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Through The Mist: Level 85-90 Experience Points

August 15, 2012 by

Through the Mist is a regular column from Luke Le Page covering everything World of Warcraft. If you’d like something covered in a future column, drop us a line!

Last week I looked at the Pandaren starting area and I had hoped to preview some of the higher level content for you this week. Unfortunately the first zone we enter for Mists of Pandaria, the Jade Forest has only been reopened fairly recently after a major overhaul and I have not yet had the chance to replay it.

First I’d like to direct current subscribers to the following information regarding the recent Blizzard security breach. I encourage all current subscribers to follow the steps suggested by Blizzard in regards to account security. This breach also limited my game time last week as I could not for the life of me locate my authenticator for the hotfix so I apologise in advance for not being very content oriented this week.

The pre Mists of Pandaria patch (5.0.4) is also now available via background downloader and the pre expansion event will not be publicly tested.

There’s also some interesting information regarding the use of Blizzard’s recruit-a-friend system for levelling a Monk.  You can see here that Monks using this feature WILL be able to receive realm first achievements. Though using the Scroll of Resurrection feature to have an instant level 80 will not allow realm firsts.

Recently it was discovered that the experience required for levels 85+ was increased significantly in the Beta. There were also a number of changes to the pre-85 levels you can see the conversions below:

These increases seem fairly significant, however my own experience on the Beta has shown that the experience received for killing mobs as well as completing quests shows a significant increase in Mists of Pandaria, we also know that these are not finalised numbers (source).. Though it was some time ago, Level 85-86 took me less than 3 hours in an extremely crowded (and bugged) zone early in the beta. Unfortunately given the overhaul to the Jade Forest mentioned above, I cannot currently comment on this with great detail. A quest in the Valley of Four Winds for example gives 141,900 experience points, so the overall increase is relatively minor when put in perspective:

Next time I’ll take a look at The Jade Forest once again, the small amount of play time I had this week showed it with a significant visual overhaul. I also intend to offer a preview of  the new Pet battle system.

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WoW Subscriber Numbers – The Rollercoaster

August 13, 2012 by

Given all the MMO News over the past month, one piece of news slipped under the radar for me.

Thanks to my colleague Simon I’m now aware that World of Warcraft subscriber numbers dropped to 9.1 million, down from 10.2 million at the end of the first quarter of the year.

That’s a big drop, even for a behemoth like Blizzard, but I see it as part of the rollercoaster ride that WoW still has to complete over the coming years. There’s obviously Mists of Pandaria coming up in a matter of weeks, and my money is on a lift in subscribers. That said, it’s a case of diminishing returns in that it won’t boost the subscriber numbers up to their peak, instead providing a needed climb on the rollercoaster before the next drop.

Aside from the realities of an ageing MMO, WoW faces the broader challenge as a subscription-driven game in a challenging economic environment world-wide. Still, I still can’t see WoW going F2P for quite a while, unless its numbers drop a few more million. Even then it’ll probably come down to what the break-even point is as far as subscriber numbers, as well as whether Titan has any firmer timelines as you’d expect a big migration to that from WoW players, depending on the genre it ends up being.

In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if Titan itself becomes a subscription service, with a ‘free’ WoW subscription bundled in. Sounds a bit old-school for an MMO still a long way off being released, but you never know.

Overall, it’s hard to see the drop to 9.1 million subscribers as being too catastrophic (yes, I thought about using the word cataclysmic) at the end of a content cycle. If I were a betting person I’d predict numbers will break 10 million again once the expansion drops.As a WoW subscriber that isn’t at all excited about the Monk class or Pandarians, I’m still damn pumped to be playing the new content when it’s released.

Most importantly of all: what do you think? Are you pumped or indifferent about MoP? What do you see subscriber numbers for the game doing in coming months? Do you want to sign up for a Titan / WoW subscription bundle now or do you think I’m certifiably mad?

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Blizzard Gamers: Change Your Password

August 10, 2012 by

In case you hadn’t heard, Blizzard has had a security breach:

Players and Friends,

Even when you are in the business of fun, not every week ends up being fun. This week, our security team found an unauthorized and illegal access into our internal network here at Blizzard. We quickly took steps to close off this access and began working with law enforcement and security experts to investigate what happened.

At this time, we’ve found no evidence that financial information such as credit cards, billing addresses, or real names were compromised. Our investigation is ongoing, but so far nothing suggests that these pieces of information have been accessed.

Some data was illegally accessed, including a list of email addresses for global Battle.net users, outside of China. For players on North American servers (which generally includes players from North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia) the answer to the personal security question, and information relating to Mobile and Dial-In Authenticators were also accessed. Based on what we currently know, this information alone is NOT enough for anyone to gain access to Battle.net accounts.

We also know that cryptographically scrambled versions of Battle.net passwords (not actual passwords) for players on North American servers were taken. We use Secure Remote Password protocol (SRP) to protect these passwords, which is designed to make it extremely difficult to extract the actual password, and also means that each password would have to be deciphered individually. As a precaution, however, we recommend that players on North American servers change their password. Please click this link to change your password. Moreover, if you have used the same or similar passwords for other purposes, you may want to consider changing those passwords as well.

In the coming days, we’ll be prompting players on North American servers to change their secret questions and answers through an automated process. Additionally, we’ll prompt mobile authenticator users to update their authenticator software. As a reminder, phishing emails will ask you for password or login information. Blizzard Entertainment emails will never ask for your password. We deeply regret the inconvenience to all of you and understand you may have questions. Please find additional information here.

We take the security of your personal information very seriously, and we are truly sorry that this has happened.

Sincerely,
Mike Morhaime

 

So although it seems the risk is low, if you play WoW, D3, Starcraft 2 etc, get those password changes happening….

 

[via numerous sources – thanks for the emails / tweets etc!]

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Through The Mist: A Tour Of The Wandering Isles

August 7, 2012 by

Through the Mist is a regular column from Luke Le Page covering everything World of Warcraft. If you’d like something covered in a future column, drop us a line!

