Moving along in our Old World Reputations, lets deal with the classic MC Raider Hydraxian Waterlords. This rep has changed quite a bit from "back in the day" so if I mess up some of the details please feel free to let me know. Many of the quest chains and rep grinding options that were available to use back pre-BC are (so far as I understand) now no longer accessable so I will only be sharing that information that I am CERTAIN is still around.
Molten Core is located INSIDE the instance Blackrock Depths so if you are planning on doing this Raid and Rep grind make sure to pick up the old attunement quest. While you no longer need the attunement to enter the instance it has the advantage of porting you directly there from the quest giver as well as back from the raid instance saving valuable time.
Up until you hit Revered grinding rep is easy. The majority of the mobs within Molten Core give you rep and until you start killing bosses these mobs will continue to respawn. Even AFTER you kill bosses some of these mobs will respawn so you can easily get yourself to Revered in a week. (If you are a skinner or miner you can also sell a lot of the drops to individuals working on their Thorum Brotherhood Rep just as an FYI. Along with the other trash drops used for this.) It is after this threshold that things become more difficult.
Once you hit Revered Reputation with the Waterlords can ONLY be gained killing the bosses until you hit ALMOST Exalted, at that point rep can only be gained off the FINAL TWO bosses (Majordomo Executus and Ragnaros). The first few can easily be handled but there are a few that will give even a level 80 a tough time. (Golemagg the Incinerator for example.) So how many runs will it take you to DO this achievement you ask? Best estimate is 19 runs will get you to exalted.
Happy Grinding!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Rep: Zandalar Tribe
We are now entering the last phase of our Old World Faction Reputation Series. Those Reputations which are located only WITHIN RAID zones. We will begin with the most UNIQUE of these the Zandalar Tribe.
This Reputation is ground in Zul'Gurub one of the original 20 man Raid Instances. However their base of operations is NOT located INSIDE the instance, rather players need to journey to the opposite side of the map and find the tribe at the tiny island of Yojamba located at the top west corner of Stranglethorn Vale.
Of all of the "Raid Zone Only Reps" Zandalar is by far the EASIEST to grind to exalted. Since it IS a Raid you will need at least two people to enter the zone. But unlike other raids it also contains two still obtainable mounts:
Swift Razzashi Raptor off of Bloodlord Mandokir and Swift Zulian Tiger off of High Priest Thekal.
In addition to this, if you have completed the quest chain Nat's Measuring Tape there is an addition boss you can summon Gahz'ranka. This Boss has the chance of dropping Tome of Polymorph: Turtle. While crowd control may have fallen into disfavor in recent months many Mages STILL greatly desire this Tome.
Combine these motivators and it usually isn't to difficult to find yourself a grinding buddy. However some classes CAN solo this instance QUITE easily. Paladins, Druids, Etc.
So how do you go about gathering the actual Reputation?
Killing mobs and bosses will give you reputation. (3-5 rep for trash, 100-200 rep for bosses, 400 Rep for Final boss)
All of the mobs and bosses have a chance of dropping coins and Bijous. These items are used for quests located on the Zandalar Tribe's home island.
If you have NEVER done this raid before make sure to stop by the Island FIRST and pick up the quest A Collection of Heads. If you are a pair of Level 80's all but Hakkar should be easy enough for you to handle. Hakkar's challenge is that he Mind controls. This being the case you may need to look to see if individuals looking to get their Zul'Gurub achievement may wish to join you.
The other quests that you will be doing A LOT is A Bijou for Zanza and Gurubashi, Vilebranch, and Witherbark Coins, Zulian, Razzashi, and Hakkari Coins. As I mentioned before ALL of the mobs and bosses inside Zul'Gurub have a chance to drop these items it will take you no time at all to amass quite a collection of these so make sure you go in with A LOT Of empty bag space.
Scattered around in ZG you will also come across Jinxed Hoodoo Piles. These will occasionally contain Punctured Voodoo Dolls of the appropriate class. Combine this with a Primal Hakkari Idol and you can complete Animist's Caress, another repeatable quest with no reputation requirement. One thing to keep in mind though, stand FAR away when your partner opens the pile because they will become mind controlled for a short period of time...and they will become irritated if you keep killing them.
Finally, as your reputation improves you will also be able to do the armor quests for reputation as well.
