World of Warcraft: To Honor One's Elders

As of today, 24th January, a new World event started (well actually not new, it comes every year) and new achievements to gain: To Honor One's Elders!

Full list on how to do this achievement:

Notice: First the summary in the order on how it's displayed in the Achievement description. If you want to take the optimal (shortest) route, scroll down a bit more for the guide which shows you the optimal route.

Elders of Eastern Kingdoms

• Elder Goldwell in Kharanos (47, 51)
  
• Elder Stormbrow in Goldshire (40, 64)
  
• Elder Starglade in Zul'Gurub (Outside, near Entrance)
  
• Elder Silvervein in Thelsamar (33, 46)
  
• Elder Rumblerock in Burning Steppes (82, 46)
  
• Elder Highpeak in The Hinterlands (50, 48)
  
• Elder Graveborn in Brill (61, 53)
  
• Elder Windrun in Eastern Plaguelands (35, 68)
  
• Elder Moonstrike in Scholomance (Caer Darrow, on top of the Keep)
  
• Elder Bellowrage in Blasted Lands (58, 55)
  
• Elder Meadowrun in Western Plaguelands  (65, 47)
  
• Elder Winterhoof in Booty Bay (26, 76, near Horde Flightmaster)
  
• Elder Skychaser in Sentinel Hill (56, 47)
  
• Elder Dawnstrider in Flame Crest (64, 24)
  
• Elder Ironband in Searing Gorge (21, 79)
  
• Elder Obsidian in The Sepulcher (45, 41)
  
• Elder Snowcrown in Light's Hope Chapel (81, 60)

Elders of the Dungeons

• Elder Wildmane in Zul'Farrak (Near the place where you summon Gahzranka)
  
• Elder Splitrock in Maraudon (After endboss, jump downand climb out, following up the ramp)
  
• Elder Morndeep in Blackrock Depths (Ring of Law)
  
• Elder Jarten in Utgarde Keep
• Elder Nurgen in Azjol-Nerub
• Elder Ohanzee in Gundrak (Update: Only in Heroic Mode)
• Elder Chogan'gada in Utgarde Pinnacle
  
• Elder Starsong in the Sunken Temple (Go to the, through te dragonkin and then left around into the first alcove left)
  
• Elder Stonefort in Blackrock Spire (Near the first rope bridge)
  
• Elder Farwhisper in Stratholme (Use the back entrance, then continue to Baron Rivendare, after the first Gate go left, then right and finally down that street on the left side before the next Gate)
  
• Elder Igasho in The Nexus
• Elder Kilias in Drak'Tharon
• Elder Yurauk in the Halls of Stone

Elders of Kalimdor

• Elder Runetotem in Razor Hill (Durotar 54, 44)
  
• Elder Moonwarden in The Crossroads (The Barrens 51, 30)
  
• Elder Windtotem in Ratchet (Barrens 63, 37)
  
• Elder Starweave in Auberdine
  
• Elder Riversong in Astranaar (Ashenvale 35, 48)
  
• Elder Mistwalker in Dire Maul (Feralas  62, 31) - Near Dire Maul (NOT inside the instance)
  
• Elder Skyseer in Freewind Post (Thousand Needles 45, 48)
  
• Elder Ragetotem in Tanaris (Tanaris 36, 80)
  
• Elder Thunderhorn in Un'Goro (Un'Goro 50, 76)
  
• Elder Stonespire in Everlook (Winterspring 61, 37)
  
• Elder Bladesing in Cenarion Hold (Silithus 49, 37)
  
• Elder Skygleam in Azshara (Azshara  72, 85)
  
• Elder High Mountain in Camp Taurajo (Barrens 45, 57)
  
• Elder Bladeleaf in Dolanaar (Teldrasil 56, 60)
  
• Elder Bloodhoof in Bloodhoof Village (Mulgore 48, 53)
  
• Elder Grimtotem in Feralas (Feralas 76, 37)
  
• Elder Nightwind in Felwood (Felwood 37, 52)
  
• Elder Morningdew in Mirage Raceway (Thousand Needles 79, 77)
  
• Elder Dreamseer in Gadgetzan (Tanaris)
  
• Elder Brightspear in Winterspring (Winterspring 55, 43)
  
• Elder Primestone in Silithus (Silithus 23, 11)

Elders of Northrend

• Elder Sardis in Valiance Keep (Borean Tundra 58, 69)
  
• Elder Morthie in Star's Rest (Dragonblight 29, 55)
• Elder Arp in D.E.H.T.A (Borean Tundra 57, 44)
  
• Elder Sandrene in Lakeside Landing (Sholazar 50, 62)
• Elder Lunaro in Ruins of Tethys (Grizzly 78, 35)
• Elder Tauros in Zim'Torga (Zul'Drak 59, 57)
• Elder Graymane in K3 (Storm Peaks 41, 84)
  
• Elder Pamuya in Warsong Hold (Borean Tundra 42, 55)
  
• Elder Skywarden in Agmar's Hammer (Dragonblight 37, 48)
  
• Elder Beldak in Westfall Brigade (Grizzly 59, 26)
  
• Elder Fargal in Frosthold (Storm Peaks 30, 74)
  
• Elder Northal in Transitus Shield (Borean Tundra 33, 35)
  
• Elder Wanikaya in Rainspeaker Rapids (Sholazar 63, 51)
  
• Elder Bluewolf in Wintergrasp (Wintergrasp Keep 49, 14)
  
• Elder Thoim in Moa'ki Harbor (Dragonblight 49, 75)
  
• Elder Stonebeard in Bouldercrag's Refuge (Storm Peaks 32, 35)
  
• Elder Whurain in Camp Oneqwah (Grizzly 65, 46)
  
• Elder Muraco in Camp Taunka'lo (Storm Peaks 64, 51)

Elders of the Horde

• Elder Darkhorn in Orgrimmar (Valley of Wisdom, just to the right of the building)
  
• Elder Darkcore in Undercity (Ruins of Lordaeron, AKA, outside the Undercity in the courtyard)
  
• Elder Proudhorn in Thunder Bluff (Elder Rise)

Elders of the Alliance

• Elder Bladeswift in Darnassus (Cenarion Enclave)
  
• Elder Hammershout in Stormwind (The Park)
  
• Elder Bronzebeard in Ironforge (The Mystic Ward)
  

Lunar Festival Finery

Purchase a festive pant suit or festive dress with Coins of Ancestry. You only need 5 coins to purchase one.

Frenzied Firecracker

Shoot off 10 Festival Firecrackers in 30 seconds or less. You can buy these off the Lunar Festival Vendor in any major faction city

50 Coins of Ancestry

Obtain 50 Coins of Ancestry, easy enough to complete with all the Elders you need to visit.

The Rocket's Red Glare

Shoot off 10 Red Rocket Clusters in 25 seconds or less. You can buy these off the Lunar Festival Vendor in any major faction city and Moonglade.

Elune's Blessing

Defeat Omen in Moonglade, the quest you need to pick up is Elune's Blessing.

The shortest route

We'll start in Dalaran, reason for this is that we can quickly port back when we're done in Northrend and go to Darnassus to finish the Kalimdor Quests and then finally the Eastern Kingdoms.

