Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Post-CW'13


When Children's Week came out, I looked at it. I saw that there were no updates, despite Pandaria being a perfect location for the addition of more orphans, and just sighed and left it at that. Looking at the aftermath, I guess I should have at least touched on some of the quests to at least net me some more achievements on my alts, but all in all, no loss.

Paragon: Matron of '09. Veteran Nanny of '11.

Railene: Matron of '10. Veteran Nanny of '11.

Laviana: Matron of '12. Missing Egbert and Peanut to complete Veteran Nanny. 100% possibility of completion in '15.

Sollexi: Matron of '12. Missing Egbert and Peanut to complete Veteran Nanny. 100% possibility of completion in '15.

Xardion: Patron of '10. Missing Egbert and Peanut to complete Veteran Nanny. 100% possibility of completion in '15.

Arcia: Matron of '10. Missing Peanut to complete Veteran Nanny. 100% possibility of completion in '14.

Monk: Unofficial Matron of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Unofficial Veteran Nanny of '11. No progress made on any achievements. 90-95% possibility of Meta completion in '14.

Shaman: Unofficial Matron of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Unofficial Veteran Nanny of '11. No progress made on any achievements. 75-80% possibility of Meta completion in '14.

Hunter: Unofficial Matron of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Unofficial Veteran Nanny of '11. No progress made on any achievements. 25-50% possibility of Meta completion in '14.

Warrior: Unofficial Matron of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Unofficial Veteran Nanny of '11. No progress made on any achievements. 85-90% possibility of Meta completion in '14.

Warlock: Unofficial Matron of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Unofficial Veteran Nanny of '11. Received a pet and left an orphan all alone. No progress made on any achievements. 15-25% possibility of Meta completion in '14.

Warrior II: Unofficial Patron of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Unofficial Veteran Nanny of '11. No progress made on any achievements. 15-25% possibility of Meta completion in '14.

Paladin: Unofficial Patron of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Unofficial Veteran Nanny of '11. No progress made on any achievements. 0% possibility of Meta completion in '14.

Horde Paladin: Unofficial Matron of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Unofficial Veteran Nanny of '11. No progress made on any achievements. 90-95% possibility of Meta completion in '14.

Horde Warrior: Unofficial Matron of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Unofficial Veteran Nanny of '11. No progress made on any achievements. 75-80% possibility of Meta completion in '14.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Children's Week '13


This is, also, so late...
Children's Week, much like Noblegarden, has not received a significant change since its last update in 2011. Despite all of this, with the introduction of the Pet Battle System, you might have a little bit more incentive to collect these once-a-year pets to add them to your Battle Pet collection. As such, much like the Noblegarden post, I will be taking last year's overlook and simply updating it to more match the new format of the blogs.