This week I will be taking a look at the Wandering Isles, the new starting zone for the Pandaren and the Pandaren in general. The zone offers us a new introductory cut scene, which I will not describe so that you may enjoy it on launch night.  Suffice to say that this zone known as the Wandering Isle has begun to move erratically and it is up to you as an adventurous and gifted Pandaren to discover the reason for this.

The Pandaren are World of Warcraft’s first neutral race and as such the starting area is quite serene with some amazing new scenery. The entire zone has a strong Chinese feel to it as one would expect given the lore behind the race. Due to its neutrality, the starting zone does not have mailboxes, meaning that until the area is complete players cannot use their BoA items or send bags and supplies to their new Pandarens. This has been the focus of a lot of discussion in the beta but overall it has proven to be a sensible decision on behalf of Blizzard. The zone is rich in lore and the visuals are absolutely stunning and there is no surprise that Blizzard want players to be immersed in every aspect of the Wandering Isles.

Last week I described the Pandaren as bobbly and I stand by this description. To me it feels similar to the bobbing motion that a character has when they are riding a Raptor mount. In a way it suits the physics of the race but personally I find it distracting.

There are a number of interesting racials for the Pandarens to enjoy and these include:

Epicurean: Your love of food allows you to receive double the stats from Well Fed effects.
Inner Peace:  Your rested experience bonus lasts twice as long.
Bouncy: You take 50% less falling damage.
Quaking Palm: Strikes the target with lightning speed, incapacitating them for 4 seconds.

Onto a tour of The Wandering Isles:

Starting area

The first few quests follow along the lines of those that were introduced with Cataclysm and focus on teaching new players how to equip items and use their abilities.

While this is somewhat annoying as a seasoned player, it is brief enough to be tolerable knowing that it will help new players to the game learn their characters.

Quests

Next up is a handful of quests where the player is trailed by Master Shang Xi as they attempt to complete their training. This series of quests also introduces us to a new protagonist the Hozen who we will also meet in the higher level zones to be previewed later.

The Hozen have some nifty little attacks such as the ability to jump on the players head (similar to the Kobolds) in ToGC.

Hozen

We continue along these lines until we reawaken the spirit of fire, upon completion of this quest we learn that Shen-zin Su is in pain. While there is little hint as to what or who Shen-zin Su is, we are whisked off to awaken the remaining elemental spirits, whose absences are being felt to varying degrees across the Wandering Isle, in order to communicate with it.

The quest line follows this approach, with various side quests that have us dealing with the Hozen, until we have gathered the four ancient spirits together. After this we learn that Shen-zin Su is an enormous turtle and the Wandering Isle is affixed firmly to his shell and the might creature is in pain due to a thorn in his side.

Shen-zin Su

We are now sent to investigate this injury to learn that an alliance airship has crashed into his side. This is the first time the Pandaren are exposed to the battling factions of the Alliance and the Horde.

After completing a series of quests for both factions and finally healing Shen-zin Su with their assistance, we return to the spirit of Master Shang Xi where you are required to select a faction. After selecting the Horde I was teleported to Orgrimmar where Garrosh Hellscream gave me a fairly cold welcome and put me through a quest that sets the tone of the expansion.

Summary

The Wandering Isles was an interesting zone, I was just shy of level 12 upon completion of the quest for Garrosh Hellscream and I feel that the levelling was well timed. I never felt too strong for my opponents or too weak and I am glad that BoA’s are not allowed in the area. The zone itself was visually stunning and the quests combined with the environment reinforced the sense of discipline and lore of the Pandaren race and Monk class. There is a fair amount of walking involved in this new area which in future may become annoying for now it allowed me to enjoy the aesthetics of the zone.

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/gchat: The Good, The Bad And The Guildy

July 31, 2012 by

/gchat is our new and ongoing column on guilds and the fun, conflicts, laughs and rage-quits they contain. If you have a topic you’d like covered, drop Jemima a line!

By far the two most common causes of grief surrounding your whole guild experience are absent leadership and being in the wrong guild.

Absent leadership is pretty easy to spot, unless you live in Poland and rolled on Gav Daragon because you thought it sounded like a tasty sausage, but that is an article for another day.

Being in the wrong guild is often much more difficult to recognise.

Like most made-for-TV-movie relationships, you don’t want to see the problems. You’ve already invested a lot into the guild: made great friends, had great times, gone for long walks through the rakghoul-infested swamps of Taris at sunset and stopped for a romantic dinner at Karagga’s Palace.

Problems start as minor annoyances, but like a frog being slow-boiled, they can quickly escalate into train wrecks without you even being conscious of it. Bargains that should be made out loud and with other people are made silently and with yourself. “I’ll give them one more week to pick me for the team and if they don’t…  I’m leaving!! I swear to god!”

Next thing you know you’re throwing chairs and saucepans at walls and the police are asking you to sit in separate rooms – well, replace chairs and saucepans with mice and keyboards at monitors… and there’s no police – but you get my drift.

Assuming your leadership is present and does care about the guild, unhappiness with your current guild is more likely a symptom of the fact that they don’t care about you.

So how do you recognise the warning signs that you’re in the wrong guild?

If you’re in a social guild, but constantly frustrated that they can’t organise their way out of a paper bag – you’re in the wrong guild.

Social guilds are great for new players still trying to figure out the game, their class and what they want to do at end-game. They’re also fantastic for the lone-wolf or the family guy who logs in on Tuesday evenings, when the wife is at book-club, and are happy to PUG on the rare occasions when they feel like participating in structured activities.

But raids and ranked warzones are not like all-night movie cinemas – you can’t just buy a ticket for the next showing. You need rules, level and gear requirements. You need a fixed number and mix of classes to commit and then actually show to even give it a try, let alone succeed.

But the lack of these rules, requirements and obligations is the very thing that fundamentally defines a social guild. If you’re frustrated at your guild’s inability to provide enough structured content for you, it sounds like it’s time for you to specialise and move on.

If you’re in a raiding guild but find yourself too often benched, you’re in the wrong guild.

Casual, hardcore, semi-hardcore, decaf-halfcore with a twist of lemon – there’s a million different kinds of raiding guilds out there from absolute beginner to sponsored professional. But the devil is in the detail and when you start adding in rules and requirements, you have to make sure they work for you. You can generally liken the officers of raiding guilds to a hot chip on a beach of seagulls – trying to keep everyone happy with not quite enough to go around. So the key here is to make sure that you don’t want special treatment.

