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AKC: Still Flying...
The Achievement Kennel Club is your official weekly, obsessive-compulsive, minipet showcase. Brought to you by Aeolyn and Papa Hummel's Old-Fashioned Pet Biscuits.
Before my usual rant I have to take a moment to explain the above picture. It isn't a very good picture of this week's pet; but it is very important to me. Its from the Wrath of the Lich King beta. And I
initially posted it on my old FFXI blog as part of my departure from that game into WoW on a more full-time basis.
It was around this timeframe that I happened to stumble upon the Firefly minipet. And having a cool new interface in which to "learn" the pets and put them in the new boxgrid triggered the obsessive-compulsive collection instinct that I put in my weekly headline. I wanted to get enough pets to fill up the grid. And then I did and it extended to page two. So, of course, I'd have to repeat the process. Flash forward to now and I'm most of the way through page ten. Wheee!
But the
Firefly was the first rare pet that started it all and is, by extension, the reason I'm here and posting on WoW-Achievements.com today. But enough about me.
Captured Firefly
- What is it? This looks -exactly- like the Bogflare Needlers in Zangarmarsh that it drops from. No other companion pet has this model.
- How do I get one? From the above-linked mobs. The drop chance is in that realm of the 1 in 1000 figure that Blizzard seems so fond of with these sort of pets. So getting one is either a test of luck, determination, or going the auction house route. If you want an edge when farming them and can't Track Beasts on your own then consider Tracker Snacks.
- Why is it awesome? Before the item was made to be learnable it had the flavor text "Still flying..." from good old Captain Mal. You know, Firefly! There are actually a lot of references to the show in Zangarmarsh. And this pet is/was one of them. As if that wasn't cool enough; this pet is hyperactive. It has an idle animation where it spazzes out and...preens its forearms? I don't quite know what its doing but it does it all the time. It also makes a faint, constant chittering noise. Its very quiet (if it wasn't it would probably make me hate the pet) and I personally find it pleasant.
So there you have it. A little bit of information about another great collectible pet and some random crap about me. (Haha - Aeolyn had green hair before Wrath launched.)
If you ever happen to find yourself around Zangarmarsh and you don't have this little guy already; you should really try your luck. It isn't the flashiest or most amazing pet. But it does have its own unique flavor. And dare I say it sort of found itself doomed to obscurity just like the show quoted in its flavor text?
Good show, good pet, and a good reference by Blizzard. So if you haven't already go and capture your own firefly right now.
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Exalted! The Ashen Verdict
Every week Exalted! brings you a guide with everything you need to know about getting to exalted with a faction.
Hey everyone,
Jangutu here.
This week we'll be covering the newest reputation in the game, The Ashen Verdict. To be honest I was so happy we got Lich King down in 25 man this week, I wanted an excuse to post a Screenshot of the new title :D Also I apologize for how non-photogenic muh guild is, we never do guild screenshots.
This is an important rep, rewarding an amazing (BiS for most) ring and a title for hitting exalted.
Let's get started.
Who?
The Ashen Verdict is the faction formed when the Argent Crusade under Highlord Tirion Fordring joined forces with the Knights of the Ebon Blade who are led by Highlord Darion Mograine. This reputation is made for and exists solely in Icecrown Citadel.
The Grind
The grind can really only be done one way, and that is by killing anything and everything in Icecrown Citadel.
~Most trash mobs give 15 rep
~The larger mobs such as Deathbound Wards and Deathspeaker High Priests give 49 or 50 rep.
~Gunship Battle (aka Chess 2.0) rewards 100 rep
~All other bosses give 250 rep
~Sister Svalna (the miniboss at the beginning of frost wing)
rewards 450 rep
*Note: The members of the opposite faction before gunship do not reward reputation*
One of the ways to do this grind without waiting for it to reset each week would be farming trash. This involves going in (doesn't even have to be a full raid, just whatever you feel comfortable killing trash with) and killing all the mobs up to
Lord Marrowgar. The raid then zones out and the leader can reset the instance, respawning the trash.
This is a great way to not only get reputation, but a few of those epic trash drops.
Tip: Rogues, an important thing to note is that there are two traps in the two main rooms leading up to Marrowgar. Only one trap in each room will be there, the second trap in each room spawns when the first one is set off. Therefor if you disarm the first trap, the second trap will never be there. If you are farming the trash for rep, simple set off the trap, then Cloak and Vanish to reset the Ward. This will allow you to activate the Wards without pulling extra trash or risking the raid setting off the second trap as it spawns.
