Quote:I thought the invasion points were supposed to pop rare spawns sometimes. Anyone seen any of those?

Quote:Bringing the letters to LHC is worth (um) 50 rep, but nothing else happens (a spoiler claimed there was a followup.)

Quote:Look to your mailbox for a follow up. I understand that there are 10 different letters and that it might take more than one to really open up what there is of a follow up. There was some hint that it may have a connection to a sword that some players are jonseing about. ;)

Quote:Okay, I'll bite. What class can solo farm the pylon elementals in DM West? I have always seen the 6 guys come on 1 1-pull, 1 2-pull, and 1 3-pull. I have heard of warlocks using banish and fear to get them but that seems really dicey.

Quote:Go into DM East, the back entrance. Farm that first whip lasher pack, and open up the little pod to see if you can get 4 more to spawn. Collect Savage Fronds. Run out, reset instance. Repeat 4 more times. Log on other level 60, and do the same thing. Fronds are good since they give the other insignia opposite of the cores.

Quote:Further exploration regarding these letters from the front.

I checked in on those who had survived the passing of their loved ones. The two notes gave me three names to try and follow up on.

The first was Caretaker Alen at Light's Hope Chapel. He had zero conversation. But something of interest was that for some reason he had freshly squeezed lemonade and friendship bread for sale now. Those are the same price and mana/health regen as the highest tier food items for sale... so perhaps they're just something to add some flavor. Still struck me as odd that he'd have new food and nothing else.

The second note mentioned two names: Joanna Whitehall and an unnamed "Matron of the Orphanage" in Stormwind. The former of the two was a lot of fun, as she's a Forsaken NPC in the War Quarter of the Undercity. I stealthed in to her to find that she wanted nothing to do with me, being hostile and all. On the bright side, I managed to defend Undercity from a Flame Shocker before fading into the shadows, and then took a few pictures with Sylvanas and Varimathras.

Finally, I stopped in Stormwind at the Orphanage. Here's where things get interesting.

The Matron who stands outside the orphanage has the same old text about Children's Week that she's had forever. But more interesting is that she has a vendor inventory now. And she's selling...

*drumroll*

Freshly squeezed lemonade and friendship bread.

I'm going to take my shaman over to the Undercity and see if the same is true of Joanna. If it is, I think Blizzard flubbed something. Rather than turning on a flag to activate the conversations with these NPCS, they seem to have added two items to their vendor inventories, completely creating said inventory if they did not have one in the past.

I'll post more info as I learn it. I also found a new NPC standing next to Cenarion Hold with an empty vendor inventory. The clincher will be if I get the note in the mail mentioning his name, and then find that he's suddenly got those two new food items for sale.

Quote:If you eat the friendship bread, you get little hearts floating over your head, a la the Valentine's Day event stuff.

Quote:I'd like to apologise for any confusion you may have been caused by the Sealed Research Report, Mignus; receiving that in-game mail from the Argent Dawn, directing you to a specific NPC, does not in fact begin a quest. Instead, you are offered the ability to purchase Freshly-Squeezed Lemonade and Friendship Bread from various NPCs scattered across Azeroth. I'd recommend checking vendors to see if they have anything to offer along those lines. Best of luck to you, friend.:)

Quote:Double-You-Tee-Eff?

"Disappointment" doesn't adequately describe my feelings

Quote:Your reward for each of the letters from the front is the ability to purchase these food/drink items from those NPCs...

I repeat, your reward is the ability to buy food items. These are exactly the same quality as any other available food.

The letters from the front were moving. They lent a human touch to the struggle against the Scourge and I was looking forward to seeing a continuation along these lines. What I found instead was a novelty addition to the game that seems a slap in the face to the depth of its precursor quests.

Quote:Yeah, and the lemonade plays the same sound, but without the hearts.

I'm waiting on the last two letters from the Keeper of Rolls, then we'll see what happens with the other NPCs. I'm willing to bet they're big fans of Friendship Bread and Freshly Squeezed Lemonde as well.

Double-You-Tee-Eff?

"Disappointment" doesn't adequately describe my feelings:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.a...&tmp=1#blizzard
Your reward for each of the letters from the front is the ability to purchase these food/drink items from those NPCs...

I repeat, your reward is the ability to buy food items. These are exactly the same quality as any other available food.

The letters from the front were moving. They lent a human touch to the struggle against the Scourge and I was looking forward to seeing a continuation along these lines. What I found instead was a novelty addition to the game that seems a slap in the face to the depth of its precursor quests.

Quote:Rumor has it the magic number of invasions to repel is 150. YMMV.

Quote:Rumor has it the magic number of invasions to repel is 150. YMMV.