Outland, here I come!

I finally hit 58 on my mage alt the other day and as planned, jumped through the portal to pick up a few choice items (such as ever-popular Staff of the Twin Worlds) and then went back to Plaguelands. A few more quest turn-ins (being a mage really helps with the running back and forth from Stormwind to PL) and I hit 60!

I considered leveling a bit more in Azeroth just to make my initial OL quests easier, but I couldn't wait and jumped in immediately. I was shocked at how easy those initial quests were. The last character I sent through the portal was my rogue, and I remember he didn't exactly struggle, but they weren't a cakewalk, either. And it was much, much easier than on my shadowpriest, but that was a loooong time ago (in WOW terms) and also my first character, but nevertheless, it just renewed my commitment to the wonderfulness that is the frost mage.

I also forgot how much fun it is to turn 60! First, you get your shiny new epic land mount (a swift white mechanostrider in my case), and then your first OL quests start the flow of uber-powered greens (in comparison to your Azeroth gear anyway). It's so much fun when almost every quest reward is an upgrade, and so far I've been lucky enough to avoid the dreaded clown-suit! (see pic at the top -- not too shabby, if I do say so myself!)

On another note, since authenticators are back in stock, I picked one up. I'm not normally that paranoid, but we've had several people in our guild get hacked multiple times, and I'm not the most careful browser in the world, so better safe than sorry.