may take some time, I can get it. It is a

Too bad it doesn't have the buffs that a normal weapon would have (no critical strike, hit rating or attack power). There is a claim on the above web page that you get critical strike according to your skill points. (0.0.4 per point or +16 to 18).

For my main malee weapon I plan to get the Whale-Stick Harpoon also from the Kalu'ak. I must be 78 before I can buy. It does 156.1 damage per second and has +69 Agility, +103 Stamina, +40 hit rating (1.41 % @ 78), and +100 attack power. I am hoping that I can do well enough in the arena to replace it with something better. If not I will have to go through the battle grounds or buy something.

The plan is to get to level 80 as quickly as I can and than start doing the areas with gear that I have.

I also plan to get the Cuttlefish Scale Breasplate when I hit level 76. It has 1055 Armor, +56 Agility, +84 Stamina, +32 Intellect, and +82 attack power. Is a blue or Rare quality item.

Most of what I have is green or Uncommon epic quality, except to two item my nephew got for me, the Leggings of Beast Mastery and the Horrorblood Treads. The leggings are Epic and the boots are Rare. I don't know how much he paid for these but I know they were not cheap.

This site here gave a nice description of the item quaility and there colors: http://www.wowwiki.com/Quality