Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Post-Lunar Festival '16

I was prepared and ready for Lunar Festival as soon as it began, as proven through me having the guide put up an entire day in advance to the actual Holiday. I spent a lot of time actually doing the achievements this year with some of the characters that were furthest from acquiring their meta-achievements.

We'll see just how well I did and who I need to focus on for next year's version. Maybe we'll have some new content next year as well, since Legion should be released by then.

Paragon the Warrior: Elder of '09.
Railene the Paladin: Elder of '10.
Xardion the Death Knight: Elder of '10.
Laviana the Mage: Elder of '11.
Arcia the Druid: Elder of '11.
Sollexi the Rogue: Elder of '12.
Ferenan the Monk: Elder of '16. Completed Elders of Northrend, Elders of Cataclysm, Elders of the Dungeons, Frenzied Firecracker, The Rocket's Red Glare, Lunar Festival Finery, and Elune's Blessing in '16.
Yesira the Blood Knight: Elder of '16. All achievements completed.

Shaman: Unofficial Elder of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Current level is restricting completion of all achievements, 100% possibility of completion in '17, unless new content is added in Legion.

Hunter: Unofficial Elder of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Current level is restricting completion of all achievements, 100% possibility of completion in '17, unless new content is added in Legion.

Warrior: Unofficial Elder of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Secondary account is currently inactive, 0% possibility of completion in '17.

Warlock: Warrior: Unofficial Elder of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Secondary account is currently inactive, 100% possibility of completion in '17, unless new content is added in Legion.

Warrior II: Unofficial Elder of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Secondary account is currently inactive, 0% possibility of completion in '17.

Paladin: Unofficial Elder of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Secondary account is currently inactive, 0% possibility of completion in '17.

Horde Warrior: Unofficial Elder of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Current level is restricting completion of all achievements, 25% possibility of completion in '17, unless new content is added in Legion.

Paladin II: Unofficial Elder of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Current level is restricting completion of all achievements, 25% possibility of completion in '17, unless new content is added in Legion.

Mage: Unofficial Elder of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Current level is restricting completion of all achievements, 0% possibility of completion in '17.

Warrior III: Unofficial Elder of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Current level is restricting completion of all achievements, 0% possibility of completion in '17.

Druid: Unofficial Elder of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Current level is restricting completion of all achievements, 0% possibility of completion in '17.

Hunter II: Unofficial Elder of '09 due to account-wide achievements. Current level is restricting completion of all achievements, 0% possibility of completion in '17.
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Monday, February 15, 2016

Love Is In The Air '16

Love Is In The Air is a Holiday that has been with us for a long time and has had smaller updates and then was given a Holiday boss. It's also one of the first Holidays to have a mount drop included in the events, with some of the lowest drop rates around. Love Is In The Air is the in-game representation of Valentine's Day, but it lasts for a partial week, running from February 15th through February 29th.

Love Is in The Air by Aketan
Side note: Looking for some new customized Holiday artwork if any artists are interested.

The original version of this in-game Holiday is a lot different than its current incarnation, but the main idea has remained the same throughout the years: Gather Love Token from farming up Lovely Charm Bracelet, snagging a Heart-Shaped Box or two, and doing your round of dailies.

Love Is In The Air is mostly about the things listed above, but there is a nefarious plot underfoot that you need to uncover. Be a detective and gather the clues, confront the patsies, locate the real deal, and take out the trash! And with that little intro, we're going to start right off with the traditional bread-crumb quests that are packaged with every Holiday!
While you just completed the Holiday questline, if you're at max level, you probably also noticed during your time spend in your capital city of choice, that there were some daily quests that you could also be getting done. Aside from the farming, these daily quests are the only other way to get your hands on the Holiday currency of Love Token. If you're looking to get your hands on a lot of stuff in one year, you're going to need more than just a few.