Northrend

• Elder Fargal (Storm Peaks - Frosthold 30, 74)
• Elder Stonebeard (Storm Peaks - Bouldercrag's Refuge 32, 35)
• Elder Muraco in Camp Taunka'lo (Storm Peaks 64, 51)
• Elder Graymane (Storm Peaks - K3 41, 84)
• Elder Tauros (Zul'Drak - Zim'Torga 59, 57)
• Elder Beldak (Grizzly - Westfall Brigade Encampment 59, 26)
• Elder Whurain (Grizzly - Camp Oneqwah 65, 46)
• Elder Lunaro (Grizzly - Tethys (78, 35)
• Elder Thoim (Dragonblight - Moa'ki Harbor 49, 75)
• Elder Skywarden (Dragonblight - Agmar's Hammer 37, 48)
• Elder Morthi (Dragonblight - Star's Rest 29, 55)
• Elder Arp (Borean Tundra -D.E.H.T.A. 57, 44)
• Elder Sardis (Borean Tundra - Valiance Keep 58, 69)
• Elder Pamuya (Borean Tundra - Warsong Hold 42, 55)
• Elder Northal (Borean Tundra - Transistus Shield 33, 35)
• Elder Sandrine (Sholazar - Lakeside Landing 50, 62)
• Elder Wanikaya (Sholazar - Rainspeaker Rapids 63, 51)
• Elder Bluewolf in Wintergrasp (Wintergrasp 49, 14)

Note: We do Wintergrasp as last, because from there you can't mount up and if horde has it, we can't use the portal so we can port back to Dalaran using a Hearthstone.

Now use your Hearthstone and port back to Dalaran and use the Lunar Festival Scroll in Dalaran to Port to Moonglade.

Why Moonglade and not Darnassus/Ogrimmar?
Because both, Horde and Alliance, can port there and make this guide here universal and both actions can follow the same route

Kalimdor

• Elder Brightspear (Winterspring 55, 43)
• Elder Stonespire (Winterspring 61, 37)
• Elder Nightwind (Felwood 37, 52)
• Elder Riversong (Ashenvale 35, 48)
  
• Elder Starweave (Darkshore 36, 46)
  
• Elder Bladeswift (Darnassus)
• Elder Bladeleaf (Teldrasil 56, 60)
• Elder Skygleam (Azshara  72, 85)
• Elder Darkhorn (Orgrimmar - Valley of Wisdom)
• Elder Runetotem (Durotar 54, 44)
• Elder Moonwarden (The Barrens 51, 30)
• Elder High Mountain (Barrens 45, 57)
  
• Elder Bloodhoof (Mulgore 48, 53)
• Elder Wheathoof [Former Proudhorn] (Thunder Bluff)
• Elder Windtotem (Barrens 63, 37)
• Elder Splitrock (Desolace - Maraudon)
• Elder Mistwalker (Feralas  62, 31) - Near Dire Maul
• Elder Grimtotem (Feralas 76, 37)
  
• Elder Skyseer (Thousand Needles 45, 48)
• Elder Morningdew (Thousand Needles 79, 77)
  
• Elder Dreamseer (Tanaris, Gadgetzan)
• Elder Wildmane in Zul'Farrak (Tanaris)
• Elder Ragetotem (Tanaris 36, 80)
• Elder Thunderhorn (Un'Goro 50, 76)
• Elder Bladesing in Cenarion Hold (Silithus 49, 37)
  
• Elder Primestone in Silithus (Silithus 23, 11)

Now fly back to Ratchet and take the boat to Booty Bay where the journey will continue.

Eastern Kingdoms

• Elder Starglade (Stranglethorn Vale 53, 18) Zul'Gurub Entrance
• Elder Winterhoof (Stranglethorn Vale 26, 76) Booty Bay
• Elder Bellowrage (Blasted Lands 59, 55)
• Elder Starsong in the Sunken Temple
• Elder Skychaser (Westfall 56, 47)
• Elder Stormbrow (Elwynn Forest 40, 63)
• Elder Hammershout in Stormwind (The Park area)
• Elder Rumblerock (Burning Steppes 82, 46)
• Elder Dawnstrider (Burning Steppes 64, 24)
• Elder Stonefort (Blackrock Spire)
• Elder Morndeep (Blackrock Depths)
• Elder Ironband (Searing Gorge 21, 79)
• Elder Bronzebeard (Ironforge - Mystic Ward)
• Elder Goldwell (Dun Morogh 47, 51)
• Elder Silvervein (Loch Modan 33, 47)
• Elder Highpeak (The Hinterlands 50, 48)
• Elder Obsidian (Silverpine Forest 45, 41)
• Elder Graveborn (Tirisfal Glades 62, 54)
• Elder Darkcore - Undercity (Enter by the main entrance if you're alliance and run in until you find him)
• Elder Moonstrike (Western Plaguelands - Top of Scholomance Keep; Outside, NOT in the instance)
• Elder Meadowrun (Western Plaguelands 66, 48);
• Elder Windrun (Eastern Plaguelands 35, 69);
• Elder Snowcrown (Eastern Plaguelands 81, 60);
• Elder Farwhisper in Stratholme (Instance)

Last but not least the Northrend Dungeon instances (reason for putting them last is, because they can't be done solo).

Northrend Dungeons

• Elder Jarten in Utgarde Keep
• Elder Chogan'gada in Utgarde Pinnacle
• Elder Nurgen in Azjol-Nerub
• Elder Kilias in Drak'Theron
• Elder Ohanzee in Gundrak (Only in Heroic Mode)
• Elder Igasho in The Nexus
• Elder Yurauk in the Halls of Stone

Update 1: Added Kalimdor Instances and missing Northrend Dungeons

Update 2: Added note to the Gundrak Elder. In order to get this Elder, you need to do Gundrak on Heroic mode.

Update 3: Added Coordinates of Kalimdor in the first part (the summary) too, for people who are only looking for location of certain Elders.

Darkfall Online: Leaked Beta Patchnotes Build 77

The last patchnotes for now...

New Patch

A new patch has been released. A character wipe has been performed.

 

Fixes and updates in this patch includes:

• Updates to conquest system
  
• Updates to conquest messaging
  
• Harvesting skill fails on resource node depletion
  
• Lesser Magic balancing update
  
• Misc skills balancing update
  
• More of the problems that some people have with Journal and
• Clan window has been fixed
  
• Hall of Fame/Highscore lists have been enabled
  
• Personal stats update
  
• Incorrect placements of objects in paperdoll has been fixed
  
• AI movement enhancement
  
• AI now attacks warhulks, cannons and ships properly
  
• In some situations an explosive spell might have blasted through a wall or similar structures. This has been fixed
  
• Situations where you would float upwards ad inifinitum in water have been fixed
  
• Dungeons have been enabled (Monsters etc. in dungeons have not been enabled in this build)
  
• Updates to the World
  
• Server updates

General information:

We are moving into the play testing phase. We do, however, still expect some system configuration to pop up.
For everything that we would like your help to test, we will create a thread in the 'Testing and Feedback forum'.

We have done some changes in the server configuration to prepare for the hordes, so we might have a bit of a bumpy ride for the next few days.

Darkfall Online: Leaked Beta Patchnotes Build 76

And the next small patch incoming...

New Patch

A new patch has been released.

 

This patch is just some minor fixes/updates that includes

• Fishing has been enabled again
  
• Resource nodes have been tweaked
  
• When a resource node is empty, you will receive an onscreen message
  
• Some minor bug fixes on the client
  
• Some system messages have been fixed thanks to your bugreports

Be sure to read the patch notes from build 75 located here,

Please test resource depletion and give us feedback in the forum.

World of Warcraft: Shadow Priest 6k dps with Mind Flay Exploit

New Patch, new bugs... at least this time in the favor of the players. At least if you're a Shadow Priest.

Blizzard wanted to buff Shadow Priest and let him scale better with spell gear, but did a mistake and instead of gaining 15% more damage (if Misery is applied) per Mind Flay, they unintentionally let every Mind Flay tick increase the damage by 15%, making Shadow Priests insane damage dealers (up to 6k dps and more) which dominate the damage charts at the moment.

Use it as long as they don't fix it.

Update: Corrected the post, the bugged talent/spell is of course Misery, but in combination with Mind Flay it causes this insane damage.