Rewards:
First reward is simple enough. For hitting exalted you get
The Ashen Verdict which gives "(Your Name) of the Ashen Verdict".
At honored Engineers/Tailors/Leatherworkers/Blacksmiths can all start trading in
Primordial Saronite for crafting patterns. There is another set of patterns available at revered as well for all but the engineers.
Second, and probably more importantly, at friendly you receive a ring from Ormus the Penitent near the entrance inside Icecrown. This ring upgrades at every reputation level from friendly to exalted until it's a sexy awesome ilvl 277 ring.
Here's a list of the rings:
Ashen Band of Endless Courage
Ashen Band of Endless Destruction
Ashen Band of Endless Might
Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance
Ashen Band of Endless Wisdom
Other rewards not linked to the reputation but linked to Icecrown itself include:
"(Your Name) the Kingslayer" ~Featured below this is the reward for killing the Lich King on 10 or 25 man difficulty.
"(Your Name) the Light of Dawn" ~Featured below this is the reward for killing the Lich King on heroic 25 man difficulty.
"(Your Name) Bane of the Fallen King" ~Featured below this is the reward for killing the Lich King on heroic 10 man difficulty.
For completing the achievements in ICC, much like in Ulduar, there is a meta achievement that rewards a mount. This time blizzard is giving out Frostbrood mounts for all your effort.
Glory of the Icecrown Raider (10 player)
Glory of the Icecrown Raider (25 player)
*Note that these meta achieves do NOT require killing the Lich King on hard mode, for hard mode kills you receive (two of the better imo) in game titles listed above*
TLDR:
1. Enter Icecrown Citadel
2. Kill stuff
3. ???
4. Profit
That's it for this week everyone. Feel free to post about your ICC shenanigans or any shenanigans on the forums
here. Go go, more activity! You can also leave a comment at the end of the post, or find me in game!
~Jangutu~
Jangutu - US - Skullcrusher [H]
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Get Mounted: Swift White Hawkstrider
Why is the gnome wearing a pirate suit? Why is he on top of the buildings of Dalaran? I have no clue, but I do know it is time to showcase another mount!
In honor of the release of Final Fantasy XIII this week, the Get Mounted section is showcasing the Swift White Hawkstrider! The lovable hawkstriders are typically raised and trained by the blood elves of Silvermoon city. The hawkstriders are only sold to horde members with proper faction standing with Silvermoon city. The hawkstriders come in many colors, but unfortunately the white one is not available from a trainer.
This white chocobo look alike was made available with the release of Magister’s Terrace during the Burning Crusade expansion. The Magister’s Terrace is located in the Isle of Quel’Danas. The island is located at the very top of the Eastern Kingdoms. A fast and easy route to the isle is to travel to Shattrath City and take the portal to the island. The portal could be found in the center of the city.
The Swift White Hawkstrider is a 3% rare drop from Kael'thas Sunstrider on heroic difficulty. Kael’thas is the last boss of the dungeon. In order to be able to run the dungeon on heroic, you will have to complete the quest line within the dungeon at least once on normal mode. The heroic is no longer considered to be difficult at level 80, but does still require about 3 people to comfortably complete. During your farming of the heroic dungeon, you will also be earning a chance at a new 20 slot bag and the lovable phoenix hatchling pet.
The Kael'thas fight has two main phases. During phase one, the majority of the skills Kael'thas uses should not should give you any real trouble at level 80. A troubling part of phase 1 would be the spawning of the phoenix. The dps classes should attempt to kite the phoenix and stay away from it. The phoenix does an aoe explosion when killed. Phase 2 of the fight starts when Kael'thas hits 50%. Kael'thas will cast gravity lapse and cause everyone to be able to "swim" in the air. While floating, you will need to dodge the three orbs flying around. With simple healing and some crafty dodging skills, phase 2 should not be very difficult. A level 70 class was able to slowly solo this phase if they having healing spells available.
Despite the name given to fluffy chicken like creature, the hawkstrider will always be a chocobo to me. Good luck if you choice to go farming for one!
Till next week! :)
Illidari the Gnome
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GTA: A Simple Re-Quest!
Is it Monday? If so, Get That Achievement's here to spur your lazy butt into motion! Our good friend Vyndrian picks an achievement, and then you go out and achieve it! What'll it be this week?
