In Patch 2.1, World of Warcraft introduce daily quests. Short, mostly solo quests that can be done, you guessed it, once a day. This is a great way to earn gold in the game. Since epic flying mount training costs 5000 gold, any way to earn cash is good. So I’ve thrown myself into exploring these quests.

The two bombing runs are quite fun. In one, you drop bombs on gigantic bird eggs all the while dodging the gigantic birds that laid those eggs. In the other quest, you must bomb ammo stacks which, of course, are sitting right next to the cannons that try to blow you out of the sky. I get a great WWII Red Baron vibe on that one.

It’s this other quest that is driving me a little crazy. You are asked to run into a mob infested crystal wasteland and wrangle a few Aether Rays (think Stingrays that float in the air.) This is me doing a little Ray rustlin’:

Good, clean fun, eh? The problem lies in the fact that the captured Rays follow you on a leash for a couple of minutes. So after you wrangle two or three, it’s impossible to see in third person view, or even first. The shot below is my entire screen with my UI turned off, not just a small window of my viewpoint.

See me? Neither can I. I’m at the end of my rope, uh, the rope. Did I mention the mob infested wastelands I was doing this in? Yeah, I made friends with a few real quick this way.

I’d love to see more daily quests, they are great fun, and this particular one had a unique and fun objective. But, in the future, how about no screen blocking autofollowing?