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by Alex Ziebart 
Oct 4th 2008 at 4:00PM
Welcome back to Ask a Beta Tester! I've plugged in more music for you above, this time from Icecrown Glacier. If you're feeling kind, you should go give some love to the guy that posted them later on. For now, though, we're here to answer your Wrath of the Lich King questions!
Sorano asked...
While killing mobs in a dungeon that normally gives rep for a faction, for example: The Wyrmrest Accord, if I am wearing the tabard representing the Warsong Offensive, will I gain reputation for both Wyrmrest Accord and Warsong Offensive at the same time?
Contrary to the original description of the feature, you only get rep with one faction at a time. Personally, I think that's a better design. If you're working on a particular rep, you can still help friends out in random unrelated Wrath dungeons without feeling punished. If you only received half of the rep gains, you would still want to go to Violet Hold for your Kirin Tor rep instead of Utgarde Pinnacle, just for random examples. Going to Utgarde and getting half of the payoff just feels punishing. Feeling punished for helping friends sucks.
If you want to go half and half, you can just take the tabard off halfway through.
To clarify, so we're on the same page: In your example you would only gain Warsong Offensive reputation in dungeons, with the tabard on. If you took it off, you would gain Wyrmrest Accord reputation. Hm, in hindsight, this answer was much easier than my first one.
Locke asked...
Had a question about Old World city guards, will their level be raised from 65 to 75 with he expansion? Or will it remain the same?
Just like with The Burning Crusade, guard levels in capital cities will indeed be going up with the expansion. Capital city guards are level 75, and Goblin guards are level 77.
Vinicius O. E. asked two questions...
Do we have new item suffixes like the ones added in BC like "of the Beast", "of the Invoker", "of the Champion", etc?
I haven't seen any new suffixes, no.
When will the XP needed to level from 60-70 decrease? When patch 3.0.2 is released? WotLK?
Patch 3.0.2 is when that change goes in.
Wroar asked...
Can we get some more information on daily quests? Where are they? How many are there? I believe it was already stated they reward about 30g per quest, but how hard to do are they? And how long do they take?
Yes. Everywhere. A lot. They're easy. They're short. That work?
In all seriousness, there really are a ton of easy ones. Regular daily quests, profession daily quests, PvP daily quests, whatever you want to do. There are a ton of them, and you'll find them all over the place. Icecrown, Storm Peaks, Grizzly Hills, Zul'drak, Dalaran, etc. My personal favorite is the quest where a panther god thing takes over my body and we go wreak havoc on some irritating badgermen.
raya said...
Please tell me there is gonna be a AH in Dalaran!
If you're okay with me being a complete liar, then yes, there will be an auction house in Dalaran. If you'd rather I didn't lie to you, my answer will be different.
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!
Sorano asked...
While killing mobs in a dungeon that normally gives rep for a faction, for example: The Wyrmrest Accord, if I am wearing the tabard representing the Warsong Offensive, will I gain reputation for both Wyrmrest Accord and Warsong Offensive at the same time?
Contrary to the original description of the feature, you only get rep with one faction at a time. Personally, I think that's a better design. If you're working on a particular rep, you can still help friends out in random unrelated Wrath dungeons without feeling punished. If you only received half of the rep gains, you would still want to go to Violet Hold for your Kirin Tor rep instead of Utgarde Pinnacle, just for random examples. Going to Utgarde and getting half of the payoff just feels punishing. Feeling punished for helping friends sucks.
If you want to go half and half, you can just take the tabard off halfway through.
To clarify, so we're on the same page: In your example you would only gain Warsong Offensive reputation in dungeons, with the tabard on. If you took it off, you would gain Wyrmrest Accord reputation. Hm, in hindsight, this answer was much easier than my first one.
Locke asked...
Had a question about Old World city guards, will their level be raised from 65 to 75 with he expansion? Or will it remain the same?
Just like with The Burning Crusade, guard levels in capital cities will indeed be going up with the expansion. Capital city guards are level 75, and Goblin guards are level 77.
Vinicius O. E. asked two questions...
Do we have new item suffixes like the ones added in BC like "of the Beast", "of the Invoker", "of the Champion", etc?
I haven't seen any new suffixes, no.
When will the XP needed to level from 60-70 decrease? When patch 3.0.2 is released? WotLK?
Patch 3.0.2 is when that change goes in.
Wroar asked...
Can we get some more information on daily quests? Where are they? How many are there? I believe it was already stated they reward about 30g per quest, but how hard to do are they? And how long do they take?
Yes. Everywhere. A lot. They're easy. They're short. That work?
In all seriousness, there really are a ton of easy ones. Regular daily quests, profession daily quests, PvP daily quests, whatever you want to do. There are a ton of them, and you'll find them all over the place. Icecrown, Storm Peaks, Grizzly Hills, Zul'drak, Dalaran, etc. My personal favorite is the quest where a panther god thing takes over my body and we go wreak havoc on some irritating badgermen.
raya said...
