Team . . . I just haven't had the will to blog! Like at ALL! What is going on with me?
Well, since you didn't ask:
1- Diablo IV!! -- Dylan and I have been playing the new Paladin class in the most recent season. Now, we've had some great themes before like The Southern Gentlemen and the half-muscled twins, Skip Legday and Tree Trunks McSkinny. So in that vein, I present to you MonteCarlo and GranTorino, our 70's Cars in Hell!
Riding the Road to Redemption!
The new paladin class is pretty cool and currently it feels really good to play. Dylan made a type of character where really he just walks around and things die in his presence. I opted for the Hammerkuna Shako variant of the Blessed Hammer build up on MOBAlytics. Basically, I hold down right-click and hammers swirl out from me in a whirlwind of death.
Since half of the fun is dressing your character in an outfit, I opted to model myself after a light blue trim Gran Torino.
Blue Metal Power, Baby
Also Blue Metal Power, Baby
As for Monte Carlo . . . he just kind runs around with no shirt, economy-class style. It didn't take us too long to get ourselves up to Torment 4 and equipped with a few pieces of Mythic armor. At this point we're just finishing out the season journey and working up to 250 skill points. (I think I left this morning at around 217?) It's a good time.
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2- Some Project Gorgon news -- YO! Did you hear that Project Gorgon officially launched?! What the heck! Yup, that quirky MMO I put a thousand plus hours into back in 2020 finally did it, they moved out of Beta like a boss. So proud of that game!
Part of the launch was to implement improved character models, so when you launch the game now, you can update the look of your dude to something a bit sexier. The Human Models look pretty deluxe tbh.
What a freakin' model . . .
The Raksasha on the other hand . . . mmm . . . I'll get used to it.
Those teeth though . . .
Anyway, it was great to earn my Beta Tester Badge, log in, and play a couple games of match 3 in the casino. Looks like whatever guild I was in has disbanded, and it felt a bit like a thing of the past for me. it's almost like I'd have to start over and play from the starter island again to get a feel for it.
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3- Real Life -- Honestly, it's a good thing these days when I don't have to mention something. I've just been living, and that's pretty amazing. I'm vertical, and it feels good. We've shifted CAT Scan reviews to every 9 weeks from every 6 weeks because I've shown a lot of improvement. Let's just hope that holds, right? 2026 is going to be amazing!
One of my new favorite pictures of 2026 is me giving my older sister a hug. She came for a quick visit as we had a celebration of life party to celebrate what would have been my mom's 93rd birthday.
My sisters are amazing!
It was a great way to start off the new year. I hope it's only up from here. I'm continuing to connect with old friends and get more used to my new normal. I can't believe it's almost been 2 years since moving back to Utah.
Speaking of Utah . . . Go Mammoth! Cheering for the newest NHL Hockey Team has been consuming a lot of time. I even started collecting a few Hockey Cards because of it. Who woulda thunk I'd ever get all sport ball about something . . . I actually am starting to understand how the game works LOL. If a Mammoth game is on, Uber Wife and I are usually watching it.
From Coyotes to Utah Hockey Club to Mammoth. Let's go, Team!
Wassup Ghouls and Boys! Just hopping back in to give you all a progress update on my journey through the Vessel of Hatred expansion, especially as I journey into the new Halloween “Meat or Treat” event. Dylan and I managed to snag some rewards from it, though we didn’t spend too much time online—really we came to score the free Halloween loot and then jumped into the Infernal Hordes event.
Free spooky horse!
We ran the Infernal Hordes event when our Spiritborn were younger, but we discovered the Infernal Hordes had a bit of extra magic to them because I finally got the boots I was hunting for and completed my “infinite evade” eagle build! I wrote about this build in my last post, Cartwheeling Past the End of D4's Expansion, and now, thanks to a timely gear drop, the build is going great! We were playing on Torment 1, so honestly, it wasn’t the most challenging battle of all time, but hey, it’s fun to roll with my homie.
I’ve heard some rumors floating around about the effectiveness of Torment difficulty levels, with people saying that higher Torments don’t seem to yield better gear. While I haven’t completely confirmed this yet and it's probably hearsay, it’s enough to have me wondering if sticking with the lower difficulties might be the way to go for a bit.
Explosions, stuff, and things!