Hey gang, Vyndrian here. This week's GTA is
A Simple Re-Quest. This one is a piece of cake, and if you cannot accomplish it, I weep for you atop my 9,945 achievement points. Just do a single daily quest for five days in a row. That's it. Now, mind you, you must do them within 24 hours of each other. So if you do a daily at 9 am on Monday, but then you don't do a daily until 10 am on Tuesday, it resets. That's how it's tracked. So make sure you do a daily quest in that 24-hour period.
And how is everyone doing on the 30-Day GTA,
Wintergrasp Veteran? I got it awhile back but I've been making a renewed effort to play Wintergrasp this month to rack up honor for gems for money for Cataclysm. What do YOU do with all your honor?
That's all for me this week, gang. Please don't forget that for us living in the USA, Daylight Savings Time begins this coming Sunday! We lose an hour of sleep! So get out there and make the most of the time you have! Until next week!
E-mails can be sent to vyndrian at wow-achievements dot com, and if you want more than a weekly fix of GTA, please see the Get That Achievement! thread on the official WoW forums. Now go out there and Get That Achievement! Labels: A Simple Re-Quest, Get That Achievement, Vyndrian, Wintergrasp Veteran
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TGIF: 3/5/10 - TGIF... while it still is!
Sorry for taking so long to make my Friday post guys. Had a rough day at work and had to work through lunch so I wasn't able to do my post.
Not a whole lot to say today, not a whole lot going on this weekend, I might try leveling one of my lvl 72's up to 80, but other than that, not a whole lot going on.
What are you guys up to?
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Get Mounted: The Sea Turtle!
Prepare to mount up every Monday as a new exotic animal is let loose of the stables!
Hello, everyone! I get the proud honor of introducing a new section of the site entitled: Get Mounted! Each week I will showcase the mountable creatures of Azeroth. This week I am proud to present Azeroth’s fastest swimming sea critter, the Sea Turtle!
The Sea Turtle species swims at a steady increased speed of 60% while in the water. While on land, the Sea Turtle maintains a brisk walking speed. The tooltip states the Sea Turtle is not able to walk fast on land, but I believe it is just to show off the shiny Green shell on its back.
The Sea Turtles dwell within pools of fish of Northrend. Any pool of fish is a perfect location to fish up the turtle. However, my favorite spot is in Grizzly Hills. The water ways provide a plentiful supply of glacial salmon pools to allow for maximum fishing time. 
Any fisherman seeking to fish themselves a Sea Turtle can begin the hunt at any fishing level. Do not be fooled though, this mount is as elusive as they come. The Sea Turtle’s reel in comes in at less than .1%. However, your long hunt will not go without reward, as the mount rewards a 10 point achievement: Turtles All the Way Down. This achievement however is one of the few fishing achievements not required for the meta-fishing achievement and the Salthy title.
The achievement is not the only reward of obtaining a Sea Turtle. Mr Sea Turtle combined with an item to allow underwater breathing (i.e. Kalu'ak Fishing Pole) will allow for high speed underwater exploration and questing. Who knows, what zone flooding will be caused from the inevitable Cataclysm?
(Apologies for mistaking Sea Turtle as part of the meta-requirement for the Salty title)
Till next time :)
Illidari the Gnome
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AT: Raiding
Every Thursday Eiseldora will write a post with tips and links to resources you can use to help you reach your achievement goals. This segment will be called Achievement Toolbox.
Now that
your gear is in tip top shape you might need a source to learn how to fight the raid bosses. Turn to
Tankspot, where you can find videos of Raid boss battles with commentary on how to bring even the trickiest of foes down.
The best way to find their guides is to do a youtube search for the boss' name and keyword Tankspot.
Ciderhelm will posts the official tankspot videos, but you might find other strategy videos when you do a search. Alternatively you can look around on
their forums to find what you need.
Included on their forums are some
general guides for raiders that you can use to understand your class's unique role if you are new to raiding, or just want to brush up on the best techniques.
Sadly they don't cover all the achievements or even strategies for trash, but if you are struggling on trash it might be an indication that you aren't ready for the boss fight yet. These guides are just to help you master the basics so you can move on to the
fun stuffLabels: Achievement Toolbox, Raiding, tankspot
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AKC: Blizzard set us up the bomb!
So on the PTR right now (and perhaps on Live by the time this entry gets posted! /cross fingers) the
Pet Bombling and
Lil' Smoky have become a great deal more accessible to the average player. And for this week I'll be foregoing my usual format in favor of a bit of a history lesson since these little guys have been through so many changes over the course of the game.
