tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post7954688628177703218..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: The Great Apexis Crystal Fail. What Happened and How Blizzard Could Have Made it Better.TheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-68906896699815581592015-05-22T20:02:33.170-04:002015-05-22T20:02:33.170-04:00Glad it works still. Awesome and it will really h...Glad it works still. Awesome and it will really help with trying to collect the 250K crystals we will need for the new mount in 6.2.<br /><br />Lets just hope they do not "fix" it when 6.2 comes out.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-17179805079653450072015-05-22T20:01:26.064-04:002015-05-22T20:01:26.064-04:00Maybe they made it so it can not be blown again so...Maybe they made it so it can not be blown again so quick. That is sad, but it still makes for a rather quick daily. That would make some sense because people like me were "abusing" it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-44571523891801921352015-05-22T19:01:15.102-04:002015-05-22T19:01:15.102-04:00Here are my results. I had to wait several minute...Here are my results. I had to wait several minutes in between each blow of the horn for the NPC to return - close to five. When it did, it dropped the secret meeting item in order to summon the two bosses. The horn DID respawn when the second meeting notes dropped. Unfortunately a rare spawned in the area which put me over the "assault experience" needed to finish the quest so I didn't get to try a third time to see how it went before the quest was done. All in all it took 12 minutes to finish the missive quest killing the two rares you summon and the other rare pop which I took out. Most of this time was waiting for the NPC that drops the secret meeting details to respawn.<br /><br />Tow notes. First, I SWEAR I've seen that NPC that drops the secret meeting notes spawn faster than that. And second, when I've looked for the horn and it hasn't been there in the past I've been carrying 2-3 secret meeting notes items already. So I'm not sure if the horn has been changed to respawn more slowly, or if you must obtain a new secret meeting notes item after you kill the two rares for the horn to spawn again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-2830090957918795452015-05-22T18:35:04.122-04:002015-05-22T18:35:04.122-04:00The whole "buy a missive" for the same g...The whole "buy a missive" for the same garrison daily area works like a CHARM! I'd never thought to try that out. Wish I'd have known about this a long time ago ... I'd be much more "crystal rich."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-76612800137242826772015-05-22T18:25:34.947-04:002015-05-22T18:25:34.947-04:00Sorry for creating a new "thread" accide...Sorry for creating a new "thread" accidentally. Yes, I know EXACTLY which one you're talking about. I've not been able to blow the horn twice in a row, though. It despawns and doesn't come back so I haven't bothered. Next time I'll wait longer and see just how long it takes for the horn to respawn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-78399252189296753902015-05-22T08:59:21.780-04:002015-05-22T08:59:21.780-04:00No, let me look up a map real fast to see if I can...No, let me look up a map real fast to see if I can grab the name.<br /><br />Mak'Gol watchpost.<br /><br />You loot the "secret meeting details" from a mob, look that up on wowhead for more info. Then you use that to blow a horn across a small bridge in the middle, it summons to rares. Kill the rares, by then the mob that drops the secret meeting details respawned, kill him, get the thing, blow the horn, kill the rares, repeat as needed. <br /><br />Apexis quest done super fast.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-22677570682820864042015-05-21T19:05:26.044-04:002015-05-21T19:05:26.044-04:00You talking about Ring of Blood? And the Ring of ...You talking about Ring of Blood? And the Ring of Blood Invitations contained in Bloody Stack of Invitations dropped at random? Or something else...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-4739256460490167362015-05-21T10:51:28.758-04:002015-05-21T10:51:28.758-04:00Yeap, unless they hotfixed it and I missed reading...Yeap, unless they hotfixed it and I missed reading it, that is exactly how it works. <br /><br />I did it once a while ago and it was really great. The one orc one in nagrand. I usually go to the one guy that drops the missive and summon the two rares. I usually just kill him and summon the rares 3 times and done. 1600 crystals for 5 minutes work. Takes longer to fly there. That is my favorite one when speed doing them.<br /><br />Heck, it is probably the only one I would do on my alts because it is so fast.