First off, we're going to go over the Stormwind and Orgrimmar quest chains. Alliance players will need to meet up with Orphan Matron Nightingale in the Cathedral District to get your Human Orphan Whistle, while Horde players will need to meet up with Orphan Matron Battlewail on the path between the Valley of Strength and the Valley of Honor to get your Orcish Orphan Whistle.
  1. Cruisin' The Chasm
    • Head over to Westfall, hop into one of the lovely rental choppers, and take a cruise over to the gigantic chasm with a huge tornado inside of it. Why we, as wardens, thought this would be a good idea, is beyond me. The kid has a good time, no one is dead, he's happy. Win/win?
  2. Malfurion Has Returned!
    • Make your way over to Darnassus and introduce him to the legendary druid himself, Malfurion Stormrage. Ol' Malfy will even throw an enchantment on the fella to give him wings for a bit.
  3. The Biggest Diamond Ever!
    • The leader of Ironforge, reduced to a giant dwarf-shaped crystal for a child's amusement. Oh, how low you must feel, Magni. (For more information on this, please read 'The Shattering'.)
  4. You Scream, I Scream...
    • Head over to the Mage Quarter of Stormwind. Near the Blue Recluse inn, there is a small ice cream stand. Purchase a Cone of Cold and hand it over to your orphan.
  5. Let's Go Fly A Kite
    • There is a gnome pushing a small cart around the outside of the Trade District by the name of Craggle Wobbletop, he sells the Dragon Kite 2-Pack that your orphan wants. Fly some kites.
  6. A Warden Of The Alliance
  1. Ridin' The Rocketway
    • First and closest destination is due north of Orgrimmar. You're heading to the Southern Rocketway Terminus for a trip down the rocketway on the Redhound Two-Seater. Pro-tip? Don't let the child drive.
  2. The Banshee Queen
    • Head back to Orgrimmar and snatch a zeppelin ride over to the Tirisfal Glades and stop in at the Undercity. The dialogue exchange is very interesting, especially the blood elf ambassador's attempt at defending Sylvanas.
  3. The Fallen Chieftain
    • A funeral pyre dedicated to the late Cairne Bloodhoof. The ceremony that follows has been known to effect players that were fond of Cairne in their time playing. (For more information on this, please read 'The Shattering'.)
  4. You Scream, I Scream...
    • Back in Orgrimmar, you're next stop is down inside the Drag. Here, you'll find a crazy goblin mage selling selling ice cream. Purchase a Cone of Cold and hand it over to your orphan.
  5. Let's Go Fly A Kite
  6. A Warden Of The Horde
The next obvious step of Children's Week is to head out into the Outlands and make a trip to Shattrath City to see Orphan Matron Mercy to pick up another set of orphans to escort around. We'll again be splitting this information up between the factions, so get your respective whistles ready; the Draenei Orphan Whistle or the Blood Elf Orphan Whistle.
  1. Auchindoun And The Ring Of Observance
    • Your first stop is just outside of Shattrath: Auchindoun. All you need to do is visit the Summoning Stone and Dornaa will ask for assistance in summoning an Alliance Adventurer. 
  2. Jheel Is At Aeris Landing!
    • Your next task is over in Nagrand. At Aeris Landing, there is a boy named Jheel who works for the Ethereals settled there. He is the brother of Dornaa and after their little catch-up chat, he is the finisher of that step of this adventure.
  3. A Trip To The Dark Portal
    • Your last stop is one very familiar with most of the old crowd of players; the Dark Portal. Land at the top of the stairs for Dornaa to be amazed at the sight of this magnificent world-bridging structure.
  4. The Seat Of The Naaru
    • Since Dornaa lives in Shattrath, they've never been to the Draenei capital of The Exodar. That's your next stop. Speak with O'ros down in the Seat of the Naaru. He gives you another quest (Call on the Farseer) that you might as well finish while you're in Exodar. Simply speak to Farseer Nobundo for an interesting scene.
  5. Time To Visit The Caverns
    • Use whatever is the quickest route available for you to get to Tanaris and enter the Caverns of Time. Whether you accept the free ride at the entrance, you will need to make two stops on this journey. One is at Alurmi, who sells the Toy Dragon. And the other is at Zaladormu, for some more foreshadowing.
  6. Back To The Orphanage
    • With that, you're to head back to Shattrath City and drop Dornaa back off at the orphanage. You'll receive a letter in the mail from her in the mail later on, but the matron will offer you one of the following as a reward:
  1. Hch'uu Of The Mushroom People
    • Your first stop with Salandria is over in the Zangarmarsh. She wants to meet up with a lost friend by the name of Hch'uu, who is one of the Sporeggar. Hch'uu was only in the orphanage in Shattrath at all because she ran away from a fungal giant and got lost.
