*Crystalline* Needs +69780 Patient Soothing Enchantment.
You know it's time to take a "break" when an otherwise very enjoyable game stress-rockets your heartbeat into the metaphorical rafters. I've attempted a quest, Invasion Point: Annihilator, seven times, my warrior Harkk crumpling into charred corpse-ness while other character classes below my level prance about LIKE IT'S PIE.
Other than the monetary and reputation reward, I'm after this quest because the main baddie drops another quest that I can pair up with one I already have--and thus, double the bling in half the time.
You start out at an Alliance encampment called Honor Point. You skirt around two enemy bases, Forge Camp: Mageddon and Forge Camp: Rage, wading through buckets of Hellboars (@#%$*&!), tunneling sandworms, and other hulking menaces, carefully timing your dashes through intersecting waves of the aforementioned, uttering little screams when you clip the 'sensory range' of one Hellboar and, "escaping," run straight into another. Now there are two Hellboars.
But you're okay. You kill them both, yet bemoan the loss of every precious armor point. You're gonna need all the points in the world, ever.
Sticking to the eastern mountainous side of your target, Forge Camp: Annihilation, you take out three Resident-Evil-Project-Nemesis-soldier-type things, one Maiden of Pain (a ridiculous-looking, S&M whip-cracking succubus), and a few Grunt-Sappers or whatever before lining yourself up on top of a hill (i.e. safety) for the main event: Warlord Xaclatjakthae-Yazaraagaljjji. He's a big, goaty, wing-flappy, dragqueen demon with serious FLAME-ONNN! powers.
You tried four times at level 61, using up the last of your health potions, but the flame damage was too extreme. One fireball and half your health flutters away. You're UNHAPPY, but you SHRUG, and go off to complete some other quests.
But you'd think a level 62 fury warrior with a Stamina scroll, an Armor scroll, a level-58 damage absorption trinket, an agility-enhancement trinket, the powers of Retaliation, Shouts, and Execution, with full health, solid armor, and kickass weaponry would be able to pull it off.
And you nearly did. All three times.
The first time, you were nicely cuddled against your HILL OF SAFETY, quite comfortably killing a Grunt-Sapper, when a human rogue flails toward you, another Grunt-Sapper and THE WARBRINGER chasing after her. The rogue then stealths right in front of you, thereby directing the duo's attentions to YOU. With two Grunt-Sappers and THE WARBRINGER hacking away, you die almost immediately. You had managed to bring the Warbringer down to an itsy, bitsy nub of health, thinking you might be able to loot its dead body before you died--but you PERISH and the rogue UNSTEALTHS, finishes off the Warbringer, and LOOTS IT.
NARGHH!
The second time, you just fuck up. Another thunderclap or one more slice would've done him in, but the Warbringer triumphs over your dead body.
Third time, you're taking out the camp along with a level 60 Tauren (Horde) Death Knight. He kills the Warbringer before you, but the damn thing has a respawn cycle of about six seconds, so you have plenty opportunity. Thinking all was clear, you charge the Warbringer to find that a Grunt-Sapper was lurking around the corner. Oooonnceee aaagaaain, you almost kill the big, dumb Flame Parade, but instead are completely annihilated (ho ho ho) in an orangey-red blast.
The Tauren Death Knight cries on your dead shoulder. That part was nice. Bittersweet.
Anyway. Discarding the whole second-person thing, my armor was too depleted by my second death so I had to have the Spirit Healer resurrect me at Honor Point (instead of running out to where I had died and rezzing there). I had resurrection sickness for the required 10 minutes (voids 75% of my abilities, so fighting anything would risky) AND I had to drop 4 gold for repairs. The third and final time I was so frustrated that I Spirit-Healer-rezzed again, dropped 3 gold for repairs, and logged the fuck off. Ngwaarr! D:<
*sigh* Maybe at level 63? It's just retarded what flame magic can do to me, as a warrior. I had trouble with another fire mage on an earlier quest. Managed to pull it off at 62, but I might have to wait to kill the Flaming Thumper. =_=
Other classes have it much easier with this quest...rogues, hunters, mages even, and especially death knights. I've focused most of my talent into damage, but I wonder how it'd go if I had streamed the majority of my power into tanking and defense. Hm. I might be able to withstand the fire.
