Ask a Beta Tester: Attunements, achievements, more low level quests
by Alex Ziebart 
Sep 18th 2008 at 11:30AM
Welcome to another edition of Ask a Beta Tester, wherein we all sit around, drink ale, smoke cigars, talk about our awesome hogs and then tear up the road of Dalaran, risking our lives with extreme stunts just for the thrill and the feeling of adrenaline flowing through our veins.
...Wait, that's not what we do at all.
...Wait, that's not what we do at all.
Swiss asked...
I'm interested in the Low Level Quest Tracker. Does this replace other trackers such as Find Herbs or Find Minerals? Or does it stack with other tracking as well?
It does not stack with other tracking, but you generally wouldn't need both at once. Turn it on in town, grab your quests, turn your other tracking back on when you leave. That'll be problematic for finding low level quests out in the wilds, but does your level 80 Death Knight need that Peacebloom while you're off looking for quests?
Read on for more of your Wrath of the Lich King Beta questions!
Droul asked...
What has happened to jewel slots in Wrath? A lot of the gear that has been previewed or leaked has maybe one but most have no slots for gems. Are Jewelcrafters going to be useless in WotLK?
Useless? Gosh no. Gear has plenty of gem slots. Maybe not the low level stuff since gemming your gear as you level up is annoying, but there's lots of gear with sockets, especially at the level cap.
saerb asked...
There has been mention of new flying mounts, but since we can't use flying mounts until later, and the removal of Riding Crops, has there been any indication of any new ground mounts with increased speed?
No, there's been no sign or indication of that. There are new types of mounts like those that can carry passengers, but those are mostly at the level cap as well. I don't think we'll be seeing faster mounts, and I leveled to 80 just fine without one. You'll be okay on your kodo or kitty or mechachicken for awhile, don't worry.
Phil asked...
Do we know if the new 10/25 man Naxxramas has an attunement?
It does not. So far, none of the raid zones have them and Blizzard doesn't plan on adding them. If that changes, we'll let you know.
Reric asked...
Have various factions been implemented yet in Northrend? How about reputation gear?
Factions have been in from the beginning, but the gear from them was only just added in last night's beta patch. MMO-Champion has a preview of all of that stuff as usual, and we'll work on getting that stuff here, too.
There are a lot of factions, so I hope you have fun grinding rep! There's the Valiance Expedition (Alliance), the Kalu'ak, the Argent Crusade, the Ebon Blade, the Sons of Hodir, the Kirin Tor, The Wyrmrest Accord, the Oracles and Frenzyheart, a bunch of others, the smelly Horde factions that nobody cares about...
Just kidding! Really. The Horde's answer to the Valiance Expedition is the Warsong Offensive. I don't know if their rep rewards are in yet, though. I only have Alliance characters in Northrend right now.
Alex asked...
From what I've seen on the PTR, you can only get boss kill achievements by having completed the quest. By doing that Blizzard is locking out the achievements for Ragefire Chasm to the Alliance and the Stockades for the Horde. Any idea if this is going to change in the final build?
That only applies to retroactive rewards of the achievement. The Alliance doesn't have an RFC quest, so when we upgrade to 3.0.2 the Alliance will not have that one automatically. However, they can trek over to Orgrimmar afterwards and complete it, and earn the achievements then. Same goes for the Horde with the Stockades and Deadmines. You won't start 3.0.2 with it, but you can earn it afterwards.
The Wrath of the Lich King beta is in full swing, and the WoW Insider crew is here to sate your curiosity with Ask a Beta Tester! Leave your beta questions in the comments and we'll do our best to answer 'em! And if you can't get enough Wrath, don't forget to check WoW Insider's Wrath Roundup page for anything we haven't answered here!Filed under: Mounts, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
tehvoid Sep 18th 2008 11:42AM
Any new servers and battlegroups for LK release?
Ed Sep 18th 2008 11:49AM
being as blizzard can't fill the current ones ... i suspect no.
Dightkuz Sep 18th 2008 11:55AM
Well, there will be new european servers for the WotLK launch so I dont see why the US wouldnt recieve the same.