If you want the flexibility to raid as and when you choose on a moment’s notice, make sure you’re in a casual raiding guild and be prepared to sit out when you don’t necessarily want to. If you want a known schedule: min/max your gear; don’t stand in stuff; find a guild that guarantees positions to core raiders or works on a fixed rotating schedule; and show up when you say you will even when you don’t want to. Find out how they distribute loot and be honest with yourself – will you still be happy with that system once your ‘probation’ period is over?

Above all, make sure the raid team you’re on matches your experience level. Gear is easy to acquire – developing skills take time. If you’re constantly frustrated by the clown-show around you, it’s time to move on. If you’re too frequently the one wiping the team, you’re likely to find yourself having long conversations with Mr Bench.

If you’re in a PvP guild and you’re not getting matches, you probably suck at PvP.

Unlike PvE, in PvP there are no do-overs, there’s no we’ll get ‘em next week, and every win and loss gets recorded in the indelible ‘inspect player’ scorecard. Your performance is measured by the numbers and published to all those present at the end of the match. By necessity, PvPers live on the ruthless side of life and PvP team leaders have to be cut-throat to win. There’s still a requirement for some class balance but not to the same extent as raiding so if you’re getting benched, chances are you’re just not as good as the other people wanting to go.

Practice more and get better. Stop clicking or find out what that means. Roll a class or respec to one that’s more suited to PvP. Find a lower ranked team so you look good by comparison or turn that toon into the most formidable crafter on the Fleet.

Whatever your problems are there is a guild out there for you!

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Through The Mist: MoP Overview

July 29, 2012 by

Through the Mist is a regular column covering not just the new expansion but pretty much anything else of interest in the game. We’re thrilled to welcome Through the Mist’s writer, Luke Le Page. Luke is going to writing the column regularly, starting with an overview of the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion. Welcome Luke!

As this is my first piece I was having some difficulty in determining how to start it. Blizzard have managed to do it for me by announcing the release date for World of Warcraft’s fourth expansion; Mists of Pandaria. This also leaves me with a lot of content to cover and not much time in which to do it. Mists will hit shelves and for the first time in the franchise’s history be available digitally on September 25. The digital version will enable players to log in the second that the servers are ready and eliminate the need to wait in line at various retail stores for midnight launches. Thurday’s press release also detailed the different version of the game and can be found here.

I will start by summarising ten of the major changes to be found in the upcoming expansion and unpack them in more detail on a weekly between now and release.

Character creation:

There have been a number of complaints over WoW’s lifespan regarding character customisation, which was partially addressed with introduction of the barber shop where players could, for an in-game fee, change the look of their characters. This was advanced further with the recent introduction of transmogrification – which allows characters to transmogrify their equipped items into something entirely different. This feature was warmly received and has seen a huge differentiation in the items that many people display on their characters giving them a more unique feel. Despite these other additions the actual character creation had not changed since the initial launch of WoW and it was past time for this feature to be updated.

While the changes in Mists are by no means ground-breaking they offer an exciting new feel to making a character and I have spent some time on the beta playing with the new functions.

Talents:

The talent tree has received a major overhaul. Veteran players will be familiar with having to adapt to a number of changes with the release of past expansions, but the new system is something completely different. We still see the 3 major tree’s for each class, but it is the talent trees themselves that have seen the major changes. Players will now receive a talent point every 15 levels giving them just 6 talent points overall. Each tree has 6 tiers with 3 choices per tier, offering just 18 talent choices in total, however only one talent in each tier can be selected. Many of the old talents are now incorporated into abilities passively and are acquired as characters progress through levels. This change has seen a lot of discussion across various message boards but when people ask me what I think of it I describe it as ‘less is more’. These changes can already be seen on the PTR.

Pre-release world event:

I will not go into any real detail on this as I do not wish to spoil it for anyone but we all love a great in-game event and the Mists of Pandaria launch event is set to be excellent.

Shared Zones:

This is one of my favourite changes to the game in its life span. MoP will see the introduction of cross-realm zones where players from multiple realms will be able to see, interact and play with one another.  This will help solve the issue of sparsely populated levelling zones and shows promise towards the introduction of a fully shared game world where guilds and friendships can be formed across realms.

Account wide mounts and achievements:

This feature may not impress everyone but for me personally it is a major selling point. I have well over 100 mounts on my Rogue, including a number of rare and no longer attainable ones, so it is nice to be rewarded for this hard work on all of my characters. This feature is still being worked on but it looks promising for release

New Race:

In this expansion we see the introduction of a new race, the Pandaren. The Pandaren come with a rich back story and breathtaking new starting zone, which I will preview prior to release, and is available to both factions. I was quite impressed by the dynamics of the Pandaren race, though their movement felt somewhat bobbly to me.

New Class:

MoP will introduce us to the class of Monk. The Monk is a new melee class with the ability to fulfil all three roles in the game i.e. healer, tank, dps. I will preview the Monk in full prior to release but so far I have found it an extremely fun class to play.

Pet Battles:

This is an extremely fun mini-game. I hate to bring up another game but many readers of this site will be familiar with the high demand for a Pazaak mini game in SWTOR and the disappointment that accompanied its exclusion. While Pet battles is not Pazaak it seems that Blizzard have taken note of the demand for mini-games and decided to try their hand at it and the result is a lot of fun. Again this is by no means a ground breaking advancement of the modern MMO, it is simply another way to have fun in the game.

Challenge modes:

This is a feature I am extremely excited about. This feature sees the introduction of challenge modes to dungeons where players will race against the clock to complete instances as fast as possible. Rewards will vary based on the speed with which the instance is cleared. Gear will also be normalised to a level appropriate to the dungeon ensuring that challenge modes remain difficult throughout various tiers of gear. The only downside I see to this is that it encourages “zerging” of the challenge mode as the rewards are based on speed and not the difficulty of content.

New Zones

Lastly we have the customary introduction of new zones. We see the introduction of eight new zones in Mists of Pandaria and all of them are breathtaking. If, like me, you enjoy exploring the world, MoP offers you spectacular scenery to enjoy and explore.

