Sunday, January 18, 2009

60. Mysterious Portals and Favorite quests

This text is from Stardancer's Off the Beaten Path as heard on Epic Dolls Podcast Number 60.

PLACES TO SEE

Mysteries of WoW….


STORMWIND PORTALS

What is with those two swirling instance doorways still in Stormwind over by Old Town?

According to Lore Nerds, these are relics of unfinished projects. The one in the canal was originally going to be the “Stormwind Vault” a sort of Prison meets Arcatraz-type of instance. Blizzard never really answered the inquiry about the barred portal at the end of the canal, but speculation has it that it was to be the entrance to player made housing. Some players who dug around in the player files found the remnants of the player housing.

QUESTS

Some wonderful players from the Epic Dolls guild recently shared their favorite quests of 2008 -Wrath of the Lich King…


Roswynn was happy to get the Loremaster of
Northrend achievement. In order to get this award, almost every single quest in Northrend. I would imagine that quite the story of the continent is told in great detail for that. Congratulations!

A lot of players felt that the Angrathar the Wrath Gate, was among the most interesting quests both for lore, story, and for the sheer quest of it. The Wrath Gate series leads to the entrance of Icecrown Citadel and the siege in the area leads to the first encounter with the infamous Lich King.

Another favorite quest is entitled, “The Admiral Revealed” located in the Icecrown quest series in Death’s Rise. In this series, you travel to New Hearthglen at the bequest of Lord-Commander Arete. You are to use the Lord-Commander's Nullifier to defeat Grand Admiral Westwind in Hidden Hallow, and you get to really see what he is about.You can obtain this quest series After Vandalizing Jotunheim, and starting with the quest To the Rise with all Due Haste! .

Paquita from Epic Dolls mentioned that riding around for “vehicle quests’ was fun and loved the quest where you get to ride around on controlled giants.
One such quest is from Gymer, the , in the Storm peaks. He has bequested that you ride on him to destroy 100 Scourge and kill Algar the Chosen and a few other badies.

He says:
My people have been decimated by the Lich King. The Scourge now use the corpses of storm giants to create mindless flesh giants, or worse, stitched together aberrations like Thrym.”
Gramaul of Epic Dolls stated that there was nothing more fun than spraying flaming death on opposing players in the quest entitled Vehicular Gnomeslaughter. Basically you are to Kill 100 players in Wintergrasp using a vehicle or a cannon.Vehicle, Cannon, Shredder, Fighter, Bomber.

Role Playing Tips


Tired of killing 25 of that and looting 40 skins of that for questing? Well, here are my top 5 quests with really great lore or stories…

5. Dragonblight and the series involving Wyrmrest Temple

4. Icecrown Quest Series


3. The Death Knight starting area chain all the way through to the battle of Lights Hope Chapel.

2. Grizzlemaw and Vordrissil in Grizzly Hills, Northrend/

1. The Ladies Necklace. If you are horde you know this quest well. It starts with an alternate quest taking you to fight the ghosts at Windrunner Spire in Ghostlands. One of the ghosts drops a glimmering necklace. This quest series requires you to turn the necklace into the Banshee Queen in UnderCity, where she graces you with her song… Lament of the Highborne.