Day Ninety Seven - 15 Sep 2011

Aldonza has been earning loads of gold at the Auction House (see more about Aldonza's gold lust) and she passed on much of the excess gold to Kallixta. Certainly she could find something to spend it on? Kallixta has been upgrading her equipment in preparation for the End Game. What's the fun in accumulating 100,000g if you never spend any of it? First, some items Kallixta could upgrade via Blacksmithing for both her Holy and Tank specs (plus adding sockets to her bracers and gloves and things like Ebonsteel Belt Buckle):

• Redsteel Helm 
• Redsteel Breastplate
• Redsteel Legguards 
• Stormforged Helm 
• Stormforged Shoulders 
• Stormforged Breastplate 
• Stormforged Belt 
• Stormforged Legguards
• Stormforged Shield
• Lifeforce Hammer

Second, Kallixta had made some progress on reputations that provided rewards worthwhile upgrading from either Guardians of Hyjal and Ramakahen:

• Mountain's Mouth
• Galrond's Band
• Cloak of the Dryads
• Shroud of the Dead
• Drystone Greaves
• Ammunae's Blessing

Next, I found several items that were major upgrades for Kallixta on teh Auction House. Since there wasn't a rush, Aldonza could shop carefully. For the more expensive items, she could bid instead of buy-out and save a few hundred. In all, she paid just over 5000 gold for these:

• Terborus's Rotating Bands
• Oath-Bound Gauntlets
• Temple Band
• Impetuous Query
• Heart of the Vile
• Ashes of Youth
• Nightstone Choker
• Rainsong
• Fetish of the Fiery Sands

That leaves a few quest rewards that I haven't upgraded, including one obsolete trinket!:

• Staffseeker Shoulderplates
• Hevna's Eye Socket
• Qebnet Greaves
• Vir'naal Guardsman's Axe
• Truthbreaker Shield
• Eye of the Stars
• Bracers of the Dark Pyramid
• Gloves of the Stela
• Mindfletcher Talisman

The results are that her Tank Spec Equipment Item Level averages 326 while Holy lags to 320. Moving these upgrades into place and shifting things around a bit for specs, I managed an achievement:

• Superior

That's right. I hadn't managed a blue in all slots above 187 item level until now. Some of those Cataclysm greens where way too attractive.