McTacky Saves the Lunar Festival (Part 2)

The festival of the moon was ever more important to the kaldorei than the sin'dorei. Aloysius McTacky, Master Blood Knight needed more information if he was to continue in his mission.

McTacky heard from a reliable source in Murder Alley that the The Sunreavers in the Sunreaver's Sanctuary were celebrating the Lunar Festival. The SUNreavers were celebrated the LUNAR Festival? McTacky had to investigate this lead. So he decided to head out from Silvermoon the next morning and take the next zeppelin to Northrend.

After an arduous flight north, McTacky arrived at the city of Dalaran. He moved though the familiar streets that had been his home during the Northrend Campaign. Past the Sunreaver guards, he entered the Sanctuary. The rumour was true, there was indeed decorations up.

 Moon lanterns in the Sunreaver's Sanctuary? McTacky looked around for some locals to question.

 

McTacky found a pair of commoners. They would not dare refuse to answer to a Blood Knight about the Lunar Festival.

"Why do the Sunreavers have Lunar Lanterns up? That makes no sense!" pointed out McTacky.

"Well we were all kicked out of Dalaran over a year ago during the Pandaren Campaign Divine Bell debacle. None of this scene makes any sense!" pointed out the Female Blood Elf Commoner defensively.

"This is a celebration of our ancestors defeating the Burning Legion during the War of the Ancients," explained the Male Blood Elf Commoner in a calm voice.

"The celebration of our ancestral exile by the kaldorei, you mean?" asked McTacky aggressively.

"Think of it like this; aren't you glad you live in Silvermoon and not Darnassus?" asked the Female Blood Elf.

McTacky paused to consider. This apartment in Silvermoon was much nicer than living in trees.

"This is true," admitted McTacky, calming down.

"Seek out our Elder for more information," said the Male Blood Elf  Commoner.

"During the Lunar Festival, we should take time to seek out our elders and consider their wisdom," said the Female Blood Elf Commoner.

"What Elder? There are no Blood Elf or High Elf Elders," pointed out McTacky.

"You can find an Highborne Elder at the ruins of Night Elven city of Kel'Theril," said the Female Blood Elf.

McTacky stayed the night at the The Filthy Animal inn and next the next morning for the land of Winterspring. The location of the ruins of Kel'Theril.

McTacky Saves the Lunar Festival (Part 1)

In his lofty Silvermoon apartment, Aloysius McTacky's silvery hair lay on the pillow as his mind was in a deep slumber. He was resting after a hard day of crafting Gems, beating the heat, and being the charming guild know it all.

But McTacky's slumber was not meant to be. He opened his glowing green eyes and gazed upon a visitation of a Naaru! McTacky's thoughts quickly wondered if it was here for revenge? Blood Knight Master McTacky had drained holy energies from the shining M'uru to grain access to the holy powers of the light. It was another era, before the Sunwell was restored and mana had to be mana tapped from other living creatures.

The crystal harmony noises came from the unnamed Naaru before McTacky. Somehow he understood it's meaning.

"I speak to you in your dreams. You must save the Lunar Festival! Only you can do this, Crusader."

"I'd be honoured. Hang on, the LUNAR Festival?" asked McTacky.

"That is the event of which I speak," projected the Naaru meanings.

"You interrupted my very important beauty sleep for the Lunar Festival of all things? That is that Night Elf Holiday," said McTacky.

"Such arrogance is unbecoming. Communion with Elders is not exclusive to a people" intoned in crystal, translated the Naaru meanings.

"Search Silvermoon. Do you see any Lunar Festival Decorations? Do you see any elders? Of course not. Just some Tauren squatting near the front gate," pointed out McTacky.

"Observance is not important. Being a saviour is of importance," intoned the Naaru.

"What about the Feast of Winter Veil? I'd love to save that world holiday," said McTacky.

"At this time the Lunar Festival is threatened," said the Naaru.

"No thankyou," said McTacky.

"You are a Paladin. You have an obligation to obey all boons," intoned the offended Naaru, the crystal noises harsh to the ear.

"I have an obligation to the Light. I gain strength from the restored Sunwell, as to all sin'dorei. However you are a dimension-traveling sentient energy being," pointed out McTacky.