Look out for your friendly, neighborhood Public Relations Agent and be prepared to feel like one of those perfume ladies at the mall. While performing the three following dailies, if at any point you attempt to use one of the items on a target that already has the debuff Sample Satisfaction, you will not receive credit for the item use. Each of these dailies 5 Love Token.
Also, speak with Inspector Snip Snagglebolt/Detective Snap Snagglebolt for another style of daily. The following quests are determined by your current level and the bracket that corresponds with that particular level. Each quest does require a bit of traveling, so be prepared to go somewhere "exotic" to kill these Crown Chemical Co. employees and destroy their wagons with Snagglebolt's Khorium Bomb. As with the sampler dailies, you will be rewarded with 5 Love Token and a sum of gold. There is NOT a new quest for the level bracket of 91+, so you will still be heading to Uldum at level 100.
There is one more set of dailies that we need to cover before we get to our talk about the Apothecary Trio boss fight and the Holiday goodies that you can purchase during this event. Before we get into those dailies though, we need to discuss the farming aspect of this event. First off, you're going to need to speak with Kwee Q. Peddlefeet. There is a clone of this NPC standing at various locations in each capital city.
  1. Kwee Q. Peddlefeet: Outside of the Trade District Bank in Stormwind City.
  2. Kwee Q. Peddlefeet: Between the Auction House and Inn in Valley of Strength in Orgrimmar.
  3. Kwee Q. Peddlefeet: Marble Island South of the Bank in Darnassus.
  4. Kwee Q. Peddlefeet: Near the Auction House in the Bazaar of Silvermoon City.
  5. Kwee Q. Peddlefeet: Commons Area near the Bank in Ironforge.
  6. Kwee Q. Peddlefeet: Center Totem Pole on Lower Rise of Thunder Bluff.
  7. Kwee Q. Peddlefeet: Outside Eastern Exit in the Exodar.
  8. Kwee Q. Peddlefeet: Throne Room of the Ruins of Lordaeron in the Undercity.
Kwee will give you a Lovely Charm Collector's Kit that needs to remain in your inventory for you to be able to collect Lovely Charm off of level appropriate mobs to a Lovely Charm Bracelet with every ten Lovely Charm. Here is a small list of some farming locations to try and maximize charm gains:
As you create one Lovely Charm Bracelet after another, you have two options. You can turn a single Lovely Charm Bracelet into the Kwee Q. Peddlefeet at each of respective city for the dailies before (and buff card reward), or you can save the Lovely Charm Bracelet to sell on them on the Auction House, or trade in at the Holiday vendor for Love Token at a 1:1 ratio. You also have the opportunity to wear them on lower level twinks or bank toons.
Now that all of the quests and daily quests are out of the way, we can finally get to finishing off the diabolical plot that the Snagglebolts were having you investigate. The men behind hiring Snivel Rustrocket and having him pump his rockets full of a not-so-innocent "love potion"? The Apothecary Trio in charge of the Crown Chemical Co. Apothecary Hummel, Apothecary Baxter, and Apothecary Frye are located inside a special instanced version of the Shadowfang Keep. Before we go any further, this is a reminder that you have to be at level 100 to be able to access this boss. Blizzard has confirmed that all Holiday event bosses will be max level content only. You can queue through the LFD UI by selection the Crown Chemical Co. in the drop-down menu, or you can speak with any Steamwheedle Shyster to be queued up as well. Unlike previous years, you will now spawn directly on the stairs leading down into the courtyard. All three of the Apothecaries must be defeated before you will be able to get any loot.
  1. The Monologue: After Apothecary Hummel's little monologue, the fight will start. For the first eight seconds of the encounter, you will only be dealing with Hummel by himself.
    • Apothecary Hummel
