TheWoWDBIf anyone cares, 2,700,136.5 hours is 308.2348 years, and 9,720,491,000 seconds.
Do gather data, I killed Cursed Engineers and timed myself with a stopwatch.
Killing ten engineers as a level 84 Undead Shadow Priest with an average itemlevel of 293 (3111 gear score on WoW-Heroes; 5797 Gearscore/Playerscore), it took me (in seconds):
15.851
16.187
15.351
15.825
15.219
15.980
15.175
15.902
16.451
13.951to kill them. On average, that's 15.5892 seconds per engineer.
I also timed the time between engineers, and got (again, in seconds):
10.346
4.295
3.690
4.653
14.162
11.229
4.774
11.647
4.969
8.687per engineer, or 7.8452 average seconds. The single digits were usually ones where there was another engineer nearby which I could jump right into combat with, while the double digits are ones where I had to look for one on my dragon.
So, starting with an engineer, taking on average 15.5892 seconds to kill it, and then taking 7.8452 average seconds to find another one gives me the figure of 23.4344 seconds per engineer total.
So, dividing 9,720,491,000 by 23.4344 gives me: 414,795,812.992, or around 400 million gnomes.
The expedition's numbers are extremely large indeed.
Quest
Core Access Codes
A World of Warcraft quest in Uldum. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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This can be a hard quest if the text isn't read.
Use the Mech Control Scrambler every time it is off cd. You need to survive for 4 seconds every time before you can use it again, so keep your distance. Without the use of the Scrambler every cd, you will die. I needed to use it 3 times before he went down.
THIS IS HOW TO DO THE QUEST. None of the above comments allow fer the idiot-factor (which is ME). USE THE SCRAMBLER TO STUN TWIZ! When he is stunned, RUN IN and inflict damage. Use the scrambler as often as necessary to stun him and then go in for the attack. Ferget the idiots above boasting about "only took me three goes". (Took me a few more). The comments about 4 seconds are right. The effect will wear off Twiz after 10 secs, so you need to run away etc until scrambler is off cooldown 14 secs after activation (4 sec diff). (While running away, use HealPotion or get a pal to heal you).
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27777))
What to do
Description
The expedition's numbers are extremely large, user {name}. Dealing with them by conventional means would take you an estimated 2,700,136.5 hours. We can make use of a powerful source of energy held within expedition's crawler vehicle. We will need the fusion core's access codes to accomplish this. Mekgineer Twizzleflux has these codes and can be found at the Starwatch Tower to the southeast. I've uploaded jamming frequencies to a scrambler. Use it to temporarily disable Twizzleflux's defenses.
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 #249 74.2 64.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inUldum 74.2, 64.4
/way #249 74.2 64.4 - Objective areaUldum 73.3, 72.8
/way #249 73.3 72.8
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Uldum map
- Off To Adventure! about 1,770 yards
- Thunder on the Sands about 1,770 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,800 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Uldum, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Uldum:
- Dawnrise Expedition, Tanaris
- Gunstan's Dig, Tanaris
- Ramkahen, Uldum
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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Storyline
Uldum
Part 40 of 101.
Previous: A Disarming Distraction · Next: Hacking the Wibson
- 35The Cypher of Keset
- 36The Defense of Nahom
- 37The Curse of the Tombs
- 38Artificial Intelligence
- 39A Disarming Distraction
- 40Core Access Codes
- 41Hacking the Wibson
- 42Gnomebliteration
- 43The Push Westward
- 44Lieutenants of Darkness
- 45Bleeding the Enemy
- 46Salhet's Gambit
Showing steps 35 to 46 of 101.
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.
- A Disarming Distraction
The curse has taken over the expedition members' higher brain functions, but my calculations reveal their suppressed adolescent subconscious can still be stimulated by realistic imagery. Utilize this holo-projector to distract them.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Hacking the Wibson
It is true. New expedition crews have arrived by sea. My scanners detect that they already have been afflicted by the curse phenomenon. You must hurry and go aboard the M.A.C. Diver.
The storyline at a glance
Uldum has 101 steps, from Easy Money to The Coffer of Promise.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Uldum (101).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Uldum map
- The Fists of the Heavens
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.