McTacky remembered nothing of the rest of the dream, but he eventually awoke in the morning a terrible headache. And the knowledge that he would have to save the Lunar Festival .

What are you Tauren even doing here?

Beat the Heat

The summer is oppressive. Here is some idea of what you can do to avoid being hot in Warcraft.

Do: Argent Tournament Grounds dallies!

 

Snow, Snow and more snow. A perfect You will be flying around the cold reaches of Icecrown, Northrend.

 

Don't: Molten Front dallies! 

 

Avoid the lava giants of the Firelands of Hyjal. It won't do you any good! Even if you are after that Flameward Hippogryph, it can wait a few days so you don't feel worse. Beat that heat and stay out of the Molten Front.

 

Do: Quest 50-55 Winterspring

 

 

From the bustling Everlook to the spooky Lake Kel'Theril up to Pride Rock, these quests will treat you to cold, cold and more cold weather! Of course avoid the Frostfire Hot Springs if you want to keep cool.

 

Don't: Quest 47-52 Searing Gorge/Burning Steppes

 

 

What? Are you nuts? These zones were previously part of the Redridge Mountains. That was until Black Rock Mountain became a Volcano thanks to the Dark Iron Dwarves. Both zones have flowing lava and a lot of brimstone. You won't be helping anyone being this hot. Also for an active Volcano, there is still six instances here. These NPCs are nuts. Don't be a roasted nut too. Avoid this area at all costs!

 

Do: Eat Ice Cream

 

 

Visit to Brivelthwerp's boat in Thousand Needles for a variety of Iced Goodies. Choose from Brivelthwerp's Crunchy Ice Cream Bar, Frozen "Cream" Custard, Ooey Gooey Gelato, Silithid-Free Sorbet or Tigule and Foror's Strawberry Ice Cream. But you may have to do a few tasks for Brivelthwerp first.

 

Do: Eat Chilli

 

 

Dragonbreath Chili is the best thing to beat the heat. The hotter you feel in the inside, the less hot you feel on the outside! But be warned, Small Flame Sacs are hard to come by since the Cataclysm. Also may cause interjection and belching gouts of flames from your mouth.

Countdown to Warlords of Draenor (9 week update/42 weeks to go)

 

I am steadily progressing. Two of the Argent Tournament Mounts, 4 JC recipes, a reputation finished and eight Shadowfrost Shards!.

Important Stuff to do:

● Get Holy Item Level to over 553 (522 525/553)
● Do Siege of Orgrimmar (Wing 1 or 4 completed)

● Finish Legendary Cloak Quest line (Secrets of the Empire: 9/20)
● Proving Grounds: Proving Yourself: Gold Healer

 

Old Raid Stuff to do:
● Finish Shadowmourn Quest line (Shadowfrost Shards: 0 8/50)
● Glory of the Icecrown Raider (25 player) (15/17)
● Glory of the Cataclysm Raider (13/24)

● Get all Classic Raid Pet Drops (9 12/12 Complete)

● Get all Burning Crusade Raid Pet Drops (2 3/10)

● Get all Raid Reps (1/3) (Hydraxian Waterlords Complete)(Avengers of Hyjal; Shado-Pan Assault)

Misc Stuff to do:

● Get all Pristine Archaeology (10/28)

● Do [The Longest Day] Achievement

● Get all Argent Tournament Mounts (7 9/15) (700 Tokens)
● Nat Pagle Friendship to Best Friends (6/64 hand-ins done)

 

Jewelcrafting Recipe Collection:

● 10 Burning Crusade Recipes - 1 Aldor, 6 Sunwell, 2 World Drop, 1 Dungeon Drop

● 28 Cataclysm - 2 World Drop; 26 Vendor (116 Cata Tokens)

9 5 Rares =  15 Tokens; 11 Epics = 44 Tokens; 3 Meta = 12 Tokens; 9 Rings/Necks = 45 Tokens
● 2 Pandaria Recipes - (from Serpent's Heart or Ancient Guo-Lai Cache).

OMG, It Does Exist!

 

 At long last, after many (dark) moons had passed McTacky one cloudy afternoon. Once again Jeremy Feasel was beaten in a Pokémon Duel.

 

McTacky opened the [Darkmoon Pet Supplies] and inside was the [Darkmoon Eye]!

 

 

Apologies to Cymre for stealing the post name.

