TheWoWDBat first i was really confused about this quest. but after some trial and error, i figured out what they want. look at the NAME of each formation in the quest list. then look at the PATTERN that the other cats are standing in. you simply pick the glowing yellow cat slot that would complete that formation according to the NAME. pretty much all of the patterns are symmetrical. once you fill in each pattern, the cats will move to the next formation, and you'll have new yellow spots to click on. after completing all of the patterns, simply take your pet cat back to his resting place on the pedestal and you're done!
Quest
Tactical Formation
A World of Warcraft quest in Bastion. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Just a reminder, first click Gatamatos on the pedestal behind them then you can interact with the formations.
The normal colored Obedient Phalynx NPCs there are making the requested formation. One position in the formation is missing. Pick the yellow Glowing Gatamatos that fits in the missing position.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-52
ZoneBastion
Quest ID57937
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(57937))
Requirements
Requires all ofCombat Drills, Laser Location, Superior Programming
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylinePride or Unit, step 7 of 17
Rewards35g 80s 20c, 10,650 XP
Description
The principal step of our training regiment for our phalynx is formational drills. They must recall standard kyrian battle formations, and how to flow from one to the next. Formational training is the final piece of information that Gatamatos is still missing. Please aid in retraining him.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1533 54.8 41.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inBastion 54.8, 41.2
/way #1533 54.8 41.2 - Objective areaBastion 55.4, 42.1
/way #1533 55.4 42.1 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Bastion 55.1, 41.6
/way #1533 55.1 41.6
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 Bastion map
- Steward at Work about 240 yards
- WANTED: Gorgebeak about 250 yards
- Your Personal Assistant about 320 yards
- Go in Service about 330 yards
- WANTED: Darkwing about 340 yards
- RSVP: Polemarch Adrestes about 350 yards
- Polemarch Adrestes's Best Friend about 350 yards
- Necrotic Wake: A Paragon's Plight about 350 yards
- Bolstering Bastion about 350 yards
- Among the Kyrian about 450 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Bastion, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Bastion:
- Hero's Rest, Bastion
- Seat of Eternal Hymns, Bastion
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Reward details
Reputation: The Ascended +100
Kyrian who complete the arduous process of purging their mortal encumbrances are deemed worthy of the rite of ascension, earning their wings and pledging eternal service to the Archon.
Reputation group: Shadowlands.
Other quests in Bastion that reward The Ascended reputation: Disturbing the Peace (+100), Distractions for Kala (+100), A Test of Courage (+100), In Agthia's Memory (+100), Warriors of the Void (+100), On Wounded Wings (+100).
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
Pride or Unit
Part 7 of 17.
Previous: Superior Programming · Next: Antiquated Methodology
- 2Resource Drain
- 3We Can Rebuild Him
- 4Combat Drills
- 5Laser Location
- 6Superior Programming
- 7Tactical Formation
- 8Antiquated Methodology
- 9Part of the Pride
- 10All Natural Chews
- 11Larion at Large
- 12With Lance and Larion
- 13Providing for the Pack
Showing steps 2 to 13 of 17.
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.
- Superior Programming
Phalynx listen to their orders. Never disobey! Larions are wild beasts. Can attack. Could eat a steward, probably! Untamed larion lives close. Has chased many stewards, very scary! Please take care of it.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Antiquated Methodology
You possess the correct mindset for retraining a phalynx. I believe you could find great success here. Before you commit, I implore you to go across the hill and introduce yourself to my rival, Nemea.
The storyline at a glance
Pride or Unit has 17 steps, from Phalynx Malfunction to Pride or Unit.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Bastion (17).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Bastion map
- The Aspirant's Crucible
- The Crowned Prince
- The Temple of Purity
- Do Not Forget
- Chasing a Memory
- A New Path
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.