  2. Visit The Throne Of The Elements
    • The next task asked of you is to take Salandria over to Nagrand, as she wishes to see the Throne of the Elements. Upon arriving, speak with Elementalist Sharvak to complete that step of the journey. (Inquiry: Why didn't the Alliance bring Dornaa here instead?)
  3. A Trip To The Dark Portal
    • Your last stop is one very familiar with most of the old crowd of players; the Dark Portal. Land at the top of the stairs for Salandria to be amazed at the sight of this magnificent world-bridging structure.
  4. Now, When I Grow Up...
    • Salandria's dream in life is to become a rock star! While the Tauren Chieftains show up in quite a few locations, the only spot that will count for this quest is their appearance in Silvermoon City. Head there to meet the band; Samuro, Sig Nicious, Bergrisst, Mai'Kyl, and Chief Thunder-Skins.
  5. Time To Visit The Caverns
    • Use whatever is the quickest route available for you to get to Tanaris and enter the Caverns of Time. Whether you accept the free ride at the entrance, you will need to make two stops on this journey. One is at Alurmi, who sells the Toy Dragon. And the other is at Zaladormu, for some more foreshadowing.
  6. Back To The Orphanage
    • With that, you're to head back to Shattrath City and drop Salandria back off at the orphanage. You'll receive a letter in the mail from her in the mail later on, but the matron will offer you one of the following as a reward:
We're finally on the final set of Children's Week quests. Your first stop is going to be Dalaran, where you'll need to speak with Orphan Matron Aria near the southern bank. Before you set off, you can watch the Wolvar orphans harass the Gorloc orphan. Either way, whichever orphan you decide to pick up is going to be the pet reward that you get at the end of the quest line.
  1. Little Orphan Roo Of The Oracles
    • We're going to start off by picking the Gorloc pet first, whose name is Roo. You'll receive an Oracle Orphan Whistle so even if you lose him, you won't lose him.
  2. The Biggest Tree Ever!
    • After accepting the quests from Roo, your first stop is going to be in the Grizzly Hills. Roo wants to see the Grizzlemaw, which is the home of the furbolgs of Northrend. You'll have to go to the very bottom of the hollowed-out tree where a small tree is growing.
  3. The Bronze Dragonshrine
    • After escaping from the furbolgs, you'll need to head on over to Dragonblight. If you completed the quest lines in Dragonblight, you'll know what happens at the Bronze Dragonshrine. If you haven't, it'll be a surprise, as I'm not ruining it here! (Hint: Do the quests from Chromie.)
  4. Playmates!
    • With that encounter done, it's time to head west to the Borean Tundra. Roo wants to go find some friends, so you're heading to the Winterfin Retreat for him to meet the Winterfin Playmate, who will challenge him to a dance-off! Bladestorm is not a dance Roo. /sigh
  5. Meeting A Great One
    • After all the dancing has ended, you're going to need to head due north into the Sholazar Basin. Your destination is the Waygate southeast of the Mosslight Pillar. Heading through that portal will land you in the Un'Goro Crater, where you're looking for The Etymidian. (Side-note: If you have the Flight Master's License, you could just head to Un'Goro Crater normally and fly up there to meet him.)
  6. The Dragon Queen
    • Go back through the Waygate in Un'Goro Crater to be teleported back to the Sholazar Basin. You're going to need to head back to the Dragonblight now. Stop in at the Wyrmrest Temple and let Roo meet Alexstrasza the Life-Binder.
  7. A Trip To The Wonderworks
    • With that, it's time to head back to Dalaran. Roo wants to make a final stop in at the Wonderworks toy shop. Speak with Jepetto Joybuzz or his Clockwork Assistant to purchase a Small Paper Zeppelin. Make sure to buy the correct one for the quest! (Pro-tip: It isn't this one.) Toss it to Roo and then it's time for your adventure to come to an end.
  8. Back To The Orphanage/Back To The Orphanage
    • Head back to the statue in front of the southern bank and turn your quest in to Aria. Depending on if you've done this quest before in the past will depend on what rewards are offered to you. If you haven't completed the line before, you will receive nothing, but the pet will come in the mail. If you have completed the line before, you will be offered a bribe or some biscuits.
  1. Little Orphan Kekek Of The Wolvar
    • This time around, we're going to go with the Wolvar orphan. You'll receive a Wolvar Orphan Whistle, so if you lose Kekek, you won't lose Kekek.
  2. Home Of The Bear-Men