Hydraxian Waterlords Exalted

64th Exalted Faction is the Hydraxian Waterlords.

 

 

Using the [Battle Standard of Coordination] and guild perk [Mr. Popularity] I was able to get 1328 Hydraxian Waterlords reputation every run. Without these two things I'd only be getting 1050 rep per run. That saves you 4 runs during the Revered to Exalted grind (from 20 full clears to 15.8) needed.

 

Now some various screenshots of me doing MC over a long period of time:

Countdown to Warlords of Draenor (7 week update/44 weeks to go)

 

Not much progress these past couple of weeks. Down to only 128 more days of Orgrimmar Jewelcrafting quests left.

Important Stuff to do:

● Get Holy Item Level to over 553 (522 525/553)
● Do Siege of Orgrimmar (Wing 1 of 4 completed)

● Finish Legendary Cloak Quest line (Chapter 2 of 5 completed)
● Proving Grounds: Proving Yourself: Gold Healer

 

Old Raid Stuff to do:

● Finish Shadowmourn Quest line (Shadowfrost Shards: 0/50)
● Glory of the Icecrown Raider (25 player) (15/17)
● Glory of the Cataclysm Raider (13/24)

● Get all Classic Raid Pet Drops (9/12)

● Get all Burning Crusade Raid Pet Drops (2/10)

● Get all Raid Reps (0/3) (Hydraxian Waterlords; Avengers of Hyjal; Shado-Pan Assault)

Misc Stuff to do:

● Get all Pristine Archaeology (10/28)

● Do [The Longest Day] Achievement

● Get all Argent Tournament Mounts (7/15) (900 Tokens)
● Nat Pagle Friendship to Best Friends (6/64 hand-ins done)
 

Jewelcrafting Recipe Collection:

● 10 Burning Crusade Recipes - 1 Aldor, 6 Sunwell, 2 World Drop, 1 Dungeon Drop

● 32 Cataclysm - 2 World Drop; 58 Vendor (128 Cata Tokens)

9 Rares =  27 Tokens; 11 Epics = 44 Tokens; 3 Meta = 12 Tokens; 9 Rings/Necks = 45 Tokens
● 2 Pandaria Recipes - (from Serpent's Heart or Ancient Guo-Lai Cache).

Countdown to Warlords of Draenor (4 week update/47 weeks to go)

 

I saw half of wing 2 of Siege of Orgrimmar with the guild flex group. However little progress this week on raising my item level. I even forgot to hit need on a healing trinket that would have been an upgrade. On the good news I finished off Darkmoon Faire mounts and made some reasonable progress with the Shadowmourn Quest.

 

Important Stuff to do:

● Get Holy Item Level to over 553 (520 522/553)
● Do Siege of Orgrimmar (Wing 1 or 4 completed)

● Finish Legendary Cloak Quest line (Chapter 2 of 5)
● Proving Grounds: Proving Yourself: Gold Healer

 

Old Raid Stuff to do:

● Finish Shadowmourn Quest line (Shadowfrost Shards: 0/50)
● Glory of the Icecrown Raider (25 player) (14 15/17)
● Glory of the Cataclysm Raider (13/24)

● Get all Classic Raid Pet Drops (7 9/12)

● Get all Burning Crusade Raid Pet Drops (2/10)

● Get all Raid Reps (0/3) (Hydraxian Waterlords; Avengers of Hyjal; Shado-Pan Assault)

Misc Stuff to do:

● Get all Pristine Archaeology (10/28)

● Do [The Longest Day] Achievement

● Get all Darkmoon Mounts (1 2/2) (Complete)

● Get all Argent Tournament Mounts (7/15) (900 Tokens)
● Nat Pagle Friendship to Best Friends (6/64 hand-ins done)

 

Jewelcrafting Recipe Collection:

● 10 Burning Crusade Recipes - 1 Aldor, 6 Sunwell, 3 2 World Drop, 1 Dungeon Drop

● 39 Cataclysm - 2 World Drop; 58 Vendor (143 Cata Tokens)

18 14 Rares =  42 Tokens; 11 Epics = 44 Tokens; 3 Meta = 12 Tokens; 9 Rings/Necks = 45 Tokens
● 2 Pandaria Recipes - (from Serpent's Heart or Ancient Guo-Lai Cache).