On a fun side note, I actually stumbled upon a Mythic Unique while trading Obols: the Nesekem, The Herald glaive. Ended up salvaging and reforging it, but no dice—it didn’t produce anything that fit my current build better. It would’ve been cool to keep as a collector’s item, but since it doesn’t really gel with any strong builds, I had to let it go. It’s all part of the Mythic Unique chase, though, right?
So, that’s where I’m at for now. The Halloween event’s been a treat (no tricks… so far), and as always, the search for the perfect gear rolls on.
So, first off, I've completed the story campaign of the Vessel of Hatred expansion in Diablo 4, and I’ve moved on to the endgame grind. What’s weird is that I didn’t even realize I’d finished the story until a couple of sessions later. And that left me feeling... odd.
The feeling is mutual, sir.
Apparently, I'm not alone in this. Others seem to share that anticlimactic feeling like I did. I read Belghast’s post the other day, and he was far more animated about it than I am. For me, the story just didn’t feel like enough. I expected to face Mephisto himself, not just his shard. But looking at it now, I figure we’re being set up for something bigger—maybe a future release or seasonal goal where we get the full Mephisto battle.
*sings* Here's . . . where . . . the story ends
What really stood out more than the story was the pacing of progression in the new expansion. I was leveling up like crazy—two or three times after finishing some quests. It felt great, but the cynic in me wonders if maybe the story got trimmed down somewhere, leaving us with a more straight-to-the-point narrative.
After finishing the story, Ormus from the Nahantu Council sent me into the grind—endgame dungeons and events to gain the trust of his people. Looking back, I thought I was gearing up for one final, epic battle that would test my build before earning my way into the higher Torment levels. But nope, it was more like, “Hey, congrats, you’re done!” No big test. No final boss fight. Meh.
Ormus likes to talk in third person
But on the upside, I stumbled into a pretty fun S-tier Spiritborn build. I’m running the Infinite Eagle Evade build, and it’s wild. You grab a unique staff (Sepazontec), and suddenly, every time you evade, you’re shooting out thunder-spikes and storm eagle feathers. And you can spam this indefinitely. So basically, I’m just endlessly cartwheeling around enemies, turning everything into a feather-filled storm of pain. It’s ridiculous and fun in the best of broken ways.
I do cartwheels, everyone dies . . .
Now that I’m past the story and into the grind, I’m not sure how long I’ll stick with this character. But for now, I’ll keep cartwheeling my way through Sanctuary. Maybe something exciting will shake things up.
Well, I can officially say I played Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred on opening day! My buddy, Dylan, and I made it to level 22 before he had to get his son from work and I had to get my son from Band Practice. Plus, to be honest, I was getting pretty sleepy at the end there.
Lafonda and Stingite . . . ready for Spiritborn awesomeness
We both decided to play the new class and go as bit purist with them. I'm playing a full poison-based Spiritborn and he went full fire-based Spiritborn. I don't know if we'll keep going that direction, but it's been pretty good so far for us. As it should be. We're only playing normal difficulty and just taking it easy and enjoying the story.
Poisoning everything around me
So far my favorite moments are those involving my giant poison centipede jumping out of the ground and spitting on everything. It's an epic-looking moment where minor enemies are executed on the spot, which feels super powerful . . . at least for now. Best of all, one of the abilities I use is named Stinger, which goes perfectly with my Stingite handle.
Speaking of this incarnation of "Stingite," I'm like half supermodel, half Aztecan warrior, and I'm here for the love affair.
So hawt
My only disappointment so far is that Dylan and I haven't established a role-playing accent to go along with our characters! The pure genius of our southern gentlemen, Montgomery and Leufroy, will probably never be topped.
I hope to talk a bit more about our adventures as we have them! So far, it's a thumbs up from me.
Man, June was a crazy month for me in real life. I packed up my family and moved them from Texas to Utah. I also was working full time and just trying to survive. To say it's been busy would be an understatement.
The 26-foot Uhaul helped me feel like I was fulfilling my trucker dreams
But just because a month is busy with real life, that doesn't mean I can't play some games as a pastime -- and especially now that things are starting to get settled a bit. So let me break down my, I guess you would call them, top three games of June.
1- Diablo IV
So I did something amazing with the help of my friend, Dylan. You may remember my post about our Southern Gentlemen, Montgomery and Leufroy. Last you heard, they were in their 30's or so, but not anymore. Leufroy is officially my first character in Diablo 4 to have reached max level.
