WoW Dig Site

Below is the long over-due interview with Scut , second to claim all 32 rares!
Thanks to Morpsend for opting to conduct the interview & to Scut for taking the time to talk with us.

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Morpsend: Why did you get into archaeology?

Scut: Originally, I started just because I wasn’t into raiding as much as I was in the past, and I also wanted to get the Bug mount. I have wasted a lot of WoW-hours afking, searching for rare spawn mounts (TLPD, Phosphorescent, now the Camel), so grinding through arch to get a cool mount was worth it.

Morpsend: Did you use any mods or helpful macros?

Scut: I used ArchDB and Archy to track my progress, but other than those I had nothing. I bound my dig key to a mouse button and used click to move to make digging less painful.
Now the only macro I use makes me use most of my arch items at once while attention whoring in Orgrimmar.

Morpsend: Did you do anything to help you while digging, like watching tv, listening to music, or anything?

Scut: I definitely always had the TV on and iTunes open, but I also started trying to get better at chess while I was flying to a digsite. More often than not, I would have WoW in windowed mode while either playing chess or watching a movie.

Morpsend: Did you plan to go for all 32/32 from the start?

Scut: No. At the start I wanted just the Bug mount, but when that didnt come until my late teens (solves), I figured I should push for Professor (back in Feb.) Being a rogue, just about all of the rares are completely worthless to me, so I spent downtime enchanting them with awful enchants and linking them to friends (22 INT/ Spirit Reforge on Troll sword). It seems everyone has at least one rare that takes a ridiculous time to queue up, and luckily for me it was the Nelf rare trinket. With so many Nelf sites, I was able to find it faster (even if it was around 500 solves) than someone looking for a Troll rare.
After I got Professor I essentially stopped doing arch, and then later stopped playing WoW all together. When I later re-subbed I figured that since most of my friends either quit or transferred, that I might as well go for all 32.

Morpsend: What would you like to see in the future from archaeology?

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It’s that time of the month, the second episode of the podcast is now live!

What is in the second official WoW Dig Site Podcast? (Episode 2)

• Gold and Experience Gains from Surveying with Archaeology.
• Museum that didn’t ship with Cata but what Blizzard wants to do (Ask-the-Devs-7-Professions)
• Add more to the profession – daily quests?
• Whats to come – Items, Consumables maybe?
• Dungeon Buffs good or bad? & do you use your keystones?
• Getting your Rares, the best paths (Morp talks about where to go)
• Your Favorite Rares so far & What rares would we like to see

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With Patch 4.2 out, most people have put up the shovel to go raid in Firelands but there are still many players dedicated to their surveying!  As of this post, there are now two others apart from Boshi who have come forward to claim the completion of all 32 Rares currently in-game.

• Boshi [Malorne US] (May 23rd, 2011) - Total artifacts: 2075
• Scut [Skullcrusher US] (June 29th, 2011) – Total artifacts: 1637 
• Morpsen [Illidan US] (July 8th, 2011) – Total Solves: 3562

Come join us on our recently launched Forum and join the Archaeology Addicts Anonymous thread.

A big congratulations to are current three who have complete the Survey grind to obtain all 32 rares!

Scut’s Numbers // Vrykul: 7 (rare: 2 solved: 28)
Dwarf: 31 (rare: 4 solved: 255) // Draenei: 10 (rare: 2 solved: 13)
Fossil: 17 (rare: 5 solved: 371) // Night Elf: 25 (rare: 7 solved: 572)
Nerubian: 9 (rare: 2 solved: 24) // Orc: 10 (rare: 1 solved: 16)
Tol’vir: 13 (rare: 6 solved: 168) // Troll: 17 (rare: 3 solved: 190)

Scut: I got professor back in early February, and then stopped. My account died not too long after, as I got really bored. When I decided to re up in June I figured I might as well grind out archaeology in case there are new titles added. The guild Im in died, as most of the raiders went to a different server, and a lot of friends ended up quitting so I was left with a lot of free time to do arch. I started out only wanting the Tolvir mount, but when that took me into my late teens solve-wise, I decided to push for professor.

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Morpsen & Boshi 32 Rare Collection