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Around Azeroth: Into Blackrock Mountain
Reader Kyle sends in this excellent shot of the doors leading into Blackrock Mountain. Impressive, no? If nothing else, Dwarven architecture never fails to impress. Through these doors you will find an equally monumental corridor, which will lead you towards the dungeons Blackrock Depths, Blackrock Spire (both upper and lower), Molten Core, and Blackwing Lair. Indeed, before the expansion, these doors led you towards the game's biggest hub of action. Now, like many old dungeons, they're a just novelty.Do you have a unique shot of Azeroth or Outland that you'd like to show off to the rest of the world? Tell us about it by e-mailing aroundazeroth@gmail.com! Or perhaps you'd just like to see more of your pics from Around Azeroth. %Gallery-1816%
WoW Moviewatch: All rogue UBRS
If a party of only rogues can go into UBRS and kill Rend, I have no idea why my priest can't shadow spec all the way through the game... (Bandage spec ftw!) I can't tell what level of gear these folks all have, but, regardless, I am always entertained by single-class raids -- especially those done by non-hybrid classes like rogues.
On the topic of farmers...
My priest has been, for some time now, looking for a pattern for the Truefaith Vestments - the epic crafted priest robes. While I would occasionally see a Robe of the Archmage or a Robe of the Void pattern, I've not seen any of my own. However, over the past couple of weeks, I've seen more and more Robe of the Archmage patterns - as seen above. The cost has dropped dramatically, as well - what once sold for a hundred gold and up is now, as you see, more often selling for 30 to 40, when they sell at all.This has started to puzzle me, as the pattern drops off of Pyromancers in lower Blackrock Spire, of which there are few, and difficult to get to. I've gone with a number of groups that refuses to attempt the pull with the Pyromancers, simply because it's large and difficult. So where then, do these patterns come from? Several commenters on Thottbot claim that you can solo your way to the right area with the use of stealth or invisibility potions, and one poster goes into some detail about two rogues taking the group down with timely use of sap, vanish, and evasion. But even if the pattern can be acquired with the efforts of one or two players, this doesn't explain the sudden appearance of so many in the marketplace. It's possible that the drop rate has been increased, but it seems unlikely that the drop rate of one of the epic robe patterns would go up while the other two remain the same. In my past experience with the game, a sudden flood of rare items on the market has been an indication of a new farming technique or hack, allowing farmers to now easily acquire something that was usually difficult. (For an example of similar circumstances in the past, see this old Dire Maul hack.) However, at present, there's no evidence one way or the other - so this remains simply an oddity...
