I hate this quest.
Quest
Show-Off
A World of Warcraft quest in Tiragarde Sound. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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To do Show-Off you have to first ride the horse [npc=127718] at 51.51 26.25 Norwington Estate stables.
After that step into the arena with barrels and fences to start the quest.
You'll have 3 abilities:
[spell=252847] - speed boost.
[spell=253030] - spear attack in front of you.
[spell=253494] - throw bolas at zeppelin
For each killed barrel with gnoll you'll get 1 point, [npc=127708] - 50 points.
When you jump the fence you'll get a stacking buff [spell=253498] which increases points gained after a kill by 1, maximum stacks - 100.
You have 60 seconds to do the quest.
Important part is to shoot zeppelins, you'll hear when they come out when [npc=124802] yells "Zeppelin out!".
If you failed the attempt talk to [npc=124802] to start again.
Make a macro:/target Paper
/click OverrideActionBarButton3
so you don't have to click on zeppelin. (You can put macros on any secondary panel, only the main panel spells are replaced. Secondary panels are hidden when you are in the vehicle but the macros bindings still work.)Strategy that worked for me to get 600 points:
Enter the arena from the east side of Norwington Estate.
Follow the loop of 6 fences which form a circle path, leave the 2 fences on the other side of the arena, you don't need them.
Make the first loop without hitting gnolls to accumulate [spell=253498] stacks (7-10).
Then include gnolls in your rotation, they should respawn when you come back for another circle run.
And don't forget to shoot zeppelins./way Tiragarde Sound 51.51 26.25 [npc=127718]
/way Tiragarde Sound 51.60 27.16 [npc=124802]Show-Off video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtOlwIL41KQ
The Reining Champion (score 600 points) video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmx86TG_DMk
How to setup macros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGLnBRv-9cI
There is a special place in hell reserved for the tool who designed this Q. It's not a test of your ability to use your character, merely a test of how dexterous you are with a mouse or keypad. If you're not that nimble, or your processor is not so fast then this will be a 'once in a lifetime' visit then consign to the bin marked 'Crap Quests'. A gigantically pointless exercise, for the Super Mario lovers.
Fyi...this is not the Q needed for completing the 'Norwington Estate' Q line (which you need for 'Sound Plan' achievement - which you need for Pathfinder pt1). You do 'Show me what you've got' for that, which is the same task you only need to score 150 pts though. See my post for that Q for a guide.
Quest facts
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Requirements
Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.
Objectives
- Mount Cooper
- Score 300 Points
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #895 51.6 27.0
Coordinates
- Objective areaTiragarde Sound 51.6, 27.0
/way #895 51.6 27.0
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 Tiragarde Sound map
- The Lord's Behest about 10 yards
- Beginner Equitation about 10 yards
- Be Our Guest about 10 yards
- Cleaning Out the Estate about 70 yards
- Mountain Sounds about 100 yards
- Equine Retrieval about 100 yards
- No Party Like a Trogg Party about 100 yards
- Machines of War and Azerite about 120 yards
- With Honor about 150 yards
- The Hunt Never Ends about 190 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Tiragarde Sound, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Tiragarde Sound:
- Norwington Estate, Tiragarde Sound
- Mudfisher Cove, Drustvar
- Roughneck Camp, Tiragarde Sound
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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Other quests on the Tiragarde Sound map
Where this quest fits
Other storylines on the Tiragarde Sound map
- Trouble in Tiragarde Sound
- The Shadow Over Anglepoint
- A Mountain of Ice
- The Norwington Estate
- Beware the Daughter of the Sea
- Freehold
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Wide World of Quests: its criteria name 849 quests, this one included.