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-75490218852150504462015-05-21T04:26:08.983-04:002015-05-21T04:26:08.983-04:00The one that is the daily you mean? So I can buy ...The one that is the daily you mean? So I can buy a missive and accept the corresponding quest when the same quest is the daily in the garrison and get 1600 crystals for doing the quest one time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-67092587385431636452015-05-20T09:13:15.751-04:002015-05-20T09:13:15.751-04:00Maybe they will add new levels of apexis gear. Bu...Maybe they will add new levels of apexis gear. But those things will work nicely for someone that is trying to collect the 250K needed for the mount.<br /><br />Little tip, buy the one that is the, it allows you to finish both at once.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-19648558946476853602015-05-19T17:25:47.020-04:002015-05-19T17:25:47.020-04:00800 crystals, not 600 - typo; sorry.800 crystals, not 600 - typo; sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-20773052798392043222015-05-17T22:31:05.267-04:002015-05-17T22:31:05.267-04:00They did build missives into the game allowing you...They did build missives into the game allowing you to turn trees (resources) into apexis crystals. Yes it's a bit of a grind, but I haven't had a problem, playing casually, getting the level 2 crystal gear (and halfway to level 3) by purchasing missives and doing the corresponding "dailies." 200 resources will get you 600 crystals and you can do as many per day as time and resources allow. If you're maxed out on resources, which is fairly easy to do if you have a lumber mill, you can obtain a lot of crystals all at once.<br /><br />Of course with 6.2 coming up who knows what'll happen. Buying Apexis gear with gold instead of crystals? What do I do with my crystals then? It'll be interesting to see what happens - and especially if Blizzard continues toward this scary path of real life money to gold to gear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-24855599211205655092015-02-20T15:49:02.621-05:002015-02-20T15:49:02.621-05:00We need to convince them to add more in game help ...We need to convince them to add more in game help one of these days. ;)TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-30461532119999964602015-02-20T10:06:04.390-05:002015-02-20T10:06:04.390-05:00hint - you really should update that garrison book...hint - you really should update that garrison book you wrote. there is call for it - as you said - wow has been one of those games where one has to go out and find the resources. <br /><br />oooo, using GE's words to rally him into doing something..... LOL<br /><br />-roo-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-74549415360013178422015-02-20T08:10:25.094-05:002015-02-20T08:10:25.094-05:00There have been a lot of changes. Maybe one day I...There have been a lot of changes. Maybe one day I will go back and make changes, but it doesn't seem like there is a lot of call for it right now.<br /><br />Warcraft has always been, at least since I started, the type of game that you need to view outside resources to get the most out of it. They do a really horrible job of showing you things and explaining things in game.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-11952528713894661682015-02-20T06:58:01.272-05:002015-02-20T06:58:01.272-05:00you know, it takes me coming here to read to find ...you know, it takes me coming here to read to find out most of the stuff in the game. Why WOW has becomes like this - where one has to go to a fan site to learn things instead of it being put in a book form somewhere is beyond me.<br /><br />So, GE - please keep finding out things and writing about them. <br /><br />Garrisons - anything that needs to be updated since you wrote about them? <br /><br />Thanks and in the name of our great leader Duck Dodgers - "DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24 1/2TH CENTURY!"<br /><br />-roo-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-85910658936683264792015-02-19T11:19:14.428-05:002015-02-19T11:19:14.428-05:00And that is what made it great. Do what you want ...And that is what made it great. Do what you want to do. Raid, dungeon, scenarios, dailies, pet battles, you name it, you could progress in your own way. And valor, unlike apexis, was useful for something.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-46069983586184093182015-02-19T11:06:53.133-05:002015-02-19T11:06:53.133-05:00Yeah, in MOP, the valor came from basically every ...Yeah, in MOP, the valor came from basically every activity. If you played the game in almost any way, you were able to progress.<br />--<br />Regards,<br /><br />regardsanonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-18179835176582832142015-02-19T10:06:20.320-05:002015-02-19T10:06:20.320-05:00I was grinding for drops that first day and few da...I was grinding for drops that first day and few days there after. Do you know how long it takes to get that many killing mobs a few at a time for the 1 or 3 they drop? A while, but I did it.