Archive for December, 2006

Please vote for the FNF tiebreaker. Voting will close around midnight Thursday…

Update: The tiebreaker was tied. Yeah, well, what are you gonna do?

So, here’s the deal, UBRS for the FNF, one of the last until the expansion and we go destroy Hellfire Ramparts…

…and the rest of the weekend will be dedicated to the Dire Maul Tribute Run. The objective here is to not kill any of the bosses. Lots of materials and professions involved as well. If you’re not familiar with what will be going on, please read this article from WoW Wiki on the DM Tribute Run. Pay particular attention to the list at the top about required items… and notice the suggested group composition.

You know the drill! Sign up for UBRS or vote for next week’s Friday Night Fight.

In just a few weeks, the Burning Crusade will be out, bringing new goals to all the peoples of Azeroth. Level 70, Blood Elves, Jewelcrafting, and countless other distractions will be available to change every facet of the game as you have come to know it.

In preparation for this occassion, Hellfire Club would like to introduce the Race to the Dark Portal. This event was proposed several months ago (see the original post) as a little guild contest. Starting at The Den in Durotar, a team must escort a Level 1 character to the Dark Portal in the Blasted Lands.

On Friday, January 5th, 2007, the Race to the Dark Portal will bring HFC members together. So, how will it work?

First, sign up! We need to know how many people are interested in participating. Please sign up with the character you intend to bring, and note in the comments whether you would be willing to roll one of the two Level 1 characters. Then, we wait until the night of the event…

Once gathered at The Den, those interested in rolling the level 1 characters will /roll. The winner and runner-up choose their team captains from the pool of participating members, winner first. The runner-up then chooses his captain and determines the teams: Team Raptor will accompany the level 1 troll (class is up to the level 1 character), and Team Wolf will accompany the level 1 orc. The winner and runner-up then log off to create their little agg-magnets.

In the meantime, the captains choose their teams, taking turns selecting one member at a time until everyone has been selected. Members must stick with the character they bring (which should be who they signed up with). Changing to a different alt would upset the team selection process. Any odd-man out will join the runner-up’s team.

When the Level 1 characters log in, and the teams are formed, the race begins!

• Teams may take any path they desire. It might be that the most obvious route isn’t the fastest, but can you convince your team of that…?
• Teams may escort, bodyguard, and scout by the means available to them. The team should generally stick together.
• Certain character abilities are forbidden: Summoning and Portals. Other abilities may be added, but those two are pretty big.
• Graveyard hopping is not allowed. If you or any member of your team dies, they must run back to their body or be resurrected.
• Outfitting the Level 1 is not prohibited, but won’t be very beneficial either. =]
• Teams are allowed to take advantage of TeamSpeak.
• The first team to escort their Level 1 to the shimmering field of the Dark Portal wins.
• There are no prizes except notoriety. Blizzard frowns upon much else…

If you have any other questions, or want to talk about the Race, please check out the following forum thread.

There’s no signup, but this Wednesday’s Mid-Night Instance (as voted by you) is Zul’Farrak.

Vote for next week’s Mid-Night instance.

You may have noticed red and green gnomes running around, brightly colored lights, big decorated trees, and a [Hardpacked Snowball] or two knocking you around in Alterac Valley… well, WoW’s Holiday Content is here.

Along with several quests to make cookies for Greatfather Winter, save a reindeer and the like, are also special items available only this time of year. Red and Green Winter Hats can be obtained from several instance bosses: [Red Winter Hat] from Emperor Dagran Thaurissan (BRD), Warmaster Voone (LBRS), and Cannon Master Willey (Scarlet Strat); [Green Winter Hat] from Darkmaster Gandling (Scholo), Prince Tortheldrin (DM West), and Goraluk Anvilcrack (UBRS).

• Blacksmiths can get a present from Greatfather Winter — [Plans: Edge of Winter] which lets them make a nice little axe.
• Enchanters should be on the lookout for [Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might] giving weapons a boost to Frost spell damage.
• Engineers get [Schematic: Snowmaster 9000] giving them the power to make snowballs all year long.
• And more… Check the Auction House if you don’t get the plans you wanted!

One word of advice, however… the quest to give milk and cookies to Greatfather Winter… Go to the Inn in Orgrimmar and buy a stack of [Ice Cold Milk] (5), and separate them in your inventory. This will cost you 1s 25c if you have no reputation discounts. Place the 4 you do not need into the AH at default bid, 10s buyout. Within an hour, all will have sold, netting you a healthy profit. Last year I made a good 20 gold doing this, and from the looks of the AH this year, people are doing the same thing, but with much greedier prices. Keep your buyout low enough, and don’t overstock, and you’ll be fine…

For the eggs, head to Mulgore and kill the Swoops just east of Thunder Bluff. The droprate is fairly high, and you should have 5 in short order. I even ran across a rarespawn I’d never seen before, Ghost Howl, which I think would make a dazzling pet. I’ve never seen a pure-white wolf before.