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For those who are interested in the quest chain, it includes the following list of quests:
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Quest OrderQuestPickup Location[5]Essence of Power (30 Corrupted Essence from Emerald Nightmare on Normal or higher difficulty)Azurewing Repose[6.5]Saving the Guard - This quest is only available if you haven't already completed the Moonguard Stronghold story in Surumar.Azurewing Repose[9]Court of Stars: Literary Perfection (Mythic)If you are unsure of where you got to before abandoning a quest you can use the following script one line at a time to find out:
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/script print("[1] The Power Within - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43496))
/script print("[2] Eye of Azshara: The Heart of Zin-Azshari - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40668))
/script print("[3] Darkheart Thicket: Fallen Power - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43517))
/script print("[3] Vainglorious Past - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43514))
/script print("[3] Tempering Darkness - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43518))
/script print("[4] Lucid Strength - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43519))
/script print("[5] The Emerald Nightmare: In Nightmares - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43520))
/script print("[5] Essence of Power - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43521))
/script print("[6] Essential Consumption - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43522))
/script print("[6.5] Saving the Guard - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43527))
/script print("[7] Repaid Debt - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43523))
/script print("[8] Lost Knowledge - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40673))
/script print("[9] Vault of the Wardens: Borrowing Without Asking - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43525))
/script print("[9] The Arcway: Rite of the Captain - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40675))
/script print("[9] Court of Stars: Literary Perfection - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43524))
/script print("[10] Twisted Power - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40678))
/script print("[11] A True Test - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43526))
/script print("[12] Seeking the Valkyra - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40603))
/script print("[13] The Mark - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40608))
/script print("[14] Maw of Souls: Retrieving the Svalnguard - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40613))
/script print("[15] Neltharion's Lair: Presentation is Key - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40672))
/script print("[15] A Feast Fit for Odyn - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40614))
/script print("[16] Odyn's Blessing - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40615))
/script print("[17] Planning the Assault - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43528))
/script print("[17] Preparing to Move - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43898))
/script print("[18] Into the Nighthold - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43531))
/script print("[18] The Nighthold: Delusions of Grandeur - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43530))
/script print("[19] The Nighthold: Darkness Calls - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43532))
/script print("[20] Balance of Power - ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43533))
Achievement
Improving on History
Complete the quest line "Balance of Power," unlocking a new appearance for your artifact weapon.
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Here's a step-by-step on what is required.
Please note that since Night Hold is currently not available, the list of quests will be incomplete.
[1] The Power Within
[3] Fallen Power
[3] Tempering Darkness
[3] A Vainglorious Past[4] Lucid Strength
[5] In Nightmares
[5] Essence of Power[7] Repaid Debt
[8] Lost Knowledge
[9] Borrowing Without Asking
[9] Rite of the Captain
[9] Literary Perfection[10] Twisted Power
[11] A True Test
[12] Seeking the Valkyra
[13] The Mark
[14] Retrieving the Svalnguard
[15] A Feast Fit for Odyn
[15] Presentation is Key[16] Odyn's Blessing
Placeholder quest Planning the Assault
More to come soon.
IMPORTANT WARNING: This questline will send you to do Mythic Eye of Azshara and Mythic Darkheart Thicket in succession, and you may not complete the quests in this chain if you're locked out of these dungeons for the week.
At some point in your journeys, the [npc=110768] (or presumably for Mages, the actual Kalec) will appear in your class hall, next to your Artifact Forge, offering the quest The Power Within.
The questline is basically a substitute for the Legendary questlines of the past two expansions, including detours into raids to collect parts from bosses. In this case though, aside from some supplemental artifact power items along the way, the end reward appears to be purely cosmetic for now (unless they add a high-level relic or something later), so you won't be "forced" into a particular grind for optimal effectiveness... beyond the standard boss grind, that is.
It appears there may be multiple conditions for unlocking this questline. However, it is ambiguous what they are, or how many are actually correlated.
I just unlocked Image of Kalec (on beta), and this is where I was at at the time, to help clue those out:Spoiler
- Artifact: I had 18 traits in my first artifact (according to Power Realized), only halfway to 19; only 1 trait in my second artifact (from the freebie 100 power from collection, without the quest to turn it in even completed due to a bug); no third artifact collected yet. Research Level 9 as of today (according to Artifact or Artifiction); he showed up shortly after I collected my research notes for the day (I jumped out of Acherus for lulz and ported back, there he was), so it may be a trigger.
- Reputation: Friendly with the Nightfallen (just shy of Honored) and the Wardens, Honored with everyone else. Possible that reputation is a factor, but unlikely; one of the quests even seems like an intended reputation gate with the Court of Farondis that I slipped past.
- Questing: Order Hall questline completed two days ago. Completed every questline in Azsuna, Highmountain and Stormheim two weeks ago. On suggestion from a friend, I completed the last two storylines in Val'sharah last night; likely that questing in these four zones is a factor. Only 5/11 chapters in Suramar completed, so this zone probably isn't.
- Dungeons: Every dungeon on Heroic, but none on Mythic. The quest itself sends you out to do Mythics immediately, so it's likely that the ability to qualify for them is a factor; however, I did not yet qualify for the Court of Stars or Arcway.
- Item level: 839
EDIT 2016/09/07: Image of Kalec just appeared to me on live as I reached enough points for (but hadn't yet invested in) my 17th artifact trait. My ilvl was lower this time around (835, 834 equipped), and I'm only Research Level 1... but other than that, my reputation, quests and dungeon experiences were all equal to or better than what was listed above.
It's been suggested to me that the quest may simply pop up 3 days after completing your class campaign. That matches up with my experiences on live, but the math isn't quite there for my beta experience, although that could easily have been adjusted between beta and live. (Could also be my crappy memory, but my campaign tracking in beta screwed up and gave me credit for all classes except Priests about 5 days before this post was made, so I have no proof one way or the other.)
Details
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- Expansion Features › Legion Class Hall
- Points
- 10
- Faction
- Both factions
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