It’s going to be fun going back to Azeroth at 80 and slamming through all the dungeon quests I’ve had to pass up.
Also I discovered Heirloom pieces today. Those look delicious. Just another argument for getting an 80 toon so I can indulge my altitis more easily.
Sorry, I guess I assumed you just didn’t want to go careening off into the sky or the ground–not that you had some crazy anal need to be exactly parallel to the ground. 
Why not just get yourself going in the direction you want, then tap X or Space if you start getting too high or too low? (Also, how are you orienting yourself? I find I tend to get pretty close to 0° just by aiming for something on the horizon.)
Well, see my explanation to Bosstone here. Just call me “Cropduster” 
Of possible interest: the Onion:
(How sad is it that I can spot five or six things that they get wrong? Downloading patch files on a Friday? Who downloads patch files on a Friday?)
Oh, I read that post–I just didn’t think it would be that hard to get yourself going relatively level. I’ve never noticed it being a problem, even when I’m doing very low-level flying. Maybe I just do a lot of micro-adjustments that I never pay conscious attention to.
My favorite part was:
I’m afraid that you got whooshed, though, Tom. It’s very, *very *likely that the writer of that particular article deliberately introduced a lot of inaccuracies to provoke massive nerdrage.
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Huh? I thought we were all in Azeroth, Boss? I thought that was our “Middle Earth”.
No?
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At level 60, you actually leave Azeroth through the Dark Portal and go to Outland, which is another world entirely.
The terminology is a little confusing. Azeroth can mean the world, which includes the Eastern Kingdoms (which has Stormwind and Ironforge), Kalimdor (which has Darnassus), and Northrend (the new level 70-80 continent).
It can also mean just Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor, since people divide up the game into Azeroth, which you play in from levels 1 to 60, Outland 60-70, and Northrend 70-80.
Lastly, Azeroth is actually one of the Eastern Kingdoms itself, with Stormwind as its capital. The other kingdoms are Khaz Modan (Ironforge) and Lordaeron (Undercity, currently held by the Horde).
So it gets a little confusing. 
Usually the way I use it means the section of the game up to level 60.
That’s what confused the heck out of me when I was doing a quest in Teldrassil involving an unusual plant. The plant expert guy made a remark that the plant may have come from “…as far away as Azeroth!” (Similarly, there are some Forsaken encountered in Duskwood, who make a comment about seeing what’s going on is southern Azeroth.) I was left thinking, “Um, I thought Azeroth was the whole world…?” That perception was based on playing WarCraft II & III.
It wasn’t until some time later that I learned that the Eastern Kingdoms are considered to be three “continents”, one of which is called Azeroth.
Ah! Okay. Understood.
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Whoo! Just saw Rik’s answer too, and am relieved I wasn’t the only one confused! I was about to “up” my meds!
Don’t worry too much about it. You’re only halfway to the point where you could actually go to the other planet. By that time, you’ll be sick and tired of Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor, anyway!
Outland is cool, though…it’s a completely different landscape and such. It’s supposed to be the home planet of the Orcs, where they came from to invade the world where you’re at right now. Some big event happened a while ago and the planet exploded…it’s made up of seven zones, all of which are kind of hanging around on floating rocks. The environments go from completely space-opera (Netherstorm) to totally “normal” (Nagrand). And then, after you go from 60 to 70, you come back to Azeroth and adventure in the northern continent, Northrend.
Nagrand is simply beautiful. If Stranglethorn Vale is a jungle, then Nagrand is the savanna in a way that the Barrens doesn’t quite match. My Hunter is questing there now, and I’m loving it.
Nagrand is the zone that seems least affected by the disaster that created Outland out of Draenor. Hellfire is just a mess, Terrokar has the Bone Plains, Zangarmarsh has the Dead Mire, I don’t know if Bladesedge was like it is before Draenor blew up, but they have the Legion presence, Netherstorm looks like a Star Trek TOS set, and Shadowmoon is an environmental disaster area. Nagrand just is, and it’s gorgeous.
Oh! I forgot…Nagrand does have the Legion Forge Camps in the northwest and Osho’gun in the southwest. The Forge Camps are such a small part of the zone, though, that it’s easy to forget them. And Osho’gun doesn’t really LOOK like an extensive disaster.
Apparently the guy the article is directed at I read it as sort of “Why did you wait until Friday to download the patch?”
So no 3.2 patch today, I guess. 
I’ve been spinning my wheels waiting for it to come out.
On the upside, last night I got together with a PUG in Nagrand and we blew through the Ring of Blood and dropped Durn the Hungerer. I hit level 69 and pulled in over 150 gold for two hours of play, which is the best I’ve done yet.
Ha, no. They’ve just started the public testing of the new 5 man instance and I don’t think they’ve tested all the new raid encounters yet. I’d say no sooner than the Tuesday after BlizzCon, and that may be pushing it.
Noooooooooo, very no. It won’t be out for weeks yet–they’re still testing and tweaking all sorts of things on the PTR.
My guild has lowbie nights where people play their lower-level alts and run instances with them. I took my level 23 paladin to the Stockades with a warrior, a hunter, and two priests. We did well and finished quickly, two of the party dinged, and I got a nice green mace, but it turned out that my current sword from the Hand of Argus was a little better, so I ended up auctioning it when none of my guildies wanted it. I hit 24 within the next couple of turn-ins, and I’m currently working on a paladin quest chain, The Tome of Valor/The Test of Righteousness, that will result in me getting Verigan’s Fist, which looks pretty snazzy.
Ah well. I guess I’ll just go on to Northrend without getting a flying mount. Since I’m ground-locked in NR until 77 anyway, it shouldn’t be a big issue. There’s no freaking way I’m paying 520 more gold just to get a flying mount early. 
Verigan’s Fist is a very nice mace. The stats could be better, but the DPS is excellent until the early 40s. It’s also pretty easy to get, as class item quests go; the hardest item to get is in Shadowfang Keep, and even then it’s not far inside the entrance. With guildies working with you it should be cake. Just remember that when going after the Kor gem and the lumber, there’s extra quests which you need to take or you won’t get the drops. IIRC, they’re in Astranaar and Thelsamar, so they’re not far out of your way.
Most greens can be pretty hard to offload–you will often make more money if you have a friend who’s an Enchanter, who can DE the piece and then send the mats back to you. One big benefit to chant mats is that they have no vendor price, so they have no AH deposit–you can just keep relisting them indefinitely until they sell, with no loss to you if any particular listing doesn’t get purchased.
ETA:
Well, once the patch drops, you may be able to spend 1kg on cold-weather flying for any alt that is 68+ by purchasing a new single-use heirloom item. You’re going to need to train flying sooner or later–why not get at least a little bit of use out of it in Outland while you can?
The SO will DE things for me, but I often forget to send them to him. Luckily that particular item sold before I logged off last night, but I’m going to have to start remembering to send him things. My first impulse is always to sell.
Engineering, while I enjoy it, involves way too many parts.