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We're under attack! (a guide for the pre-cataclysm event) (new update 06/11/10)
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Rankkor
When is this going on? from now till cataclysm?
is unknown ATM when exactly will it go live, but rest assured when it does, it will stay live till patch 4.0.3 goes live.
Frankly I dunno what is blizzard waiting for, I mean we're ready, we NEED something to do while the last month of WOTLK (and vainilla as we know it) exists.
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Robotusch
When is this going on? from now till cataclysm?
is unknown ATM when exactly will it go live, but rest assured when it does, it will stay live till patch 4.0.3 goes live.
Being somewhat bored earlier, I had a look at a calendar, and the whole 2 weeks thing kind of stack up nicely.
10/12-13 to 10/26-27 is for people to get used to the new cataclysm talents/way of doing things
10/26-27 to 11/9-10 is for people to uncover the Twilight subplot.
11/9-10 to 11/23-24 is when Azeroth is under attack from the elementals.
11/23-24 is two weeks before Cataclysm release, which I think Blizzard have said is when they aim to release patch 4.0.3 which will revamp Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms.
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Rankkor
nope it did not.
here's what the devs said.
http://blue.mmo-champion.com/t/27387365946/no-cultists-elementals/
=/ I'm getting anxious, I WANT THIS ON LIVE NAW! >.<
aparently they want this thing to start in november. However, as someone else said in the official forums, having earthquakes lasting the same ammount of time as the other 2 phases combined is quite lame :S
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Rankkor
Something I didn't see in the guide -- how frequent are these cycles? How long would you say the whole process is overall?
For example, if I just want to log in with a lower level character to check auctions or something, and find an invasion in progress, how long do I have to wait for it to be safe?
very good questions, and they also have a good answer.
how frequent are these events is covered by the guide, they happen randomly every 1-3 hours. As for how long they last.......
the event is over when all rifts are closed, and not a moment sooner.
how fast they are closed depends on the players themselves, the more players are in each capital defending it, the faster it will be over.
do note that even there are less than 5 players present in any capital, the event will still be finished, because not only are there 3 elite Named NPC's on each capital, there's also endless waves of guards too. While the guards and Elite NPC's can eventually close all rifts, it is of course much slower.
as far as timeframes goes, I can't give you a specific figure, but an educated estimate is:
LOTS OF PLAYERS=about 10 to 12 minutes.
medium ammount of players=15-20 min
low amount of players=30 mins (sometimes more)
of course I have NO IDEA what would happen if absolutely nobody wishes to participate, since you do need to carry the sandbags/barricades/windstopers/thunderheads and deploy them to fortify the city, and rescue the civilians, both of these can't be done by guards.
the city itself can close their rifts thanks to the endless waves of guards that spawn, but the rescue and fortification depends on the players, so if no player wishes to participate, I dunno what would happen. As far as I can tell, there is no time-limit to defend your capital, no terrible handicap for ignoring the invation.
if you're looking for a practical answer, when the event is "Switched on" by the devs, park all your lowbie toons in any of the cities not participating of the event (Darnassus, Exodar, Silvermoon, Undercity) that way you don't run the risk of loging while there's an invation in progress.
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Post by
Rankkor
Well its cool seeing Rexxar and Vol'jin in action, and this Aponi Brightmane I hope will get some nice lore to her, cause I'll be rolling a sunwalker in cata.
I just meant, its a fight against elemental lords, and instead of the worlds best shaman fighting beside you in an instance you got the derp there. pff, guess I'll have to hold my breath and wait.. maybe even ask my hunter guildmate to misdirect agro onto him to see if the boss kills him.
dude why you hate on garrosh so bad? he may be a jerk sometimes (well most of the time) but hes the warchief and he will lead the horde just fine. hell he makes questing a lot more organized in cataclysm, you get sent to the proper zones to level with a freaking command board! epic!
DUDE! don't fuel the fire, this thread is to discuss the in-game event, if you really wanna know why he hates garrosh so much, ask him on the garrosh thread, not here pls.