Yes! Captured the ding moment in all its boring glory!
I didn't think I'd ever have a level 100, but here we are.
Why I say . . . a level 100 . . . bless your heart
Not only is he max level, but he also has a pretty nice set of gear and can take down tier 78ish dungeons. Also, because of that, I took the 5 glyphs of his build and built them up to Level 15 to finish out his skill point build. I've been playing the Heartseeker Rogue build found on Icy Veins. It's pretty brainless, but also pretty powerful.
Need . . . more . . . Vulnerable Damage!
I did modify the build a bit so that I could use the death trap ultimate. It's pretty fun to watch things explode inside of it, and it combo'ed well with Montgomery's teleport vacuuming he was doing to gather up all the enemies. I could improve his gear a bit still, but honestly, I'm not sure I have it in me to do all that grinding.
2- Max Mustard
There was a screamer of a deal going on that the Ruff Talk discord channel informed me about. Max Mustard, the VR Platforming game I've had my eye on for a while, went on sale for an amazing 90% off. So picking up a regularly $30 game for $3 was absolutely irresistible.
Gotta love when a game feels like a theme park ride at the same time
It's such a fun game. It reminds me a lot of Astrobot, which is one of the games that made me fall in love with VR in the first place.
There are some great moments so far in the game where not only are you platforming, but you're shooting plungers out at enemies and sucking things up with your vacuum gun. Here's a little video footage of the first level of the game I took for fun. Enjoy!
3- Brawl Stars
I've been playing an unhealthy amount of Brawl Stars to be honest. It's one of those weekend morning things for me where I wake up before everyone else and just veg out to some Brawl Stars fun.
That feeling when you lose 10 games in a row and drop rank
Once I complete my quests for the day, I usually grind a bit on PvP. I got so close to bumping my rank above Diamond III to Mythic . . . and then I went on a terrible losing streak that took me all the way back down to mid-Diamond II.
I've gotten some great characters since the last time I posted about Brawl Stars. Let's see . . . I've now added Spike, Mr. P, Pearl, Mandy, Kit, Maisie, Ash, Belle, Griff, and last but not least . . . Meg.
Not only did I get Meg, but I got her cool Aztec skin as well!
Of those listed above, Meg is the hero I've played and leveled the most. I just really like how she feels like Brawl Stars version of Dva from Overwatch. She loads up into a tank that fires a crazy barrage of bullets and when her tank body explodes, it does damage to anyone surrounding it and runs around in a little human version until her ultimate charges, then she can build her tank again and keep going. Basically Dva, right?
Feels like someone is always playing spike in every match I play
Kit, Meg, and Spike are the good pulls out of the bunch -- they're all listed yellow legendary characters, and if played in the right hands, would be a serious threat. The question remains if I'm "the right hands." ;)
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I'm hoping that July sees more time to game and definitely to post about gaming. I have quite a few more VR games to post about and play, and Dylan and I are looking to play some Seven Days to Die and possibly even Baldur's Gate 3. It certainly would be fun to write about all of that here on The Friendly Necromancer blog.
The duo of Montgomery and Leufroy once again delved into Diablo 4, but this time we straight up skipped the story, plunked ourselves in Veteran 2 difficulty, and hit the seasonal quest line. It turned out to be a solid decision for our southern duo. You might say it was truly a "butter my backside and call me a biscuit" moment.
The seasonal quests ultimately centered around the helltides, and let me tell you ... the exp from said helltides flowed like Montgomery's sweet southern drawl. It was kind of crazy.
Melting the blood maiden
We were gaining levels super fast. We went from level 19 to level 30 so fast it was like a powerleveling session. Not only that, but a full swap out of new gear was happening every 30 minutes or so. If it wasn't gear drops from the helltides and chest, it was gear from the new quest tiers. Oh, you just got some new legendary gear five minutes ago? Well now, as they say in the south, "Today you're a rooster, tomorrow a feather duster. Here's more loot. Enjoy!"
As you gain honor from defeating enemies in a helltide and completing quests, you gain tiered rewards that are actually pretty great. At Tier 4 I got a pretty sweet unique bow. It's official, I'm really liking this new season of loot.
Earning all the wolf's honor I can!
