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Try Azshara or Blasted Lands. Found a shard spawn in EPL last night and it was heaving. Went to Blasted Lands and was the only one there for five minutes. Even when a couple of Lvl 70s turned up and aggroed everything, I still had enough for my level 68 arse to deal with and get a few runes. Probably will only aim to get the tabard - although I suppose any anti-undead gear will be useful in parts of Northrend

This is the guide I wrote for my guild on how to pwn the scourge:

The Scourge Invasion's only supposed to last 'a few days' as of Monday, so anyone who hasn't checked them out yet but wants to should hustle. Here's what I've learned so far:

Step 1: Go to Light's Hope Chapel in EPL.
Step 2: Get the quests from the Argent guys in front of the tent there.
Step 3: Check your map. Find a zone with a purple skull on it.
Step 4: Go to that zone. Look around for a greenish-purple crystal sticking out of the ground with a glowy purple circle around it. And lots of undead.
Step 5: Kill the undead until you get 10 Necrotic Runes.
Step 6: Go back to EPL. Turn in the quest. This unlocks the ability to get more runes and to spend them at the quartermaster.

Once the groundwork is laid, it's time to kill in earnest. Find yourself another circle of undead and lay waste. These are what you're looking for:

Normal undead: Level 69 and 70 non-elites, they drop money, the occasional scourgestone (don't forget to equip your AD token to collect scourgestones!), and the occasional Necrotic Rune.

Rare undead: 70 elites, they stand out from their peers. There's the Bone Witch, the Soul of the Damned, and the, um, I forget his name, one of the big fat undead. If you see these guys, be quick to get them and kill them. They drop epic leg armor and two or three Necrotic Runes.

Shadows: When enough of the normal undead have been killed by players, the health of the crystal will drop down to 0. Keep an eye on the crystal's health, because once it gets to 0, four cultist-looking NPCs will spawn around it and start repairing it. Talk to a cultist and you'll have the option to turn in 8 runes to spawn a Shadow. Shadows drop 30 runes, a Corruptor Scourgestone (again, remember your AD trinket!), money, and occasionally epic chest armor. They're 71 elites, and are best handled by at least two players per Shadow. They auto-aggro on the person who summoned them, but lots of players are out there trying to steal the kill for themselves, so be quick to whack them to make sure that you have a solid claim on the monster.

Shoulder and hand armor is sold by the Argent Dawn Quartermasters in exchange for 15 Necrotic Runes each. Legs only drop from the rare undead, chests only drop from Shadows. The Argent Dawn tabard costs 8 Runes, and a horn trinket that summons a paladin to hang out with you for about a minute before bubble-hearthing costs 40 Runes.

Tips:

If you can't find a circle in a zone, look up. The ziggurats hovering in the sky will occasionally shoot out a green or purple beam. If you follow that beam, it will lead you to a circle.

Even when a zone isn't under attack, the location that will spawn an undead circle is still visible as a small pink ring floating just over the ground. If you want to sit and wait in the hopes that it'll respawn, just look for those rings.

Grouping is good. The fights are easier, and you are much more likely to survive if you summon a Shadow. Trying to pick off single spawns of undead solo will net you far less rewards than blanketing the whole area with a full group of people.

The best thing to do is to NOT go to the first zone under attack.

If The Blasted Lands are attacked, I go to Winterspring. If EPL is under attack I go to Tanaris. Once one zone is under attack, the others will follow suit sooner or later and very few people will travel across the entire world to get to the next one. At least not in time Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?

Ah, love the potential of humans to find ways to grief.

Last night someone on Alleria was pissed that a group came in to kill mobs at "HIS" crystal spawn. He spawned all of the shades at once and that effectively stopped anyone from killing any shades that spawn cycle. It would seem that they link and leash on a very short range. The area was a slaughterhouse as people showed up in 1s and 2s to do the event and were wtfpwnd in 2-3 seconds by 5 shades.

People wipe to shades? ACK!

Quote from: Kitsune on October 29, 2008, 11:58:51 PM

(don't forget to equip your AD token to collect scourgestones!)

I know this was sarcastic, but I'm OCD for Scourgestones. I scoop them up in droves. I just hit Revered with Argent Dawn for no good reason at all. Anyway, thanks for the guide.

Quote from: Fordel on October 30, 2008, 04:44:17 AM

People wipe to shades? ACK!

If there's 5+ of them hitting you, yeah. It was amusing to watch well-geared 70s just melt.

