Has anybody tried this recently, because it is absolutely an awful experience, with many strange bugs.
First bug was the duel quest, where you have to duel other death knights, but no death knights had spawned. I had to go up to acherus and back to make them spawn.
Now I am hard stuck on the torture quest, where you have to hit crusaders until they give you information. Over 30 minutes I have been hitting crusaders and none of them will talk. I am beginning to wonder if it is awful RNG or if the quest is literally impossible right now.
New DKs are normally locked into this scenario until level 23. It’s actually more right now with winds of wisdom and anniversary - I think I may even hit 30, where I should be flying but instead I’ll still be running around killing scarlet crusaders.
This is a very frustrating experience. I really would prefer the allied race / pandaren version to be available for all new death knights.
EDIT: Please stop telling me how to do the torture quest, I have levelled dozens of death knights since Wrath. The issue is that this whole scenario is awful and there should be the option of doing the new starting experience with Bolvar.
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That seems a bit high for the normal situation. I’ve done it twice in the past 6 months and I always finish around 15-16(I’ve not done it with winds activated)
As for the torture quest…just pray to rngesus cause it’s a nightmare took me over an hour once
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Are you using the sticks they gave you for the quest?
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It’s literally on my armoury.
This is not user error, this is very poor and outdated design.
The frustrating thing is that new races get a much better option but that wasn’t extended to the rest of us. Why not just give us the option, like the do for Exile’s reach?
This is how the quest has always been. Make sure you only autoattack and stop attacking entirely the moment it rolls to see if they talk
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This is not a user error.
Glad to see the the dk starting area is just as janky as it was over a decade ago
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You are offering unsolicited advice like it is my fault that I have been stuck here for half an hour auto-attacking. This is poor design and it’s time for it to be scrapped, or at least skippable.
There are multiple bugs still on the DK starting zone quests. I’d like to think that they have been retained, for authenticity, in WoLK Classic. Aww, sweet…
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Haha that is actually a nice way to look at it.
I play classic for the nostalgia, and I am definitely more forgiving in that environment.
This quest still hasn’t completed. 45 minutes now and counting.
I feel like I am stuck in a time loop.
Because y’all are timelocked as that generation of DKs. It’s an iconic experience. And even in Classic it took me over a half hour to finally get that info out of those Crusaders. lol
No… they’re just trying to be helpful, just in case. No one said it was your fault. But there are tips and tricks that help sometimes that others may not know.
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I offered advice to give you the best chance at completing the quest because it’s always been this way and it’s super annoying. And instead you throw it back in my face in a temper tantrum. Get over yourself, holy hell
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Okay, but as someone asked,
Are you equiping the sticks in your weapon slots and not using any regular weapons?
Just auto attacks, no skill talent attacks?
I’d say if they are annihilating the mob autoattacking… they should remove their gear except for the torture prods.
I was gonna suggest this earlier but the way I saw them going at other people… I was like nah… Suffer well.
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OP actually has them on in his armory profile right now. So yep!
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I tried it for the mount and it was wonderful and bug free.
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haven’t do it on retail but did it on classic for the mount last night and similar issue. hitting crusaders for so long just to finish that quest, damn civilians for the quests didn’t seem to spawn i had to run in the back just to find them. worst part was the catapult quest. pretty much 1 shotted me after my mount died ended up dying back to back countless times having to wait like 5minutes just to respawn.
idk if intentional or bugged but that catapult quest sucked spent maybe 30minutes doing it.
I also did it in classic for the mount with no bug issues, just my own failure of equiping them, Killed like 8 before figuring it out.
I suspect maybe its an issue with new talents of this is on retail, doing too much damage with skills or talents instead of just using plain autoattack.
You are all completely ignoring the point of the thread and instead focusing on my gear and how I am playing. I swear this forum is so infuriating sometimes.
What I am trying to discuss is the possibility of adding an option for all deathknights to start at Bolvar. Requiring players to go through multiple hours of bug filled, old content when there is a shiny alternative right there is just silly.