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Eating Before the Meeting

A World of Warcraft quest in Suramar. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Lucetia2896+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Anyone else having problems picking up this quest? I know on my main and a friend who's been doing them with me we both aren't able to pick it up. We both have all the points completed and only have the "Stabilizing Suramar" in our quest log, but completion on Waxing Crescent. Is there any other pre-requisites to this?

Update Nov. 18, 2016: Wanted to update this and say that once I turned in Stabilizing Suramar (after Uroon mentioned it working for him) this quest did indeed pop up. Looks like it went from optional on PTR to being required on Live.

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Boxofbeer+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest has the same task as One Day at a Time and Continuing the Cure quests. Every part of Insurrection starts from the same quest, only titles are different. So, you have to choose one npc in Shal'Aran and give him / her [item=143597] to cure. Get back to Thalyssra then.

Eating Before the Meeting — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5s4n8KPbFs

This quest is a part of An Elven Problem quest chain needed for Insurrection achievement. There are some bugged links, hope all of them will be fixed soon.
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An Elven Problem quest chain:
Eating Before the Meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5s4n8KPbFs
Take Me To Your Leader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIddwTbtmXE
A Better Future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZKoG9w3t4s
Taking a Promenade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owL2aEyoXdc
Down to Business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHkHfHL_3ro&t=1s
Nullified
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMa9mAz2uBM
Crystal Clearing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxKUY1CG2_Y
Powering Down the Portal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K1xTpmq7Qs
Shield, Meet Spell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW0T_lyzEK0
Break An Arm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv2Fzb6I1bY
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Gwytherin+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

You HAVE to do the "Stabilizing Suramar" quest which requires you to do 10 world quests although wowhead doesn't link that quest as part of the chain... You won't get the followup before doing this. Hope i could help cutting 3 hours of research! glhf

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 45
ZoneSuramar
Quest ID45263

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(45263))

What to do

StorylineAn Elven Problem, step 2 of 14
Rewards20g 22s, 6,150 XP

Description

Having Vanthir around has done much to lift the spirits of the people here. I dare say some have begun to relish their newfound freedom, even if they miss their beloved city. I will not rest until I can give it back to them. You and I have an important meeting to attend. Before we go, let us distribute more of the arcan'dor's fruit. I want people to know that although I must leave for now, I have not abandoned them.

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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.

Suramar Quest turn-in 11 mapped points
Suramar map showing where to go for Eating Before the MeetingTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #680 36.5 45.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSuramar 36.5, 45.8/way #680 36.5 45.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Suramar 37.8, 46.7/way #680 37.8 46.7

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 Suramar map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Suramar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Suramar:

  • Meredil, SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 180 yards south-west
  • Irongrove Retreat, SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 800 yards north-west
  • Obsidian Overlook, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 yards south-east

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.

Related
Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP
ReputationThe Nightfallen +250

Reward details

Reputation: The Nightfallen +250

These exiled Nightborne elves suffer withdrawals after being cut off from the Nightwell. They oppose their people's alliance with the Legion and fight for some kind of redemption.

Reputation group: Legion.

Other quests in Suramar that reward The Nightfallen reputation: Answering Aggression (+250), Regroup (+250), Crackdown (+250), No Reason to Stay (+250), Trail of Echoes (+250), The Only Way Out is Through (+250).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Storyline

An Elven Problem

Part 2 of 14.

Previous: Stabilizing Suramar · Next: Take Me To Your Leader

  1. 1Stabilizing Suramar
  2. 2Eating Before the Meeting
  3. 3Take Me To Your Leader
  4. 4Take Me To Your Leader
  5. 5Down to Business
  6. 6Down to Business
  7. 7Taking a Promenade
  8. 8Taking a Promenade
  9. 9A Better Future
  10. 10Crystal Clearing
  11. 11Powering Down the Portal
  12. 12Nullified
  13. 13Shield, Meet Spell
  14. 14Break An Arm

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.

  • Stabilizing SuramarSuramar · Level 45

    Elisande's plan has backfired. She thought to stamp out our rebellion by making an example of the Waning Crescent. Instead, she ignited the flame of the shal'dorei better than I ever could.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Take Me To Your LeaderSuramar · Level 45

    I am glad you are here, <name>. This... Khadgar, the archmage who found my message, has called a meeting. He wishes to meet us at the entrance to the city as soon as possible. Will you accompany me? I have the strangest feeling that he will not be alone.

The storyline at a glance

An Elven Problem has 14 steps, from Stabilizing Suramar to Break An Arm.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Suramar (14).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Insurrection Complete the Suramar storylines listed below.
  • Insurrection Complete the Suramar Storylines listed below with a Timerunner.

Other storylines on the Suramar map

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.