      • Alluring Perfume: This is a constant aura around Hummel for anyone in melee range. This can be easily negated by using the Perfume Neutralizer available on the table next to where the fight takes place.
      • Alluring Perfume Spray: This is Hummel's main attack and it is a melee-range frontal-cone attack that is aimed at his highest threat target, try to aim it away from the group. Or anyone that isn't wearing the correct neutralizer.
      • Chain Reaction: Hummel will spawn a small alchemy table and after 3 seconds, it will explode and damage anyone near it.
  2. The Next Eight Seconds: After eight seconds of dealing with Hummel, he demands that Baxter assist him in trying to kill you. He, of course, listens.
    • Apothecary Baxter
      • Irresistible Cologne: Much like Hummel's Perfume aura, Baxter has a constant melee range aura as well. Also like Hummel's, this can be easily negated by utilizing the Cologne Neutralizer on the same table as the Perfume Neutralizer. Only one can be active at a time.
      • Irresistible Cologne Spray: This is Baxter's main attack and it is a melee-range frontal-cone attack that is aimed at his highest threat target, try to aim it away from the group. Or just anyone that isn't wearing the correct neutralizer.
      • Chain Reaction: Just like Hummel, he will spawn an alchemy table that will explode after 3 seconds, damaging everyone in the immediate vicinity.
  3. Again With the Eight Seconds?: After dealing with those two for eight more seconds, Hummel yells at Apothecary Frye to quit dilly-dallying and get to work on killing us. I'm not entirely sure if he actually listens or not.
    • Apothecary Frye
      • Lingering Fumes: The most annoying part of this entire fight is Frye's inability to be controlled. He has no aggro table and he is constantly throwing out either vials of perfume or cologne that burst into damaging clouds that linger. The neutralizers only work on one of the other type, so you're going to be constantly taking damage once Frye enters the fight. The only good part? He can be stunned. Rotate them.
      • Throw Perfume: Frye will throw out a vial of perfume that will burst into a cloud on the ground, try not to stand in it if you don't have the Perfume Neutralizer.
      • Throw Cologne: Frye will throw out a vial of cologne that will burst into a cloud on the ground, try not to stand in it if you don't have the Cologne Neutralizer.
  4. More Apothecaries?!
    • Crazed Apothecary: These adds will be spawning consistently throughout the entire fight. Due to how short the fight can be though, there have been reports of not a single one of these adds spawning at all. Count your blessings, I guess.
      • Unstable Reaction: If one does happen to spawn during your encounter, it is going to run around aimlessly for a bit and then explode, dealing quite a bit of damage to anyone in the immediate area. They take after Frye and have no aggro table. Avoid at all costs to limit damage taken.
  5. Heart-Shaped Box - Only available on your first kill per day.
    • 5-10x Love Token
    • Forever Lovely Rose: A very simple headpiece involving a rose. For all female toons, it tucks the rose behind an ear. For all male toons, it's placed within the teeth, like a tango dancer.
    • Vile Fumigator's Mask: A gas-mask headpiece with an attached fumigation backpack. The on-use effect is still comically useless.
    • Toxic Wasteling: Teaches the Toxic Wasteling battle pet. It still consumes critters and grows larger as it do so.
    • The Heartbreaker: An interesting item originally built to explode chest cavities. Instead, you just burst into tears. This item was turned into a Toy with the release of Warlords of Draenor and the Toy Box.
    • Big Love Rocket: Big Love Rocket. Do I really have to say anything?
  6. Hummel's Corpse (Loot Phase)
After all of that questing, farming, and boss-killing is finally over, you're probably wondering what to do with all of those (or lack-there-of) Love Token.

