Heirlooms: The ultimate hand-me-down

Everyone at SOME point in their life has experienced it. The hand-me-down. That "pre-used" item that some one has passed along because they just KNEW you could use it. Some of these items you just thank the giver and then immediately toss into the recycling bin, Goodwill box or bottom of a drawer never to be seen again. But when they precursor it with "this is an HEIRLOOM" things get tricky.

An "Heirloom" means that the item usually has SOME sort of value, usually monetary, almost always sentimental and a HUGE lode of significance attached to it. It also means that if you get RID of it you will most CERTAINLY be in the dog house. Blizzard has gotten into the act with their "Heirloom gear" pieces that your HIGHER level characters can bestow upon your LOWER level ones. There are even rumors that in the not so distant future your characters from one faction will be able to share them with the opposing one as well.

Like all good heirlooms some are more desirable than others depending on what you wish to use them for and they may not all suit your taste and style. There are pieces for PvE and pieces designed for PvP. There are some which will allow you to gain more experience while you level and others which just make the experience easier over all. So how do you get them? What pieces are out there? Most importantly of all, how should you prioritize your purchases of them?

Heirloom items are purchased in basically one of two ways: via Emblems or Champion seals for PvE or using Stone Keeper Shards for PvP. The Emblem vendors are located in Dalaran, there are 3, one for each faction and then one neutral one. The Champion seal vendor is located at the Argent Tournament but you can only gain access to her if you are a Crusader. The PvP items can only be purchased when your faction controls the Keep in Wintergrasp. The differences in the two sets of gear are the stats on the items. The PvP items include the stat Resilience which is highly prized for Pvp but is not really helpful for PvE and PvE items ignore this stat for others.

Armor Items:

PvP

Aged Pauldrons of the Five Thunders
Exceptional Stormshroud Shoulders
Exquisite Sunderseer Mantle
Lasting Feralheart Spaulders
Pristine Lightforge Spaulders
Prized Beastmaster's Mantle
Strengthened Stockade Pauldrons

PvE
Champion Herod's Shoulder
Champion's Deathdealer Breastplate
Mystical Pauldrons of Elements
Mystical Vest of Elements
Polished Breastplate of Valor
Polished Spaulders of Valor
Preened Ironfeather Breastplate
Preened Ironfeather Shoulders
Stained Shadowcraft Spaulders
Stained Shadowcraft Tunic
Tattered Dreadmist Mantle
Tattered Dreadmist Robe

Weapons:

Pvp
Battleworn Thrash Blade
Staff of Jordan
Reforged Truesilver Champion
Sharpened Scarlet Kris
The Blessed Hammer of Grace
Upgraded Dwarven Hand Cannon

PvE
Balanced Heartseeker
Bloodied Arcanite Reaper
Charmed Ancient Bone Bow
Devout Aurastone Hammer
Dignified Headmaster's Charge
Repurposed Lsva Dredger
Venerable Dal'Rend's Sacred Charge
Venerable Mass of McGowan

Mis:
PvP
Inherited Insignia of the Alliance (Alliance only)
Inherited Insignia of the Horde (Horde only)
Wintergrasp Commendation

PvE
Discerning Eye of the Beast
Swift Hand of Justice
Tome of Cold Weather Flight (Requires lvl 68 one use only)

These are all the things we have access to at the moment but we know that even MORE are coming. Including but not limited to a Ring which will have a 5% experience buff on it and enchants for shoulders and chest pieces which will FURTHER increase the experience gain.

So which of these pieces should you get FIRST? That really all depends on you and what you wish to accomplish with your alts. Most will tell you if you are LEVELING an alt go with a set of shoulders first followed by a chest piece. These two pieces will give you the most bang for your buck in the quick leveling department with their STACKING experience buffs. Yep, that's right those buffs STACK so get those two pieces and you gain an additional 20% experience for EVERY quest and kill that you do. Personally I say look at your alts and determine what your long term goals for them are. If you have three plate wearers you want to level go ahead and get the Plate gear but if you have NO IDEA you may want to look at the cloth which will work for ANY character. Purchase pieces that will MOST benefit the majority of  your alts and go from there OR the character you MOST what to focus on.