This is by no means all of the changes that are coming with Mists of Pandaria and I will attempt to cover everything I can in the time until release I felt that these 10 points were the major changes that have me excited to play.

Over to you: have you been involved in the beta and if so, what have you enjoyed the most?

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A History Of The Pandaren

July 28, 2012 by

I just came across this video that does a superb job of summarising the history of the Pandaren. If you want a lore injection before you jump into Mists of Pandaria in September, then this is probably a great place to start. Enjoy!



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Five Reasons I’m Excited About Mists Of Pandaria

July 26, 2012 by

With the announcement in the last 24 hours that the next World of Warcraft Expansion will hit virtual or physical world shelves on September 25th, I thought I’d put down some reasons why I’m actually quite excited about the fourth expansion to one of the world’s most successful MMOs ever.

There are of course more than five reasons to be looking forward to MoP, and hopefully you’ll add some more below in comments, but for what they’re worth, here are mine:

1. New explorations

Despite the pandas, I’m excited to have a bunch of new territories in WoW to explore. Having played since Burning Crusade, I’ve always loved those initial days or checking out new zones. That’s not a WoW-specific joy by any means, but it’s still something that gets me going. And hell, I might even get to like the Pandarians.

2. Assessing whether the shark has been jumped

As much as I’m a dedicated WoW player and Blizzard follower since Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, I’m also cynical enough to be interested in whether Blizzard are able to grow WoW via this expansion, or just hold off the decline for a few more months. There’s also the potential that MoP doesn’t deliver, in which case the game will have well and truly ‘jumped the shark‘. Of course, some true cynics would argue WoW achieved that status after Burning Crusade…

3. Watchin’ the innovation

With each expansion Blizzard have delivered some innovative new aspects to MMO gameplay. MoP will be no different and I for one am excited to be able to log in, check out what’s changed, enjoy re-speccing and going out into the wide blue questing yonder. Being particularly selfish, I don’t just want to see WoW show off some new ideas, I want those ideas to be so good that they form a launching pad for my other favourite MMO SWTOR to mimic or even improve on. C’mon, it could happen!

4. Indulging my achievement junkie

I’m a diagnosed achievement junkie and I still think WoW’s achievement system is the best one going around. That alone means I’m keen to immerse myself in MoP and to see if there are some particularly cool achievements. I still tell everyone that will listen (there’s not many left) how I won the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza – so I’m hoping there’ll be some similar things I can get excited about. Hell, I just want to level up my fishing to the newest level cap!

5. It’s the Event, dummy

In the lead-up to Cataclysm, there was a series of World Events that were nearly as much fun as the expansion itself. Last time it was protecting your home city from being overrun. Who knows what it’ll be this time, but I can’t wait to see it.

So now it’s your turn: will you be buying MoP and if so, is it a return to WoW for you or just the latest expansion in a long period of playing?

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Archmage Xylem’s Trials: How To Get The Achievements

June 30, 2012 by

Look for the achievements for Glutton for Icy Punishment, Glutton for Fiery Punishment and Glutton for Shadowy Punishment?

Here’s how to get there:

1. Go to Azshara (if you’re Alliance, fly to Forest Song in Ashenvale then go east into Azshara)

2. Go to the Arcane Pinnacle as shown here:

3. Click on each of the crystals, entering the portal each time and doing the Trials – simple as that!

4. If you want to know how to complete the trials:

a. Fiery Punishment: /dance in ten circles that don’t have the blue fire crystal in them. It counts each one you do without damage so you don’t have to do 10 without damage in a row to get the achievement.

b. Shadowy Punishment: click on the crystal then lead the apparitions to any of the portals. Like the fiery one, it counts each successful one, so it’s not hard to get.

c. Icy Punishment: this is the most challenging – the easy way out is to get on a flying mount, get airborne, skew your camera angle to look down, and drop in and out to grab the small orbs until you get 20 without taking damage.

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Map of Stormwind Vendors, Trainers and NPCs

June 30, 2012 by

FULLY UPDATED FOR MISTS OF PANDARIA!

How to use this map: find your Stormwind trainer, vendor or quartermaster in the table and match the number or letter listed in that cell to find it on the map. If you’re looking for the Stormwind portal to Pandaria: go to number 46 on the map below 😉

Stormwind Vendors, Trainers and Quartermasters

(Click on image for full size version)