Lovely Merchant: Available in a local capital city near you!
And now that you've captured Snivel, busted the Apothecary Trio, crushed their crowns all over the world, it's time to take a moment and make sure that you've finished all of your achievements, before heading back out to continue the endless farm for an infinite supply of Lovely Charm.

Completing all of the necessary achievements below will bestow upon you the title of 'the Love Fool' and grant you the meta achievement: Fool For Love!
And those are all of the ones that are important if you're looking to get yourself that title. If you want more to do, there are a few more that you could focus on if you have any free time left after farming up those Lovely Charm Bracelet.
And now for the special bit at the end for all of you battle pet connoisseurs.

See you all at the end of the Love is in the Air event with my post-holiday completion post!
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Sunday, January 31, 2016

Lunar Festival '16

Lunar Festival during the year of 2016 starts on February 1st and runs through February 15th. The Lunar Festival is the in-game representation of the real life celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Side note: Looking for some new customized Holiday artwork if any artists are interested.

There is normally a fireworks display that takes place during these events, but just like last year, the fireworks showcase is only scheduled for the final day of the festivities in Moonglade. They also increase the number of lanterns around Lake Elune'ara during this time as well, as a reflection of the Lantern Festival.

As with most holidays, you're going to know when this Holiday has started as soon as you log in due to the amount of lanterns that are going to be hanging all around the capital cities, and potentially your Garrison. There will be bread crumb quests as normal that are going to get you to where you need to be to get started on the Holiday events and activities.

The bread crumb quests are there to teach you the basics of shooting off rockets and rocket clusters through the use of launchers located throughout the world. The other thing it leads you through is how to use your Lunar Festival Invitation to make your way to Moonglade in the beams of moonlight. The Holiday vendors and the Holiday boss are both located in Moonglade, but you are not going to be spending a whole lot of time there throughout the Festival.
And with that, we've done a quick rundown of the all of the non-important bits of the Lunar Festival. It's time to get down and dirty with the nitty-gritty part of this Holiday. The real meat of it all.

The main idea behind the Lunar Festival is to honor the Elders of the past, which requires a whole lot of traveling all over the world from the sand dunes of Tanaris, to the icy crags of Northrend, to the balmy tropics of Stranglethorn. There are no Elders on the Outlands, on Pandaria, or on Draenor.

As you make your trek across the continents, each Elder is going to give you a Coin of Ancestry after you've honored them, which is the primary currency for this Holiday. You'll also receive a Lucky Red Envelope from each Elder, as well, with one of two gifts inside.
  1. Lucky Rocket Cluster: These act the same as the normal rocket clusters that can be purchased from your vendors, but they do pack a little bit more of a punch.
    • Lunar Fortune: When you fire off these rockets, you get a small health buff. This buff does not adjust by level, so you will always receive a buff of +250 health. Amusingly, it has an area effect cast, so anyone around the launcher will also receive this mighty buff, even if they're from the opposing faction.
  2. Elder's Moonstone: This item creates a three minute beam of moonlight at the targeted location. As beneficial as that sounds, we only wish that you could utilize these stones to create portable Grand Moonlights to use with the Lunar Festival Invitation.

There are a total of 84 Elders to locate and honor throughout the three continents. Due to phasing issues, the Elder inside Wintergrasp might not be worth your time, but find a way in if you're shooting for all the achievements.

EASTERN KINGDOMS
Elder Snowcrown: Eastern Plaguelands, Light's Hope Chapel (75,54)
Elder Farwhisper: Stratholme, Live Side near The Unforgiven [Dungeon Elder]
Elder Windrun: Eastern Plaguelands, Crown Guard Tower (36,69)
Elder Meadowrun: Western Plaguelands, Weeping Cave (64,36)
Elder Moonstrike: Western Plaguelands, Outside Scholomance (69,74)
Elder Graveborn: Tirisfal Glades, Brill (62,54)
Elder Darkcore: Undercity, Ruins of Lordaeron Throne Room (67,38) [Horde Elder]
Elder Obsidian: Silverpine Forest, The Sepulcher (45,41)
Elder Highpeak: The Hinterlands, Creeping Ruin (50,48)
Elder Darkfeather: Twilight Highlands, Thundermar Ruins (51,33) [Cataclysm Elder]
Elder Firebeard: Twilight Highlands, Dunwald Ruins (51,70) [Cataclysm Elder]
Elder Silvervein: Loch Modan, Thelsamar (33,46)
Elder Goldwell: Dun Morogh, Kharanos (54,50)
Elder Bronzebeard: Ironforge, Mystic Ward (29,16) [Alliance Elder]
Elder Ironband: Searing Gorge, Blackchar Cave (21,79)
Elder Morndeep: Blackrock Depths, Ring of Law [Dungeon Elder]
Elder Stonefort: Lower Blackrock Spire, Inner Bridgework [Dungeon Elder]
Elder Dawnstrider: Burning Steppes, Flame Crest (54,24)
Elder Rumblerock: Burning Steppes, Dreadmaul Rock (70,45)
Elder Starsong: Sunken Temple, Dragonkin Ring [Dungeon Elder]
Elder Bellowrage: Blasted Lands, Dark Portal (54,50) [Speak to Zidormi if you need the past phase.]
Elder Starglade: Northern Stranglethorn, Zul'Gurub (71,34)
Elder Winterhoof: Cape of Stranglethorn, Booty Bay (40,73)
Elder Skychaser: Westfall, Sentinel Hill (57,47)
Elder Stormbrow: Elwynn Forest, Goldshire (40,64)
Elder Hammershout: Stormwind City, Stormwind Gates (34,51) [Alliance Elder]
Elder Stonebrand: Deepholm, Temple of Earth (49,54) [Cataclysm Elder]
Elder Deepforge: Deepholm, Stonehearth (27,69) [Cataclysm Elder]
Elder Moonlance: Vashj'ir, Shimmering Expanse (57,86) [Cataclysm Elder]

