Shambolic Zombification
October 27th, 2008 Posted in General, Wrath of the Lich KingThe Scourge Invasion carries on at a pace, and it’s starting to really affect the world in more and more undesired ways. It was fun when it started, but things are starting to wear now – it’s impossible for many people to turn in quests, use the banks or even repair without being re-zombified. And there’s the problem. Our raid last night was late starting, for the simple reason that many people couldn’t get to the banks to retrieve their flasks, potions and food.
Anyone porting to Stormwind by way of Shattrath City gets instantly zombified, thanks to the choke point in the Mage Tower. I can only hope it ends soon – though I’ve only been minorly inconvenienced by it, a whole bunch of people who are levelling characters are having a hellish time.
And then there’s the Scourge Invasion, which seems to be a repeat of the one that occurred when Naxxramas was originally launched. I managed to get 18 [item]Necrotic Rune[/item] for the quests and the tabard, and now I’ve given up trying to farm more. It’s nigh-on impossible to tag a spawning scourge before someone else does, at least for a warrior. Anyone with a ranged, instant attack has a much better time of it. Grouping’s out of the question, because so many people are selfish and don’t want to share their runes.
Thus far, then, the Scourge Invasion is made of a huge amount of fail. I sincerely hope it’ll pick up soon because at the moment it isn’t a great deal of fun.
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One Response to “Shambolic Zombification”
By Aurik on Oct 28, 2008
I\’ve found the only way to get necrotic runes in any number is to do one of two things:
1.Get a guild group and work hard to tag spawns at any one place – generally Azshara, Winterspring and Tanaris are quieter than other zones. Eastern Plaguelands is just not worth going to.
2. Do it late at night / early morning. I had three whole camps almost to myself last night in Tanaris. Requires being a night-owl, though
The Stormwind Mage Tower was funny for a while but eventually I just didn\’t bother going there – Ironforge was almost always clear as there are plenty of guards near by to get rid of zombies.
We had some of the same issues with our raid last night, too, with our MT being ganked by zombies just as he was about to be summoned…
Still, despite the problems I really am getting a lot out of the event – just a shame it came so close to all of the other things going on, it\’s sort of a bit much all at once in my mind.
/hug