I can't wait to play the Montgomery and Leufroy duo again. I'm pretty sure we'll be breaking into Tier 3 in no time at all. Then once all these demons are cleared out, Leufroy can finally show Montgomery the perfect piece of Sanctuary property that he could claim for his own. Shh, Leufroy doesn't really know where that is just yet . . . but if we keep playing, I'm sure a piece of land will show that it's "high in the cotton."
I've been playing a little more Diablo IV now that the new season dropped. My friend Dylan and I all but abandoned our surfers and rolled up a couple of fine Southern gentlemen. Yes, we're milking our tropes for all they are worth.
I am Leufroy and my companion is Montgomery. As the story goes, Leufroy is a bit of a French Explorer type, and Montgomery is a rich southern real estate mogul. Leufroy is taking dear Montgomery on a tour of Sanctuary in search of fertile land he might choose to claim as his own ... for resale purposes, of course.
The dashing duo of Montgomery and Leufroy
Oh yeah, it's incredibly goofy, but I don't think I've laughed quite as hard while playing Diablo IV as when Montgomery found some new gear to cover his "uppers" and his "lowers." Truly, the slow, gentle Southern accents from our role-playing are legendary. I really should be streaming this nonsense.
As for the new season of Diablo IV being game-changing and all that, Leufroy and Montogomery's official opinions are "yes, quite." It's pretty great. Aspects unlock without pain. Gold grinding is needed for gear rerolling, and customization of gear is truly possible, but at our level, you probably wouldn't want to go too crazy.
Montgomery and Leufroy talking about business plans before hacking through hell
We're bulldozing enemies pretty good right now with the two of us. The game itself feels really good. Leufroy is a dashing rogue full of traps and tricks, and Montgomery is a sorcerer, casting bolts of lightning with his southern wit. We're having a great time. In fact, several times we've said to each other that it feels like this combo is way more powerful than our last team. All good signs.
About two weeks ago, tragedy and mercy struck me simultaneously in a weird way.
1- My mom's house was diagnosed with a case of black mold, and come to find out, I had been breathing in some nasty stuff for a couple of weeks while living there.
2- My real estate agent and her husband, Dylan, who are also really good friends in Utah from way back, invited me to stay in their basement apartment while everything got sorted out at my mom's house.
This was great news for me for a few reasons. I was in a better, safer place that was also closer to my work here in Utah. Even better, my buddy Dylan plays a lot of the Diablo IV . . . and thus I'm once again delving into the magical game known as Diablo IV!
Coolest Necromancer Shield eva!
Dylan decided to play a Druid and loved how his character looked like a big burly, surfer dude. He was dubbed Hanzel the surfing druid, and I made a necromancer surfing sidekick for Hanzel named Kelp.
Hanzel and Kelp, Surfing Outcast Buddies Against Demons (SOBAD)
As the story goes, Kelp got caught in a most unrighteous undertow and, koo koo kachoo, ended up almost dying in the ocean. When Kelp washed up on Hansel's surfboard, he mysteriously could summon skeletal surfer buddies to ride the waves with him.
If you read that last paragraph in a stereotypical California surfing voice, you've got the basis for our entire role-play while playing Diablo IV. Cha, Dude! It's totally like that!
Hanzel, the Bronze Legend.
We're currently level 30-32 playing Veteran II and Chilling in Act 4. Good times! It does definitely get out of hand with surfer terms and role-play. My surfer voice sometimes slips into a quasi-Bill Clinton. I'm working on it!
Chat GPT just served up 10 great suggestions for battle cries that I'm going to have to use next play session:
"Shred the Shadows"
"Hang Ten on Hell's Waves"
"Demonic Wipeout"
"Barrel Roll with Beelzebub"
"Radical Exorcism"
"Soul Carve"
"Demon Dunk"
"Demon Tide Takedown"
"Surf's Up, Satan!"
"Wicked Wipeout Wraiths"
Unfortunately, Season 3 is just about to wrap up . . . or I guess you could say fortunately, it will wrap up. The word on the street is that Season 4 is going to be game-changing for Diablo 4. I can't wait to check it out.
Kelp's ride is appropriately themed.
It is great to be able to enjoy playing a game again. Saturdays are all about doing laundry and "Shredding the Shadows" with Hanzel. Hopefully, we'll be able to do some fun stuff with these characters before the season change puts them back into the eternal realm.