DON'T do the Zanza's Potent Potables Quest. This was to allow you to get potions for use in ZG, just use the token instead.
So there you have it, Happy Grinding!
This Reputation is ground in Zul'Gurub one of the original 20 man Raid Instances. However their base of operations is NOT located INSIDE the instance, rather players need to journey to the opposite side of the map and find the tribe at the tiny island of Yojamba located at the top west corner of Stranglethorn Vale.
Of all of the "Raid Zone Only Reps" Zandalar is by far the EASIEST to grind to exalted. Since it IS a Raid you will need at least two people to enter the zone. But unlike other raids it also contains two still obtainable mounts:
Swift Razzashi Raptor off of Bloodlord Mandokir and Swift Zulian Tiger off of High Priest Thekal.
In addition to this, if you have completed the quest chain Nat's Measuring Tape there is an addition boss you can summon Gahz'ranka. This Boss has the chance of dropping Tome of Polymorph: Turtle. While crowd control may have fallen into disfavor in recent months many Mages STILL greatly desire this Tome.
Combine these motivators and it usually isn't to difficult to find yourself a grinding buddy. However some classes CAN solo this instance QUITE easily. Paladins, Druids, Etc.
So how do you go about gathering the actual Reputation?
Killing mobs and bosses will give you reputation. (3-5 rep for trash, 100-200 rep for bosses, 400 Rep for Final boss)
All of the mobs and bosses have a chance of dropping coins and Bijous. These items are used for quests located on the Zandalar Tribe's home island.
If you have NEVER done this raid before make sure to stop by the Island FIRST and pick up the quest A Collection of Heads. If you are a pair of Level 80's all but Hakkar should be easy enough for you to handle. Hakkar's challenge is that he Mind controls. This being the case you may need to look to see if individuals looking to get their Zul'Gurub achievement may wish to join you.
The other quests that you will be doing A LOT is A Bijou for Zanza and Gurubashi, Vilebranch, and Witherbark Coins, Zulian, Razzashi, and Hakkari Coins. As I mentioned before ALL of the mobs and bosses inside Zul'Gurub have a chance to drop these items it will take you no time at all to amass quite a collection of these so make sure you go in with A LOT Of empty bag space.
Scattered around in ZG you will also come across Jinxed Hoodoo Piles. These will occasionally contain Punctured Voodoo Dolls of the appropriate class. Combine this with a Primal Hakkari Idol and you can complete Animist's Caress, another repeatable quest with no reputation requirement. One thing to keep in mind though, stand FAR away when your partner opens the pile because they will become mind controlled for a short period of time...and they will become irritated if you keep killing them.
Finally, as your reputation improves you will also be able to do the armor quests for reputation as well.
DON'T do the Zanza's Potent Potables Quest. This was to allow you to get potions for use in ZG, just use the token instead.
So there you have it, Happy Grinding!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
A CHICKEN?!?!
BLIZZARD WHY DO YOU HATE ME SO?
Well today I saw it, the LONG awaited leather gear for Alliance...and what did we get?
Chicken helmed, CORSETS, with DEEP V-necks...sigh...
Well, at least the DRUIDS should be happy....Maybe.
Guess I am going to have to find a shirt I like to go with it as I hate having bare arms. Tabards cover the chest area anyway so the V-neck is really a Non-issue. The colors are good, Black and Gold. Classic.
But honestly, on the females it looks like a Bodice I would wear for a Ren Faire and for the guys...some type of girdle they stole to hold in their gut or torture device. I DO like the shoulders, the eagle works well and the the little "pouches" on it are in keeping with BOTH Rogues AND Druids. The Helm...I am sure it is suppose to be the Alliance Eagle but I am NOT getting into all the "glowey eye" things they have been doing recently.
Final thought? I like it better than T8 and in time it may grow on me.
Well today I saw it, the LONG awaited leather gear for Alliance...and what did we get?
Chicken helmed, CORSETS, with DEEP V-necks...sigh...Well, at least the DRUIDS should be happy....Maybe.
Guess I am going to have to find a shirt I like to go with it as I hate having bare arms. Tabards cover the chest area anyway so the V-neck is really a Non-issue. The colors are good, Black and Gold. Classic.