Update 2: Ghostcrawler (Blizzard Blueposter) announced that they are looking at it, so quickly use it as long as it lasts (i.e. to push your Arena rating :P)

There is a bug in Misery probably very similar to what Delmortis describes above.

 

We want Shadow priest dps to be competitive, but it can be really insane with this bug. We are looking into it.

Warhammer Online: A Few New Exploits

Squig Armor (PvP)

First of the exploits is with the Squig Armor ability. If you use Squig Armor next to a postern keep door, no one will be able to open the door as long as you stand there.
Nice to prevent reinforcements running back into the keep

Expolsive Snotling

At Black Crag (16k, 40k), you'll find some Explosive Snotlings which grants you one more chance at a battle brew backpack.

White Lion Parry Exploit

Last but not least, the White Lion 100% parry exploit. Simply equip the riposte tactic on and summon your pet 10 times and pew, your pet should have 100% parry rate, ready to own every PvE and PvP target.

Have fun exploiting

Darkfall Online: Leaked Beta Patchnotes Build 75

After the last small build now again one with a bit more improvements.

New Patch

A new patch has been released. A character wipe has been performed.

Fixes and updates in this patch includes:

• Duplications of bag windows have been fixed
  
• The bug where you sometimes were unable to open your bank/loot/clan vault window has been fixed
  
• Duplication of items on client (graphically only) that happened under certain circumstances has been fixed
  
• Vendor spells have been enabled again
  
• Dragging a stack of items and releasing them on top of another stack of similar items will now auto-merge them
  
• Audio bugs have been fixed
  
• Problem with journal or clan window displaying a black page has been fixed *1)
  
• More Chaos Stones have been enabled in the world
  
• Last remaining crashes when streaming from HD has been fixed *2)
  
• Shield will not be removed if you choose to wear a robe
  
• Input bug where extra mouse buttons would not work in GUI mode has been fixed
  
• Sound updates for mount
  
• Clan boards have been enabled *3)
  
• Blocking has been updated *4)
  
• All resources in the world will now get drained *5)
  
• Some updates to the Conquest System
  
• Some updates to the Clan Politics messages (Allies/Enemies/etc)
  
• AI update
  
• Polearm attacks have been updated
  
• Ganking has been enabled. (Default key to select the skill is 'X'). Use a melee weapon. Aim at a helpless player on the ground and press attack (Default: Left MB) *6)
  
• Reviving has been enabled. (Default key to select the skill is 'Z'). Sheathe your weapon, aim at the player and press attack. *6)
  
• Enabled the start of giving out free resources to our testers *7)
  
• Messages about people using the structures in a Clan
• City/Hamlet now output correct structure
  
• Looting under water has been enabled
  
• Updates to the world

Regarding patch notes:

• If you still experience display problems or something similar with the journal or clan window, please take a screen shot and mail it to us together with the log of the client.(Shut down the client and run the Report Error tool, so we get the logs)
  
• We are still logging heavily, so you might experience some stuttering from time to time
  Regarding the Clan Boards: Everything you post there will be gone every time we wipe.
  
• There is also a problem where the scrollbars does not show up. We are working to fix this ASAP. (The clan boards contains private messaging system, calendars to set up events and more)
  
• Regarding the update of the block skill: It drains a little bit less stamina, but will induce a stamina loss on the enemy in case of a successful block.
  
• All resource nodes in the world will get drained now. (This includes trees, bushes, rocks etc.) We would like your feedback on how this works out. Do you think there are too many resources available on the nodes? Too few? Too fast regrowing? Create a thread in the forum about this and tell us your thoughts about this, but bear in mind that you have to imagine that the world is filled with a lot more players.
  
• Gank/Revive has been enabled. When you die now, several things might happen to you: You might be decapitated, your head might be violently crushed, you might simply die OR you might end up on the ground helpless. If the latter is the the case, then you have 3 things that might happen: You can tap out using the space bar (which will bring you back to your bind point), a friend (or enemy) can choose to revive you or an enemy (or friend) can choose to gank you (finishing move). Also note that blood effects for ganking are not complete.
  
• When you log in now, you will be given 10K gold in your backpack. This is tied to your account, so creating multiple characters will not give you more. This is a test both for us and for you. Later we will start giving out more and elevate your skills/spells after wipes.

Known Issues and General Information

• If you experience any "erroneous" AI behavior, please take a screen shot of it and mail it to us with a description of the problem.
  
• Resource output of clan city/hamlet farms, mines, wood quarries etc. have not been balanced on the server.

We don't have the capacity to report back to each individual reporting a bug, but we process each and every one of them. When we are done, a bug report hall of fame will be created and you will receive much glory :-)

Regarding the testing phases:
We are slowly moving from the hardware testing phase onto the game testing phase.
We are still mostly concerned about errors in the game (crash bugs and exploits), but we will start focus testing certain areas and ask for your feedback. Starting today with the resource drain on nodes in the world.

Darkfall Online: Leaked Beta Patchnotes Build 74

Time for another patchnotes leak. This time it's build 74.

New Patch

A new patch and installer has been released.

 

Fixes and updates in this patch includes:

• Fixes to delays in loading that you experienced in the last build *1)
  
• Some UI updates
  
• Fixes for situations where you would fall trough objects
  
• Bug fixes and updates in Journal
  
• Bug fixes and updates in Clan
  
• Some updates to the farms/mines/etc in the clan cities
  
• Updates to some armor graphics
  
• Some updates to quests
  
• Updates to the AI
  
• Updates to skill
  
• Updates to loot
  
• Updates to spells
  
• Negative alignment will now kick you from Greater Stones
  
• General Alignment system fixes
  
• Number of binds you have in a Clan city has been fixed
  
• Number of binds you have in a Clan Hamlet has been fixed
  
• End of world has been enabled
  
• Updates to the world

*1) The delays you might have been experiencing in the last builds was caused by us doing some excessive logging. This is to catch some errors that happens on only a very small subset of the testers. We are still doing a lot of logging, so please bear with us as we are doing this to find issues that we can't reproduce in-house.

Known Issues and General Information

• If you leave a clan city or a clan hamlet, the buildings might have a graphical explosion. This will be taken out in the next server build.
  
• If you experience any "erroneous" AI behavior, please take a screen shot of it and mail it to us with a description of the problem.

Darkfall Online: Leaked Beta Patchnotes Build 71

And the devs weren't sleeping, following the last patchnotes (Build 70) here's already the next ones, a quite small one this time.

A new patch has been released.

This patch is mainly for some changes on the server, but does include these fixes on the client:

• Hotbar issues where some items were invisible have been resolved
  
• Hotbar issue with duplication of items have been fixed
  
• Wrong texture around chat area has been fixed
  
• Wrong texture on some scrollbars have been fixed
  
• Misc minor bugfixes on the client

Known issues

• Please do not use the portals that are seated around the world. They lead nowhere right now. All of them will be added in the following days, and I will let you know here when you can start using them.

Please also make sure you read the patch notes from build 70 located here

Darkfall Online: Leaked Beta Patchnotes Build 70

An following the 66 & 67 patchnotes here are the patchnotes for Build 70.

New Patch

A new patch has been released.

 

Fixes and updates in this patch includes:

• Journal window Update
  
• Clan window update
  
• Skill window update
  
• Spell window update
  
• Vendor service tab has been updated
  
• Eternally galloping horse have been fixed
  
• Mount sound update
  
• City building update
  
• Conquest update
  
• More monsters added (We will slowly over the next week enable more and more monsters)
  
• AI tactic updated
  
• Resting hit box bug that was introduced in the last build on the beta server has been fixed (1 line of a file wasn't transfered to the server)
  
• Mana missile excessive damage has been fixed
  
• Skills have been updated
  
• Spells have been updated
  
• /party_invite_player "firstname" "lastname" has been enabled
  
• Streaming HD bug has been fixed
  
• Fixes to startup problems
  
• Tool tip fixes
  
• Robe has been fixed
  
• You can no longer sprint when you are encumbered
  
• Rogue status is easier to attain now
  
• Guardstower damage has been enhanced
  
• Many minor bug fixes
  
• More updates to the world
  
• And more...