KALIMDOR
Elder Bladeswift: Darnassus, Cenarion Enclave (39,32) [Alliance Elder]
Elder Bladeleaf: Teldrassil, Dolanaar (57,53)
Elder Starweave: Darkshore, Lor'danel (50,19)
Elder Nightwind: Felwood, Jaedenar (38,53)
Elder Riversong: Ashenvale, Astranaar (36,49)
Elder Windsong: Mount Hyjal, Sanctuary of Malorne (26,62) [Cataclysm Elder]
Elder Evershade: Mount Hyjal, Nordrassil (62,22) [Cataclysm Elder]
Elder Brightspear: Winterspring, Lake Kel'Theril (53,57)
Elder Stonespire: Winterspring, Everlook (60,50)
Elder Skygleam: Azshara, Ravencrest Monument (65,70)
Elder Darkhorn: Orgrimmar, Flight Master Tower (52,60) [Horde Elder]
Elder Runetotem: Durotar, Razor Hill (53,44)
Elder Windtotem: Northern Barrens, Ratchet (68,70)
Elder Moonwarden: Northern Barrens, Crossroads (49,59)
Elder High Mountain: Southern Barrens, Vendetta Point (42,48)
Elder Bloodhoof: Mulgore, Bloodhoof Village (48,53)
Elder Ezra Wheathoof: Thunder Bluff, Elder Rise (73,23) [Horde Elder]
Elder Mistwalker: Feralas, The Maul (62,31)
Elder Grimtotem: Feralas, Lariss Pavilion (77,38)
Elder Primestone: Silithus, Crystal Vale (31,13)
Elder Bladesing: Silithus, Cenarion Hold (53,36)
Elder Thunderhorn: Un'goro Crater, Slithering Scar (50,76)
Elder Menkhaf: Uldum, Khartut's Tomb (65,18) [Cataclysm Elder]
Elder Sekhemi: Uldum, Ruins of Ammon (32,63) [Cataclysm Elder]
Elder Ragetotem: Tanaris, Ruins of Uldum (37,79)
Elder Dreamseer: Tanaris, Gadgetzan (51,28)
Elder Wildmane: Zul'Farrak, Gahz'rilla's Pool [Dungeon Elder]
Elder Morningdew: Thousand Needles, Fizzle & Pozzik's Speedbarge (77,76)
Elder Skyseer: Thousand Needles, Freewind Post (46,51)

NORTHREND
Elder Sardis: Borean Tundra, Valiance Keep (59,66)
Elder Arp: Borean Tundra, D.E.H.T.A. (57,44)
Elder Pamuya: Borean Tundra, Warsong Hold (43,50)
Elder Northal: Borean Tundra, Transitus Shield (34,34)
Elder Igasho: The Nexus, Ormorok the Tree-Shaper Area [Dungeon Elder]
Elder Sandrene: Sholazar Basin, River's Heart (50,63)
Elder Wanikaya: Sholazar Basin, Rainspeaker Rapids (64,49)
Elder Bluewolf: Wintergrasp, Wintergrasp Fortress (49,14) [Faction Controlled or Open Door]
Elder Morthie: Dragonblight, Star's Rest (30,56)
Elder Skywarden: Dragonblight, Agmar's Hammer (35,48)
Elder Nurgen: Azjol-Nerub, Post-Hadronox [Dungeon Elder]
Elder Thoim: Dragonblight, Moa'ki Harbor (49,78)
Elder Jarten: Utgarde Keep, Post-Prince Keleseth [Dungeon Elder]
Elder Chogan'gada: Utgarde Pinnacle, Under Skadi the Ruthless [Dungeon Elder]
Elder Beldak: Grizzly Hills, Westfall Brigade Encampment (61,28)
Elder Lunaro: Grizzly Hills, Ruins of Tethys (81,37)
Elder Whurain: Grizzly Hills, Camp Oneqwah (64,47)
Elder Kilias: Drak'Tharon Keep, King Dred's Den [Dungeon Elder]
Elder Tauros: Zul'Drak, Zim'Torga (59,56)
Elder Ohanzee: Gundrak, Drakkari Colossus Altar [Dungeon Elder]
Elder Graymane: The Storm Peaks, K3 (41,85)
Elder Fargal: The Storm Peaks, Frosthold (29,74)
Elder Stonebeard: The Storm Peaks, Bouldercrag's Refuge (31,38)
Elder Muraco: The Storm Peaks, Camp Tunka'lo (65,51)
Elder Yurauk: Halls of Stone, Pre-Krystallus [Dungeon Elder]