This is Harkk at present, level 62.
I love how her chestplate is like a turtleneck. I think protecting the throat is pretty important. :D
With the helm displayed. I turned the display off when I bought new shoulder armor. I thought they looked kinda ridiculous together...like I had a tiny head with huge, hunched shoulders. LOL
My Dragon Wing Blade of Spirit. XD Yeah! The random enchantment is "+44 Spirit" (thus the "of Spirit").
I'm really looking forward to having a flying mount. In the screenshot below, I spotted a Blood Elf wanting to fly over Honor Hold. Of course about ten Alliance NPCs popped up on flying griffin mounts to blankly 'stare' at her. I waved.
I'm still on my apprentice mount. You can upgrade to journeyman at 60, but...okay, I somehow deluded myself into believing that training would be 100 gold, the mount about 50 or so. UH. HAHAHA. NO.
Journeyman-level riding: 510 gold
Swift mount: 85 gold
And this is me at Revered status with Stormwind. (The higher your reputation, the larger the discount.) I'm almost at Exalted, so that might knock off a little gold. *sigh* I'm only at 100 right now...being in the Outlands helps a lot, but it's still gonna take a while. :O Noooo!
On an armored griffin for a fun bombing quest. ♥
Had just killed a Doomwhisperer. I wonder what they based its design on.
:D
Watching an exorcism (quest) in the next room. The possessed dude is floating around the room, while the evil manifested itself as airborne blobs of glowy green ("Darkness Released"). The Draenai Priest is performing the rites; player Chhay chopping at the blobs.
Exorcism complete.
Going back in time now, this is me entering the Dark Portal that leads into the Outlands. You must be at least level 55 to go through.
Crap. I should've tried to stick just my mount's head through the portal. It may or may not have set it off. Reminded me of Stargate! n.n
Wearing bunny ears that I got from an egg during the Noblegarden Festival (based on Easter).
If you open enough eggs, you turn into a pink bunny that periodically lays decorated eggs in a shimmery poof of glitter.
After doing an initial quest, you received an egg basket that, when clicked, makes you super speedy for about nine seconds. After racing to and fighting over eggs in the town Goldshire for an embarrassing period of time, I finally got smart and left for one of the less populated areas. The lag in Goldshire was extremely frustrating and people were becoming hilariously vicious over the egg hunt. Many would camp directly over the spots where the eggs would appear and verbally eviscerate you if you attempted to take "one, oh god, just please let me have one, please, it's only ONE!"
From the eggs you'd get Noblegarden chocolates (which in themselves fulfilled Achievement Quests or could be used as currency to purchase special event items) and sometimes special drop items. After saving up 100 chocolates (100 EGGS!), I was at last able to buy the special Spring Rabbit companion pet that was adorably twitchy and would run behind you, sometimes falling back only to catch up in one giant, magical leap.
And naturally, the next day, I received the rare Spring Rabbit drop from an egg. :|
But anyway, one of the event quests was to take your Spring Rabbit through four different towns and have it get its love on with another Spring Rabbit. At which point hearts would erupt. And baby bunnies. :D ♥ ♥ ♥
Another event involved putting on a Noblegarden tuxedo and kissing someone in the Noblegarden dress. I had on the tuxedo for a while and smooched a dress-wearing male draenai. :D Then I put on the dress, maintaining what armor I could. It looked awesome, haha.
I think I'll play Whips for a while. I can't even remember what level I left her at. 37, I think. She's my Blood Elf Hunter. Pet bat, Chocula. :D
Here's her disguised as a ninja during the Halloween event last year.
My friend Heidi, as her level-80 Motley, ran me through the Scarlet Monastery 'dungeon', where there was a Headless Horseman quest.
Okay, this is Varimathras, a Horde Undercity Boss, but the Warbringer I was talking about is almost identical in design. Just make him a little more dumb and flamey. And stupid. :|
Heh heh heh. Legolas?! *GLOMP* ♥ Whips lives in a city of hot Legolases.