These two pets started out as a sort of badge of honor among Engineers. Not only did you have to be an Engineer to get one; but your specialization limited you to chasing after a single one of them (Smoky = Gnome style and Bomb = Goblin spec). Our hated friend, RNG, also had quite a hand in obtaining these guys, as you had a small chance to get the pet schematic you wanted each time you renewed your membership with your NPC engineering buddies.
3.1.0 hit and scrapped this idea, as well as the Goblin/Gnome spec requirement, in favor of just having the patterns to make these cool little guys drop in Gnomeregan. The pet bomb from the zone's boss,
Mekgineer Thermaplugg, who pours bombs of the same model into the room as his primary fight mechanic. And Lil' Smoky was made to drop from...well, primarily the
Arcane Nullifiers in the hallway leading up to Theraplugg. But Wowhead and my friends insist it can drop elsewhere in the zone too. Lil' Smoky himself looks like the Nullifiers; so I'd target those if I went farming for the pattern myself.
But I wouldn't. Because I'm not an Engineer. Which brings us up to the PTR. And the joyous update that these great pets are no longer going to become bound to the Engineer who makes them. So prepare to find them coming soon to an auction house near you. Now is the time to go
hunting for mats and pester your best Engineer buddy to be ready to craft some for you just as soon as the patch hits.
On the one hand, it is sort of sad to see these two tradeskill-exclusive pets "going mainstream". As it stands, I actually was entirely unable to find a player who had built these guys to take a screenshot with me; and had to resort to my old buddy Professor MSPaint to cobble together the image at the top of the entry. Even thinking back, I can't recall the last time I've seen one of these little fellas in person. Even if only for a short while, these look to be the season's new hot item on the auction house. So in a way we all benefit, and get to see more of these awesome pets running around Azeroth.
So unless they're trying to completely rip you off, go support your local Engineers and get these pets crafted as soon as you can. You must not rest until your mission is complete! And so that brings us to our end this week. Come back next Wednesday for more pet collecting insanity.
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Exalted! Cenarion Circle
Every week
Exalted! brings you a guide with everything you need to know about getting to exalted with a faction.
Hey everyone,
Jangutu here.
This week it's off to Cenarion Hold in Silithus as we dive right into Cenarion Circle. This has to be, in my opinion, one of the quickest exalted grinds in the game! A level 80 class with no downtime (such as warrior/rogue/kittydrood/DK) should only take a few hours to go neutral to exalted.
So on that note lets get to it.
Who?
Cenarion Circle (CC) is an organization of druids named after Cenarius. They have many locations, the main one is Nighthaven in the Moonglade. For the purpose the guide I'll be focusing mostly on the Cenarion Hold in Silithus where the druids combat the silithid, the qiraji, and the twilight's hammer.
If you've never been to Moonglade, now is a perfect time to go! Druids get a teleport at level 10, deathknights have the flight path as soon as they finish their opening quests (lucky ducks :p), but what about everyone else? Normally you would be taking a trip down the Timbermaw tunnels, but 'tis the season of the lunar festival! Talk to the lunar festival reps in any of your faction cities and you can teleport right to the Moonglade! Some of the quests for the lunar festival will get you some CC rep as well. Easy right? Just make sure you pick up the flight path for when the holiday is over ;)
TLDR: Use the Lunar Festival holiday to pick up some easy rep and a flight path. Go to Cenarion Hold in Silithus to start grinding (see TLDR below).
The Grind
Quests:
There are a few quests that can be done to raise your rep. A handful of quests in Desolace that take players into Maraudon, the level 10/14/16 druid quests, and a few geared towards Dire Maul. These quests will not net you much rep, so unless you're also working on
[The Loremaster], I do not suggest wasting time on them.
Silithus:
Don't worry about making sure every little quest in Cenarion Hold (and Valor's Rest near the entrance to Silithus from Un'Goroh) gets completed. Pick them up, give them a read and knock out the quick and easy ones. After those are done, focus can be turned to the following...
AQ20/AQ40 Grinding
This is pretty simple, just go in to AQ with a few buddies and start killing bosses. If you use AQ40 to get your CC rep up, you will also be gaining a lot of Brood of Nozdormu rep which makes this method great for multitasking rep grinds.
AQ20
-Trash will give 10 rep
-Keeping the Lieutenant General and each of his elites alive during the Rajaxx fight will get you 90 rep per NPC (they can be healed by your healers).
