06-28-2006, 06:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-28-2006, 07:14 PM by Zarathustra.)
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.
Edit/Addition: Tested with my 15 Shaman. Joanna Whitehall in the Undercity has an empty vendor inventory, just like the NPC at Cenarion Hold.
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.
UPDATE
Next NPC, Alexander Calder in Ironforge, a Warlock Trainer. He had his normal text about how I don't follow the dark arts (tree-huggin' hippies!), but then look at this...
![[Image: calder3zn.jpg]](http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3064/calder3zn.jpg)
We have a common trend. All those who lost loved ones to the Scourge just LOVE freshly-squeezed lemonade and friendship bread. And buying those items from them do not seem to affect anything.
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.
Edit/Addition: Tested with my 15 Shaman. Joanna Whitehall in the Undercity has an empty vendor inventory, just like the NPC at Cenarion Hold.
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.
UPDATE
Next NPC, Alexander Calder in Ironforge, a Warlock Trainer. He had his normal text about how I don't follow the dark arts (tree-huggin' hippies!), but then look at this...
We have a common trend. All those who lost loved ones to the Scourge just LOVE freshly-squeezed lemonade and friendship bread. And buying those items from them do not seem to affect anything.
See you in Town,
-Z
-Z