Most of you have probably seen the news that Peep, the super-rare epic flying phoenix mount pictured above, was first given to Ezra. Last night, Method, of A-Sylvanas (Eu), got the world-first drop of The Ashes of Al'ar, the item that summons Peep. This was on their guild's first kill of Kael'thas, the final boss of The Eye. I don't think there are enough kills of Kael'thas that we have any idea what the drop rate of the Ashes is, but if it's anything like the Deathcharger's Reins (from Baron Rivendare) or the Fiery Warhorse's Reins (from Attumen), expect it to be significantly less than one percent.
By the way, how do we abbreviate "Kael'thas"? I would go with KT, except Kel'Thuzad has that one already. Perhaps just "Kael"? It's a bit of a surprsie to me that he would drop this; for some reason it doesn't seem quite "serious" enough for him. I had previously hypothesized that Peep might drop from the boss Al'ar, the Phoenix God, but that does not seem to be the case. Anyway, grats, Method!
[via MMO-Champion]
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6-01-2007 @ 9:47AM
Tigraine said...
Hey..
In order to get to Kael you need to down Al'ar.
So it's perfectly reasonable that Kael went back to recover the ash from the Phoenix god and that he is now dropping them.
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6-01-2007 @ 9:48AM
Lothy said...
Gratz to him! Although, looking at the boss and then the mount, the mount doesn't look too impressive =/ Adn plus, the sheer mechanics of riding a bird on fire is /boggle!
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6-01-2007 @ 9:49AM
bwest0526 said...
WOW! Gratz to them, wonder who in the guild one that drop?! I get a smile on my face everytime I think of the Ezra story! I bet that drop is gonna be way lower than you might imagine. Maybe one per server? That would be nice. Anyway, the whole Kael thingy just reminds me of EQ LOL maybe KS (don't think WoW has a KS yet does it?)..but Kael is def. an EQ thing.
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6-01-2007 @ 9:50AM
bwest0526 said...
*won not one...man my english is bad today... been a long day!
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6-01-2007 @ 9:56AM
John said...
you dont have to waste a comment correcting your typo...people are smart enough to figure it out...i hate when people do that
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6-01-2007 @ 10:16AM
Tridus said...
Kael's ultimate spell in Warcraft 3 was a Phoenix summon. Thats why it makes sense for him to be the one that has it.
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6-01-2007 @ 10:36AM
TwhiT said...
@John
shaaduup
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6-01-2007 @ 10:46AM
Drakensteel said...
Looks uber lol.
The rings on the tailed kinda confuses me though...
Pity my mains server blows. We have like, 3 guilds in Serpentshine, they just got hydross a week or two ago.
Ah wells, I'm on a diff server now. This one is a little further ahead.
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6-01-2007 @ 11:31AM
roXet said...
It makes sense the Prince Kael drops the phoenix mount. In Warcraft 3 his ultimate spell was summoning a Phoenix.
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6-02-2007 @ 1:43AM
bwest0526 said...
Sorry to "waste" a post John, if they had an edit button on here to edit your comments it would be a lot better IMO. I just know how people like to flame others for their gramatical errors and spelling. Ya know, cuz everyone else is perfect and all...
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6-04-2007 @ 4:46PM
Juliah said...
Like almost everyone else playing WoW, I'd love to have this for just one of my characters. Thanks for letting us know where it comes from!
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