-Each of the 5 bosses will give you 300 rep
-Ossirian the Unscarred will give you 600 rep
AQ40
-A few trash give 10 CC rep, most trash gives Brood of Nozdormu rep only
-
[Qiraji Lord's Insignia] from the bosses give 500 CC rep when turned in as well as 500 Brood of Nozdormu rep
-150 CC rep per boss
-500 CC rep for C'Thun
If you grind out AQ40 you can get the Qiraji Battle Tank mounts. They come in yellow, green, blue, and red. You can only use them inside AQ40, but they count towards your mount count (great for people going for
[Mountain o' Mounts]). The red mount also rewards its own feat of strength,
[Why? Because It's Red], this is due to the fact that the mount looks hawt and is so rare. In the process of grinding out AQ40 you will most likely get close to Brood of Nozdormu exalted, which rewards
[Brood of Nozdormu].
Twilight Hammer and Tempest Grinding
This is the choice for all of you solo grinders. Whether it's due to lack of friends or maybe it's 4:30am and you're the only one online. This is the easiest and most brainless of the 3 grinding methods. Grab a hot pocket, throw on some techno, and let's get to work.
The strategy is simple. Go to one of the three twilight cultist camps in silithus (there is one just West of Cenarion Hold, one Northwest, and one Southwest), kill and loot all cultists. While killing cultists for the flat 10 rep gains, there are also some other ways to make the grind go even faster!
~
Encrypted Twilight Texts
These drop off any of the twilight hammer NPCs. They can be turned in for 500 rep for every stack of 10 you turn in.
They can be bought and sold on the auction house.
~Abyssal Templars/Dukes/Lords
While killing the twilight cultists you'll come across 3 different pieces of armor that make up the
Twilight Trappings set. The twilight trappings can be used to summon the abyssal templars. The templars will always drop an
Abyssal Crest. For the fastest gains of reputation turn in the crests to for rep.
You can also use the crests to summon the higher level bosses. You will still get a lot of rep by summoning the Dukes and then the Lords, but its just faster/easier to keep summoning templars and burning the crests on rep. If you do decide to summon the higher bosses, you can get more gold and chances at world boe blues and epics to sell on the auction house.
~
Twilight Prophet
Keep an eye out for this chick. She's an elite that dies nice and easy for 30 rep and she drops multiple Encrypted Twilight Texts. She patrols between the 3 camps and walks right through them so no need to hunt her down.
Field Duty Quest Grinding
How this works is a supplement to method 2 (Twilight Grinding).
You can do the repeatable quest
Field Duty from
Windcaller Kaldon to go to your factions outpost in Silithus and help the NPCs there fend off a big bug (hint: THROW A GRENADE! lol) . You then have to go all the way back to Cenarion Hold to turn it in, and you can choose a
combat,
tactical, or
logistics assignment. When you open the assignment it will give an item that starts a random quest.
If you pick the tactical assignment you have a chance to get a quest to kill a specific templar or to kill the twilight members themselves. You'll want to do the field duty quest a few times until you have a variety of the templar slaying quests and maybe a twilight slaying quest as well. Since you can't pick which templar you get, it's a good idea to have the quests to kill each templar so that you make doing the work of picking up these tatical assignments worth it.
The
Badges that are rewarded from these quests can be turned in for 1000 CC rep each.
Rewards:
Other than the warm and fuzzy feeling you get by having one more completed reputation, there isn't much to be gained from this rep. If you also earn exalted with the Cenarion Expedition in Outlands, you can get [Guardian of Cenarius] which rewards the title seen in my screenshot , Guardian of Cenarius. For anyone that likes being complete when it comes to professions, cenarion circle also offers patterns for blacksmiths, enchanters, leatherworkers, and tailors.
TLDR: Go to a twilight cultist camp in Silithus. Kill all the cultists, and turn in the
encrypted twilight texts they drop for rep. Collect the
twilight armor and use the set to summon abyssal templars at the wind stones, turn in the
Abyssal Crests they drop for more rep. Buy encrypted twilight texts, abyssal crests, abyssal signets, abyssal scepters from the AH to turn in.
Note: To turn in the abyssal signets and scepters you must complete the quest chain to summon the dukes and lords.
That's it for this week. Feel free to post about your experiences with this reputation, or any reputation for that matter in the forums
here. I'd love to see more activity there so I have something to troll during my bloodsail grind ;)
~Jangutu~
Jangutu - US - Skullcrusher [H]
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