All done with your grovel--.. I mean, honoring, of the Elders? After you've gone and collected all 84 of the Coin of Ancestry, or however many you managed to obtain through your laziness, you're going to need something to spend them on. Time to head back to Moonglade!

Valadar Starsong
Fariel Starsong
I mentioned this a little bit earlier in the post that your Coin of Ancestry spending was going to depend on your professions. If you're an Engineer or a Tailor, you've got quite a few things extra that you can pick up, but you're not going to have enough Coin of Ancestry on a single toon to be able to pick up all your profession recipes as well as any of the added bonus stuff like Toys or Pets, so you need to make sure to plan your spending accordingly amongst your toons. All done with your Coin of Ancestry spending? Here's what you can get with just your hard-earned gold, because there's always a vendor for that.


So earlier we brought up the Elune's Blessing quest and what it entailed for you to complete it, right? We're at that point now in our little rundown here. First off, make sure you've picked the quest up from Valadar Starsong back at Nighthaven in Moonglade. With it, head down to the south-eastern portion of Lake Elune'ara.
  1. The Launching: In the south-eastern corner of Lake Elune'ara will be quite a few cluster launchers. Using all of the available cluster rockets you've deal with over the course of this Holiday, you need to launch a total of 30 rocket cluster with these specific launchers.
  2. The Spawning:
    • Minion of Omen : These are going to star spawning early-on in your 30 cluster launch session. You can either mow them down, if you've got the group for it, or you can just ignore them. They will continue to spawn even if they are all killed of.
  3. The 30th:
    • Omen
      • Omen - Cleave: Frontal cone that should only be soaked by the highest aggro, preferably a tank of some kind.
      • Starfall: This spell will be randomly cast on anyone at ranged. Move out of it, it can do some serious damage if you don't move fast enough.
      • If you fall during your battle with Omen, his health does not reset back to full. Essentially making this fight nothing more than a graveyard zerg, but it should not be necessary if there are enough people around or if you have any soloing ability. Omen cannot be leashed away from his spawning point anymore.
  4. The Afterlife: When Omen becomes nothing more than an empty husk on the ground near the shores of the lake, a small beam of light will spawn in the center of his corpse.
    • Elune's Blessing: Stepping into this light will grant you the buff necessary to complete the quest that you picked up from Valadar Starsong in Nighthaven. Return to him to receive your final reward.
  5. You are  not required to be a part of the kill to gain access to the moonlight that spawns from Omen's corpse. If you decide to take advantage of other people attacking Omen and sit it out, you are doing nothing more than showing how much an ass you are by not helping with something so simple. But who am I to judge?
With the blood of an immortal demigod on your hands of yours and those like you, and after honoring a score of Elders from the past, it's time to get to cutting away the loose ends of this Holiday.