Btw, MMO-Champion seems to be down! :((
Mike Sep 18th 2008 11:37AM
"...but does your level 80 Death Knight need that Peacebloom while you're off looking for quests?"
Yes
Valdorash Sep 18th 2008 12:00PM
That was my thought as well... if he has any character leveling inscription he does. Copper might have been a better example.
tanek Sep 18th 2008 12:02PM
Especially if said DK has picked up Inscription. Boy, do I feel silly running around Durotar in full evil-looking DK gear gathering Peacebloom and Silverleaf. :)
Amaxe Sep 18th 2008 12:37PM
Well the idea of a Death Knight picking flowers sounds silly anyway ;-)
Yes I know it is for a practical profession, but I can't shake the mental image of a menacing Death Knight hulking around menacingly stomping around terrorizing all who are near, then stops to sniff a flower.
But hey, if you can have a Gnomish Death Knight, why not?
vlad Sep 18th 2008 12:52PM
i agree, who the hell is he to say we dont want to do both? its absurd. i would like to run in to low level quests while im farming peacebloom (lowbie items mosly sell bigger than 70 level items). it seems pretty basic and nessecary
Thorn Sep 18th 2008 2:28PM
@vlad: "i would like to run in to low level quests while im farming peacebloom"
I would like to track ores and herbs at the same time too. Or let my hunter track undead and humanoids simultaneously. Hell, let me track everything at all times, right?
Sheesh, talk about wanting everything handed to you on a platter.
Also: "(lowbie items mosly sell bigger than 70 level items)"
Quest items are usually BoP anyway, so that point is moot.
ObiChad Sep 18th 2008 3:36PM
It would seem odd to have leveled 15 levels and still have inscription low enough that you would need peacebloom.
jbodar Sep 18th 2008 7:57PM
Who says the DK can't rip the Peacebloom from the ground, roots and all, laugh maniacally, and then raze the surrounding woodlands with unholy power before he leaves?
andyjay220 Sep 18th 2008 11:38AM
How have ppl liked the new threat meter. I have tried PTR but I don't really understand it as I am used to Omen. As far as I can tell the only information it gives you is "YOU NOW HAVE 100% AGGRO" which isn't very helpful. I want to see a meter showing how far away from pulling aggro I am so i can gauge my attacking accordingly. Any way someone could explain it to me?
NeSuKuN Sep 18th 2008 11:49AM
It shows when you have aggro[red] AND when your threat is near to the aggro holder[yellow]
NeSuKuN Sep 18th 2008 11:52AM
I know this is not detailed but the good news is that now Omen doesn't have to calculate the aggro and rely on others having an aggro meter installed, it wil pull the real data from everyone. For those who don't aggro race (non raiders mostly) the built-in meter is more than enough.
zappo Sep 18th 2008 11:54AM
That's all it does. Chances are you'll want an addon to hook into the api and show an actual graphical meter of what is going on.
andyjay220 Sep 18th 2008 11:55AM
Sounds like raiders will still want something like Omen then. Oh well, at least it will be more accurate now!
Kaeb Sep 18th 2008 12:15PM
It's in the tooltip at present. Omen and others should be able to piggyback off blizzard's data and come up with something you're more familiar with.
I honestly haven't used it much since I've only gotten to lvl 71 on my fury warrior and my wife has been able to kill three or four mobs at a time on her smite-speced priest, so i've not even bothered trying to hold the aggro.
Teh lag is so atrocious that we've not bothered with aggro management and just obliterate everything. :P
Iwanttobeasleep Sep 18th 2008 12:35PM
I fully expect that Blizzard is making it in a way to be easiest for addon makers, since they seem to be happy to not bother trying to co-opt the very popular threat meters currently available. Omen will probably have a new version out really soon.
V Magius Sep 18th 2008 1:36PM
That's good. It's so much fun being told by the guild to use a specific threatmeter, but you're the only one on the threat list in a guild instance run, of officers.
KateJaneway Sep 18th 2008 11:41AM
You posted a picture with a motorcycle, I want to know about the motorcycle!!!!! ;_;