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Another week, another level. Ten levels, actually. And I guess it's been a few weeks. It sounded cooler that first way though, didn't it? Anyway... Yes, Turpen has hit level 35. The last couple of weeks have been busy around the office due to patch 3.2, so I didn't get as much done between level 25 and 35 as I had between 15 and 25. I only squeezed one dungeon run in, but I did manage to do something else that was asked of me: Battlegrounds.

Yes, I did quite a bit of PvP this week on our Gnomelock, primarily in Warsong Gulch in the 20-29 bracket. I tried a round of Arathi Basin (which we won 2000-100) but very quickly decided never to do that battleground in that particular bracket ever again. Running around Arathi Basin without a mount is pretty much the worst thing ever. Patch 3.2 will change that I suppose, but it'll be far too late to be of any use to Turpen. My next alt, maybe!


I very quickly learned that doing Warsong Gulch in the 20-29 bracket as an untwinked caster would be hellish. My life was naught but twinked melee 2 and/or 3-shotting my Warlocky self. Luckily, I was an Affliction Warlock. That meant that to kill people, I didn't need to be able to survive any sort of onslaught. Tabbing Corruption and Curse of Agony (and mashing Shadow Bolt when Nightfall procced) worked just fine. Along with the occasional Curse of Exhaustion on a flag carrier or their entourage, of course. Yes, I picked up Curse of Exhaustion in my talent spec, because I knew you people would keep telling me to PvP while I level and everyone told me it was a must while PvPing. I can see why. The few times I managed to take out an amazingly twinked melee was when I was able to kite them with DoTs and Exhaustion.

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