Ref Vendor/s or other key NPCs Trainer/s
A Guild Master (Aldwin Laughlin) Golden King (NPC)
Tabard Designer (Rebecca Laughlin)
Guild Vendor (Shay Pressler)
Adam Pressler (NPC)
B Mistress of Cheese (Elaine Trias)
Apprentice of Cheese (Ben Trias)
Master of Cheese (Elling Trias) – upstairs
C Reagents (Kyra Boucher) Renato Gallina (NPC)
Alchemy Supplies & Reagents (Keldric Boucher)
Morgan Pestle
D General Goods (Thurman Mullby) Bag Merchant (Dawn Radue)
Trade Supplies (Edna Mullby)
E Weapons Merchant (Marda Weller)
Weapons Merchant (Gunther Weller)
F Cloth Armor Merchant (Carla Granger) Harlan Bagley (NPC)
Leather Armor Merchant (Lara Moore)
Mail Armor Merchant (Aldric Moore)
G Auctioneers Justine Demailer (NPC) – outside
Ian Drake (NPC) – outside
H Innkeeper Allison
I Bankers Portal Panda (Ka Pao
Guild Vaults
J Bow & Gun Merchant (Lina Stover) Topper McNab (NPC) – outside
Bow & Arrow Merchant (Frederick Stover)
K Barber (Jelinek Sharpshear) Genevieve (NPC)
Anastasia (NPC) Ol’ Emma (NPC) – walks past
L Gryphon Master (Dungar Longdrink) Flying Trainer (Bralla Cloudwing)
Gryphon Keeper (Tannec Stonebeak)
Stormwind Quartermaster (Lancy Revshon)
M Florist (Bernard Gump) Little Adeline (NPC)
Herbalism Supplies (Felicia Gump)
N Clothier (Lisbeth Schneider) Rema Schenider (NPC)
O Wine Vendor (Julia Gallina) Suzetta Gallina (NPC)
Merlot Connoisseur (Roberto Pupellyverbos)
P Enchanting Supplies (Jessara Cordell) Enchanting Trainer (Lucan Cordell)
IIthurian Whitespire (NPC) – former reforger Apprentice Enchanter (Betty Quin)
Q Librarian (Adair Gilroy) Mazen Mac’Nadir (NPC)
Candy Vendor (Lisa McKeever) Acolyte Dellis (NPC)
R Inscription Supplies (Stanly McCormick) Inscription Trainer (Catarina Stanford)
Ink Trader (Sarana Damir) Lexicon of Power
S Fireworks Vendor (Darian Singh)
T Bartender (Jarel Moor)
U Tailoring Trainer (Jalane Ayrole) Warlock Trainer (Demisette Cloyce)
Zardeth of the Black Claw (NPC) Warlock Trainer (Ursula Deline)
Gakin the Darkbinder (NPC) Warlock Trainer (Sandahl)
Demon Trainer (Spackle Thornberry)
V Arcane Trinkets Vendor (Charys Yserian) Fizzles (NPC)
W Reagents (Owen Vaughn)
X Hatter (Evan Larson) Apprentice Tailor (Sellandus)
Robe Merchant (Wynne Larson) Thurman Schneider (NPC)
Collin Mauren (NPC) – outside, around corner
Y Bartender (Joachim Brenlow) Innkeeper (Steven Lohan)
Head Chef (Angus Stern) Apprentice Chef (Connor Rivers)
Erich Lohan (NPC) – mobile
Z Archmage Malin (NPC) – outside Master Mage (Maginor Dumas)
Portal to Blasted Lands Mage Trainer (Jennea Cannon)
High Sorcerer Andromath (NPC) Mage Trainer (Elsharin)
Coridormi (NPC) Portal Trainer (Larimaine Purdue)
2 Wand Merchant (Ardwyn Cailen) Staves Merchant (Allan Hafgan)
3 Light Armor Merchant (Duncan Cullen) Tailoring Trainer (Georgio Bolero)
Tailoring Supplies (Alexandra Bolero) Apprentice Tailor(Lawrence Schneider)
4 Herbalism Supplies (Eldraeith) Apprentice Alchemist (Tel’Athir)
Alchemy Supplies (Maria Lumere) Alchemy Trainer (Lilyssia Nightbreeze)
Herbalism Trainer (Tannysa) – outside
5 Nambria (NPC)
6 Recruiter Burns (NPC)
Ship to Valiance Keep (Borean Tundra)
Dockmaster (Leesha Tannerby)
6a Bwemba (NPC)
Commander Sharp (NPC)
6b Justin Boehm (NPC) Engineer Kurtis Paddock (NPC)
Daniel Kramer (NPC) Serban Oprescu (NPC)
Meghan Dawson (NPC) Art Peshkov (NPC)
Galley Chief Paul Kubit (NPC) Candace Thomas (NPC)
6c Argos Nightwhisper (NPC) Priest Trainer (Nara Meideros)
Dockmaster (Nayura) Druid Trainer (Sheldras Moontree)
Ship to Auberdine (Darnassus)
7 Arcane Reforger (Thaumaturge Vashreen) Thaumaturge Rafir (NPC)
Void Storage (Vaultkeeper Razhid)
Transmogrifier (Warpweaver Hashom)
8 Stormwind Census (Royal Factor Bathrilor)
City Architect (Baros Alexston)
9 Nil
10 Orphan Matron Nightingale (NPC)
Orphanage Matron (Shellene)
11 Mail Armor Merchant (Agustus Moulaine)
Robe Vendor (Theresa Moulaine)
12 Staff & Mace Merchant (Gregory Ardus)
13 Scarlet Crusade Emissary (Brother Crowley) Priest Trainer (Brother Benjamin)
Reagents Vendor (Brother Cassius) Priest Trainer (Brother Joshua)
Brother Sarno (NPC) Priest Trainer (High Priestess Laurena)
Duthorian Rall (NPC) Paladin Trainer (Katherine the Pure)
Bishop Farthing (NPC) Paladin Trainer (Arthur the Faithful)
Gazin Tenorm (NPC) Paladin Trainer
Altar Boy Thomas (NPC) (Lord Grayson Shadowbreaker)
First Aid Trainer (Angela Leifeld)
14 Stable Master (Jenova Stoneshield) Pet Trainer (Karrina Mekenda)
Muzzle (NPC) Hunter Trainer (Einris Brightspear)
Hunter Trainer (Ulfir Ironbeard)
Hunter Trainer (Thorfin Stoneshield)
15 Battleground Emissary
