Seven is a magic number
I could not really find a way to smoothly incorporate these seven subjects into any of the previous topics, so here they are: Today's leftovers - too good to pass, too out of context to mix with any sense.
1. Arcane Sanctum
As a big fan of the whole Warcraft series, and someone who still plays Warcraft III on quite regular basis, I was very happy to see more of familiar elements being brought to WoW. One of the recurring structures that can be seen around Silvermoon City are Arcane Sanctum Towers - the very same buildings in which you "produce" priests and sorcerers in Warcraft III. It's always great to stumble upon the structure in WoW and be able to say "hey, I know this building, only I never seen it from this perspective or never went inside".
Arcane Sanctum (North, I believe)2. Cool Sailing Ships
One of the quests took me to an area occupied by creatures known as Wretched Hooligans. Now, I am not sure what were they supposed to be. They look quite elvish, and my guess is that I missed some part of the quest where it was explained how noble Elves turned bad under the influence of alcohol and violent video games...
Fight Wretched Hooligan
Kill Wretched Hooligan
One of the quests took me to an area occupied by creatures known as Wretched Hooligans. Now, I am not sure what were they supposed to be. They look quite elvish, and my guess is that I missed some part of the quest where it was explained how noble Elves turned bad under the influence of alcohol and violent video games...
Fight Wretched Hooligan
Kill Wretched HooliganAnyway, that was not the point. The area occupied by these, was a port featuring a beautiful boat docked at the shore. I really wonder if as I progress through the Blood Elf storyline, will these ships ever serve as an actual transportation or are they just a cool decorative piece?
Blood Elf vessel found at the port
3. Nice UI change
Now, I am not sure if this is present just in The Burning Crusade or WoW got it with the 2.0 update (haven't as much as touched original WoW ever since I got my hands on the beta). While fighting the hooligans I noticed that target UI now displays the progress of your opponent's spell casting. This is a really great improvement. Especially if it works in PvP mode, it will finally allow all the warriors to Shield Bash in the right moment :)
UI displaying target's spell casting progress
4. Silvermoon Forge
Well, I just thought it looked cool. Instead of classic copy-paste forges we see all around Kalimdor, this one is more like something found in Blackrock Depths. A half-circle filled with molten lava delivered by a giant head suspended a few meters above ground.
Silvermoon forge
Blood Elf vessel found at the port3. Nice UI change
Now, I am not sure if this is present just in The Burning Crusade or WoW got it with the 2.0 update (haven't as much as touched original WoW ever since I got my hands on the beta). While fighting the hooligans I noticed that target UI now displays the progress of your opponent's spell casting. This is a really great improvement. Especially if it works in PvP mode, it will finally allow all the warriors to Shield Bash in the right moment :)
UI displaying target's spell casting progress4. Silvermoon Forge
Well, I just thought it looked cool. Instead of classic copy-paste forges we see all around Kalimdor, this one is more like something found in Blackrock Depths. A half-circle filled with molten lava delivered by a giant head suspended a few meters above ground.
Silvermoon forge5. Ostriches... *cough* I mean Hawkstriders
Basically Mechanostriders minus "Mechano" (and plus "Hawk" if you really have to). For those of you who might not know - found at the vendor just outside Silvermoon, these are the Blood Elf mounts.
Ostr... Hawk... BLOOD ELF MOUNTS
...and by the way, I got one more 4-slot bag as a reward for another quest. This time it was for helping a magician turn two of his misbehaving apprentices into boars.
Basically Mechanostriders minus "Mechano" (and plus "Hawk" if you really have to). For those of you who might not know - found at the vendor just outside Silvermoon, these are the Blood Elf mounts.
Ostr... Hawk... BLOOD ELF MOUNTS6. Reputation weirdness
I don't know if this is something added just for beta, to make people's life easier, but gaining reputation with Silvermoon City faction seems to be just way too easy. Come on, I remember grinding reputation with Orgrimmar on my Orc Warrior to make sure I reach status before the time to buy the mount (level 40). With Minimage I got to Honored at level 8! Even simples quest would earn as much as 250 reputation points. And that's for killing 4-8 level 9 mobs.
Minimage gains Honored reputation at level 8
I don't know if this is something added just for beta, to make people's life easier, but gaining reputation with Silvermoon City faction seems to be just way too easy. Come on, I remember grinding reputation with Orgrimmar on my Orc Warrior to make sure I reach status before the time to buy the mount (level 40). With Minimage I got to Honored at level 8! Even simples quest would earn as much as 250 reputation points. And that's for killing 4-8 level 9 mobs.
Minimage gains Honored reputation at level 87. Eversong Party
One of the quests got me running all over the place on an untypical FedEx type mission, where I needed to buy booze, food and fireworks for the Eversong Party. The reward for the quest was the invitation to the party, allowing me to grab as much food and drinks as I wanted (fireworks weren't for grabs unfortunately).
While the reward does not have much value (you can't sell the alcohol for profit), it is a great example how quests are being integrated into the story and environment in Burning Crusade. And it was fun to drink 20 bottles of alcoholic beverage and trying to run in a straight line.
Eversong party
One of the quests got me running all over the place on an untypical FedEx type mission, where I needed to buy booze, food and fireworks for the Eversong Party. The reward for the quest was the invitation to the party, allowing me to grab as much food and drinks as I wanted (fireworks weren't for grabs unfortunately).
While the reward does not have much value (you can't sell the alcohol for profit), it is a great example how quests are being integrated into the story and environment in Burning Crusade. And it was fun to drink 20 bottles of alcoholic beverage and trying to run in a straight line.
Eversong party...and by the way, I got one more 4-slot bag as a reward for another quest. This time it was for helping a magician turn two of his misbehaving apprentices into boars.
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