The big Diablo news from yesterday was that Update 1.1.1 launched! Even better, my little sorceress benefitted from that update. To celebrate I logged on last night and played until I fell asleep at the keyboard!
First up was completing all the quests in and around Braestaig in Scosglen. I was helping townsfolk left and right with their Torcs of Protection and money delivering quests. By the way, you know what made me feel super heartless? Being a mega-millionaire sorceress delivering food from a dad to a son and having them both tell me they were on hard times and haven't eaten in days.
They haven't eaten in days . . . cool . . . let me just back away with my 8 million gold
After earning my tier 5 region progress for Scosglen, my next stop was Kehjistan. I did a bunch of quests there killing skeletons in the Tar Pits and gathering partly digested food that's been eaten by the drowned undead (so unpleasant). One of the weirdest quests was for a fella named Mahjoob who needed a Ghost Palm flower to help cure a poisoning. He was using it on himself and when you first talk to him, he's standing in front of a dead body.
ok, we're looking at a dead body . . . that's cute.
The next time you talk to him he's standing in front of a dead camel. That's all fine and well I suppose, he lost a buddy and a camel, but the camel wasn't there until you visit him the second time. It's a weird disconnect. Why was that necessary?
ok, now we're looking at a dead camel that wasn't there five seconds ago . . . shrug.
So, between the questing and a few dungeon delves, my sorc's Kehjistand Tier 5 Region Progress was also completed. Woo hoo! Add 4 more paragon points to the paragon point jar, please!
Finally, my last region needing Tier 5 progress was Hawezar. The quests in Zarbinzet and Backwater were enough fuel to help me finish that up as well. I even got a chance to fight the Butcher while I was in a dungeon doing a quest! He went down pretty easily. Did they nerf The Butcher or is killing this guy way easier as a sorceress? Why was my druid so wimpy? This guy used to destroy me!
Flambeed Butcher with a side of seared legendary weapon please.
The strangest quest in Hawezar for the night was the one where you take an undead acolyte's head from his body, and the head talks you through a summoning ritual.
I are ready!
That quest chain eventually led me to the very spot where Elias summoned Lilith: A big chamber full of blood petals.
Blood Petals everywhere!
I was literally falling asleep as I claimed my final Tier 5 progress prize for my sorceress. I can't even remember where I slotted those 4 extra paragon points.
It was a fun night of Diablo 4. Enemies did seem to die just a tiny bit faster, so the patch seemed to help even me, the mild-midcore man. What's next for our friendly sorceress? I think I'll be heading to Tier 4 soon and begin grinding a bit there until I can't take it anymore and call it quits for the season.
Finishing up region progress really does feel a bit like "the end." I wish there was just one more system to keep the leveling from 70-100 feeling great. An Act IV endgame reward track would be a fantastic addition to the game.
Yesterday I played some Diablo 4 while my wife was watching Real Housewives "Ultimate Girl Trip." Which was pretty great, because who doesn't want to listen to rich women get drunk and fight while you're playing a dungeon rich sorceress? I'm in!
You can't tell me she's a wedged-in guest star when she's in center back.
With Stingith in the girls group, the tagline for Ultimate Girl Trip gets a bit punchier than it is now. Add Stingith and it's really "Trouble in Paradise." And I would not want to be the plucky and cute hotel manager/concierge named "Pepsi" to get Stingith a room WITH a view. She needs something a bit broodier. You know? Like, is there a basement apartment with a portal to a dungeon? A girl has needs!
Episode 1 yesterday was titled "We're in Thailand, Bitches!" and featured a little drama right out the bat as Heather made an insensitive comment about Leah's drinking. It was bad enough that it caused Stingith to enter the Wretched Delve, Onyx Hold, the Guulrahn Slums, and the Whispering Vault in order to finish up her Dry Steppes Renown.
When a housewife doesn't trip while wearing heels, we call it the Dry Steppes
When she came back filled with the spoils of war and a few more extra paragon points, all the housewives had finally gathered at the hotel when Pepsi took all the ladies to their rooms. Thumbs up, great episode, couldn't be happier with the entertainment value.
Episode 2 yesterday was titled "The Elephants in the Room." MAN, when Candiace's shady dinner and off-the-cuff remark threatened to throw the whole trip into chaos, that's when Baewyn the Seer dragged Stingith out of there because if we're going to be thrown into chaos, Baewyn knew it'd be up to Stingith to help the druids bring it back to order.