    • After accepting the quests from Kekek, your first stop is going to be in the Grizzly Hills. Kekek wants to see the furbolgs fighting one another for their home at Grizzlemaw. I'm not entirely sure where you need to stand to get credit, so you might want to just go to the bottom of the hollowed-out tree like with Roo.
  3. The Bronze Dragonshrine
    • After escaping from the furbolgs, you'll need to head on over to Dragonblight. If you completed the quest lines in Dragonblight, you'll know what happens at the Bronze Dragonshrine. If you haven't, it'll be a surprise, as I'm not ruining it here! (Hint: Do the quests from Chromie.)
  4. Playmates!
    • With that little event over with, it's time to head southwest to the Snowfall Glade area between Mo'aki Harbor and the Ruby Dragonshrine. Kekek wants to show off the ferocity of the Frenzyheart tribe to other Wolvar pups, so go meet up with the Snowfall Glade Playmate, to watch a snowball fight.
  5. The Dragon Queen
    • Now it's time to head over to the Wyrmrest Temple to meet Alexstrasza the Life-Binder  I can only assume that Krasus still has his speaking role in this event, despite having caught a fatal case of the dead.
  6. The Mighty Hemet Nesingwary
    • Once Alexstrasza has convinced Kekek that she's not just an elf-lady with funny horns, t's time to meet another famous figure. Head northwest into the Sholazar Basin and drop in on Hemet Nesingwary at his base camp.
  7. A Visit To The Wonderworks
    • With that, it's time to head back to Dalaran. Kekek wants to make a final stop in at the Wonderworks toy shop. Speak with Jepetto Joybuzz or his Clockwork Assistant to purchase a Small Paper Zeppelin. Make sure to buy the correct one for the quest! (Pro-tip: It isn't this one.) Toss it to Kekek and then it's time for your adventure to come to an end.
  8. Back To The Orphanage/Back To The Orphanage
    • Head back to the statue in front of the southern bank and turn your quest in to Aria. Depending on if you've done this quest before in the past will depend on what rewards are offered to you. If you haven't completed the line before, you will receive nothing, but the pet will come in the mail. If you have completed the line before, you will be offered a bribe or some biscuits.
And now that we've gone over ALL of the questlines, for both Alliance and Horde, it's time to look at getting those achievements. Hopefully you still have some time left after traversing multiple continents and separate worlds to get some of these in.
  • Home Alone: Is your orphan currently staring at your with wondrous eyes of wonder? Use your Hearthstone. Congratulations, you just left your orphan wherever you just were. But you got an achievement! Now, blow your whistle again and get back to making them happy. Asshole.
  • Bad Example: Begin devouring delicious sweets right in front of your poor little orphan, without offering them even the smallest of bites. Head to Dalaran and pick up a Red Velvet Cupcake, a Lovely Cake Slice, a Dalaran Doughnut, and a Dalaran Brownie. After that, head down to Stormwind and pick up a cone of Tigole and Foror's Strawberry Ice Cream. Then, either make or procure a Delicious Chocolate Cake and a Tasty Cupcake.
  • Daily Chores: Have your orphan with you as you complete five daily quests. Any five, doesn't matter what. It's more exciting if you make it something dangerous. Like.. Fishing. Or cooking.
  • Aw, Isn't It Cute?: Complete any string of orphan quests from the Stormwind/Orgrimmar, Shattrath, or Dalaran orphans and receive a pet. You get this achievement just for getting a pet. It's win/win!
  • School Of Hard Knocks: One of those "awesome" PvP achievements that Blizzard likes to integrate into certain holidays to make you experience both the PvE and PvP aspects of the game. Have your orphan out as you return a fallen flag in Warsong Gulch, assault a base in Arathi Basin, assault a tower in the Alterac Valley, and capture a flag in Eye of the Storm. This achievement will probably take the longest for most people depending on level and the player.
  • Hail To The King, Baby: Be of level and head into Utgarde Pinnacle in Howling Fjord of Northrend. Make your way to the end of the instance and knock King Ymiron's face in. Make sure your orphan is watching! As he goes down, your orphan will cheer at death. Since this achievement has a level requirement, it might be the last of the meta you're working toward for this holiday.
  • Veteran Nanny: A three-year long achievement that is not required for the meta. You have to get three of the, now, four Shattrath pets; Peanut, Willy, and Egbert. Legs still does not count toward this achievement.
And now for a special bit that I should have done for other holidays, but will start to do from here on out. Yes, that does mean another blog format update, but oh well. It's not going to be a huge deal.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Post-NG'13


