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by Alex Ziebart 
Mar 1st 2008 at 11:00AM
It's that time of the month again, ladies and gents. It's the first of March, so the Consortium has a fresh round of gems to hand out! If you're new to level 70(or Outland in general), each month you can travel to Aeris Landing in Nagrand and receive a packet of gems. How many gems is dependent on your reputation with the Consortium.Personally, I've never had very good luck with these guys. I'm Exalted on two characters and all they'll ever give me is a handful of junk and some slightly better junk. I actually think the game is working against me when it comes to gems. I have the same luck with Prospecting. I know everyone says Prospecting is an amazing source of money, but I'm confident it only works for them because all of the awful gems are used up on me.
But enough QQ. Go! Get your gems! Make sure to leave comments lying about those Stars of Elune you got. It'll make me feel better if you just say you got a few Talasites.
Filed under: Mining, Jewelcrafting
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Ollej Mar 1st 2008 11:20AM
I got a Noble Topaz and Dawnstone along with 3 greens yesterday, on revered reputation. (Love that Bulging Sack of Gems).
Benor Mar 1st 2008 11:33AM
I keep forgetting to pick up these bags because of all the gem I already have on my JC.
I know, what a terrible problem to have. :-P
Kuri Mar 1st 2008 11:35AM
Talasite and four green quality gems.
Revered. Ripped off.
Bootsanator Mar 1st 2008 5:39PM
qq moar?
s256 Mar 1st 2008 9:44PM
I got the same thing.. at Exalted! :(
Chris Anthony Mar 2nd 2008 5:03AM
Usually we reserve "ripped off" for situations when we've actually /paid/ something for what we received.
Cedric Mar 1st 2008 11:41AM
"Receive", "dependent"... please check your spelling, it's really not that hard...
Alchemistmerlin Mar 1st 2008 11:48AM
You correct the blogger's spelling, yet misuse the ellipse twice in your post? Don't you feel special now?
grimslaide Mar 1st 2008 12:13PM
Quote: "Receive", "dependent"
More stones in a glass house for you:
Commas and end punctuation go inside the quotation marks in a quoted series like you used. Also, don't forget the ellipses on the end has one more ... for the period.
Flame-on, flamer ... just expect the same in return.
girthtasm Mar 1st 2008 12:18PM
Hey, Cedric McTardbaby. "Receive" and "dependent" are spelled correctly.
Here are a mnemonic to help you remember.
"i" before "e" except after "c"
and there's no other way to spell dependent.
so basically L2 spell
Xeren Mar 1st 2008 2:47PM
I'm going to have to come down on all sides of this argument. Yeah, I guess if you're going to criticize someone's spelling, you should also have your grammar in order, but spelling and grammar are two very different things on the internet.
Maybe it's just me, but on the internet, spelling stuff incorrectly annoys me, but slightly bad grammar doesn't bother me at all. We're not writing essays here.
Let's ALL give everyone a break, yeah?
Alex Ziebart Mar 1st 2008 3:12PM
Receive is a word I spell incorrectly constantly, and it seems my spellchecker didn't pick it up this time. Thank you!
Genoce Mar 1st 2008 11:50AM
18:49:56 You receive loot: [Golden Draenite].
18:49:56 You receive loot: [Nightseye].
18:49:56 You receive loot: [Blood Garnet].
18:49:56 You receive loot: [Star of Elune].
Erika Mar 1st 2008 12:02PM
Star of Elune and 2 crap gems here.
Jake Mar 1st 2008 12:24PM
im revered with consort, and got 2 golden draenites and 2 blood garnets :(
Dean Mar 1st 2008 12:41PM
With the seemingly increased availability of epic gems and cuts in the next patch I might hold off if you're exalted as I have a feeling they might add a chance at an epic to the bag.
Cat Mar 1st 2008 12:52PM
Blood Garnet, Peridot, Star of Elune.
...
*makes the final push to Exalted*
Saido Mar 1st 2008 1:05PM
"How many gems is dependent on your reputation with the Consortium."
No, it's not. Both the number and quality are completely random.
Three toons - two Revered, one exalted. One revered got 2 common gems.
One got three.
Exalted got 2 common gems.
Cosmonaut Mar 1st 2008 1:21PM
3 cgaracters - 2 revered, 1 honored. Not a single rare quality gem. The Consortium hates me.
I, too, have the same bad luck when prospecting, unless it's for someone else. Then every other prospect is a rare gem.
Cosmonaut Mar 1st 2008 1:31PM
Typing FTL...
WTB edit button.