So, 2.4 is live, (some of) the servers are up -- did you really expect things to go smoothly? -- and you're raring to head to the Isle of Quel'danas and start kicking some legion behind in the name of justice and awesome badge loot. But before you go, just remember that you can't do it all on the first day. That's not only because you have to take a break from WoW sometime, but because there's a few things that will only be unlocked for your enjoyment with time and/or completed dailies.
Teleport directly to Quel'danas from Shattrath - Unfortunately, You can't count on a portal to Quel'danas straight from the start. You'll want to teleport to either Ironforge or Silvermoon City, and take the Gryphon up to the Isle of Quel'danas. Luckily, the flight isn't horribly long. Once the 2nd wave of the Shattered Sun Offensive begins, you'll also be able to do a daily that starts in the middle of Shattrath and will send you to Blade's Edge Mountains to collect Smuggled Mana Cells. Once the daily has been done enough times by enough people, you'll get a portal straight to the offensive.
Buy badge loot - I'm sure by now you've been able to figure out exactly what badge loot you want to pick up with the help of WoW Insider. You might even have enough badges already saved up for a couple pieces. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait for Smith Hauthaa to show up once the Armory is taken, and then do her daily quest for the ore she needs to set up shop. Once the combined efforts of your server have gotten her enough ore, you'll be able to get yourself that Crossbow of Relentless Strikes. In the meantime, look at it as an opportunity to grab some more badges!
Buy epic gems for badges - So the badge gear isn't your thing, or maybe you'd rather min-max out a couple of your existing pieces before you go upgrading, and you want to buy some epic gems. You're still waiting, sorry. In this case, you're going to have to wait until the Island is nearly completely retaken. Then you'll have to collect Razorthorn root for Mar'nah until she's got enough to get her friend Shaani to start churning out the gems.
Kill Kil'jaedan - Yeah, they removed the Essence of the Immortals, but even if you have 24 more people who've got inside information on all the bosses and are just raring to have a go at it, you'll have to wait. The last we knew, they still plan to gradually unlock the Sunwell at set time intervals. You'll have to whet your appetite on Kalecgos and Brutallus for a while before you can take on the big guy himself -- though hopefully not too long, I'm sure a lot of people want to flush Kil'jaedan down the Sunwell before we head to Northrend.
Don't fret too much, there's plenty to do, be it the first round of Shattered Sun dailies, the Shattrath dailies, or Magister's Terrace itself. You'll find plenty to keep you busy, and if your server's diligent, you won't have to wait long to experience the full potential of patch 2.4. Enjoy it!
















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-25-2008 @ 1:34PM
Fryzell said...
Severs are up? That's news to me.
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3-25-2008 @ 1:41PM
Afflictor said...
They are slowly coming up one by one right now, WTB Drenden.
3-25-2008 @ 1:37PM
heartless_ said...
Oh... oh... oh....
Enhance Shamans have a 10% chance now to reach a frost Mage before death without using an epic mount. So, to stick with this post's theme: frost Mages can no longer keep an Enhance Shaman out of a fight with just Frostbolt and Cone of Cold... they now will need to use Frost Nova and Polymorph!
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3-25-2008 @ 1:38PM
insomnifox said...
Servers are not up.
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3-25-2008 @ 1:40PM
Bangarang said...
5-6 are up now..but not many.
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3-25-2008 @ 1:46PM
lokikins said...
wow, one of you guys actually knows the island has to be unlocked. I've been getting annoyed seeing all the posts on here about how people are going to rush out and spend their badges on shiny new gear as soon as the realms come back up...
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3-25-2008 @ 1:47PM
JPaterson said...
Some servers are up, and some of the ones that are up aren't fully "up" yet. For example, Alleria is showing as online, but it hangs up at the "Retrieving character list..." dialog before finally saying it can't be found. So even if yours is up, I'd give it time.
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3-25-2008 @ 1:57PM
Mindaika said...
MAD RUSH TO THE SUNWELL!!!
I think I may avoid it for a day or two, since I envision slogging around the Island at 2FPS and 12000ms latency otherwise.
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3-25-2008 @ 1:58PM
tom said...
Will I be able to buy Nether Vortex in Shatt asap?
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3-25-2008 @ 2:02PM
Havitech said...
Not only are the servers not up, but they are extending maintenance 12:30 PDT.
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3-25-2008 @ 2:20PM
HordeHater said...
The servers WERE up, at least mine was, for about 20 minutes. After being in game and on the new isle for 5 minutes we got the dreaded Server Shut Down countdown.
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3-25-2008 @ 11:49PM
Ripdog said...
Absolutely no realms are up. For me, the ingame list shows only Alleria, and it is offline. The web based list shows no realms up at all.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/realmstatus/
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