It's been several days since I've given you guys any new and juicy details on the beta. I aplogize for neglecting you.

First, when they patched yesterday, instead of doing a quest in Sholozar Basin to get your cold weather flying, you pay a trainer at level 77. The cost is now 950g. For those whom I've recently told otherwise, I apologize, as I just hit 77 ~45 minutes ago and I wasn't aware they had made that change in this patch. It sucks, but it does get you back epic flying, so at least it's somewhat cheaper than the original. I also think it's shitty of Blizz to charge us for an ability to which we already had and they took away access, so I'll be filing a suggestion/complaint on that.

Let's see, I did find the absolute worst sub-zone I've yet to encounter. Drak'Sotra is a small sub-zone in Zul'Drak and while the quests seem like they would be interesting (mainly freeing Argent Crusade people), the spawn/drop rates are terrible, even when you've got an entire sub-zone full of people. I'll be submitting poor feedback for those quests and hopefully we'll see some changes come live.

For one of the coolest quests I've gotten to do, I was able to successfully free a storm giant, and then I spent some time riding around on his head killing level 80 elites. Another very frustrating, but very rewarding quest. If you get several people trying to do this all at the same time, it gets difficult, but at the same time, it's a storm giant, and you're on his head. Geekdom vs. annoyance factor I suppose.

The server has been about stable as can be expected. You get 5-10 minutes of play time, then see 3/4 of your guild go "offline" and know to expect the same. You never quite log in where you left off, but you typically have whatever you logged out with. They also seem to be fixing some of the bugged quests finally, which is nice.

I did the Ampitheater of Anguish a few days ago, finally replaced my Wub's Cursed Hexblade. The AoA is the new Ring of Blood, complete with crowd sound effects. You still make just as much money, and get just as awesome of a weapon at the end. The spell power unification makes gear choices a little more varied, but making a decision also takes more time than usual. However, as a Boomkin, I can use the spirit, and I like that I get to choose more between haste and crit. Hopefully we'll get some haste/crit items this go round in the raiding scene.

I'm hoping to get to 80 soon, as I'd like to see the inside of Naxx. I'm most interested to see if the cat is still around.

I did just finish one of the new daily quests. You get to do dailies while you're leveling. They grant XP on par with other quests from that level, and typically a little higher cash value. This one requires you to take the daily from the Argent Crusade main area in Zul' Drak, then go around to the sub-zones and complete 4 dailies in a half hour. The 4 dailies only grant minimal cash (1.5g) and minimal xp (5300 at 77). However, if you complete all 4 in a half hour, you're eligible for a second daily from the main area that gives you extra xp, extra cash and a stuffed bag. The dailies were fairly easy, except the one from Finkelstein. But all in all, a fun little challenge.

I did some dailies back in Grizzly hills as well, but they all required you to flag PvP. I did get ganked a couple times by a level 77 (i was 73), but those were fairly fun as well. I think this is a great way to let people learn the zones and make some extra cash while leveling.

Well, I just fell asleep at the keyboard, and I'm not sure how long I was out for. I'll cover Bella's progress in the next couple days.