The coins would drive me bonkers, but you used that “free” time in such a great way… going to remember that… and the rat.. after 5 casts!

To be 2 books short after one day is a great result.. just keep your eye on chat and do a quick spin each time you hit & leave Dalaran.

Always nice to know my posts have helped someone

Having just read this post a few days before hand, I thought about some of the older “solo” Achievements that I hadn’t finished yet. So I started fishing for the Dalaran Coins.

While fishing I picked up two of the Higher Learning books thanks to someone being nice to announce it to the rest of /trade.

Sadly, I am still 2 books short of the overall Achievement.

I *DID* however finish the Coins Achievement (around 750 casts)… and then my luck held for 5 more minutes and I got the Giant Sewer Rat!

Sadly, my luck ran out and I still don’t have that blasted Turtle mount.

On the two servers I’ve tinkered with this, there’s a “bookclub” chat channel.

I found the book by the Violet hold the other day and called it out on /8. The only problem is that someone else had gotten it first (ad not posted it), and by the time someone arrived for my comment (30 seconds?) it had de-spawned.

I felt like crap.

I only have 3 or 4 of the books, and started collecting after BBB got his several months ago. (I hadn’t even known about it prior to that)

I’ll have to give that add-on a look-see.

/join DalaranBook

or what ever it is on your server. You would have people camping books & chatting about spawn timers and Real/ Fake books. So if a Fake one popped up, you didnt even have to bother returning to Dalaran.

Mind you, this was a LONG time ago (aka early expansion). I’m not sure if people still use this method since there are so many mods out now.

I remember Hearthing out of a Sarth run because one of my books spawned that I needed. I’ve also missed my last book several times because I was just too late.

Congrats on the new pet though! Watch out! he explodes

<3 Fuu

While waiting for raids, BGs whatever.. that “dead in Dalaran time”.

- Some people fish
- Some people do laps around Dalaran

Both pointless (Mr. Z! was talking about the hours he has sunk into getting the coins from the fountain… he just needs one, but can fish up any of the others at will).

So, I figure.. do laps, but do them via spawn points.. you don’t need to stop and it can be a challenge…

Can you maneuver your mammoth through one Ledgerman lounge door and out the other without being dismounted?

Or dropping from the Ledgerman balcony with slow fall, racing to the Threads of Fate, then launching yourself off that balcony and into the Violet Citadel before the slow fall wears off?

I’ve considered doing this one several times, but I hate time sinks that potentially give me no return on the investment.

I might at least start it though, and see where we go from there.

But the other day, I realised I had some spare time and didn’t want to grind out the usual, so I thought I’d “start” this.

It was intended to be long term project.. but 3 days later.

As I say, if you have people on your server running that addon, and looking occasionally, life wont be so bad. it’s even worth it of you just want to do a check once or twice a night. At least if you find a dud, you will have timers reminding you before you log off.

Pure as driven fire = Mage

I don’t have a cooldown on my fear… I enter the battle and Locks melt away in fear (and extreme heat of course)