If you're having trouble finding the invasion points, check out this helpful map ( http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/wowwiki/images/2/26/ScourgeInvasion.jpg ) from Wow Wiki.

This is fun. I was in a raid group last night and we were dropping mobs in Azshara left and right. I missed the roll on the purple pants by 4 =P I have like 30 scourgestones and 7 corrupters stones too, plus 3 of the "this item begins a quest" drops.

Apparently all those 'this starts a quest' quests are the exact same ones as last time, they won't drop for me. Which makes sense, but I was hoping for more easy completes on my path to 3000 quests. awesome, for real

I've enjoyed it as a short-term change of pace. I would quickly unsub if events llike this became regular. The whole event was anti-WoW, and it reminded me why WoW obliterated its predecessors.

Zombie plague = UO. Player freedom leads to some excitement, occasional creativity, and lots and lots and lots of griefing jackholery. Fun for a visit, but wouldn't want to live there.

Scourge invasion = EQ. Content that is limited, desirable and outdoor leads to a kill-stealing, hate-thy-neighbor shitfest? Shock and awe! The first couple races to invasion points were fun, but I'll appreciate my instanced content that much more from now on.

I got the Argent Dawn tabard (sexy!) and that blue trinket horn that summons a knight. I get the horn, I run a little ways out from town until I find a level 56 undead wandering around, and I blow the horn. This level 60 paladin NPC rides up on a charger, hops off, and starts attacking the undead.

Neat, I guess. At level 60 and with a 10 minute cooldown, not terribly useful, but whatever. Then before the undead even hits half health, the paladin NPC bubblehearths away. Bah. I mean I guess it's a nice novelty, but if it can't even kill one underleveled mob...

Those kind of trinkets aren't meant to be anything but toys. Like the Barons Peasant caller or the Voodoo Gnomes.

It's also a Slap in the Face to Paladins Heartbreak

Quote from: Fordel on October 31, 2008, 01:36:53 PM

Those kind of trinkets aren't meant to be anything but toys. Like the Barons Peasant caller or the Voodoo Gnomes.

It's also a Slap in the Face to Paladins Heartbreak

Hey they're at least as good as druid trees. Ohhhhh, I see.

Come on! It bubblehearths! It doesn't get any better than that! Maybe if she "lol'd" on the way out.

Quote from: El Gallo on October 30, 2008, 01:29:17 PM

Scourge invasion = EQ. Content that is limited, desirable and outdoor leads to a kill-stealing, hate-thy-neighbor shitfest? Shock and awe! The first couple races to invasion points were fun, but I'll appreciate my instanced content that much more from now on.

It's really not that bad on my server. I spent 45 minutes killing stuff and secured enough shards to get my epic shoulders and gloves. The pants dropped 3 times for me, but was everything but the cloth I actually need, so whatever. If I can get some people to go in on a shadow kill, I'll be done. It's not like the stuff they offer is extremely rare or desireable compared to T6 or anything, it's a bit better than the questing blues you get at 70.

On my server, as long as you avoid the first zone assault, you'll have more then enough mobs to deal with.

But that first zone that gets attacked? Holy Cluster Fucks Batman why so serious?

Orgrimmar is under attack by Frost Wyrms. Everybody log into Horde and crash their respective server. why so serious?

...and towering horrors.

First time I've ever seen a queue, looks like a lot of people are coming to gawk.

Edit: Hmm, I don't see anything on my server, guess I was too late.

It comes and goes, but it sucks anyway.

Hopefully it's just revving up for the big event, rather than that little show being the big event.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/ has details/spoilers for those who can't log in. It's pretty rad so far, but it'll get old quick enough. Good thing the actual mobs don't seem to hurt (I was being hit for 80-90 on my druid Ohhhhh, I see.

) and the attacks happen in out of the way places. It's not like its lagging up the AH or Banks.

Plus defending the harbor is just rad.

Oh wow, when did they finally make Sylvanas a blood elf?

I got 4 AD rep for first tag on a towering horror!

They hit soft enough that it couldn't break my shield. Some 71 elite.

Can you imagine the QQ if there'd been 71 elites in the capital city hitting hard as they should do and ganking any lowbie that went past? There'd have been even more "GG Blizz! Fuck you - I quit!" posts than ever.

Would have been better if they had hit for the proper amount.

They didn't hold back during BC launch event with Highlord Kruul, after all.