Known Issues and General Information

• The fix for problems with bags being duplicated (albeit only graphically on the client) and bank windows opening multiple times is not included in this build.
  
• The above problem is the same as why you sometimes can't open your bank or clan vault.
  
• Do NOT spam the global channel. We have the logs and of course account name from the last incident. Do not let that happen again.
  
• The planned conquest mass testing is scheduled to happen sometime next week.

Thank you for the bug reports. Keep them coming.

Darkfall Online: Leaked Beta Patchnotes Build 66-67

Here are the patchnotes for the Build 66 & 67 of Darkfall Online Closed Beta.

New Patch

A new patch has been released.

Fixes and updates in this patch includes:

• The 'Sliding as if on ice' bug when moving in certain areas have been fixed
• Some startup crashes have been fixed
• Attributes of all items put in a Clan Vault will now persist
• Bug in chat where the top line would be cluttered in certain circumstances has been fixed
• 'God mode' crouch bug has been fixed *1)
• Updates to the world
• /bindstone_recall now takes some time (will be extended later)
• Clan Cities and hamlets have been enabled!

*1) Please help us verify that all instances of the 'God mode' crouch bug has been fixed.
Try all scenarios where you would make it work earlier.

Known Issues and General Information

• Thanks to your reports we have found the reason for the bug that makes the client crash in some circumstances after running for a long time around the map. We are working on it and it will most likely be included in the next patch.
• The problem with bags not closing and bags being duplicated in the GUI is being worked on.
• If you should ever get a spinning wheel on the camera (e.g. in the Dwarven areas) please take a screenshot and mail it to us.

Clan Cities and Clan Hamlets

In this build the Clan Cities and Clan Hamlets have been enabled.
Things are slowly being taken from our internal repository and deposited on the beta servers. This means that there might be a few problems in the next couple of days.

The clan cities and hamlets unlock, among other things, the following:

• Crafting of Ships
• Crafting of Battlespikes
• Crafting of Warhulks
• Crafting of Cannons and more
• Wonders for global bonuses for the owning Clan
• Note that the bonuses you potentially get inside the city and for wonders don't have their correct corresponding icons yet, so if you manage to build the correct structures you will see smileys on the top of your screen for the next few days.

General hints and information about the cities:

• To build city structures, you will have to have Building Modules. These have to be crafted.
• To claim a city you need a Clan Shard and have the rank of General or higher. Go within the city boundaries and double click it in your backpack.
• When you first start building a city, you don't have a bank. This means that the player who chooses to build must have enough Building Modules in his inventory to build what he chooses to build. After this you can deposit building modules in the clan vault.
• To build a city you must either have the rank of a General or higher OR be a Mayor of the city.
  
• To start the building process press alternative use on the clan stone (default key is 'G')
  
• If you build farms, mines etc. do note that the output from these are not finalized in any way on the beta servers.
  
• If you build the city defensive structures (The huge cannon like structures) do note that the damage dealt from these have not been finalized
  
• The local and global bonuses applied from the clan cities have not been finalized
  
• The spawn bonuses applied from building houses etc. have not been finalized
  
• Repair damaged structures using repair tools and repair shards
  
• Error messages from City operations are not properly routed to the client in this build.
  
• And more as you will eventually discover

General info on the testing ahead:

In a few days I will set up a focused testing where I will only enable a few cities and then divide you up into a few clans and have you test the conquest system for bugs and exploits. All resources necessary for doing this will be given to you.
I will get back to this after the next patch.

In the meantime keep those bug reports coming.

Have fun

Darkfall Online: Agon Map Leaked

Since more and more people are getting into the Beta, more leaks are appearing about Darkfall Online... finally! The latest leak is a Map of Agon, the world of Darkfall Online.

 

Beta leakers report, that the world of Agon is huge and it takes approximate 40 min to to reach the next capital city from a starter Zone. Someone used this information to do some theoretical calculations and came to the conclusion that the world of Agon is approximate 8 times as big as Kalimdor a continent in World of Warcraft (not counting the isles around Agon)

Warhammer Online: Warhammer Prima Guide

After releasing the Warhammer Prima Altas in the last post, here comes the Warhammer Prima Guide. Unlike the Atlas, it focuses on the classes, base mechanics as well as leveling and PvP tips and tricks.

Warhammer Prima Guide Part 1
Warhammer Prima Guide Part 2
Warhammer Prima Guide Part 3
Warhammer Prima Guide Part 4
Warhammer Prima Guide Part 5 
Password: http://mmo-worlds.blogspot.com/ (the URL itself is the password and don't forget to add the / at the end)

Note: In order to read the Guide you'd need to install Adobe Reader (if you don't have it installed already).

Warhammer Online: Warhammer Prima Atlas Guide

For all newcomers to Warhammer Online, this guide may be quite useful and even veterans may find the one or another tip in this guide. The Atlas itself contains basically all the Zones and Maps from Warhammer Online, with detailed legends of all important location, may it be Chapter Camps, War Camps, Public Quests (PQs), Lairs, Dungeons, Keeps, Battle Objectives and Flightmasters.

Warhammer Prima Atlas Guide Part 1
Warhammer Prima Atlas Guide Part 2
Warhammer Prima Atlas Guide Part 3
Warhammer Prima Atlas Guide Part 4
Password: http://mmo-worlds.blogspot.com/ (the URL itself is the password and don't forget to add the / at the end)

In the next day's I'll also post the "Warhammer Prima Guide".

Note: In order to read the Guide you'd need to install Adobe Reader (if you don't have it installed already).

World of Warcraft: "Pest Control" Achievement

As mentioned in the last post, there where are few new achievements in 3.0.8 patch of World of Warcraft. In this post I'll list all of the critters required for "Pest Control" achievement.

As always, only the shortest routes.

• Underbelly Rat: Dalaran Sewers (Underbelly)
• Rat: Ghostlands, Stormwind, Naxxramas (can be done solo)
• Maggot: Ghostlands/Naxxramas (can be done solo)
• Spider: Naxxramas, Howling Fjord
• Crystal Spider: Nexus/Oculus (Nexus is better, because you can get it solo w/o fighting any mobs, just walk in the Room where the end-boss lies inside the ice block
• Gold Beetle: Hall of Stone/Hall of Lighting (Hall of Stone is easier, with bit luck you find the Beetle directly at the entrance, so you don't need to pull anything)
• Zul'Drak Rat: Zul'Drak between the Argent Stand and Amphitheater of Anguish
• Roach: Howling Fjord (Gjalerbron)
• Fjord Rat: Howling Fjord
• Devouring Maggot: In the Crypta below the small Village between Utgarde and Valgarde
• Adder: Hellfire Peninsula
• Scorpion: Hellfire Peninsula
• Moccasin: Swamps of Sorrow
• Snake: Westfall, Zangarmarsh
• Mouse: Westfall
• Fire Beetle: Burning Steppes/Searing Gorge
• Larva: Ghostlands/Naxxramas (if you want to get it directly w/o a raid group, go to Ghostlands otherwise Naxxramas will du it. You can't get it solo w/o a raid group, so we go to Ghostlands to get it solo)

While on the first look it doesn't seems to be the fastest or most optimal route, if you do it together with "To All The Squirrels Who Shared My Life" it's the shortest way to get all of them quickly, as both use the same route/zones in the same order so you can safe yourself some time getting this achievement.