Completing all of the necessary achievements below will bestow upon you the title of 'Elder' and grant you the meta achievement: To Honor One's Elders!
  • A Coin of Ancestry : Honor your very first Elder and your journey of collecting many Coin of Ancestry will have begun..
  • 5 Coins of Ancestry : Only five Coin of Ancestry? You have much work to do..
  • 10 Coins of Ancestry : Ah! Ten Coin of Ancestry already?! Journey more, my child..
  • 25 Coins of Ancestry : Halfway there, wanderer, there are more Coin of Ancestry to be collected..
  • 50 Coins of Ancestry : Quite the collection! But there is even more to be had! Do not stop at simply 50 Coin of Ancestry, for there are even more Elders to honor!
  • Elders of Eastern Kingdoms : From top to bottom, there are 29 total Elders to honor on the Eastern Kingdoms. Of that 29, 17 of them count toward this achievement.
  • Elders of Kalimdor : From Teldrassil to Uldum, there are a grande total of 30 Elders on Kalimdor. Of that 30, 18 of them are going to need to be honored to pick up this achievement.
  • Elders of Northrend : Traverse the varying landscapes of the frozen northern continent of Northrend, honoring all of the available Elders. Of the 25 located on that Scourged wasteland, 18 of them will count towards this achievement.
  • Elders of Cataclysm : Venture forth across the forever-changed lands abused by the Shattering and locate the 9 Elders in the regions made available with the release of Deathwing.
  • Elders of the Dungeons : Seek out the 13 Elders hiding away in the various instances spread across the three continents. These Elders might require some creativity, ingenuity, or just some friends. As always with instance achievements, doing this at level cap makes it significantly easier.
  • Elders of the Alliance : Saunter, or tip-toe, your way through the Alliance capitals and honor their very own Elders. There are 3 total Elders for this achievement.
  • Elders of the Horde : Much like the Elders of the Alliance, make your way through the Horde capitals and honor the Elders of the Horde. There are 3 total Elders for this achievement as well.
  • Frenzied Firecracker : Gather up some Festival Firecracker from your local Lunar Festival Vendor, a total of 10. Spending big money on these achievements here. Easiest way to get this one is to set the Festival Firecracker to a hotkey and toss them out right after one another. If you miss a single cooldown, you're probably going to have to start over. Grab some extra 'crackers if you think you'll need it.
  • The Rocket's Red Glare : Have an engineer throw together some of the Red Rocket Cluster, or pick them up from the Lunar Festival Vendor. You're going to need a total of 10 -RED- clusters for this to work. If they aren't RED, you aren't going to get any credit. After you've got your 10 Red Rocket Cluster, find yourself a cluster launcher and let 'er rip. With 25 seconds on the timer, you should be able to get this achievement with some time to spare.
  • Lunar Festival Finery : Valadar Starsong is the man of the hour for this achievement. You've spent so little time with him this Holiday, but you're going to need to spend 5 Coin of Ancestry on his wares and pick yourself up a festive outfit to wear. Whether it be a Festive Teal Pant Suit or a Festive Pink Dress, or any of the other colors, you need to look your best to grab this achievement.
  • Elune's Blessing : Complete all of the pre-requisite quests to gain access to the final quest; Elune's Blessing. Turning in the quest is all that will be necessary to net yourself this achievement, whether or not you actually put down the feral dog or just danced in the afterglow.

And there were a couple of pets that were obtainable with this Holiday, so let's go over their data down below.

When the curtains close on the Lunar Festival, we shall see each other again for the follow-up routine, as well as talk about the Love is in the Air event!
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Sunday, December 6, 2015

In the New Year

I put off finishing the guide for Pilgrim's Bounty until the day the holiday launched and I never got around to pruning and correcting errors to post it. I didn't FEEL bad for that, because that Holiday doesn't really offer much in the way of activities outside of the people who don't ever level their cooking. Cause that's all it really is.. A Cooking leveling extravaganza.

I really want to finish putting together the guide for Feast of Winter Veil, but with all of the work and projects I have running right now to get out as much Legion information as I can, as well as finally finishing the huge collection of Toy Box posts that still aren't completely finished.. I don't think I'm going to have time to knock that one out.

Does anyone remember this post from 2012? I never did receive any input, unfortunately. Three years and nothing. Kinda sad, but it's to be expected. I'm a small site in a large community full of larger sites. I already started the Expansion Information Coverage, so that one is good, but the rest.. Well, the rest didn't pan out for those three years.