16 Engineering Supplies (Billibub Cogspinner) Engineering Trainer (L. Sparkspindle)
Shoni the Shilent (NPC) Priest Trainer (Chief Surgeon Gashweld)
17 Guns Vendor (Thulman Flintcrag)
18 Grimand Elmore (NPC) Blacksmithing Trainer (Borgus Steelhand)
Axe Merchant (Kathrum Axehand)
19 Mining Supplies (Brooke Stonebraid) Mining Trainer (Gelman Stonehand)
20 Blacksmithing Supplies (Kaita Deepforge) Blacksmithing Trainer (T.Deepforge)
Locksmith (Benik Boltshear) Hank The Hammer (NPC)
Furen Longbeard (NPC)
21a Naanae (NPC) Lucas Severing (NPC)
Rell Nightwind (NPC) Emissary Taluun (NPC)
Crithto (Battle Pet) – mobile
21b Caledra Dawnbreeze (NPC) Count Remington Ridgewell (NPC)
Bishop DeLavey (NPC) Lord Baurles K. Wishock (NPC)
21c Battlemasters Battleground Emissary
Mithras Ironhill (NPC)
21d Major Samuelson (NPC) Grand-Admiral Jes-Tereth (NPC)
King Varian Wrynn (NPC) Prince Anduin Wrynn (NPC)
Genn Greymane (NPC)
21e Cenarion Emissary Jademoon Archaeology Trainer (Harrison Jones)
Lana Dubing (NPC) Donyal Tovald (NPC)
Darnella Winford (NPC) Milton Sheaf (NPC)
Alicia (NPC)
22 Shield Merchant (Bryan Cross) Officer Connolly (walks past)
23 Cobbler (Mayda Thane)
24 Leatherworking Supplies (Jillian Tanner) Leatherworking Trainer (Simon Tanner)
Bag Vendor (Alyssa Griffith) Skinning Trainer (Maris Granger)
Leather Armor Merchant (Seoman Griffith) Little Noah (NPC)
Randal Worth (NPC)
25 Heavy Armor Merchant (Osric Strang)
Mail Armor Merchant (Wilhelm Strang)
26 Blade Merchant (Heinrich Stone) Jenn Langston (NPC) – walks past
27 Two Handed Weapon Merchant Nikova Raskol (NPC) – outside
(Gerik Koen)
28 Innkeeper (Maegan Tillman) Cooking Trainer (Stephen Ryback)
Barmaid (Elly Langston) Cooking Supplies (Erika Tate)
Harry Burlguard (NPC) Tavernkeeper (Reese Langston)
Bartleby (NPC) Aedis Brom (NPC)
Christoph Faral (NPC) Master of Cooking Recipes (Kendor Kabonka) upstairs
29 Rogue Trainer (Osborne The Night Man)
30 Justice Heirlooms (Larisse Pembraux) Warrior Trainer (Ilsa Corbin)
Legacy Justice Quartermaster (Toren Landow) Warrior Trainer (Wu Shen)
Valor Quartermaster (Faldren Tillsdale) Warrior Trainer (Ander Germaine)
Justice Quartermaster (Magatha Silverton) Hunter Trainer (Wulf Hansreim)
Justice Trade Goods (Talric Forthright) Hunter Trainer (Sarisse Jume)
Gonzalez (NPC) Hunter Trainer (Don Omar)
Dave the Quick (NPC) – outside Pet Trainer (Alma Deering)
31 Officer Accessories Quartermaster Accessories Quartermaster (Master Sergeant Biggins)
Weapons Quartermaster (Capt O’Neal) Legacy Armor Quartermaster (Sergeant Major Clate)
Legacy Weapon Quartermaster (Lt Jackspring) Honor Heirlooms (Liliana Emberfrost)
War Mount Quartermaster (Lt Karter) Honor Trade Goods (Edlan Halsing)
Armor Quartermaster (Captain Dirgehammer) Archmage Gaiman (NPC)
Apprentice Armor Quartermaster Harbinger Ennarth (NPC)
Armor Quartermaster (Lt Tristia) Sergeant Major Skyshadow (NPC)
32a Shady Dealer (Jasper Fel) Rogue Trainer (Lord Tony Romano)
Poison Supplies (Sloan McCoy) Renzik “The Shiv” (NPC)
Samuelson’s Files (up spiral staircase) Master Matthias Shaw (NPC)
32b Training Dummies Master Wood (NPC)
32c Stable Master (Karin) Riding Trainer (Darlene Stokx)
Horse Breeder (Katie Stokx)
33 Jewelcrafting Supplies (Isabel Jones) Jewelcrafting Trainer (Theresa Denman)
Jewelcrafting Supplies (Terrance Denman) Epic Gem Recipes (Farrah Facet)
Jewelcrafting Design Vendor (Isabel Jones)
34 Head Chef (Robby Flay)
Sous Chef (Bario Matalli)
35 Thargold Ironwing (NPC) Stormwind Rat (NPC)
36 David Gregory (NPC)
Judy Gregory (NPC)
37 Lana Ashwin (NPC) Sean Copeland (NPC)
“Daphne “”The Rose”” Bloom (NPC)” Scott Keenan (NPC)
Warren Fulton (NPC) Daniel Kinsey (NPC)
Quincy Cutler (NPC)
38 Heavy Armor Merchant (Allison Potts) Blacksmithing Trainer (Jordan Smith)
39 Brohann Caskbelly (NPC) Wilder Thistlenettle (NPC)
40 Morgg Stormshot
41 Auction House
42 Royal Bank of Stormwind Banker (Fineas G Bankworthy)
Officer Brady (NPC) Bankers
43 Innkeeper (Thaegra Tillstone) Shaman Trainer (Farseer Umbrua)
Tavern Keeper (Colin Field) Shaman Trainer (Bolner Hammerbeak)
Barmaid (Myrla Stoneround) Shaman Trainer (Dalga Hammerbeak)
44 Dylan Aguilar (NPC) Battle Pet Trainer (Audrey Burnhep)
45 Naraat The Earthspeaker (NPC) Portal to Uldum
Portal to Deepholm Portal to Mount Hyjal
Portal to Twilight Highlands Portal to Tol Barad
Portal to Vashj’ir
46 Jojo Ironbrow (NPC) Monk Trainer (Aysa Cloudsinger)
Portal to Pandaria
47 Chromie (NPC) Wyrmrest Protectors
48 Brunn Goldenmug (NPC)
49 Leria Nightwind (NPC)
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World of Warcraft Maps: Undercity

