A lot of my friends can tell you I hate rep grinds.
No, wait, I loathe rep grinds. I get bored, start to get really distracted, and pretty soon I wander off in disgust from the whole thing. This is why Siana doesn’t have the original 4 Alliance races, Argent Dawn, Cenarion Circle or a thousand other old world reps at exalted. Hell, I’m lucky I have some of them at revered.
So when Blizz made all those factions in Outlands, complete with keys to buy and really really REALLY nice patterns and other goodies at various levels of reputation, I sighed and started to buckle down on getting rep for them. I was really pleased to see the faction start to climb, since it seemed like everything had faction attached to it: quests, mobs, items the mobs dropped. Perfect for the easily distractable like myself. Granted I still don’t like rep grinding. I lust after the Kurenai mounts, but have yet to grind my way to one. I still need to go grind my way through some Consortium rep. But it’s not heavily pressing on me. But the important ones, the ones for keys, those I got up. Then I got up the rep to use the Marks of the Illidari. So I do rep grind. I just bitch and moan then get distracted. 
Once The Boyfriend surprised me by getting the rest of my epic flying mount, I knew I’d have to deal with the Netherwing rep grind. At least it was all in the form of quests, so I didn’t feel like I was just mindlessly killing for no reason. There was a purpose! Yes! Even if the drop rates on some of them suck (Fel Glands, you suck). But last night, I got to see something I hadn’t seen before. I got to see Illidan, at least in projection form. And right after that, I had to go see a man about a dragon.
My kitty mount is Kenshin (long running joke). My regular gryphon was Yuki (it was white, and Yuki means “snow”). The epic flappy was Kyo (another joke, one involving the manga Fruits Basket and the previously named Yuki). So now, I have Mizu. No anime connection this time (at least that I know of). This one is just Japanese for “water”. What? He’s blue! It made sense at the time! Just cos I only had 4 hours of sleep then as soon as I got him I went and passed out… :;sigh:: My dragon, my name, so nyah!
Tonight? I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m sure something will come up. Who knows, I might start working on Kurenai faction again. Mmmm Cobalt Talbuk…
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Mizu also works very well as, if you look at them, from their faces to their tail the Netherdrakes are incredibly shark-like, for dragons. Congratulations!
Heehee! I am SO humming the Jaws theme next time I’m flying.
Gratz! I wish I could transfer my netherdrake to my hunter… I got exhalted while I was grinding gold through the dailies there, desperately trying to get the 5k g for teh hubby’s b’day. Pity swift flight form is just soo much easier…
yeah, rep grinds is the poop. But big-time gratz on yer netherwingy! And I would think doing the Kurenai grind should go pretty quick fer a hunter (as a prot warrior, whoa nellie! that’s a whole ‘nuther can of murlocs…)