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Post by Yvondith on Nov 5, 2008 9:35:42 GMT -5
Ah, I see they expose Varimathras as the traitor that he is. It was expected that he was lying all along in what I read in Lore, but Sylvanas seemed to ignore that. The quest line indeed does sound very interesting. The Alliance side of it sounds cool too, but unfortunately Varian seems ill informed as to what is really going on. I wanna do these quests. XD
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 5, 2008 11:06:36 GMT -5
Being part of the legion I never thought he had complete loyalty to Sylvanas.
So where can a person check out this quest? Don't tell me your Horde character has to be level 70 to do it?
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 5, 2008 12:40:36 GMT -5
It's a WotLK quest, I don't think it's available yet. From what I read though, it was marked level 74, so that may be the required level.
I guess I'd better get cracking on my Orc Warlock or Undead Priest soon, I'd like to see this quest.
Jan is collecting companion pets at the moment. I'm trying to get the Sprite Darter Egg right now, but I've come to a halt thanks to the potions I need for the quest. None on the AH, so I'm gonna have to find someone to make them. I also want the Mechanical Chicken, but I need the last quest item to drop before I can start the quest that gives it as a reward.
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Post by Office Ninja on Nov 5, 2008 12:45:43 GMT -5
In the Lore Varimathras had to prove his loyalty to Sylvanis by killing his brother. However recently his brother was found to still be alive. therefore his loyalty to her was never there.
From what I read the quest is Horde only. Alliance may have something similar, but this is the Forsaken taking a stand with Sylvanis and taking back their city. The second I am able to do this quest I will be doing it. I cannot wait.
In other news the elections kept me from reaching 68 last night. Still 40% into 67. I need to step it up a notch if I am going to accomplish this goal. I am not concerned with armor much seeing as how it is all about to get replaced hopefully. So I am a ghetto shaman right now with pretty terrible gear. I still do insane damage though.
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 5, 2008 13:43:44 GMT -5
Alliance does have a similar quest, you join Varian in his attack on the city, along with Jaina. You get the same effects from their buffs as the ones Thrall and Sylvanas give you. Both quests end the same way, I think you also fight some of the same bosses, except Alliance fights Putress instead of Varimathras. For Varian, it's just revenge for Highlord Fordragon, that's the whole reason Alliance attacks the city. I think the Horde's version is better, but I would still LOVE to do both quests. It's great to see new storyline unfolding in the game! I gotta go and be nosy and check out the King for himself, from the pics, he's quite handsome. I noticed though, with him being back, they need to update the Human new character start up scene, I don't think Stormwind is ruled by Anduin anymore... Katrana Prestor is no longer there too, from what I'm reading, she's presumed dead.
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Post by Office Ninja on Nov 5, 2008 13:52:58 GMT -5
Of course shes dead. Everyone raided her like a zillion times. Heck I participated many times as Kikaro killing her. She never dropped my tier 2 helm though. Stupid beotch.
Katrina is Lady Onyxia, a black dragon who lived in Duskwood.
I find it odd she isnt i nSW anymore, how can people finish the Onyxia quest without fighting her in the throne room? Did any of you ever get to partake in that event? It was awesome seeing the giant dragon appear and kill people. Good times.
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 5, 2008 14:43:18 GMT -5
According to WoWWiki...
I hope they do re-add her, I'd like to do those quests.
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Post by Office Ninja on Nov 5, 2008 16:26:11 GMT -5
That was one of the best quest lines ever on Alliance. You go through hell and back to rescue the guy from BRD only to have Onyxia appear in Stormwind in all her glory and start slaughtering people.
Horde has nothing like this for their Onyxia quest from what I am told.
The quest can begin at level 55 in Burning Steps. its a lot of fun.
I am curious what they are going to do with her though now that the King has returned. She was a big part of him going missing (Vis the missing Diplomat if I am not mistaken)
This expansion needs to hurry the hell up and get here.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 5, 2008 23:25:05 GMT -5
Too bad I started this game so late. I woulda loved to see that Onyxia stuff.
So they lifted the attunemnt to Onyxia's lair. Thats cool I guess but pointless in a way. No one does those old raids anymore.
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 6, 2008 9:13:08 GMT -5
Well, I dunno, I've seen a lot of people shouting to raid Onyxia lately, so you might still have a chance to do it. Plus, I see her big black head in Stormwind all the time... What I need is an run for Sunken Temple, but I've seen people say it, no one does that instance anymore, cuz it's a real pain in the ass. I'm still gonna try to get a group for it, or a run, or SOMETHING. People were also trying to run raids on Naxxramas, but I think you can't do that anymore, due to the fact that it's floating in several zones now, and spawning masses of level 65+ elite undead. Good news, I got Janalin level 55 yesterday. I also got the prized Sprite Darter Hatchling companion pet, which is very cute. I'm still working on my Robotic Chicken though... I do want to try to get 58 on her soon, so I can access Outland, finally. My Skinning is capped now, so I need to get to Outland to fix that.
