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So, for the weekend I would dearly enjoy getting 9 more coins for the lantern pet, but I'm not sure I can pull it off considering I don't have Cata, thus no flying mount. That's what my main will be doing. My two alts got their 5 coins and purchased their "Festive Finery."
*Does happy dance* I did it - got 50 coins!!! Woot!!!
As a new WoW player still learning the ropes, a soloer and, as noted above, no flying mount nor the Cata expac which would open additional Elders, this is my first exciting "accomplishment" in game. I forgot I still had 9 coins to get as of last Friday! Right now everything is a blur of Elders standing in light beacons; research online to find out how to get to various Elders, then reading various strategies; trying to sneak around Horde guards, being chased by Horde guards, being killed by Horde guards and, in a couple of instances, Horde players - hrumph!
If they could "hear" me I just wanted to say, "Look guys, sorry I'm in your city...I mean no harm...I JUST want to get that coin and I'll never return." There were two players in Undercity that hung around the Elder just waiting to kill Alliance coin-seekers. I ran into the ghost of another Alliance player on one of my several "ghost runs" there...lol.
I gained coins from:
*All the Kalimador Elders
*All the Eastern Kingdom Elders
*All the Alliance Elders
*Two Elders in Northrend (Would have been a third there if I could have located Elder Pamuya. In ghost form I stood right on the coords given for him and never saw him. Another place where a flying mount would have been invaluable. I'm a lot more familiar with the Borean Tundra, though.
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What surprised me the most was the coins I was able to get from dungeon Elders. The word "dungeon" used to strike fear in me, first as a young druid in EQ where I couldn't run in open spaces, use SoW, generally got lost and created epic trains while frantically trying to gate out. Although that same "fear" of dungeons doesn't exist anymore, they still never held much interest to me since I don't enjoy raiding. Thus, to discover that some of my most enjoyable time was obtaining the dungeon coins was one of the highlights of the Lunar Festival for me. I managed to obtain the ones from:
*Stratholme
*Blackrock Depths
*Blackrock Spire/Hordemar (took me the longest time of all to locate, and then only with the amazing help of someone from the Horde who saw I was in the dungeon a long time (I was afraid he was going to kill me...lol), sent a whisper to me from his Alliance character, then came back with his Horde character to lead me to the entrance of the instance. It was a joy to meet a player like that!
*Mauradon
*Zul'Farrak
One of the most memorable moments of this quest was reading the RL story behind Elder Ezra Wheathoof in Thunder Bluff. That so touched my heart. I was unable to gain that coin for my Alliance character, but my little Horde Pally went there to pay tribute to him. Last night I took her to Bloodhoof Village and did the "Kyle's Gone Missing" quest. It tore at my heart to hear the voice of this brave little boy but I wanted to honor his memory. Bravo, Blizzard, on helping this child's wish come true. It's situations like this that yank me back to realize what is truly important in life.
The 2012 Lunar Festival was very meaningful to me...in many ways.
Edited, Feb 13th 2012 12:04pm by Azalysa