Heidi as Atrophene and me.
Aspect of the Monkey!
Other than the monetary and reputation reward, I'm after this quest because the main baddie drops another quest that I can pair up with one I already have--and thus, double the bling in half the time.
You start out at an Alliance encampment called Honor Point. You skirt around two enemy bases, Forge Camp: Mageddon and Forge Camp: Rage, wading through buckets of Hellboars (@#%$*&!), tunneling sandworms, and other hulking menaces, carefully timing your dashes through intersecting waves of the aforementioned, uttering little screams when you clip the 'sensory range' of one Hellboar and, "escaping," run straight into another. Now there are two Hellboars.
But you're okay. You kill them both, yet bemoan the loss of every precious armor point. You're gonna need all the points in the world, ever.
Sticking to the eastern mountainous side of your target, Forge Camp: Annihilation, you take out three Resident-Evil-Project-Nemesis-soldier-type things, one Maiden of Pain (a ridiculous-looking, S&M whip-cracking succubus), and a few Grunt-Sappers or whatever before lining yourself up on top of a hill (i.e. safety) for the main event: Warlord Xaclatjakthae-Yazaraagaljjji. He's a big, goaty, wing-flappy, dragqueen demon with serious FLAME-ONNN! powers.
You tried four times at level 61, using up the last of your health potions, but the flame damage was too extreme. One fireball and half your health flutters away. You're UNHAPPY, but you SHRUG, and go off to complete some other quests.
But you'd think a level 62 fury warrior with a Stamina scroll, an Armor scroll, a level-58 damage absorption trinket, an agility-enhancement trinket, the powers of Retaliation, Shouts, and Execution, with full health, solid armor, and kickass weaponry would be able to pull it off.
And you nearly did. All three times.
The first time, you were nicely cuddled against your HILL OF SAFETY, quite comfortably killing a Grunt-Sapper, when a human rogue flails toward you, another Grunt-Sapper and THE WARBRINGER chasing after her. The rogue then stealths right in front of you, thereby directing the duo's attentions to YOU. With two Grunt-Sappers and THE WARBRINGER hacking away, you die almost immediately. You had managed to bring the Warbringer down to an itsy, bitsy nub of health, thinking you might be able to loot its dead body before you died--but you PERISH and the rogue UNSTEALTHS, finishes off the Warbringer, and LOOTS IT.
NARGHH!
The second time, you just fuck up. Another thunderclap or one more slice would've done him in, but the Warbringer triumphs over your dead body.
Third time, you're taking out the camp along with a level 60 Tauren (Horde) Death Knight. He kills the Warbringer before you, but the damn thing has a respawn cycle of about six seconds, so you have plenty opportunity. Thinking all was clear, you charge the Warbringer to find that a Grunt-Sapper was lurking around the corner. Oooonnceee aaagaaain, you almost kill the big, dumb Flame Parade, but instead are completely annihilated (ho ho ho) in an orangey-red blast.
The Tauren Death Knight cries on your dead shoulder. That part was nice. Bittersweet.
Anyway. Discarding the whole second-person thing, my armor was too depleted by my second death so I had to have the Spirit Healer resurrect me at Honor Point (instead of running out to where I had died and rezzing there). I had resurrection sickness for the required 10 minutes (voids 75% of my abilities, so fighting anything would risky) AND I had to drop 4 gold for repairs. The third and final time I was so frustrated that I Spirit-Healer-rezzed again, dropped 3 gold for repairs, and logged the fuck off. Ngwaarr! D:<
*sigh* Maybe at level 63? It's just retarded what flame magic can do to me, as a warrior. I had trouble with another fire mage on an earlier quest. Managed to pull it off at 62, but I might have to wait to kill the Flaming Thumper. =_=
Other classes have it much easier with this quest...rogues, hunters, mages even, and especially death knights. I've focused most of my talent into damage, but I wonder how it'd go if I had streamed the majority of my power into tanking and defense. Hm. I might be able to withstand the fire.
