Ivory Hawkstrider - is it really this bad?
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 11:07 pm
To access the grind for the Ivory Hawkstrider you have to: complete at least one Falcosaur mount chain, involving gaining the minipet and performing 14 different quests for it over a couple of weeks. This chain is pretty cool.
But then you have to speak to Aviana who sends you on a PvP grind for reputation for her new faction. At Exalted you can buy the Ivory Hawkstrider, which is now a very old model. Don't get me wrong I'm really happy they're adding missing old mounts to the game but the requirements for this one seem incredibly excessive.
To grind the rep tokens you are given an Ivory Talon. You have to use it to transform and then kill players in PvP World Quest and Falcosaur areas, much like the Timeless Isle censer was used for the mushan grind. However:
- each token awards 100 rep
- you have to be lucky enough to get the killing blow on the player. Tagging them isn't enough.
- if you die you can't use the transformation for another 15 mins. So, you transform, enter the area, die to a group of players in seconds, and it's all over for another 15 mins. Assuming you or your group are no better or worse at PvP than any other player present you will lose every second combat. So, assuming you are lucky enough to be the person present who gets a killing blow every win (yeah, right) then the average will be 100 rep every 15 - 20 mins. You need to earn about 41,500 rep, which is 415 tokens, which is over 100 hours of PvP, half of which is from a restricted source, for this mount.
- if you're on a PvE server you're really not going to encounter many hostile players in falcosaur or warden tower areas, you're probably only going to see them in the special free-for-all World Quest areas. And even in the latter, a large number of players just kill the NPCs and try to avoid PvP at all cost. It's not like Timeless Isle where it was all concentrated, it's very diluted this time. At Honored you can get a new item that allows you to harvest rep in Battlegrounds at least... providing you get the killing blow and don't die, of course. It has a 10 min cool down!
It seems like this mount is designed to encourage either (i) slow-grind kill trading with a friend in a discreet location, or (ii) finding a PvP group large enough to flatten all opposition without you dying, but with enough of a ratio that you'll luck a significant number of killing blows.
Am I missing something or is it really this awful? :/
But then you have to speak to Aviana who sends you on a PvP grind for reputation for her new faction. At Exalted you can buy the Ivory Hawkstrider, which is now a very old model. Don't get me wrong I'm really happy they're adding missing old mounts to the game but the requirements for this one seem incredibly excessive.
To grind the rep tokens you are given an Ivory Talon. You have to use it to transform and then kill players in PvP World Quest and Falcosaur areas, much like the Timeless Isle censer was used for the mushan grind. However:
- each token awards 100 rep
- you have to be lucky enough to get the killing blow on the player. Tagging them isn't enough.
- if you die you can't use the transformation for another 15 mins. So, you transform, enter the area, die to a group of players in seconds, and it's all over for another 15 mins. Assuming you or your group are no better or worse at PvP than any other player present you will lose every second combat. So, assuming you are lucky enough to be the person present who gets a killing blow every win (yeah, right) then the average will be 100 rep every 15 - 20 mins. You need to earn about 41,500 rep, which is 415 tokens, which is over 100 hours of PvP, half of which is from a restricted source, for this mount.
- if you're on a PvE server you're really not going to encounter many hostile players in falcosaur or warden tower areas, you're probably only going to see them in the special free-for-all World Quest areas. And even in the latter, a large number of players just kill the NPCs and try to avoid PvP at all cost. It's not like Timeless Isle where it was all concentrated, it's very diluted this time. At Honored you can get a new item that allows you to harvest rep in Battlegrounds at least... providing you get the killing blow and don't die, of course. It has a 10 min cool down!
It seems like this mount is designed to encourage either (i) slow-grind kill trading with a friend in a discreet location, or (ii) finding a PvP group large enough to flatten all opposition without you dying, but with enough of a ratio that you'll luck a significant number of killing blows.
Am I missing something or is it really this awful? :/