World of Warcraft: "To All the Squirrels Who Shared My Life" Achievement

With the newest WoW Patch 3.0.8 there are a few new achievements to gain. There is a complete list of the "To All the Squirrels Who Shared My Life" achievement in the optimal order to gain them

• Arctic Hare: Dragonblight
• Borean Marmot: Borean Tundra (Central, near Mammoths)
• Tundra Penguin: Borean Tundra/Dragonblight on Coast)
• Sholazar Tickbird: North of Nessingwary Camp (found on horns of the Rhinos there)
• Glacier Penguins: Ice Crown (northern Coast/cliffs)
• Grizzly Squirrel: Grizzly Hills of course, D'oh!
• Mountain Skunk: Grizzly Hills
• Fjord Penguin: West of Westguarde (where you do the daily quest) or on south coast
• Scalawag Frog: Scalawag Isle (Southwestern Isle in Howling Fjord)
• Fjord Turkey: West of Expedition League Outpost in Howling Fjord
  
• Huge Toad: Swamp of Sorrows
• Lava Crab: Burning Steppes/Searing Gorge

Have fun

Darkfall Online: Release Schedule and Stresstest Date

The long awaited release of Darkfall Online was officially dated to 25-Feb-2009 and the Stresstest starting on 22-Jan-2009.

We know that the community has been speculating and wondering about the Darkfall release for some time. We haven’t replied until now because there were several complex issues to plan and work out. We also needed to get authorization before we could proceed with this official announcement:

 

Starting on January 22nd there will be a Darkfall trial with the distribution of the release candidate client allowing thousands of players to sample the game for free, help us stress test our servers and test the final features of the game.

 

It’s important to understand that there are well over 200 thousand applications by players wanting to get into Darkfall. This number makes it unrealistic to distribute the client and to open up our servers to everyone. We’ll try to accommodate as many players as are possible for us to manage at this stage. Even so, the demand exceeds our current capacity. Interest in Darkfall has surpassed all our expectations to the point that we may need to manage our release differently.

 

The date of the Darkfall European commercial release has been pushed back to February 25th, 2009. A pre-order will be made available mid-February. The pre-orders will get priority for early access to the game. The pre-orders will also get priority for the game launch if we have to go to a staged release. We’ll go to a staged release only in the case we have more demand than we can handle properly, and until we can upgrade our capacity. The pre-orders are necessary so that we can have some measure of the demand.

 

The reasons for the new release date follow:

• At this stage, everything is connected: Hundreds of elements need to come together. When one thing falls behind, everything else tends to follow.
• Demand for Darkfall at launch could be much higher than expected. If this is the case, we need a different process to better handle the demand.
• Darkfall’s partners (distribution, billing, account management, support, etc.) entered into the game at a late date and we needed more time than expected to integrate properly.
• We fell behind on a couple of weeks of beta testing progress and we need to make this time up. We need more playtesting data on several features we haven’t had much chance to test externally.
• We’ll use this extra time to implement updates based on tester feedback and also make some enhancements we were saving for after release.
• We want as many players as possible in the game before the launch and we haven’t had the chance to stress test our servers with live players yet.
• We underestimated the effect the holidays would have on our preparations. While we worked through them, the world around us seemed to stop.
• We don’t want to rush things more than needed. An extra month may not seem like a lot of time, but it’s enough to allow us to take care of any compounded delays.

Our hope for Darkfall is to have a good game with a tight player base that we can nurture and steadily build up. Hype surrounding Darkfall is huge right now, despite our best efforts. We’re not sure how this will translate on launch day but we have to make allowances for the possibility that demand could be more than we anticipate.

 

Announcements will follow with more information on Darkfall pricing, pre-ordering information, North American player access, and system specifications.

 

The Darkfall Team

I can't await for the legendary old-school hardcore PvP game where PvP, Power and Politics finally play a role again and no such carebear shit like in WoW and other MMOs released in the past few years since the good old times of Shadowbane, Meridian 59 and Ultima Online

Source: Darkfall Online Forum

Warhammer Online: Level 40 instant respawn in chaos wastes

Near the top-right corner of the Chaos Wastes map:

there is a mob named "Templar Armand" standing under a tree that instantly respawns.
Additionally, the non-aggro mobs that are near him dont pull with him no matter whether you are Order or Destruction.

Warhammer Online: A few Engineer Tips and Tricks

1. PvE use Skirmisher and Ancestral inheritance or Stubbornness, most mobs you fight are melee, so you will benefit much more from Skirmisher since Ballistics doesn't add nearly as much to grenadier abilities as to rifleman.
2. PvP once you get to Tier 3 and receive Concussive mine make sure to use it! its one of our best tactics since all instant abilities that Destro might use now become 1 second channels and can be set back. great for ruining a melee DPS' day.
3. Tinkerer is not highly desirable as a Mastery until level 29 when you can get Electromagnet. Even then, dont expect miracles unless you use Vent or macros to communicate well with your bright wizards and healers.
4. Leveling in Tier 3 - in your mid-late 20s there is a good spot to level in Saphery, its the PQ to the north and a little west of chapter 13.
5. Leveling in Tier 4 - 29-34, just northwest of the flight point to Eataine there is a camp where dark elf NPC's fight high elf npcs, the high elves will reduce the dark elf health to about 80% and if you take a scenario you don't have to worry about dying as soon as you spawn in this area since the NPCs are already engaged with each other, leaving you free to take scenarios in the middle of a combat area with impunity. also a great place to level scavenging.

Warhammer Online: 10 Odd Tome Unlocks

Are you a Tome jockey? Do you crave the sweet satisfaction of a good unlock, a rare title, and the random /tell asking you "How'd you GET that?" Then check out these 10 odd Tome of Knowledge unlocks:

AHHHHHHH

A pretty well-known unlock, but still one of the more fun. You get this unlock for falling to your death a total of 25 times, netting you some XP and the title of the same name.

The Never-Rester

Getting unlocks for unlocks is a pretty sweet deal, and this one is achieved after your 777th Tome unlock (making it your 778th!). You get a Turquoise Tome trophy for this baby.

The Priest's Pain

It doesn't seem quite fair that you can get rewarded for being rezzed, but a healer isn't for doing the rezzing, but that's the way that goes. If you're so death prone (as I am) that you are rezzed 1,000 times, you get this apt unlock and title (which if you wear, will probably ensure that you are never rezzed again).

B Good

I can't imagine getting this one unless you've played your character for a year or two, but if you manage to complete 2500 PQs with a "B" grade, you get this homage to E.T. (and a title).

The Exhibitionist

Admit it: that's a title (and unlock) that you wouldn't mind *ahem* showing off to others! Unfortunately, it's going to take you using an ability 10,000 times naked to get, so perhaps you should hire a small child to spam your "1" key. But blindfold them, cause of the whole nudity thing.

Lady Godiva

Lady Godiva was a noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants. It's an incredibly easy unlock -- you just have to mount up naked in a capital city -- but the obscure reference makes this one for your collection.

The Might of Poultry

Really, all of the chicken Tome unlocks deserve a mention, mostly because they're near-impossible to attain -- but this one dwarfs them all. All you have to do to get this unlock/title is kill a mere 5,000 players as a chicken, pecking them down 1 HP at a time. Piece of cake.

A Little Off The Top

We at WAAAGH! are very firmly anti-unicorn, and are therefore delighted that this oddball Tome unlock is there to warm the depths of our heart. If you're Destruction and traveling through the Shadowlands, kill a level 15 champion unicorn called Sylendoras for the unlock and the title The Hornsnapper.

The Drunkard

This is about as far from a secret or exclusive as they come, although you did have to work a bit at the Keg End event to unlock this basic-level reward/title/unlock. It is kind of unique in the pantheon of Tome unlocks in that when you get the reward, you have to use a mug which makes a large beer-tipping animation over your head, and then you are bestowed this dubious title.

