Are there no ingame systems to show when and where the goblins will spawn?
they only show up on the map when the portal spawns, giving people only a 5 minute notice to get over there. they do all spawn every hour though, except for the undermine portals which are dependent on people killing rares.
And keep in mind you have to be in the zone to see the spawns.
Blizz could have done a better job with this event, sadly that seems to be their mantra these days.
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No.
It’s stupid.
You have to BE IN THE CITY where the portal is spawning to see the it on the map, but you don’t know which city it is unless you know the secret code.
Wowheads home page should tell you where it will spawn next, and it does follow a cycle (A->-B->C->A…), but you can’t just look at the map (even the city map) and see where it spawns.
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The in-game system tells you every hour they spawn at the capital cities.
The in-game system says they have a chance of spawning when rares in undermine are killed
The in game system gives you a portal icon when they are incoming.
The in game system gives you a goblin face icon when they are physically present.
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Both the portals and the goblin heads show on my map while in Undermine. I haven’t looked for them elsewhere.
Ill tell you the secret.
Literally the capital cities and Undermine.
And WoWhead does tell you this, if you click on the “A Greedy Emissary” thing on the front page.
Every hour on the hour, a Treasure Goblin will spawn at these 3 zones: Stormwind, Orgrimmar, and Dornogal. Slaying this Treasure Goblin grants many Diablo-themed, limited-time items!
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Ok I will check my map…but how do you know what city to be in ? Depend on a weakaura?
All 3 capitals every hour.
I have never seen map icons in Undermine though, will have to check if handynotes or something is getting in the way.
Undermine Depends on Rare kills.
I believe the more rares killed the more goblins spawned .
Undercrap, you have to be pretty johnny on the spot when those portals from killing rare mobs pop up. People go full ham to blow them up asap.
I however don’t care if I never see the mount, I aint parking any of my 12 characters in Unperpoop.
Its both. They get the hourly and the rare spawn portals.
Every one shows on the map both as theyre spawning and the goblins once they are active.
They literally last 5 minutes before they spawn and appear on the map.
This is blatantly false.
False in how fast players kill the mob that spawns? Which, or the fact that if you happen to see the portal or in this case barely see the marker pop up on the map and show up the mob is usually dead?
Which I did like your remark about “this is blatantly false”. Christ people go way out of their way to try and pick apart stuff on a public forum.
You have 5 full minutes to get there and then at least a minute or 2 to kill them. If you miss one, you can wait the sub 5 minutes until the next portal shows up.
So is it barely shown, or not shown, or you have no time?
What you said is demonstrably false. Even if you walk in and wait for the next portal, it will be no more than a couple minutes.
Yes, someone responded to a public post on a public forum when outright inaccurate information was posted. Sorry that upsets you.
It doesn’t matter if rares die fast.
The portals themselves aren’t showing on my map, even when standing right next to one that I’ve spawned.
Yes, we all know this part, however the map in undercrap, is pretty damn cluttered with stuff. So those portals that pop up can be kind of hard to catch. So, by the time you drive when your drive vehicle the damn goblin can be dead.
Anything else?
Also, I damn sure do not like nor needed to have Blizzard feel the need to try and funnel crap to undercrap.
Turn other markers off if you have a single goal.
I have full handynotes and map markers and yet I somehow get all mine done without issue.
User error.
User Error, Pardon Me. Good talk.