<br /><br />The price of the gear is what really made it laughable. "Hell no" is the only reasonable response to it when you see those prices. If they are expensive for a daily player that is willing to grind, what do you think it is like for a casual player? Blizzard and math do not get along.<br /><br />Mists was better as you mentioned. More ways to get stuff, get is as you want to, better stuff, cheaper stuff. That is what apexis should have been, not this.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-86078881548276501862015-02-19T10:03:29.161-05:002015-02-19T10:03:29.161-05:00Sounds like you had much of the same problems othe...Sounds like you had much of the same problems others I heard did. No reason to buy the 630, save for 645. Accidentally getting rid of one you needed later. So forth and so on. Blizzard did not think this one out at all.<br /><br />The price, oh the price, how it frustrates me so. 5 weeks for one piece of gear that is not even a decent item level? How does this replace valor gear, as you mentioned, which was better gear and only took 2 and a half weeks. They need to go back to that model, or if they are going to keep them this low of item level it should take no more than 2 weeks to get even the top item.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-37721233690447200252015-02-19T10:00:31.172-05:002015-02-19T10:00:31.172-05:00I got a piece too while leveling my gear at the st...I got a piece too while leveling my gear at the start. But over all it seems too high priced and takes too long to get. I hate having to upgrade to a higher one, just want to buy the higher one when I have enough for it.<br /><br />I do believe you can upgrade it more come the patch, and they are increasing the limit to 60K crystals. TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-50898825268808426942015-02-19T08:23:44.404-05:002015-02-19T08:23:44.404-05:00I felt the need for Apexis Crystals only to comple...I felt the need for Apexis Crystals only to complete the ring quest. With my army of alts, even these "exactly 4986" for each toon seem now like a chore. <br /><br />I looked up at the sold gear, told myself that it's "hell no", because the income is laughable if you don't do dailies, and forgot where those merchant guys in Ashran were. I can suit up effectively from LFR and craft for the next LFR, so I didn't see any point in crystal grinding.<br /><br />It was much better in Pandaria as they gave you these points for what you really want to do in game: scenarios, dungeons, raids, dailies (not into PvP so can't tell about that currency). So they kept coming without any very special effort and prices were good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-43050118752887414722015-02-18T20:25:52.687-05:002015-02-18T20:25:52.687-05:00- The apexis gear I've purchased was only purc...- The apexis gear I've purchased was only purchased after I had enough crystals to upgrade it to 645. The initial 630 items were just a waste. They were supposed to be like justice gear, but who ever bought entry-level justice gear? Running dungeons is super easy.<br /><br />- I accidentally DE'd an apexis item that I was holding onto, but I was luckily able to restore it using the support system. It's very easy to accidentally get rid of them...<br /><br />- I agree the prices are just absurd. Valor gear was normal level raid gear (now called heroic) so it'd be 670 or 680 now and the expensive leg/chest pieces usually cost what 2.5 weeks of valor or something like that (was it 2200 vp?). Not 5 weeks of work for a flex level item like this apexis crap...<br /><br />- Agree with all of your ideas, Grumpy. I just wish they would have left everything alone and kept jp/vp instead of breaking something that wasn't broken.Jaegerhttps://twitter.com/makosdvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-76162607527960322542015-02-18T17:34:29.389-05:002015-02-18T17:34:29.389-05:00I got a helm because it was the only piece with my...I got a helm because it was the only piece with my ideal stats. I upgraded it to the max at 655.<br /><br />I haven't had a better helm drop yet, so it has turned out to be a good choice.<br /><br />I wish I could upgrade it more.<br /><br />Since I can't, I stopped doing the daily apexis farming.<br /><br />I heard they might increase the limit in 6.1, so I did a couple days of farming again, but then I gave up again.<br /><br />Someone saw on the PTR that a 4th set of gear of ilvl 670 is available. I might farm again for that.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnyI_XGWjfI&feature=youtu.be&t=3m35s" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnyI_XGWjfI&feature=youtu.be&t=3m35s</a><br />--<br />Regards,<br /><br />regardsanonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com