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Post by Office Ninja on Nov 6, 2008 10:56:48 GMT -5
You cannot raid Naxx as it has moved to North rend. The citadels you see over the cities are not part of naxxramas. They are just vessels the Lich King uses to send his army around or something.
People are doing all the old world raids because of the achievement points you get. I want to raid Onyxia again for my points.
Sunken temple is not a hard instance, it just takes a while. And if you have never been in there, it can be really confusing due to the path you have to take. It is a lot of fun though.
I will say this, as for going to outland at 58, you will actually get more exp doing quests in the old world up to 61 or 62. then use the outland quests to get to 70. you get 8-10k exp for all outland quests above level 60. You get like 14k exp for old world quests.
When they did the revamp from 20-60 they bumped up quest exp for any quest in the 20-60 range. When they revamped Outlands exp, they didn't touch quests. They just reduced the exp required to hit 70.
I stayed in the old world a bit longer on Almuhan to get as much exp as i could. Im 67 now (3 bubbles from 68 go me) and just now getting into the Nagrand questlines. I totally didnt even finish Zangarmarsh, and skipped Terrokar Completely. Ill hit 70 In Nagrand most likely. Heck im tempted to go over 70 in Outland while people go nuts trying to get into Northrend.
As for Mr. Almuhans adventures. I did all the Nessingwary quests in nagrand last night. Pain in the ass, but I did them. even the final named at the end. had Bryce's brother help with that one. Got a shiny new dagger too. Only problem is my dagger skill is at 1. So I gotta level it up. Shouldnt take me too long. had this problem with my fist weapons, and got them maxed out in about 20 minutes. So as I grind to 68 tonight, I shall get my dagger skill up. I do find it odd a shaman using a dagger though. But it blew my axe away.
What i need to find out, anyone who dual wields, is it better to put your faster weapon in the main hand, or off hand? I have no idea. never played a Melee character other than a rogue and his weapons are the same speed.
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 6, 2008 13:22:34 GMT -5
From what I understand, you should have your higher DPS weapon in main hand, I think the off handed weapon's DPS is halved. Not 100% sure, but I did hear that a while back. Jan is currently using two of the same weapon right now, so I can't confirm that.
I'm glad skilling up is easy in WoW. After the bullshit we went through skilling up weapons in FFXI, WoW is a breeze. I need to work on my Fists and Unarmed skill, and now Bow, Gun, and Crossbow. I don't used ranged attacks anymore, I Stealth, Shadowstep, and Ambush to start any fight.
Thanks for the advice on Outland, Kik. I didn't know that. I'm still continuing with any Night Elf related quests, though I know I really shouldn't, due to the fact that my Darnassus reputation is maxed. I can't help it though, I love Night Elves, and their quests. I do want to pick up Stormwind related quests though, I want a horsie someday. The rest of the alliance mounts... are sorta bleh. I want that damn orange tiger looking mount too, but that's not gonna be easy to get. I may get that on Yvariell one day however, she's my orange kitty lady! Or an Orc hunter...
Still trying to figure out what I want to do for Horde, since Norfy will be working with Lilithen.
Thanks for the correction about WTF those things are in the sky too. XD
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Post by Office Ninja on Nov 6, 2008 17:54:22 GMT -5
The Orange kitty comes from a raid zone and is an incredibly rare drop. Good luck with that =P
When you max your rep with an alliance faction, and rep you would normally gain towards Darnassus turns into straight Alliance rep. So it begins raising all of your other alliance factions. So they are still quite good to do.
I discovered with shamans both weapons are better off being slow. Windfury hits much harder on slow weapons and you actually lose out on procs with faster weapons. So slow weapons give a huge increase to DPS. Who knew?
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 6, 2008 20:58:42 GMT -5
I'm glad skilling up is easy in WoW. After the bullshit we went through skilling up weapons in FFXI, WoW is a breeze. Hell yeah. You get a skill point for almost every hit you do unless you're close to capping. As opposed to FF where you get .1 or .2 or .3 if you're lucky every ten to twenty hits or so. XD If people are raiding Onyxia I may try and get Raylu in on it. Especially if the no attunment thing is true. I don't care about gear, I just wanna be able to say, "Yeah, I did that!" I created a Tauren Druid on Terrokar today. I will be spekking him in to Restoration. I kinda wanted to make another healer anyways.
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 6, 2008 22:29:40 GMT -5
I have a Troll Shaman I'm working on, maybe we can duo or something, since I plan on making her Enhancement. Her name is Taimajya.
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