The Extremist

Secret plungers aren't talked about so much these days, or even well-known, months after release. There's at least three real ones and one practice one, and if you find the three real ones, you get this unlock and title. Perfect for the Mountain Dew enthusiasts out there!

As an aside, here's an interesting quote I found over on the Prima Guides forum, where an author/editor/bigwig responded to complaints that the guides lacked (among other things) crafting and Tome info:

Mythic is EXTREMELY protective of this information. They really want players to discover it first. I know that is irritating for you all. You bought the guide because you want to do, not (necessarily) because you want to discover. I'm right there with you. Just remember that real live people at Mythic spent the past 3 years of their life working long hours and weekends to create this content for you. If they want just a couple of months of player discovery before we do the full reveal then that's their prerogative. Again, I know it's frustrating (for all parties involved). Give us a month or two and we should be good to go. Sorry it can't be quicker but our hands are tied on this one.

Warhammer Online: Killing Level 31 Mobs for easy Experience/XP

There are mobs in Talabecland called Rotting Masons near the Bridge by the Reikland Emissary Castle PQ. They are lvl 31 mobs and have under 350 hit points. walk round outskirts of the castle and all mobs near the castle walls named rotting mason have very low hp and they pop as your walking around castle walls outskirts.

Warhammer Online: Solo Nerx Gutslime (Hero) for Easy Loot (healers only)

Located in Mount Bloodhorn there is a Hero mob named Nerx Gutslime. He is in a cave along the eastern side of the zone 53500 , 44500 near a large Dwarf statue. There is a path to the left of the dwarf that leads up to a gap you need to jump to the next platform. You will see a log ramp that you run up and the cave is right to the left.

The great thing about this hero is that he is a shaman and does not melee, he only uses ranged attacks as long as you stay about 30 yards from him. When fighting him at range the only thing you need to worry about is a pitiful dot he puts on you that ticks for 300 damage every 3 seconds for 9 seconds, so healing through it is not a problem at all.

It takes about 20-30 min to dps him down depending on the healers spec but the loot he drops is well worth the time invested.

The items are pretty damn good so killing him for an upgrade is an option or if you make talismans this can be a good way to make some gold. So far from my experience the items can be salvaged into uncommon 175 fragments and also have a chance to be salvaged into a 200 rare fragment.

Nerx like most Lair Heroes has a 12 hour respawn timer so depending on when you kill him there is a chance for 2 kills per day. He also drops up to 2 weapons at a time, for me it seemed that he dropped 2 weapons about 75% of the time.

This can easily be done with multiple casters along with one healer and you can duo Nerx with a healer and a melee class as long as the healer takes him down about 15% before the melee jumps in. Its also a good idea for the melee class to get behind Nerx which will keep you from taking any damage from the dot because it has a cone radius.

That's about it hope this helps someone.

World of Warcraft: 100 mounts Achievement (Alliance)

Darnassus exalted (6 Mounts)

1 - Reins of the Swift Frostsaber 100G
2 - Reins of the Swift Mistsaber 100G
3 - Reins of the Swift Stormsaber 100G
4 - Reins of the Spotted Frostsaber 10G
5 - Reins of the Striped Frostsaber 10G
6 - Reins of the Striped Nightsaber 10G

Ironforge exalted (6 Mounts)

7 - Swift Brown Ram 100G
8 - Swift Gray Ram 100G
9 - Swift White Ram 100G
10 - Brown Ram 10G
11 - Gray Ram 10G
12 - White ram 10G

Stormwind exalted (7 Mounts)

13 - Swift Brown Steed 100G
14 - Swift Palomino 100G
15 - Swift White Steed 100G
16 - Brown Horse Bridle 10G
17 - Chestnut Mare Bridle 10G
18 - Pinto Bridle 10G
19 - Black Stallion Bridle 10G

Exodar exalted (6 Mounts)

20 - Great Blue Elekk 100G
21 - Great Green Elekk 100G
22 - Great Purple Elekk 100G
23 - Brown Elekk 10G
24 - Gray Elekk 10G
26 - Purple Elekk 10G

Gnomeregan Exiles exalted (7 Mounts)

26 - Swift Green Mechanostrider 100G
27 - Swift White Mechanostrider 100G
28 - Swift Yellow Mechanostrider 100G
29 - Blue Mechanostrider 10G
30 - Green Mechanostrider 10G
31 - Red Mechanostrider 10G
32 - Unpainted Mechanostrider 10G

Wintersaber Trainers exalted (1 Mount)

33 - Reins of the Winterspring Frostsaber 100G

Kurenai exalted - (8 Mounts)

34 - Reins of the Cobalt War Talbuk 100G
35 - Reins of the Cobalt Riding Talbuk 70G
36 - Reins of the Silver War Talbuk 100G
37 - Reins of the Silver Riding Talbuk 70G
38 - Reins of the Tan Riding Talbuk 70G
39 - Reins of the Tan War Talbuk 100G
40 - Reins of the White Riding Talbuk 70G
41 - Reins of the White War Talbuk 100G

Sha'tari Skyguard exalted (5 Mounts)

42 - Blue Riding Nether Ray 200G
43 - Green Riding Nether Ray 200G
44 - Purple Riding Nether Ray 200G
45 - Red Riding Nether Ray 200G
46 - Silver Riding Nether Ray 200G

Netherwing exalted (6 Mounts)

47 - Reins of the Azure Netherwing Drake 200G
48 - Reins of the Cobalt Netherwing Drake 200G
49 - Reins of the Onyx Netherwing Drake 200G
50 - Reins of the Purple Netherwing Drake 200G
51 - Reins of the Veridian Netherwing Drake 200G
52 - Reins of the Violet Netherwing Drake 200G

Gryphonvenor in Shadowmoon Valley (7 Mounts)

53 - Swift Blue Gryphon 200G
54 - Swift Green Gryphon 200G
55 - Swift Purple Gryphonnn Flamebeard 200G
56 - Swift Red Gryphon 200G
57 - Ebon Gryphon 100G
58 - Golden Gryphon 100G
59 - Snowy Gryphon 100G

Cenarion Expedition exalted (1 Mount)

60 - Cenarion War Hippogryph 1600G

The Sons of Hodir revered (1 Mount, exalted 1 Mount)

61 - Reins of the Ice Mammoth 800G
62 - Reins of the Grand Ice Mammoth 8000G

Wyrmrest Accord exalted (4 Mount)

63 - Reins of the Red Drake 1600G

Mei Francis (4 Mounts)

64 - Armored Snowy Gryphon 2000G
65 - Reins of the Armored Brown Bear 750G
66 - Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth 20000G
67 - Reins of the Wooly Mammoth 200 Emblem of Herois, no discount for exalted

PVP Mounts (9 Mounts)

68 - Black Battlestrider 30 BG marks of WG/AB/AV
69 - Black War Ram 30 BG marks of WG/AB/AV
70 - Black War Steed Bridle 30 BG marks of WG/AB/AV
71 - Reins of the Black War Elekk 30 BG marks of WG/AB/AV
72 - Reins of the Black War Tiger 30 BG marks of WG/AB/AV
73 - Stormpike Battle Charger 50 AV marks
74 - Reins of the Dark Riding Talbuk 70 Halaa Battle Tokens, 15 Halaa Research Token
75 - Reins of the Dark War Talbuk 100 Halaa Battle Tokens, 20 Halaa Research Token
76 - Reins of the Black War Mammoth 300 Stone Keepers Shards

Craftable mounts (5 Mounts(

77 - Mekgineer's Chopper Engineering
78 - Flying Machine Control Engineering only
79 - Turbo-Charged Flying Machine Control Engineering only
80 - Flying Carpet Tailoring only
81 - Magnificent Flying Carpet Tailoring only