Unlike with the Lunar Festival and Love is in the Air, I actually had my own place for this holiday. I only participated on one character and that was only long enough to pick up the Black Spring Circlet and Pink Spring Circlet  since I did not get them last year, since I didn't do my research prior to the event and didn't even know they existed.

Paragon: Noble of '09.

Railene: Noble of '09.

Xardion: Noble of '10.

Laviana: Noble of '09.

Arcia: Noble of '09. Currently the only holder of Black Spring Circlet and Pink Spring Circlet.

Sollexi: Noble of '12.

Monk: Unofficial Noble of '09 due to account-wide achievements. No progress made on any achievements. 90-95% possibility of completion in '14.

Shaman: Unofficial Noble of '09 due to account-wide achievements. No progress made on any achievements. 75-80% possibility of completion in '14.

Hunter: Unofficial Noble of '09 due to account-wide achievements. No progress made on any achievements. 25-50% possibility of completion in '14.

Warrior: Unofficial Noble of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Found and hid an Egg, opened an Egg for a Tuxedo Shirt, Pants, and a Dress, ate 100 Chocolates, and Flower'd a Draenei, a Human, and a Night Elf. back in '10. No progress made on any achievements. 85-90% possibility of completion in '14.

Warlock: Unofficial Noble of '09 due to account-wide achievements. No progress made on any achievements. 15-25% possibility of completion in '14.

Warrior II: Unofficial Noble of '09 due to account-wide achievements. No progress made on any achievements. 15-25% possibility of completion in '14.

Paladin: Unofficial Noble of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Found an Egg, opened an Egg for a Tuxedo Shirt and Pants, and ate 100 Chocolates back in '10. No progress made on any achievements. 0% possibility of completion in '14.

Horde Paladin: Unofficial Noble of '09 due to account-wide achievements. No progress made on any achievements. 75-80% possibility of completion in '14.

Horde Warrior: Unofficial Noble of '09 due to account-wide achievements. No progress made on any achievements. 75-80% possibility of completion in '14.
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Noblegarden '13


This is so late...
Absolutely nothing changed from last year into this year's event, so I decided to just take the guide from last year and spruce it up to fit the new format and make sure all things are included. I'm being a little lazy with this one, you might say, but the Isle of Thunder is awesome and the new raids are intense.
INTENSE. Even if I'm just on the LFR.

The basic idea behind this Easter-esque holiday is to go around the first town of the starting area of your choice and collect brightly colored eggs "carefully" hidden around the towns.

Most of the towns have a spot where you can camp about 4-5 eggs at a single time. In the past, I used to do this, but during the holiday last year, I spent most of my time on the run. I used Dolanaar for the 2012 season and realized that, even with other people around, I could hit just about every single spot in a single trip around the town. If you do not have good targeting skills while on the move, you should probably stick to the camping method. Even if it means sharing spots with someone else, you'll still walk away with a good share of eggs. Well.. Unless you're really slow or inattentive.

Let's start off with the easy part of the holiday: Quests. Seeing as how there is only two quests and a single daily, you shouldn't have too much work cut out for you in -that- department. Like I said, this holiday is ALL egg collecting. Talk to a commoner in a town of your choice, head to an 'egg'-town, talk to the gatherers.

They'll tell you to go collect Brightly Colored Eggs and bring back 10x Noblegarden Chocolate. The "tag along" daily quest you can pick up at the same time is one to collect 20x Brightly Colored Shell Fragments. You get a Borrowed Egg Basket for this quest, and the reward is an Egg Basket you get to keep. They both have the same effect, but you get to keep the non-borrowed one, obviously.