Tauren, pls answer his question on the respective thread, this one is to discuss EXCLUSIVELY about the in-game event.
I only ask because these days, the mere mention of garrosh-bonehead derails ANY discussion in ANY thread to be all about him, and that is why the stiky was created, so that garrosh doesn't absorbs all threads in the forum.
Edit: and for the record johnny I do hate garrosh too (just less than tauren) both tauren and myself will tell you our reasons in the garrosh thread, but please keep discussions in this thread about the topic. Any questions about the event, or any aditional info about it that you wish to add to the guide, you let me know.
Edit2: you can find my answer (and pls if you have something to say, then say it there, not here, this thread is to discuss the event only) in
this thread
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Rankkor
Are you sure you didn't stealth edit that in there somehow? I double checked the guide, and apparently missed it both times.
yep ;) I mean, I've edited the guide lots of times but I added that bit about 2 weeks ago.
Thanks for the estimate on duration.
no problem =D that's what I'm here for.
I guess I misread the "This event is not limited to the 4 mentioned Capitals, all across azeroth and outland, Elemental rifts will spawn as well..." bit, too. For some reason I thought that anywhere there was a base or town of some sort, the rifts could open. Including places like Exodar or Silvermoon
or any of the towns in those zones
.
actually, any towns in those areas WILL have rifts on them.
Rifts are clasified in 2 types, Elites( these will show only on the affected capitals and nowhere else) and non-elites (these show up all arround the world)
The Elite Variety will show in Stormwind, Ironforge, Thunderbluff and Orgrimmar. Darnassus, exodar, silvermoon and undercity will NEVER have them, neither these elites, nor the non-elite ones.
The non-elite type shows up everywhere EXEPT the starting zones (elwynn forest, Dun Morog, teldrassil, azuremyst island, durotar, mulgore, tirisfal glades and eversong woods) the other zones are fair game, but the elementals will allways be scaled to the lvl of their areas. Thus the elementals that will show up in westfall, or the barrens will be lvl15, while the ones in shadowmoon are 70, the ones in icecrown are 80. ect ect.
so yes, everywhere you see a base or town of any kind will have a rift with the exeption of the towns in the starting areas, and the 4 capitals that won't participate of the event.
as a last tid-bit: Neither Dalaran nor Shat get invaded either, so those are also 2 safe havens. and while in the rest of the world rifts will spawn, those are perfectly safe, since not only they are non-elites and scaled to the lvl of the area, they also get swarmed by the guards of that specific town or base.
thus if a rift opens up in Thrallmar and for whatever reason you don't wanna fight, you don't have to, the elementals are agresive, but they will be utterly swarmed by guards. Now the guards won't be able to close the rifts, but they can keep the elementals busy in case the players don't wanna participate.
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Rankkor
Updates on the Duration:
Aparently this event lasts for 60 minutes max, after that a massive elite lvl 85 earthen ring representative shows up and closes all rifts instantaneously, however halting the invation this way will yield no rewards, no achievements, and no access to the bosses untill the event resets once more.
(a shaman NPC is capable of 1shoting all of the elementals in each city, despite the fact that they have over 300k HP and are spread in an area that is well over 1000 yards wide. xD dang shamans need to be nerfed)
Post by
Azazel
I was leveling my mage running around in Un'goro Crater and all of a sudden I see
this
.
An elemental rift and some water elementals spawning around it. The water elementals start to fight the local apes (lol?), the rift and the elementals then despawn after a couple of minutes. My bet, we will see 4.0.3 on tues/wednesday.
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Post by
Rankkor
what the?
how could you see that? the event hasn't started yet, heck not even the twilight infiltration phase has began, much less the actual elemental invation.......
strange. where did you saw this? PTR or live realms? and when?
Post by
Azazel
For me, live, 10 minutes ago.
Post by
ChairmanKaga
the event hasn't started yet
Several
reputable
sources say otherwise.
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