TheWoWDBI think it's important to note that on acceptance of this quest (and choosing the next artifact you wish to seek out) you are told the quests are designed for their specific spec type, and you're asked if you want to change spec now. Since it states "designed for" that's not the same as "required to be" so it shouldn't be impossible to complete them all without changing spec - but I haven't checked this out for Blood yet.
As tempting as the extra XP may be, it might be worth not bothering with these if you have no intention on changing your preference. For sake of argument, I ran the Frost spec questline as Unholy (my preference) and the challenges were not too difficult. The first mini-boss got me down to low health, but mostly because I forgot about Apocalyspe's core skill which helped significantly with the others.
Bring buff food and heals with you though, coz you will be needing to heal. I healed more in the Frost than I did in the Unholy spec questline, which is probably down to balance.
The XP gained from running the Frost as off-spec (at 102, since this quest pops up then) is pretty small.The intial quest, Blades of Destiny awards 1550xp, and the main quest The Call of Icecrown awards 23,000xp.
It's a small notch on your XP bar filled, and there's no Achievement for having all that that I know of, so it's probably not worth the effort if you don't want to multi-spec. There's also the matter of whatever XP you get from killing the mini-bosses, and small mobs, but this amounts to much the same as XP you'd be earning elsewhere regardless, so that's a moot point.
Quest
Blades of Destiny
A World of Warcraft quest in Acherus: The Ebon Hold. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I have the quest. Where do I go to choose an offspec weapon? The map indicates its the questgiver.
This will give the option add off spec artifact weapon.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43962))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
I'm glad that weapon you've been carrying around has proven useful. Our ally, the Lich King, has offered to provide you with a lead on another weapon should the one you already have somehow be lacking. Consider the options carefully and let me know which you would like to seek out.
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.
Nearby on the Acherus: The Ebon Hold map
- Knights of the Ebon Blade about 30 yards
- Neltharion's Lair: Braid of the Underking about 100 yards
- Darkheart Thicket: The Nightmare Lash about 100 yards
- Maw of Souls: Maul of the Dead about 100 yards
- The Call of Icecrown about 180 yards
- The Dead and the Damned about 180 yards
- The Call of Vengeance about 180 yards
- Champion: Darion Mograine about 180 yards
- The Bonemother about 180 yards
- Making Preparations about 180 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Acherus: The Ebon Hold, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Acherus: The Ebon Hold:
- Acherus: The Ebon Hold
- Aalgen Point, Broken Shore
- Deliverance Point, Broken Shore
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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Storyline
Weapon of Legend
Part 1 of 25.
Next: In Pursuit of Power
- 1Blades of Destiny
- 2In Pursuit of Power
- 3In Pursuit of Power
- 4Another Weapon of Old
- 5Continuing the Legend
- 6A Second Weapon
- 7Two Paths, Two Weapons
- 8Bolstering Your Arsenal
- 9A Second Legend
- 10Another Worthy Blade
- 11Expanding Your Horizons
- 12The Tome Opens Again
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 25.
Also part of: Weapons of Legend (part 1 of 2).
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- In Pursuit of Power
There is one more pair of blades still within reach that would aid you against the Legion. If you wish to pursue them, just let me know.
The storyline at a glance
Weapon of Legend has 25 steps, from Blades of Destiny to One More Legend.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Dreamgrove (3), Acherus: The Ebon Hold (2), Mardum, the Shattered Abyss (2), Trueshot Lodge (2).
Other storylines on the Acherus: The Ebon Hold map
- The Four Horsemen I
- The Four Horsemen IV
- Apocalypse
- The Blades of the Fallen Prince
- The Maw of the Damned
- The Four Horsemen II
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.