But honestly, on the females it looks like a Bodice I would wear for a Ren Faire and for the guys...some type of girdle they stole to hold in their gut or torture device. I DO like the shoulders, the eagle works well and the the little "pouches" on it are in keeping with BOTH Rogues AND Druids. The Helm...I am sure it is suppose to be the Alliance Eagle but I am NOT getting into all the "glowey eye" things they have been doing recently.
Final thought? I like it better than T8 and in time it may grow on me.
So Today I ment a Game Master...
I NEVER imagined I would encounter one of these:
This was a first for me. I mean I have seen the videos and seen others talk about their encounters with Game Masters "In Game" but to actually see one walk by and talking to others still caught me off guard. Valaem was not at the Gates of Iron Forge long, just enough to enjoy a spot of Gnome Punting.
So what do these Blue clad mystery's WEAR?...That is a question that has teased me since the whole Karatechop and the Martin Fury incident. The answer (at least in my case) was rather bland.
Her hood is rather unimpressive and in her case was not even showing. All the other items, minus her slippers are nothing more than the Glacial set. Her slippers were similar to the hood, a white item with no additional stats.
But she WAS funny. And while her visit was VERY brief she did manage to give us all a little taste of that "unassuming power" she had available to her.
Yep, I am the Giraffe. I can't complain, one of my guild mates who was also there was turned into one of the Slugs. Over all it was A LOT of fun and I am glad I got to have this experience at least once in my WoW career.
This was a first for me. I mean I have seen the videos and seen others talk about their encounters with Game Masters "In Game" but to actually see one walk by and talking to others still caught me off guard. Valaem was not at the Gates of Iron Forge long, just enough to enjoy a spot of Gnome Punting.
So what do these Blue clad mystery's WEAR?...That is a question that has teased me since the whole Karatechop and the Martin Fury incident. The answer (at least in my case) was rather bland.
Her hood is rather unimpressive and in her case was not even showing. All the other items, minus her slippers are nothing more than the Glacial set. Her slippers were similar to the hood, a white item with no additional stats.
But she WAS funny. And while her visit was VERY brief she did manage to give us all a little taste of that "unassuming power" she had available to her.
Yep, I am the Giraffe. I can't complain, one of my guild mates who was also there was turned into one of the Slugs. Over all it was A LOT of fun and I am glad I got to have this experience at least once in my WoW career.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Signs you need to take a break from WoW
This blog post comes about as the result of a conversation that took place today in Guild Chat. Barnaby had been up all night leveling said good by and logged....just about an hour later he was back...it seems he had "the dream" (you know the one, where you are your WoW avatar?) and took it as a sign that he needed to get back on and play some more.
The rest of us were appalled...and immediately informed him that NO this is one of the signs that you need to step AWAY from the keyboard and go visit the REAL world for a while. Thus began one of the FUNNEST in game conversations I have had in a LONG time in which we all shared events that spurred us to do the same.
So what are some signs that you need to take a break from WoW?
1.When the Microwave dings and you respond with "Grats!"
2. When your Mother-in-law complains about air fair and you tell her she "needs to build up her faction rep".
3. When your friend tells you a joke and you respond with "LOL" or "ROFL".
4. You describe Marriage to someone as "transferring servers".
5. You see the color Purple and immediately think "EPIC"!
6. You tell your Mom you need to "upgrade you gear for School".
7. You refer to going to work as "doing your daily's".
8. You ask someone what level their cooking skill is at when enquiring about who will be preparing dinner.
9. You hear someone discussing fishing and begin to describe your Arcanite Fish pole, Weather-Beaten fishing Hat and Eternim Fishing Line.
10. You complain to your spouse that the time has come to "upgrade your land mount" when trying to convince them to buy a new car.
What makes this list the most frightening is that these are all things that have ACTUALLY happened...so how about you? What things have YOU caught yourself doing that made you say "ok, I need to take a step away from WoW for a bit and feel the sun on my face?"
The rest of us were appalled...and immediately informed him that NO this is one of the signs that you need to step AWAY from the keyboard and go visit the REAL world for a while. Thus began one of the FUNNEST in game conversations I have had in a LONG time in which we all shared events that spurred us to do the same.
So what are some signs that you need to take a break from WoW?
1.When the Microwave dings and you respond with "Grats!"