Achievement mounts (6 Mounts)

82 - Reins of the Black War Bear Complete For the Alliance
83 - Reins of the Albino Drake Complete Leading the Cavalry
84 - Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake Complete What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been
85 - Reins of the Red Proto-Drake Complete Glory of the Hero
86 - Reins of the Plagued Proto-Drake Complete Glory of the Raider
87 - Reins of the Black Proto-Drake Complete Heroic: Glory of the Raider

Drops (19 Mounts)

88 - Swift Zulian Tiger Rare drop from High Priest Thekal - Zul'Gerub
89 - Swift Razzashi Raptor Rare drop from Bloodlord Mandokir - Zul'Gerub
90 - Deathcharger's Reins Rare drop from Baron Rivendare - Stratholme
91 - Blue Qiraji Resonating Crystal Common drop from Trash - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
92 - Green Qiraji Resonating Crystal Common drop from Trash - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
93 - Red Qiraji Resonating Crystal Rare drop from Trash - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
94 - Yellow Qiraji Resonating Crystal Common drop from Trash - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
95 - Swift White Hawkstrider Rare drop from Kael'thas Sunstrider - Magisters' Terrace Heroic
96 - Reins of the Raven Lord Rare drop from Anzu - Sethekk Halls Heroic
97 - Fiery Warhorse's Reins Rare drop from Attumen the Huntsman - Karazhan
98 - Reins of the White Polar Bear Rare drop from Hyldnir Spoils - reward from Gretta the Arbiter's daily quests in Stormpeaks
99 - Grand Black War Mammoth Rare drop from Archavon - Vault of Archavon (opens when you win wintergasp)
100 - Ashes of Al'ar Rare drop from Kael'thas Sunstrider - The Eye
101 - Reins of the Green Proto-Drake Rare drop from Mysterious Egg - Revered with The Oracles to buy it (rare drop from the egg)
102 - Reins of the Blue Proto-Drake Rare drop from Skadi the Ruthless - Utgarde Pinacle
103 - Reins of the Time-Lost Proto-Drake 100% drop Time-Lost Proto-Drake(rare) - Stormpeaks
104 - Reins of the Bronze Drake 100% drop Infinite Corruptor - The Culling of Stratholme Heroic (kill all but the last boss within 25 min for spawn)
105 - Reins of the Black Drake 100% drop from Sarthaion - The Obsidian Sanctum (kill Sarthaion with all 3 mini drakes still alive)
106 - Reins of the Twilight Drake 100% drop Sarthaion - The Obsidian Sanctum Heroic (kill Sarthaion with all 3 mini drakes still alive)
107 - Reins of the Blue Drake Rare drop from Alexstrasza's Gift - The Eye of Eternity
108 - Reins of the Azure Drake Rare drop from Alexstrasza's Gift - The Eye of Eternity Heroic

Seasonal drops (3 Mounts)

109 - The Horseman's Reins The Headless Horseman - Scarlet Monastery Graveyard
110 - Great Brewfest Kodo Coren Direbrew - The Black Rock Depths
111 - Swift Brewfest Ram Coren Direbrew - The Black Rock Depths

Recruit a friend (1 Mount)

112 - Swift Zhevra use the recruit a friend option in account management and recruit a friend for 2 months

Class mounts

Deathknight
Paladin
Warhorse
warlock

World of Warcraft: 100 mounts Achievement (Horde)

In patch 3.0.8 there will be an achievement to collect 100 mounts, here is a list off mounts obtainable by Horde players!

Hope it helps and enjoy!!

Orgrimmar exalted (6 Mounts)

1 - Horn of the Swift Brown Wolf 100G
2 - Horn of the Swift Gray Wolf 100G
3 - Horn of the Swift Timber 100G
4 - Horn of the Brown Wolf 10G
5 - Horn of the Dire Wolf 10G
6 - Horn of the Timber Wolf 10G

Thunder Bluff exalted (5 Mounts)

7 - Great Brown Kodo 100G
8 - Great Gray Kodo 100G
9 - Great White Kodo 100G
10 - Brown Kodo 10G
11 - Gray Kodo 10G

Undercity exalted (5 Mounts)

12 - Green Skeletal Warhorse 100G
13 - Purple Skeletal Warhorse 100G
14 - Blue Skeletal Horse 10G
15 - Brown Skeletal Horse 10G
16 - Red Skeletal Horse 10G

Silvermoon City exalted (8 Mounts)

17 - Swift Green Hawkstrider 100G
18 - Swift Pink Hawkstrider 100G
19 - Swift Purple Hawkstrider 100G
20 - Swift White Hawkstrider 100G
21 - Black Hawkstrider 10G
22 - Blue Hawkstrider 10G
23 - Purple Hawkstrider 10G
24 - Red Hawkstrider 10G

Darkspear Trolls exalted (6 Mounts)

25 - Swift Blue Raptor 100G
26 - Swift Olive Raptor 100G
27 - Swift Orange Raptor 100G
28 - Whistle of the Emerald Raptor 10G
29 - Whistle of the Turquoise 10G
30 - Whistle of the Violet Raptor 10G

The Mag'har exalted - 8 Mounts

31 - Reins of the Cobalt War Talbuk 100G
32 - Reins of the Cobalt Riding Talbuk 70G
33 - Reins of the Silver War Talbuk 100G
34 - Reins of the Silver Riding Talbuk 70G
35 - Reins of the Tan Riding Talbuk 70G
36 - Reins of the Tan War Talbuk 100G
37 - Reins of the White Riding Talbuk 70G
38 - Reins of the White War Talbuk 100G

Sha'tari Skyguard exalted (5 Mounts)

40 - Blue Riding Nether Ray 200G
41 - Green Riding Nether Ray 200G
42 - Purple Riding Nether Ray 200G
43 - Red Riding Nether Ray 200G
44 - Silver Riding Nether Ray 200G

Netherwing exalted (6 Mounts)

45 - Reins of the Azure Netherwing Drake 200G
46 - Reins of the Cobalt Netherwing Drake 200G
47 - Reins of the Onyx Netherwing Drake 200G
48 - Reins of the Purple Netherwing Drake 200G
49 - Reins of the Veridian Netherwing Drake 200G
50 - Reins of the Violet Netherwing Drake 200G

Wind Rider Vendor in Shadowmoon Valley (7 Mounts)

51 - Swift Green Wind Rider 200G
52 - Swift Purple Wind Rider 200G
53 - Swift Red Wind Rider 200G
54 - Swift Yellow Wind Rider 200G
55 - Blue Wind Rider 100G
56 - Green Wind Rider 100G
57 - Tawny Wind Rider 100G

Cenarion Expedition exalted (1 Mount)

58 - Cenarion War Hippogryph 1600G

The Sons of Hodir revered (1 Mount, exalted 1 Mount)

59 - Reins of the Ice Mammoth 800G
60 - Reins of the Grand Ice Mammoth 8000G

Wyrmrest Accord exalted (1 Mount)

61 - Reins of the Red Drake 1600G

Mei Francis (4 Mounts)

62 - Armored Snowy Gryphon 2000G
63 - Reins of the Armored Brown Bear 750G
64 - Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth 20000G
65 - Reins of the Wooly Mammoth 200 Emblem of Herois

PVP Mounts (9 Mounts)

66 - Black War Kodo 30 BG marks of WG/AB/AV
67 - Horn of the Black War Wolf 30 BG marks of WG/AB/AV
68 - Red Skeletal Warhorse 30 BG marks of WG/AB/AV
69 - Swift Warstrider 30 BG marks of WG/AB/AV
70 - Whistle of the Black War Raptor 30 BG marks of WG/AB/AV
71 - Horn of the Frostwolf Howler 50 AV marks
72 - Reins of the Dark Riding Talbuk 70 Halaa Battle Tokens, 15 Halaa Research Token
73 - Reins of the Dark War Talbuk 100 Halaa Battle Tokens, 20 Halaa Research Token
74 - Reins of the Black War Mammoth 300 Stone Keepers Shards