That being said.. 2016 is almost here. And that's a whole new set of blog posts. If my improvement in 2015 over how I failed to do anything in 2014 is an indication of how next year will go.. I think I'm finally in good shape and working toward my goal of making this site work. With the restructuring of how the guides are assembled, all 2016 Holiday guides should be up on event launch day, preferably the day before, but we have goals in mind.

I also want to start working on Transmog pieces, and with the new Transmog system update in Legion, I feel like now is the perfect time to start working on those. They are going to be style guides with locations for drops, class-specific guides included. A lot of the transmog/RP sites I used to follow are slowly going defunct for some reason, so there needs to be a new place for transmog guides. I want to pick up that mantle.

Class and Spec guides are coming, too. I'm going to have help on that one, so it's not just going to be me talking all the time here. I don't play all the classes and I certainly don't like some of the classes I have played, so I'm bringing in some help to get a decent look at all of the classes and all of the specs. It's going to be fun.

I still want to get back into the short POV stories from character perspectives (RIP Kutira), as well as doing ACTUAL stories to go along with it, but that's going to be on the back burners for a little bit longer. I need to work some stuff out in that particular area before we'll see any of that happening.

I think 2016 is going to be a great year for the work I'm putting into this blog and I hope that more of you will be along for the ride. I'm going to expand as well, it's not all going to be about WoW next year and going forward. There are more games out there that need my attention. I don't know how long that'll take to get going, or how many posts will be about other games, but it's going to happen. This is all just a continual work in progress.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Day of the Dead '15

Super short Holidays deserve super short guides! Day of the Dead is a three-day Holiday, so only a tad bit longer than Pirate's Day, but not quite a full week like most of the other holidays. It runs from November 1st through the 3rd, just like its real-world counterpart Día de Muertos or Day of the Dead. Both the real version and the in-game version immediately follow Halloween/Hallow's End. This holiday is a celebration of remembrance of those who have already passed on, all in support of their spiritual journey.

Before 2013, this holiday didn't really have a whole lot going for it. It was originally a small questline to obtain a temporary pet and receive a lower-tiered cooking recipe and nothing more. Now though, there is a little bit more to it and that dastardly little marionette is now a permanent battle pet.

Much like the Pirate's Day guide and the Harvest Festival guide, I will not be doing a post-guide for this holiday.

There is only one quest to take part in during this holiday and its location is different depending on your race and faction. The quest can only be started at your RACE's respective capital, Shattrath, or Dalaran. Pandaren can only complete the quest at Shattrath or Dalaran. It can also only be done once, so if you've completed it before, you will not be able to do it again. Luckily for you, if you did it before 2013, it was reset so that you could get the pet.
Be sure to take a second to dance with Catrina nearby, as this will unlock one of the few achievements that this holiday has available. Dancing with her also grants you he Honor the Dead buff that transform you into Catrina or Chapman, depending on your gender. Catrina is based off of La Calavera Catrina, if you'd like to read up more on that.

Chapman <Day of the Dead Vendor>

Using any of the five Contender's Costumes Toys will grant you a 10 minute buff with a 1 minute cooldown. Donning these special costumes will grant you a set of random abilities (Quick Punch, Strong Sweep, Jump Attack) that can only be used on other players who are also wearing the Contender's Costumes. There is a set of achievements linked to battling it out with these Costumes on, so find a group of people looking for a smack-down and feel free to go ham. You can and will die while wearing these, but you will suffer no durability as long as the buff is active when you go down. Dueling seems to be the only effective way to actually kill someone.

With all of that out of the way, it's time to talk about the available achievements for this holiday that you can get. There's no over-arching meta achievement or title for this one.
  • Dead Man's Party: Simply dance with Catrina in any graveyard.
  • To the Afterlife: Don your favorite Contender's Costume and beat someone up!
  • Vientos!: You thought you were done after one? Get back in there for 20 more!
  • Calavera: You got 20, but can you get 50? Keep at it!
    • Please note that none of the achievements related to the Contender's Costumes require the Holiday to be active for completion.
And now for the one and only battle pet!
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