TheWoWDBCould then name of this quest refer to the D&D combat element with the same name?
Quest
An Attack Of Opportunity
A World of Warcraft quest in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Most sadistic and fun quest of all...I stayed in the cannon for twice as long as necessary massacring people...and my Draenai Death Knight keep making childish train sounds...EPIC!
Chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga choo choo! Choo choo!
I would assume so as the NPC's name is Prince Valanar, and the Valanar elves are a race in the eberron campaign setting. 3 cheers to blizz for the dnd reference =D
Quest facts
Quest ID12700
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12700))
WoW Forever: what our data shows
Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Versus the Classic Era clientNew in the WoW Forever beta client - quest id 12700 is not sighted in our Classic Era baseline (build 1.15.9.69722)
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Requirements
ClassesDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer and Traveler
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
Only the Scarlet forces at New Avalon and Light's Point challenge us! The time to attack the Scarlet fleet at Light's Point has come. The diversion at the mine has caused chaos amidst their ranks. They are frantically working to clear the area and return to their ships. The time is ripe! Prince Valanar is seizing this opportunity to finish off the Scarlet fleet. Report to him at once!
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #124 52.3 34.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 52.3, 34.0
/way #124 52.3 34.0 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 54.1, 35.0
/way #124 54.1 35.0
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Experience525 XP
Storyline
The Scarlet Enclave
Part 19 of 58.
Previous: The Gift That Keeps On Giving · Next: Massacre At Light's Point
- 14Tonight We Dine In Havenshire
- 15Abandoned Mail
- 16Death's Challenge
- 17Gothik the Harvester
- 18The Gift That Keeps On Giving
- 19An Attack Of Opportunity
- 20Massacre At Light's Point
- 21Victory At Death's Breach!
- 22The Will Of The Lich King
- 23The Crypt of Remembrance
- 24Nowhere To Run And Nowhere To Hide
- 25Lambs To The Slaughter
Showing steps 14 to 25 of 58.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Gift That Keeps On Giving
I have come from the frozen heart of Naxxramas to feast on souls and deliver a vicious thrashing upon our sworn enemies - and I'm all out of souls. This device I am about to give to you is a portable plague spreader.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Massacre At Light's Point
In their haste the Crusade will make one fatal error: forgetting to check the mine cars. You are to return to Havenshire Mine, east of here, and locate the mine car that my minions have planted near the outhouse.
The storyline at a glance
The Scarlet Enclave has 58 steps, from In Service Of The Lich King to Saurfang's Blessing.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave (54), Eastern Plaguelands (2), Elwynn Forest (1), Orgrimmar (1).
Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands map
- Eastern Plaguelands
- Origins
- Path of the Light III
- Class Mount: Paladin
- The Path of Light
- The Ashbringer
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.