Since there really isn't a whole lot to do this holiday, I'm going to throw down right to the yolk of the holiday.. Vendor goods.

Unlike with the Swift Lovestrider from Love is in the Air, the  Swift Springstrider  is NOT BoE. It is a bind-on-purchase/pick-up mount. You no longer need to worry about which character you farm your eggs on to make this purchase due to the account-wide mounts.

With that in mind, just like in the years past, just about everything that can be purchased CAN be found inside of the eggs. Don't hold your breath on getting the mount out of the eggs. I know a ton of people on my server alone proclaiming that they were getting the mount out of the egg, out of the 6 toons I did this holiday on.. One got it out of the egg. That's well over 3500 eggs.

If you have some serious bad luck, which also counts against your achievement acquirement, it'll take a total of 1075x Noblegarden Chocolates to purchase every item available from the vendors and complete the daily. If you're a lucky bastard (while rubbing your rabbit's foot, with your four-leaf clover tucked behind one ear, a charm bracelet dangling on your wrist, a tortoiseshell cat in your lap, with a wishbone on your desk, and a horseshoe dangling off a hook behind your monitor), you'll get all the items from eggs and then you'll only need 105x Noblegarden Chocolates from the eggs; the black and pink circlets, and the egg to drop for the achievement.

On to the achievements, which is why everyone reads this! Woot.

  • Chocolate Lover: Seeing as how you're going to be spending a lot of time collecting eggs and collecting all that delicious chocolate.. You're getting hungry aren't you? Hey, your total required chocolate doesn't go down, if you've got an item or two, if you start chowing down on some delicious chocolate treats. Cadbury has nothing on this. You only need 25 for this one, but why stop there..
  • Chocoholic: And now you've gone and gorged yourself on chocolate. All the way to 100 eaten chocolate eggs. Let's hope you got more than 1 or 2 items out of the eggs before starting this, as you're going to be retracing your steps to get back to where you were before you lost yourself to the sweetness.
  • Sunday's Finest: Crack open tons of eggs and find, separately... a pair of pants and a tuxedo shirt?
  • Hard Boiled: This one requires a friend or a random person you just happened to meet who was also at the Un'Goro Crater at the same time as you were, who just so happened to have a Blossoming Branch on hand at the time of your meeting.. Get turned into a rabbit by someone with a Blossoming Branch, stand in the water of the Golakka Hot Springs, wait to lay an egg. Achieved!
  • Spring Fling/Spring Fling: After getting your loyal companion pet, the Spring Rabbit, you need to head to the four beginning towns and find a mate for your new pet. Alliance members have to go to Azure Watch, Dolanaar, Goldshire, and Kharanos. Horde members have to go to Bloodhoof Village, Brill, Falconwing Square, and Razor Hill.
  • Noble Garden/Noble Garden: You have to purchase a Noblegarden Egg from the holiday vendors and head to your respective "pretty cities"; Stormwind City (Shut up space goats, The Exodar is not pretty.) and Silvermoon City, and place it on the ground. Don't forget to pick it back up.
  • Shake Your Bunny-Maker: Proof that Blizzard relates your level to your age. That makes all of your level capped characters old hoagies. Anyways. Find female characters, of at least the 18th level, of each race. Use your Spring Flowers to make a pair of bunny ears sprout. Note: If they already have the buff, you can't rive them the buff again. This makes the achievement a little more painstakingly irritating, added in the 5 minute cooldown the item has.
  • Desert Rose: While wearing the Spring Robes, head around to the multiple deserts around the two continents and plant a flower there. It's a very simple achievement, but why I never understood.. Is why is there a cooldown at all? It used to be longer and the travel time alone between some of these deserts was less time than that, so you'd be standing around waiting for your robes to be usable again.
  • Blushing Bride: Don your Sunday Best and find yourself a partner Dressed for the Occasion and pucker up. The person wearing the dress does not get the achievement. But if you're worried about that, just swap items through trade to also share achievements.

The follow-up will follow shortly since this is super late.

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