One thing to keep in mind is that just like with REAL Heirlooms the quality on these items very seldom can be beat. While you may not care to see your Death knight harbinger of doom running around in bright shiny Silver and Gold plate that they got from their goody two shoes older sibling just remember eventually they will be able to pass it along and clad themselves in as many blacken spikes as you could wish. Even quicker than you would have managed before.

New (and Re-worked) Argent Tournament Dailys

OK OK!! Sorry it has taken me so long...but really guys it IS summer and well...there are A LOT OF THESE so unlike with previous patches where I had the time to give you all this information from the PTR with the little minions home I just did not have time to work it in like I usually do.

So here they are...better late than never right??...Don't answer that...

Quests that have changed:
Battle Before the Citadel: Before the quest Read: "Defeat 1 Commander, 3 Lieutenants and 10 Scouts" Now the quests asks you to defeat "3 Commanders"

Take the Battle to the Enemy: Before "Kill 15 Scourge save those in the bombardment" now the quest is "Kill 15 Members of the Cult of the Damned Anywhere in Ice Crown."

A Valiant's Field Training: Rather than it being "Kill 10 scourge save those in the bombardment" the quest now reads "Kill 10 converted Heroes ". These are located on the grounds southwest of the Valley of Fallen Heroes and north of Corp'rethar. They are the ones with the chains around them. (Most of us use to farm them for our scourge before anyway.)

New Quests:

Exalted with the Silver Covenant/Sunreavers:

You've Really Done It This Time, Kul: This is a Daily you will get EVERY day from Narasi Snowdawn, located inside the Alliance Tent or Girana the Blooded in the Horde Tent. (Kul it seems NEVER learns and is very good at getting others into trouble with him.) Just to the West of the Argent Tournament on a ledge you will locate Deathspeaker's Watch. Kill the cultist there and you will get Black Cage Keys. These are used to Free the Aspiants Kul talked into going with him (You will need to free 4 of them for the quest). Kul himself is located in a Cage on a ledge overlooking the rest of the rise. (Personally I like to do this in conjunction with the revised "Take the Battle to the Enemy" quest.)

The following quests you will get 1 in any random order from each quest giver per day.

A Leg Up: Narasi Snowdawn for Alliance or Girana the Blooded for Horde, Wants you to Recover 10 Stolen Tallstrider Legs. Just north of the Argent Tournament Grounds you will discover an Island crawling with Kvaldir. The Stolen Tailstrider legs can be obtained either on them OR laying around on the ground. I personally discovered that on the east side of the island was usually a good spot to locate a lot of them just laying on the ground.

Rescue at Sea: Narasi Snowdawn for Alliance or Girana the Blooded for Horde, would like you to kill 8 Kvaldir Berserkers and 3 Kvaldir Harpooners aboard The Firehawk. This one can be a little tricky. The ship is located in the straights between the Argent Tournament and Hrothgar's Landing. The mobs also respawn rather quickly. In addition to this, the Kraken adds to the confusion by occasionally attacking and freezing everyone on board in the path of his breath. The EASIEST way to do this is to stay near the rear or edges of the ship and attempt to pull the mobs in small groups. It is also about the only way you will be able to disengage yourself between waves once you complete the quest.

Stop the Aggressors: Narasi Snowdawn for Alliance or Girana the Blooded for Horde, wants you to kill 10 Kvaldir. Nice and simple, head over to Hrothgar's Landing and kill yourself 10 Kvaldir. Return and gather your reward.

The Light's Mercy: Narasi Snowdawn for Alliance or Girana the Blooded for Horde, want you to use the Confessor's Prayer Book to perform last rites for 8 Slain Tualiq Villagers. Sorry, I am a sucker for these kinds of quests. Again, very simple, take the Prayer Book provided, head over to Hrothgar's Landing, you will find bodies all over but I personally found the greatest concentration of them on the east end of the island.