Please tell me there is gonna be a AH in Dalaran!
If you're okay with me being a complete liar, then yes, there will be an auction house in Dalaran. If you'd rather I didn't lie to you, my answer will be different.
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: Analysis / Opinion, Expansions, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 3 of 3)
Coik Oct 4th 2008 7:15PM
Apologies if this has been asked already, but do professions other than jewelcrafting and cooking have dailies you can do for recipes, or will I be stuck grinding instances for 0.2% drop rate enchants again?
Ezzy Oct 4th 2008 7:28PM
Enchanters have it pretty good. There are enchants available for purchase with Dream Shards. (The xpac's new Large Prismatic Shard.) Uncommons, which are armor enchants, go for 4 shards and rares, which are weapon enchants, go for 10. I hope they keep it this way. It won't take too long to get them all.
Promethus Oct 4th 2008 7:29PM
Can you champion for old world and BC factions? Using their tabards?
Tap Oct 4th 2008 10:43PM
Previous Ask a Beta Tester said no, there are no BC tabards at the moment.
Taytayflan Oct 4th 2008 7:28PM
Are there any Scourge in Outland?
With people now motivated to kill enemy
faction leaders, if some Alliance do the Angrathar follow up quest,
but some don't, how does the raid on (trying to hide spoiler) that
certain boss/faction leader shape up? Does that leader not attack?
I will not stop until the question is answered. It's a legitimate question.
Alex Ziebart Oct 4th 2008 7:41PM
I've answered you in the comments already, because I don't want to lace the post itself with heavy spoilers.
There are no Scourge in Outland.
That racial leader is no longer in capital cities, period. The new one has replaced him.
BenMS Oct 4th 2008 8:52PM
Another question for the Beta Testers:
Justine Demalier and Melris Malagan. Do they still tell people standing around in Stormwind that they've been deputized? I don't care about Nathanos Blightcaller! I really, really don't!
caspur Oct 4th 2008 11:29PM
So I'm suffering from too many alts syndrom. I don't know what character is my main anymore and as much as I really want to get into achievments I just don't know what toon to get going on.
I think the solution to my delema is to start a death knight!!! So my question is what pre work is it wise to do. I've heard of people collecting items for rep turn ins and mats for enchants. Has anyone compiled a list of such items that would be good to have waiting on a bank alt? Are there any "great don't miss out on this" weapons or armor that I should be looking out for?
Zarfay Oct 5th 2008 12:16AM
I'm sorry if this is a silly question but if I wear a champion tabard that relates to the dungeon I'm in (say a Kirin Tor tabard in a Kirin Tor dungeon) does this affect reputation gain at all?
Dunwich Oct 5th 2008 9:21AM
Hey guys, as there seems to be an abundance of Mechanical Mobs up there in the Frozen North, any word on whether or not the Gnomish Universal Remote has any worthwhile effect on them? It's been gathering dust in my bank for over two years now, I was wondering if it was worth hanging on to.
Stigg Oct 5th 2008 8:22AM
What would you say is the best tree for leveling as a druid?Is feral still on top or is moomkin more efficient for leveling?
gennadius Oct 5th 2008 12:42PM
Will there be chest and doors you need to open with lockpicking in WOTLK ???
Vivimors Oct 5th 2008 11:50AM
Any word or sign of Atiesh being implemented in WotLK?
Vivimord Oct 5th 2008 11:52AM
Vivimord. Not Vivimors. -_-
Creo Oct 5th 2008 2:55PM
Another question about the mammoths: as far as I can learn from WoWhead, there seem to be three places someone can purchase them: Dalaran, Wintergrasp (from Stone Keeper shards), and Storm Peaks (Sons of Hodir). What are the differences between the mammoths from each source? Additionally, is the difference between the Grand version and the Normal/Wooly version purely cosmetic?
DarkTruth Oct 7th 2008 5:29PM
What will happen to the quests on the isle? Will they be removed or will you be able to gain exp form them?
ColonelT Oct 5th 2008 8:34PM
Can Engineers look forward to building a new transporter device in WotLK?
Turtlehead Oct 5th 2008 11:08PM
"Contrary to the original description of the feature, you only get rep with one faction at a time. Personally, I think that's a better design."
How many times would Shadow Labs have been run BC if that rep was available at 100%--or 50%--elsewhere? Auchenai Crypts was almost never run, period.
Those who need a gear piece from a specific dungeon will have an even tougher time finding groups and more generally the less favored dungeons will be run that much less. I'm game for 50/50. 100% is too much.
jrizutko Oct 6th 2008 1:58PM
I have a question about itemization at level 80. With Spirit being reemphasized, is there still a healthy amount of MP5 gear, or is it being phased out somewhat? I am particularly interested in Shaman healing gear, but the question applies to any healing stuff.
Marcalt Nov 5th 2008 5:44PM
Am I to late to ask a beta question? or has this been answered already. Do level 70 daily quests give XP? Can I do 25 quests in BC and turn them all in after LK start and get a boost to lvl 71 XP?