Craftable mounts (5 Mounts)

75 - Mekgineer's Chopper Engineering
76 - Flying Machine Control Engineering only
77 - Turbo-Charged Flying Machine Control Engineering only
78 - Flying Carpet Tailoring only
79 - Magnificent Flying Carpet Tailoring only

Achievement mounts (6 Mounts)

80 - Reins of the Black War Bear Complete For the Horde
81 - Reins of the Albino Drake Complete Leading the Cavalry
82 - Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake Complete What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been
83 - Reins of the Red Proto-Drake Complete Glory of the Hero
84 - Reins of the Plagued Proto-Drake Complete Glory of the Raider
86 - Reins of the Black Proto-Drake Complete Heroic: Glory of the Raider

Drops (19 Mounts)

87 - Swift Zulian Tiger Rare drop from High Priest Thekal - Zul'Gerub
88 - Swift Razzashi Raptor Rare drop from Bloodlord Mandokir - Zul'Gerub
89 - Deathcharger's Reins Rare drop from Baron Rivendare - Stratholme
90 - Blue Qiraji Resonating Crystal Common drop from Trash - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
91 - Green Qiraji Resonating Crystal Common drop from Trash - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
92 - Red Qiraji Resonating Crystal Rare drop from Trash - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
93 - Yellow Qiraji Resonating Crystal Common drop from Trash - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
94 - Swift White Hawkstrider Rare drop from Kael'thas Sunstrider - Magisters' Terrace Heroic
95 - Reins of the Raven Lord Rare drop from Anzu - Sethekk Halls Heroic
96 - Fiery Warhorse's Reins Rare drop from Attumen the Huntsman - Karazhan
97 - Reins of the White Polar Bear Rare drop from Hyldnir Spoils - reward from Gretta the Arbiter's daily quests in Stormpeaks
98 - Grand Black War Mammoth Rare drop from Archavon - Vault of Archavon (opens when you win wintergasp)
99 - Ashes of Al'ar Rare drop from Kael'thas Sunstrider - The Eye
100 - Reins of the Green Proto-Drake Rare drop from Mysterious Egg - Revered with The Oracles to buy it (rare drop from the egg)
101 - Reins of the Blue Proto-Drake Rare drop from Skadi the Ruthless - Utgarde Pinacle
102 - Reins of the Time-Lost Proto-Drake 100% drop Time-Lost Proto-Drake(rare) - Stormpeaks
103 - Reins of the Bronze Drake 100% drop Infinite Corruptor - The Culling of Stratholme Heroic (kill all but the last boss within 25 min for spawn)
104 - Reins of the Black Drake 100% drop from Sarthaion - The Obsidian Sanctum (kill Sarthaion with all 3 mini drakes still alive)
105 - Reins of the Twilight Drake 100% drop Sarthaion - The Obsidian Sanctum Heroic (kill Sarthaion with all 3 mini drakes still alive)
106 - Reins of the Blue Drake Rare drop from Alexstrasza's Gift - The Eye of Eternity
107 - Reins of the Azure Drake Rare drop from Alexstrasza's Gift - The Eye of Eternity Heroic

Seasonal drops (3 Mounts)

108 - The Horseman's Reins The Headless Horseman - Scarlet Monastery Graveyard
109 - Great Brewfest Kodo Coren Direbrew - The Black Rock Depths
110 - Swift Brewfest Ram Coren Direbrew - The Black Rock Depths

Recruit a friend (1 Mount )

111 - Swift Zhevra use the recruit a friend option in account management and recruit a friend for 2 months

Class Mounts

2 mounts each for the following classes:

* Deathknight
* Paladin
* Warlock

World of Warcraft: Free name change after server updates

Requirements

1. A WoW account
2. Eyes to read this
3. The ability to copy/paste.

Ok, at the character selection screen, create a new character.
The name of the new character should start with a "þ" (right ALT+T on my keyboard (qwerty))

So for example: þwnd
Make sure to either use the lowercase þ (not Þ) or copy/paste from this thread.

After creating the character, try to log in with it. You will get a popup saying you need to change the characters name, because the "þ" is not allowed.

Simply type something else that starts with a þ :P þawnd for example and it will be accepted!

Every week after server updates, your character will be flagged for name change, so every week = free name change

World of Warcraft: Sartharion 25 man 3 Drakes - Druid hurricane bug/exploit

For all the guilds out there that are getting the 2nd drake down or getting close and finding out that their main tank or offtanks are getting jibbed, there is a way that you can reduce their incoming damage by 50% we used this on Sartharion after the 2nd drake had died till after the melee had gone in and killed the adds inside the portal

(At that point in time Sartharion has +75% fire damage, there is a raid dot, and his attack speed and damage is increased by 50%)

So Sartharion currently has 150% attack speed +50% damage and 1.5 second breaths that are still hitting for 20k'ish, at this point most tanks just get gibed because of the pure burst damage from his insanely fast melee attack and high damage breaths.

Exploit is, Druid hurricane works on Bosses reducing their cast speed by 50% ( Making his flame breath 3 second cast, and reducing their melee attack by 50%, and 50% of his attack speed takes him from 150% Attack speed down to 75% attack speed, which make this transition of 3 drakes in 25 man that insanely easy to heal through it's really not funny anymore.

Basically the exploit is hurricane works on bosses and this counters the entire mechanics of difficulty in this encounter.

Edit: If your druid is having mana issues make sure they have omen of clarity for clearcasting, and also tank the fire adds over near Sartharion to help the druid proc his/her clearcasting (100% mana cost reduced on next spell) as hurricane can be mana intensive.

Warhammer Online: Guide to Bastion Stairs

One of the high end dungeons in Warhammer where the Bloodlord set is found. You can go through the instance on the most bottom right corner of Chaos Wastes or you can run up from Praag. The coordinates for the entrance is 64487, 63406 on the Chaos Wastes map. Before you can actually do any of the bosses here you must have enough influence points from the Public Quests in side the instance. If you’ve done Gunbad then you should be familiar with it. There are three portals you can take and it will vary in difficulty of the mobs and bosses. All three portals three public quests in them.

Left Portal:Trail of Carnage
Level: 33+
Boss: Thar’lgnan 1 bar influence
Loot: Bloodlord Boots
Public Quests:

1. Rise of Carnage
2. Bloodherd Labyrinth
3. Trail of Carnage

Right Portal: Path of Fury
Level: 35+
Boss: Lord Slaurith 2 bar influence
Loot: Bloodlord Shoulders
Public Quests:

1. Fury’s Ascent
2. Halls of Rage
3. Path of Fury

Middle: Steps of Ruin
Level: 37+
Boss: Kaarn the Vanquisher Full influence
Loot: Bloodlord Helm
Public Quests:

1. Step of Anger
2. Step of Hatred
3. The Brass Legion

For the fourth place, the Rift of Rage is after Steps of Ruin, this is where Skull Lord Var’Ithrok is and he drops chest and gloves. To get into the portal you need to be attuned and the quest you need are:

1. 1: Blood on the Steps
2. 2: Leashing the Bull
3. 3: Infinite Patience
4. 4: Vanquishing the Skull Lord

This shouldn’t be hard to find a group since a lot of players are still in their mid 30’s and some are 40’s that are still doing this. I say when you are about level 35 or so you should start running the first portal and start getting your influence up because most groups won’t run with you if you don’t have either 1 bar or 2 bars of influence filled up.