2. When your Mother-in-law complains about air fair and you tell her she "needs to build up her faction rep".
3. When your friend tells you a joke and you respond with "LOL" or "ROFL".
4. You describe Marriage to someone as "transferring servers".
5. You see the color Purple and immediately think "EPIC"!
6. You tell your Mom you need to "upgrade you gear for School".
7. You refer to going to work as "doing your daily's".
8. You ask someone what level their cooking skill is at when enquiring about who will be preparing dinner.
9. You hear someone discussing fishing and begin to describe your Arcanite Fish pole, Weather-Beaten fishing Hat and Eternim Fishing Line.
10. You complain to your spouse that the time has come to "upgrade your land mount" when trying to convince them to buy a new car.
What makes this list the most frightening is that these are all things that have ACTUALLY happened...so how about you? What things have YOU caught yourself doing that made you say "ok, I need to take a step away from WoW for a bit and feel the sun on my face?"
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Rep: Thorium Brotherhood
We are getting to the end of the old world factions. Some of you have asked why save some of these until now? The answer is simple: Ease. Each of the previously covered factions could easily be soloed, but now we are getting to the reputations that require entry into raid instances to advance further. The Thorium Brotherhood is the PERFECT example of this.
Players usually first encounter this off shoot of the Dark Iron dwarves in Searing Gorge at their base in oh so originally named "Thorium Point". You can begin earning reputation with them by doing the repeatable quests for Master Smith Burninate.
From Neutral to Friendly he will send you after Incendosaur Scales along with Coal, Heavy Leather, Iron Bars, or Kingsblood. The Incendosaurs are all located underground at the Cauldron which is nearby, the drop rate is fairly good, the other items you will have to grind else where or purchase off the auction house if you don't have one of the necessary gathering professions to get them yourself.
Once you have reached Friendly you can begin turning in the Dark Iron Residue for Rep. This is EASY to obtain inside BRD. There are two quests you can do to turn this in, one is for batches of 100 and another for batches of 4. If you are NOT a human it doesn't really matter WHICH one of the two you do. But if you ARE a human do the smaller sets. The reason is due to our racial we get an additional 10% of rep EACH turn in so it will take FEWER materials over all. This will get you up to Revered.
Now once you have hit Revered you need to head into BRD to the Grim Guzzler. If during Brew Fest you managed to pick yourself up a Direbrew's Remote this is a REALLY easy proposition. If not you will have to either clear or stealth your way in.
From now on your Rep is obtained via Lokhtos Darkbargainer. He has five repeatable quests and all of the recipes that individuals may be interested in picking up.
The Dark Iron Ore can also be obtained in BRD but the other items he wants: Core Leather, Fiery Core, Lava Core and Blood of the Mountain are all only found in Molten Core.
Even if you have a hard time getting a full RAID together for boss kills it is not difficult with just two level 80s to clear trash and farm the desired items. (We will be discussing this strategy in more detail later when we cover Hydraxian Waterlord Rep Grinding.) Now of course you COULD buy items off the AH *shutter* but you all should know by now how I feel about spending money on ANYTHING unless there really is NO other option available.
So there you have it. The next set of factions I will be dealing with will be those Old World Factions you can only get rep with INSIDE Raid instances.
Happy Grinding!
Players usually first encounter this off shoot of the Dark Iron dwarves in Searing Gorge at their base in oh so originally named "Thorium Point". You can begin earning reputation with them by doing the repeatable quests for Master Smith Burninate.
From Neutral to Friendly he will send you after Incendosaur Scales along with Coal, Heavy Leather, Iron Bars, or Kingsblood. The Incendosaurs are all located underground at the Cauldron which is nearby, the drop rate is fairly good, the other items you will have to grind else where or purchase off the auction house if you don't have one of the necessary gathering professions to get them yourself.
Once you have reached Friendly you can begin turning in the Dark Iron Residue for Rep. This is EASY to obtain inside BRD. There are two quests you can do to turn this in, one is for batches of 100 and another for batches of 4. If you are NOT a human it doesn't really matter WHICH one of the two you do. But if you ARE a human do the smaller sets. The reason is due to our racial we get an additional 10% of rep EACH turn in so it will take FEWER materials over all. This will get you up to Revered.
Now once you have hit Revered you need to head into BRD to the Grim Guzzler. If during Brew Fest you managed to pick yourself up a Direbrew's Remote this is a REALLY easy proposition. If not you will have to either clear or stealth your way in.