June 30, 2012 by

Time for another Horde city in World of Warcraft: Undercity. As always, feel free to post corrections or additions in the comments.

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Ref Name Vendor/s or other key NPCs Trainer/s
A Ruins of Orb of Translocation
Lordaeron
B Trade Quarter Undercity Commendations (Officer Gothena)
(West)
C Trade Quarter Weapons Merchant (Gordon Wendham)
(North West 1) Weapons Merchant (Louis Warren)
D Trade Quarter Heavy Armor Merchant (Timothy Weldon) NPC – Velora Nitely
(North West 2) Heavy Armor Merchant (Walter Ellingson)
E Trade Quarter Light Armor Merchant (Lauren Newcomb)
(North West 3) Trade Supplies (Daniel Bartlett)
F Trade Quarter Innkeeper (Innkeeper Norman) Mailbox
(North East 1) Stable Master (Anya Maulray)
G Trade Quarter Reagents Vendor (Thomas Mordan)
(North East 2)
H Trade Quarter Barber (Naznik Sureshave)
(South East 1)
I Trade Quarter General Goods (Eleanor Rusk)
(South East 2)
J Trade Quarter Trade Goods (Felicia Doan)
(South West 1)
K Trade Quarter Bat Handler (Michael Garrett)
(South West 2)
L Trade Quarter Bankers x 4
(Central)
M Trade Quarter Cooking Supplies (Ronald Burch) Cooking Trainer (Eunice Burch)
(Lower West)
N Trade Quarter Undercity Census (Royal Overseer Bauhaus) Guild Master (Christopher Drakul)
(Lower East) Guild Tabard Designer (Edward Remington) Tabard Vendor (Merrill Pleasance)
O Trade Quarter Cockroach Vendor (Jeremiah Payson)
(Lower Inner East)
P Undercity Auctioneer Epitwee
Q Undercity Auctioneer Leeka
R Undercity Auctioneer Stockton
S Undercity Auctioneer Yarly
T Undercity Auctioneer Cain
U Undercity Auctioneer Naxxremis
V Undercity Auctioneer Tricket
W Undercity Auctioneer Rhyker
X The Apothecarium Herbalism Supplies (Katrina Alliestar) Herbalism Trainer (Martha Alliestar)
(North)
Y The Apothecarium Blue Moon Odds & Ends (Alessandro Luca)
(North East)
Z The Apothecarium Inscription Supplies (Ickabod Pimlen) Inscription Trainer (Margaux Parchley)
(South East 1)
2 The Apothecarium Enchanting Supplies (Thaddeus Webb) Enchanting Trainer (Lavinia Crowe)
(South East 2)
3 The Apothecarium Alchemy Supplies (Algernon) Andron Gant (NPC)
(South)
4 The Apothecarium Chemist Fuely (NPC) Alchemy Trainer (Dr. Herbert Halsey)
(South West 1) Theodore Griffs (NPC)
5 Rogues’ Quarter Engineering Supplies (Elizabeth Van Talen) Engineering Trainer (Franklin Lloyd)
(South West) Lucian Fenner (NPC) Forge
Estelle Gendry (NPC)
6 Rogues’ Quarter Mennet Carkad (NPC) Rogue Trainer (Carolyn Ward)
(Central) Rogue Trainer (Gregory Charles)
Rogue Trainer (Miles Dexter)
7 Rogues’ Quarter Gothard Winslow (NPC) Cedric Stumpel (NPC)
(North East) Locksmith (Walter Soref)
8 Rogues’ Quarter Thrown Weapons Merchant (N. Steenwick)
(North) Blade Merchant (Charles Seaton)
9 Rogues’ Quarter Poison Supplies (Ezekiel Graves)
(North 2)
10 Rogues’ Quarter First Aid Trainer (Mary Edras)
(North West)
11 Rogues’ Quarter Leather Armor Merchant (Gillian Moore) Leatherworking Trainer (Arthur Moore)
(North West 2) Leatherworking Supplies (Joseph Moore) Skinning Trainer (Killian Hagey)
12 Rogues’ Quarter Bag Vendor (Jonathan Chambers)
(North West 3)
13 Magic Quarter Book Dealer (Salazar Bloch)
(South West)
14 Magic Quarter Jorah Annison (NPC) Seeker Thompson (NPC) (moving)
(South West 2) Fungus Vendor (Morley Bates) (mobile)
15 Magic Quarter Andrew Brownell (NPC) Oran Snakewrithe (NPC)
(West) Samantha Shackleton (NPC)
16 Magic Quarter Horde Cloth Quartermaster (Ralston Farnsley) Tailoring Trainer (Josef Gregorian)
(North West) Tailoring Supplies (Millie Gregorian)
Cloth Armor Merchant (Sheldon Von Croy)
17 Magic Quarter Staff Merchant (Sydney Upton)
(North) Wand Vendor (Zane Bradford)
18 Magic Quarter Fishing Supplies (Elizabeth Cromwell) Fishing Trainer (Armand Cromwell)
(Central)
19 Magic Quarter Master Shadoweave Tailor (Josephine Lister)
(East) Carendin Halgar (NPC)
20 Magic Quarter Relics (Silas Zimmer)
(North East)
21 Magic Quarter Reagents Vendor (Hannah Akeley)
(North East 2)
22 Magic Quarter Victor Bartholomew (NPC) Winifred Kerwin (NPC)
(North) Jezelle Pruitt (NPC) Adrian Bartlett (NPC)
23 Magic Quarter Mage Trainer (Anastasia Hartwell)
(North 2)
24 Magic Quarter Portal Trainer (Lexington Mortaim)
(North 3) Bethor Iceshard (NPC)
25 Magic Quarter Warlock Trainer (Richard Kerwin)
(North 4)
26 Magic Quarter Godrick Farsan (NPC) Mage Trainer (Kaelystia Hatebringer)
(North 5) (D) Martha Strain (NPC) Mage Trainer (Pierce Shackleton)
Warlock Trainer (Luther Pickman)
Warlock Trainer (Kaal Soulreaper)
27 War Quarter Training Dummies Mage Trainer (Derek the Undying)
(East)
28 War Quarter Priest Trainer (Father Lankester)
(North) Priest Trainer (Aelthalyste)
Priest Trainer (Father Lazarus)
Warrior Trainer (Baltus Fowler)
Warrior Trainer (Angela Curthas)
Warrior Trainer (Christoph Walker)
29 War Quarter Sergeant Rutger (NPC) Alyssa Blaye (NPC)
(South West) Sergeant Houser (NPC) Eldin Partridge (NPC)
Travist Bosk (NPC)
30 War Quarter Brother Malach (NPC) Marla Fowler (NPC)
(Central East) Lysta Bancroft (NPC) Chloe Curthas (NPC)
Edward (NPC) Riley Walker (NPC)
Andrew Hartwell (NPC) Robert Gossom (NPC)
Richard Van Brunt (NPC)
31 War Quarter Gerard Abernathy (NPC) Edrick Killian (NPC) (mobile)
(South) Joanna Whitehall (NPC) Mattie Alred (NPC) (mobile)
Leona Tharpe (NPC)
32 War Quarter Bow Merchant (Abigail Sawyer) Mining Trainer (Brom Killian)
(South 2) Mining Supplies (Sarah Killian)
33 War Quarter Weapon Merchant (Francis Eliot) Weapon Master (Archibald)
(East) Weapon Merchant (Geoffrey Hartwell)
Weapon Merchant (Benijah Fenner)
34 War Quarter Heavy Armor Merchant (Mirelle Tremayne) Blacksmithing Trainer (James Van Brunt)
(North East) Blacksmithing Supplies (Samuel Van Brunt) Forge
35 War Quarter Gun Merchant (Nicholas Atwood) Seeker Nahr (NPC) (Mobile)
(North East) Helena Atwood (NPC)

 

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World of Warcraft Maps: Exodar

June 30, 2012 by

nother World of Warcraft map in our ongoing series. I’ve mentioned before that I’m not a fan of Exodar’s layout – I just find it damn hard to navigate. That said, having put this map together I feel a little more familar and hopefully this will save you some time.


