Wednesday, April 25, 2012

WoW Ironman Challenge Update - Ironstevo Dings 70

Well, Ironstevo has officially hit another milestone. He dinged level 70 last night and is still alive and kicking! For anyone unaware, Ironstevo is participating in the WoW Ironman Challenge. In short, the challenge is to level from 1 - 85 with no talent points spent, using only grey/white quality gear, no potions, elixirs, scrolls, etc., no help from other players, no dungeons or battlegrounds, and the number one rule.....NO DYING. (More info on the challenge and current challengers can be found at wowironman.com.)

Ironstevo had moved from level 1 - 60 rather quickly by killing rare spawns for extra experience. Since hitting Outland though, he has only killed a couple of rares. I had not been actively seeking them out as much while moving from 60 - 70, but now I may start looking a bit more for achievement purposes.


I have no immediate plans on heading to Northrend to continue Ironstevo's journey. He still has most of Blade's Edge, and all of Shadowmoon Valley and Netherstorm quests to finish before he even thinks about venturing there. I was even thinking about checking out the dailies on the Isle of Quel'Danas and the Skyguard dailies as well before heading there. Ultimately, the plan is to - TAKE IT SLOW. I'm not in any rush. This isn't a competition. I just want to get Ironstevo to the end without taking any unnecessary risks.

For reaching level 70 Ironstevo also got a little bit of a reward. I let him purchase an Armored Blue Wind Rider, which he purchased with monies received from greens that dropped from rares that he sold on the ah while leveling up.


Ironsteve (the druid) is still alive as well for anyone curious. He hit level 40 a few days ago and is now on his way to level 44. He has not done a single quest or farmed anything since level 21. He has gained every bit of his experience by killing rares. Here is his big bear butt hitting level 40 below. ~


Thats it for now!! ^-^

14 comments:

  1. Congrats on 70! And that's quite the camera angle for the bear. Might have to change the maturity rating for the site if you keep this up.

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    1. Don't worry it's totally a PG bear butt. All full of fuzz n' pixels and whatnot. ;)

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  2. Those are two solid accomplishments. 40 on rares alone? Wow.

    70 is definitely the point where you proceed with caution. To die 15 levels from (current) endgame would be NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    Hrm, I wonder if we could get stevo some xp on our Kara run Saturday night. He could stay protected a room or two back/cleared. Just a thought.

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    1. Yeah, from 20ish - 44 on rares so far. He's too squishy for my liking to quest on. So when I take a little break here and there from Ironstevo I get about 1/5 - a quarter of a level at a time making the rounds around 1 or 2 zones. =)

      I LOVE love love kara. It's actually my all time favorite raid/instance...ever. I also love the idea, but unfortunately Ironstevo cannot join. That falls under the getting 'help' from others players no-no part of the challenge. =(

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  3. BIG CONGRATS to Ironstevo! Hurrah!
    Grats to Ironsteve, too!

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  4. Grats Euphy! I know you can't bring Ironstevo but how about another alt? :)

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    1. Oh I'll be there!!! I absolutely LOVE Kara! <3 I'm going to bring the first toon I ever made - the original undead Euphyley, who is still conveniently stuck at level 70. The last time I played her I was tanking Kara for my guild at the time. That place brings back some amazing memories. ^-^

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  5. Big grats to both Steves! Ironstevo, you are the man!

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  6. Congrats on your milestones!

    You know I saw someone after our WoW Factor fashion show last night, with Mazzarache, the mount and pet and immediately thought of you :)

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    1. Thanks Cymre. =)

      That person clearly had VERY good taste! =P

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  7. Hello Ironstevo. Just wanted to wish you the best in making the last few levels. I came across your blog today after being killed by a rare that spawned on top of me. I was only level 22. I had half health since I had been murdering shaman trolls, and my health doesn't regenerate faster than 1% ever 2 seconds or so, and my pet was just finishing off a troll. And suddenly there he was. I knew I had no chance without my pet, so ran, but died. Sigh. If I start a new Irononyxx, I'll make sure I know where my rares are, so that in the off chance, this doesn't happen again :) Good Luck!

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    1. Awwww, what a way to go. =( I certainly wish you luck if you do decide to start another ironman toon. Look at it this way, at least you died in an epic battle, and not by doing something stupid like jumping off a cliff or clicking on the opposing factions' flight master... =P

      Thanks for the good wishes! Ironstevo only has slightly less than two levels left to go, he needs all the luck he can get! ;)

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