This is Harkk at present, level 62.
I love how her chestplate is like a turtleneck. I think protecting the throat is pretty important. :D
With the helm displayed. I turned the display off when I bought new shoulder armor. I thought they looked kinda ridiculous together...like I had a tiny head with huge, hunched shoulders. LOL
My Dragon Wing Blade of Spirit. XD Yeah! The random enchantment is "+44 Spirit" (thus the "of Spirit").
I'm really looking forward to having a flying mount. In the screenshot below, I spotted a Blood Elf wanting to fly over Honor Hold. Of course about ten Alliance NPCs popped up on flying griffin mounts to blankly 'stare' at her. I waved.
I'm still on my apprentice mount. You can upgrade to journeyman at 60, but...okay, I somehow deluded myself into believing that training would be 100 gold, the mount about 50 or so. UH. HAHAHA. NO.
Journeyman-level riding: 510 gold
Swift mount: 85 gold
And this is me at Revered status with Stormwind. (The higher your reputation, the larger the discount.) I'm almost at Exalted, so that might knock off a little gold. *sigh* I'm only at 100 right now...being in the Outlands helps a lot, but it's still gonna take a while. :O Noooo!
On an armored griffin for a fun bombing quest. ♥
Had just killed a Doomwhisperer. I wonder what they based its design on.
:D
Watching an exorcism (quest) in the next room. The possessed dude is floating around the room, while the evil manifested itself as airborne blobs of glowy green ("Darkness Released"). The Draenai Priest is performing the rites; player Chhay chopping at the blobs.
Exorcism complete.
Going back in time now, this is me entering the Dark Portal that leads into the Outlands. You must be at least level 55 to go through.
Crap. I should've tried to stick just my mount's head through the portal. It may or may not have set it off. Reminded me of Stargate! n.n
Wearing bunny ears that I got from an egg during the Noblegarden Festival (based on Easter).
If you open enough eggs, you turn into a pink bunny that periodically lays decorated eggs in a shimmery poof of glitter.
After doing an initial quest, you received an egg basket that, when clicked, makes you super speedy for about nine seconds. After racing to and fighting over eggs in the town Goldshire for an embarrassing period of time, I finally got smart and left for one of the less populated areas. The lag in Goldshire was extremely frustrating and people were becoming hilariously vicious over the egg hunt. Many would camp directly over the spots where the eggs would appear and verbally eviscerate you if you attempted to take "one, oh god, just please let me have one, please, it's only ONE!"
From the eggs you'd get Noblegarden chocolates (which in themselves fulfilled Achievement Quests or could be used as currency to purchase special event items) and sometimes special drop items. After saving up 100 chocolates (100 EGGS!), I was at last able to buy the special Spring Rabbit companion pet that was adorably twitchy and would run behind you, sometimes falling back only to catch up in one giant, magical leap.
And naturally, the next day, I received the rare Spring Rabbit drop from an egg. :|
But anyway, one of the event quests was to take your Spring Rabbit through four different towns and have it get its love on with another Spring Rabbit. At which point hearts would erupt. And baby bunnies. :D ♥ ♥ ♥
Another event involved putting on a Noblegarden tuxedo and kissing someone in the Noblegarden dress. I had on the tuxedo for a while and smooched a dress-wearing male draenai. :D Then I put on the dress, maintaining what armor I could. It looked awesome, haha.
I think I'll play Whips for a while. I can't even remember what level I left her at. 37, I think. She's my Blood Elf Hunter. Pet bat, Chocula. :D
Here's her disguised as a ninja during the Halloween event last year.
My friend Heidi, as her level-80 Motley, ran me through the Scarlet Monastery 'dungeon', where there was a Headless Horseman quest.
Okay, this is Varimathras, a Horde Undercity Boss, but the Warbringer I was talking about is almost identical in design. Just make him a little more dumb and flamey. And stupid. :|
Heh heh heh. Legolas?! *GLOMP* ♥ Whips lives in a city of hot Legolases.
Heidi as Atrophene and me.
Aspect of the Monkey!