Darkmoon artifacts will drop even when there is no Faire
by Mathew McCurley 
Dec 6th 2011 at 7:53PM
Darkmoon Artifacts will drop regardless of whether the faire is in town
Just to clarify one point, the quest drops that happen in the dungeons/raids/BG's happen all the time, even if the faire isn't in town. Think of it sort of like the Darkmoon Card redemptions. You're out playing all month, while you're doing stuff you're getting chances at the items, then when the faire is in town you turn it all in. (It's also worth pointing out that the turn-in items aren't soulbound, so just like the cards I'd expect some people to farm them just to put them up on the AH.)
It's really just this first week and appearance of the faire that's off because the Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide wasn't available for the 3 weeks prior. When it rolls around next month there should be better feel for how the whole system and ticket acquisition rate feels.
It's really just this first week and appearance of the faire that's off because the Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide wasn't available for the 3 weeks prior. When it rolls around next month there should be better feel for how the whole system and ticket acquisition rate feels.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Tri Dec 7th 2011 3:29AM
Erm.. I think that's how it's supposed to work? The stuff you can get from DMF is the stuff that no longer drops within the game. Tier5, for example, still drops, so it's not necessary to sell it at the faire.
sLpFhaWK Dec 7th 2011 6:27AM
Still tho, its stuff thats "Still in the game" but I can't get it by myself, i need to rely on others to get it and for someone who only raids new content with the guild, and hates pugging other stuff i'm to be penalized for it?
That is pretty ghetto in my opinion. If thats what it is, then i'll have to live with it *like I have a choice* but if they are pushing this whole "Transmogrification" to be "Unique" then they should make older tier sets easier to get, and the easiest would be to charge current Justice point limits to get them, I think 2200 JP would be fair for every piece of older tier gear. Costing 11,000jp for a full set would take alot of work, and you would appeal to more people in your product, hell make it 4k jp each and for people who are serious about wanting it will farm up the points to get it.
Cyno01 Dec 7th 2011 2:14AM
Good now if only theyd drop. It says "level appropriate", but guildies keep saying they got them outa stocks and ZF and places... Ran 4 random HOT dungeons tonight, saw exactly one drop and i lost the roll on it.
The PVP ones drop much much more frequently, i got enough for all my alts in 2-3 hours of BGs and then some.
Still loving the faire thought.
datgrl Dec 7th 2011 6:50AM
I hadn't been able to find the quest for archeology and I have a toon that is maxed.
http://www.icy-veins.com/new-darkmoon-faire has a great write up. I'm going to go back tonight and see if I can get the quest.