Goatmen would have taken that disastrous dinner to the next level. Thanks for stepping in Baewyn.
Episode 3 was BONKERS! Titled "Don't Rock the Boat," Alexi brought a little bit of Miami to Thailand with a boat day on a luxury yacht. The big surprise, of course, was when Pepsi revealed he was actually a shape-shifting werebear known as the Bear of Blackweald! Stingith was all over that and helped him regain his dignity. All the simmering tensions that bubbled to the surface during the boat trip were of no consequence. Pepsi is the true hero.
Pepsi is the true hero of the ultimate girls trip
Honestly can't wait for Episode 4! This one's titled "Dangerous Games," and you know Stingith is ALL ABOUT the dangerous games!
I decided to take the day off of work for my birthday yesterday because it was so close to the weekend. I had a nice day, and I have nothing really to write about today, so I'm just going to journal a bit about the day for my Blaugust post today.
The Uber Wife and I started out the day with a really nice walk after dropping our son off to his Band Cult. Yup, the youngest is a new freshman in the high school band, and things have really upped a notch for the band kids since I was one. The tail end of the summer here has been all about Band Camp, and it has become everything in the world. Thus, I've been calling it a cult that we've lost our son to as a joke. Whenever there's fees to pay, I call them cult dues. Whenever there's special clothes he needs to buy, it's his occult robes. Whenever there's a special practice that lasts several hours, it's cult training. You get the idea. In all seriousness, he loves playing the mellophone/french horn, and the high school runs an excellent program here.
It was a sunny Texas morning
Anyway, the walk was wonderful. My wife took me to her new walking spot and it was great. I had given up on Pikmin Bloom a while ago, but wife never did. Because of her persistence, I'm back at it and we were planting flowers, using detectors, and going on expeditions during our walk. I'm also playing Peridot, so I kept toggling between the two apps.
A magic hatching moment in Peridot
She would point out things that happen on her walk like, "Here comes the guy with the dog that always passes me!" "There's a downed tree up ahead!" "Watch out here the sidewalk is uneven and you can trip!" It was a good time and she got to play tour guide.
After that I grabbed my oldest and we headed over to Leala and Beau's house. They are giving us their old mini fish tank, so we picked it up. It gave me a nice opportunity to show off Leala's collection of Monster High dolls to my oldest, who was absolutely amazed. You too can check out her channel on YouTube at Leala Collects.
Mac with Leala's amazing collection
For lunch the family wanted to join me in the communal eating of food, so we picked up our little cultist from his band practice and headed to one of my favorite spots here in Austin: Chi'lantro. They've gone a little more streamlined from how they were in the past and their prices have definitely sky rocketed, but it was still delicious as ever. I love to order Umma's Salad with K-pop chicken and a spritz of that magic sauce. SO GOOD. It's expensive but worth it. Even better, they screwed up one of our orders and basically gave us a free Umma's Salad to go, so I ended up having Chi'lantro TWICE yesterday!
Chillin with the children at Chi'lantro
Later we dropped my son off at a side-cult activity where he and the other mellophone alter boys would practice a lip-sync and put on funny outfits as a part of an evening just-for-fun cult service. Basically every section in the band had a bonding activity night where they independently of each other practiced a lip-sync routine and then competed in the evening as their band teachers scored them. It was actually really hilarious. The flute section got robbed, and the drum majors were fantastically synced. The mellophone group lip sync'd to The Greatest Show from the movie The Greatest Showman. It was pretty great, and our son dressed up as one of the Albino Dancers -- thus lending itself to more cult jokes for me. They did great. It was funny.
My cultist in some cult garb
Finally, at the end of the day. FINALLY, I got a chance to play some Diablo IV. I finished up all my Lililth Statues and I did several Fractured Peaks dungeons. I was going to break down each of them here as a part of the post, but why would I do that when the Wowhead wiki has already done such a nice job of it?
Going full firestarter in Kor Dragan Barracks
I went to Nostrava Deepwood, Derelict Lodge, Caldera Gate, and the Kor Dragan Barracks. All in all, I made some good progress on my Fractured Peaks Renown and will probably shift to quests for a bit here so I don't get burnt out on just dungeon delving for renown.
Man I love Artillery Shrines!
It was a great day and really fun to spend it with my family.