From now on your Rep is obtained via Lokhtos Darkbargainer. He has five repeatable quests and all of the recipes that individuals may be interested in picking up.
The Dark Iron Ore can also be obtained in BRD but the other items he wants: Core Leather, Fiery Core, Lava Core and Blood of the Mountain are all only found in Molten Core.
Even if you have a hard time getting a full RAID together for boss kills it is not difficult with just two level 80s to clear trash and farm the desired items. (We will be discussing this strategy in more detail later when we cover Hydraxian Waterlord Rep Grinding.) Now of course you COULD buy items off the AH *shutter* but you all should know by now how I feel about spending money on ANYTHING unless there really is NO other option available.
So there you have it. The next set of factions I will be dealing with will be those Old World Factions you can only get rep with INSIDE Raid instances.
Happy Grinding!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The VanCleef Set first look
If some how you missed it the Alliance Rogue gear for Tier 9 will be called the "VanCleef" set. (The Horde Version is called "Garona".) So far I haven't seen any pictures of it and I am pretty anxious. While I know we will be sharing designs with the Druids this doesn't really bother me as much since Druids spend the majority of their time shape shifted ANYWAY. Frankly any time I saw a Tauren running around with Guise of the Midgard Serpent on their snout I kinda felt bad for them...I mean NO ONE should have to wear a pickled Baby...even a Tauren.
Since we don't have pictures and the realms are down for maintenance I thought we could look at all the nice STATS these sets have on them. MMO Champion (that center for all things that are breaking news) has managed to dig up the information on two of the sets. The "Triumph" and the "Conquest".
Interesting enough the Conquest is the LOWER leveled version and the Triumph set the higher. My guess being that the Conquest will belong to the 5 man version and the Triumph to the Raids. But as none of this information is yet released we can only speculate at this point.
The set bonuses ARE know though:
VanCleef's Breastplate of Conquest
VanCleef's Gauntlets of Conquest
VanCleef's Helmet of Conquest
VanCleef's Legplates of Conquest
VanCleef's Pauldrons of Conquest
The item level 245 Triumph Set:
VanCleef's Breastplate of Triumph
VanCleef's Gauntlets of Triumph
VanCleef's Helmet of Triumph
VanCleef's LegPlates of Triumph
VanCleef's Pauldrons of Triumph
The item level 258 Triumph Set:
VanCleef's Breastplate of Triumph
VanCleef's Gauntlets of Triumph
VanCleef's Helmet of Triumph
VanCleef's LegPlates of Triumph
VanCleef's Pauldrons of Triumph
The Garona set has identical stats however we DO have an idea as to what IT is going to look like.
Not TOO shabby hmm? Gives me hope for the Alliance sets anyway.
Since we don't have pictures and the realms are down for maintenance I thought we could look at all the nice STATS these sets have on them. MMO Champion (that center for all things that are breaking news) has managed to dig up the information on two of the sets. The "Triumph" and the "Conquest".
Interesting enough the Conquest is the LOWER leveled version and the Triumph set the higher. My guess being that the Conquest will belong to the 5 man version and the Triumph to the Raids. But as none of this information is yet released we can only speculate at this point.
The set bonuses ARE know though:
- (2) Set: Your Rupture ability has a chance each time it deals damage to reduce the cost of your next ability by 40 energy.
- (4) Set: Increases the critical strike chance of your Hemorrhage, Sinister Strike, Backstab, and Mutilate abilities by 5%.
VanCleef's Breastplate of Conquest
VanCleef's Gauntlets of Conquest
VanCleef's Helmet of Conquest
VanCleef's Legplates of Conquest
VanCleef's Pauldrons of Conquest
The item level 245 Triumph Set:
VanCleef's Breastplate of Triumph
VanCleef's Gauntlets of Triumph
VanCleef's Helmet of Triumph
VanCleef's LegPlates of Triumph
VanCleef's Pauldrons of Triumph
The item level 258 Triumph Set:
VanCleef's Breastplate of Triumph
VanCleef's Gauntlets of Triumph
VanCleef's Helmet of Triumph
VanCleef's LegPlates of Triumph
VanCleef's Pauldrons of Triumph
The Garona set has identical stats however we DO have an idea as to what IT is going to look like.
Not TOO shabby hmm? Gives me hope for the Alliance sets anyway.
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