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Ref Name Vendor/s Trainer/s
A Seat of the Naaru Tradesman (Nurguni) Herald Bran’daan (NPC)
(South Central) General Goods (Onnis)
Bag Vendor (Cuzi)
B The Crystal Hall Enchanting Supplies (Egomis) Enchanting Trainer (Nahogg)
(South-East) Inscription Supplies (Sessoh) Inscription Trainer (Thoth)
Lexicon of Power
C The Crystal Hall Training dummies Shaman Trainer (Gurrag)
(South-West)
D The Crystal Hall Moth Keeper (Sixx)
(South Central)
E The Crystal Hall Fishing Supplies (Dekin) (Outside) Fishing Trainer (Erett)
(West)
F The Crystal Hall Reagents Vendor (Bildine)
(North-East)
G The Crystal Hall Shaman Trainer (Hobahken)
(North-West)
H The Crystal Hall Duumehi (NPC) First Aid Trainer (Nus)
(East) Ereuso (NPC)
I The Crystal Hall Jewelcrafting Supplies (Arred) Jewelcrafting Trainer (Farii)
(South-East) Apprentice Jewelcrafter (Padaar)
J The Crystal Hall Shaman Trainer (Sulaa)
(Central)
K The Crystal Hall Seer Skaltesh (NPC) Chakaa (NPC)
Drysc (NPC) Sayari (NPC)
L The Vault of Lights Priest Trainer (Izmir) Priest Trainer (Caedmos)
(East) Priest Trainer (Fallat)
M The Vault of Lights Battlemaster (Hunara)
(West) Wintergrasp Battle-Mage (Arc Nazalia)
N The Vault of Lights Eye of the Storm (Mitia)
(North-West) Alliance Brigadier-General
O The Vault of Lights Battlemaster (Liedel the Just)
(North-East)
P The Vault of Lights Paladin Trainer (Kavaan) Paladin Trainer (Jol)
(South) Paladin Trainer (Baatun)
Q The Vault of Lights Torias (NPC) Audrid (NPC)
(Central) Curzon (NPC) Emony (NPC)
Tobin (NPC)
R The Vault of Lights Alchemy Supplies & Reagents (Musal) Portal Trainer (Lunaraa)
(East) Wand Vendor (Oss) Mage Trainer (Harnan)
Portal to Blasted Lands Mage Trainer (Edirah)
Mage Trainer (Bati)
S Trader’s Tier Guild Master (Funaam)
(North-West) Tabard Vendor (Issca)
T Trader’s Tier Engineering Supplies (Feera) Engineering Trainer (Ockil)
(South-West 1) Apprentice Engineer (Ghermas)
U Trader’s Tier Blacksmithing Supplies (Arras) Blacksmithing Trainer (Miall)
(South) Apprentice Blacksmith (Edrem) Mining Trainer (Muaat)
Mining Supplies (Merran)
V Trader’s Tier Bowyer (Avelii) Pet Trainer (Ganaar)
(South-West 2) Gunsmith (Muhaa) Hunter Trainer (Killac)
Hunter Trainer (Deremiis)
Hunter Trainer (Vord)
W Trader’s Tier Warrior Trainer (Ahonan)
(South-West 3) Warrior Trainer (Kazi)
Warrior Trainer (Behomat)
X Trader’s Tier Weapon Master (Handiir)
(South-West 4) Poison Supplies (Fingin)
Y Trader’s Tier Plate Armor Merchant (Gotaan)
(South 1) Shield Merchant (Treall)
Mail Armor Merchant (Yil) – upstairs
Z Trader’s Tier Blade Vendor (Ven)
(South 2)
2 Trader’s Tier Blunt Weapon Merchant (Ellomin)
(South 3) Cloth Armor Merchant (Gornil)
3 Trader’s Tier Leather Armor Merchant (Mahri)
(South 4)
4 Trader’s Tier Leatherworking Supplies (Haferet) Skinning Trainer (Remere)
(East) Apprentice Leatherworker (Feruul) Leatherworking Trainer
(Akham)
5 Trader’s Tier Alliance Cloth Quartermaster (Dugiru) Tailoring Trainer (Refik)
(North-East) Apprentice Tailor (Kayaart)
Tailoring Supplies (Neii)
6 The Exodar Artificer Andren (NPC)
(Mid-East) Artificer Drenin (NPC)
7 Seat of the Naaru O’ros (NPC) – downstairs
(Central)
8 The Exodar Auctioneer (Fanin) Auctioneer (Eoch)
(Auction House) Auctioneer (Iressa)
9 The Exodar Banker (Kellag) Guild Vault
(Bank) Banker (Jaela)
Banker (Ossco)
10 Seat of the Naaru Cooking Supplies (Phea) Cook (Mumman)
(North 1)
11 Seat of the Naaru Stable Master (Arthaid)
(North 2)
12 The Exodar Innkeeper (Caregiver Breel) Mailbox
(North) Arena Battlemaster (Miglik Blotstrom)
13 The Exodar Hippogryph Master (Stephanos)
(Outside 1) Flight Point
14 The Exodar Riding Trainer (Aalun)
(Outside 2)
15 The Vault of Lights Alchemy Supplies (Altaa) Herbalism Trainer (Cemorrhan)
(Mid-West) Apprentice Alchemist (Deriz) Alchemy Trainer (Lucc)
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