A productive evening...

... assuming one shares the view that achievements in WoW can be considered "productive". From here on, I'm going to make that assumption and would invite those who disagree to humour me.

So, I'm not a RAIDer, nor even an avid "instancer". This is more to do with my real-life constraints than anything at the moment. Having young children, night-time interruptions are commonplace, and it's hard to find groups patient enough to take 5 minutes out while I comfort a crying baby or whatever. Anyway I therefore advance my toons mostly through non-instance questing, and a little plain ol' xp grinding, as often as possible with my brother's similar levelled toons. Last night was only a little different:

Demoth: Ran through Razorfen Downs with my bro's L60 Paladin to kill Amnennar the Coldbringer and complete the Bring the End quest as means of obtaining my new off-hand, the Vanquisher's Sword. The run took about 30 mins, with a couple of interruptions and judicious use of Stealth and Distract. Now to find an enchanter who can do Mongoose.

Korsk: 500k xp to level seemed a daunting task when I hit 60, especially as the introductory instances in Outland appear challenging with L60+ Elites commonplace. However, I have found that when Rested I can grind 80k-100k xp per hour on the L58-59 mobs just outside Thrallmar, picking up a few gold and some Uncommon items in the process. 100k xp gained in about an hour last night and we're half-way to L61.

Eldárwen: Having been hanging around L38/39 for several weeks in order to take part in Arathi Basic (AB) and Warsong Gulch (WSG) battlegrounds (BGs), she was fully rested and about 40k xp from L40. The levelling guide I use said I should be going to Badlands, but I really couldn't face the long run, so I decided to bring forward a few quests in Stranglethorn Vale and ding 40 there. It took me about an hour to take out Sin'dall, a bunch of Jungle Stalkers and the (Elite) Tethis for the remaining quests at Nesingwary's camp. Level 40! Hooray!

So, good progress made on three fronts, hence "productive". Of course, now there's not a lot to look forward for a while.