Breakfast of Champions: Savinia Loreson for Alliance or Tylos Dawnrunner for Horde, want you to acquire 4 Jormungar Egg Sacs for them so they can feed the giant jormungar for the Tournament. For this quest head out to K3 in Storm Peaks and fly up to the Foot Steps, the area in the mountains just above Brunnhildur Village. There on the ground you will see mounds of snow, stand near one and beat the drum provided. It will either summon a Deep Jormugar who drops the quest item or a Dark Iorn Mole Machine which deposits a Dark Iorn dwarf for you to fight. (Or if your lazy you can run away from them too.)

Gormok Wants His Snobolds: Savinia Loreson for Alliance or Tylos Dawnrunner for Horde send you out to capture 8 Snowbold followers. This is a quick little trapping quest. Just Hot Bar the Net they give you and head out to K3 in Storm Peaks. The Snobolds you need are the same ones that are running up Gram's Bane in the Bombing Field so it is easy to run around and get them.

What do you Feed a Yeti, Anyway?: Savinia Loresong for Alliance or Tylos Dawnrunner for Horde needs you to bring 3 pieces of North Shore Shark Meat back. Just North west of the Argent Tournament you will find a ship the "Silver Blade" (the Horde's is called the "Crimson Dawn") on it you will discover "buckets of Fresh Chum" pick up 3 of them and jump in the water. Hot bar them and when you click on them you have the chance of summoning either a shark or an angry Kvaldir. The Sharks drop the Shark meat you need for the quest.

Once you earn the Title "Crusader" (meaning you are a Champion with all of your factions racial home cities) the following quests will open up:

Fate of the Fallen : Crusader Silverdawn from the Argent Dawn tent wants you to release the spirits of 6 fallen heroes. These are located on the grounds between Aldur'thur and The Ironwall Rampart in the Valley of Fallen Heroes. First locate 6 crystals along the ground, (they are purple), then use the Light-Blessed Relic on the heroes who ARE NOT chained.

Get Kraken: Crudader Silverdawn wants you to mount an Argent Hippogryph, Throw 8 flaming spears at the North Sea Kraken and take out 6 Vrykul Deepcallers. I have heard a lot of people complain about this quest but it really is not that difficult. Once you get the spear hot bar it to your action bar and then pop on one of the Hippogryphs which are located JUST OUTSIDE the tent. Target the Kraken as soon as you can and just keep hitting him as soon as you can (he moves from boat to boat) The Vrykul Deepcallers are all located on the Largest ship in the center. Just target on one and you should easily be able to hit the other two near him. If worse comes to worse you can always do this in more than one run.

Deathspeaker Kharos: High Crusader Adelard in the Argent Dawn tent wants you to kill Deathspeaker Kharos. He is rather easy to find, just to the west of the Tournament Grounds is Deathspeaker's Watch, Kharos is located in a pit a the east end of this area.

Drottin Hrothgar : High Crusader Adelard wants you to defeat Drottin Hrothgar. Just North of the Argent Tournament Grounds is Hrothgar's Landing. An Island srouded in mist, at the top east corner of it you will find a large bonfire. Stand fairly close to it and blow the horn that Adelard gives you, Drottin will come riding in on his cloud.

Mistcaller Yngvar: High Crusader Adelard at the Argent Tournament Grounds wants you to kill Mistcaller Yngvar. At the west end of Hrothgar's Landing there is Cave, in the back of it you will find a large brazer. That is where you want to be to use the Crystal Adelard gives you to Summon Yngvar.

Ornolf the Scarred: High Crusader Adelard at the Argent Tournament Grounds wants you to kill Ornolf the Scarred. On the East side of Hrothagr's Landing, along the coast, there is a small cove that contains the ship Bor's Fury. Just land on the deck and use the Captured Kvaldir Banner that Adelard gave you to summon Ornolf.

So there you have them...if I have happened to miss any (stranger things have been known to happen) be sure I will update this as soon as possible. Also if any of you note any errors or have any additional hints please feel free to share.