Correction: 2 68 nether-stralkers But at 70, if you're right next to him when he spawns his stalkers you're just out of range to aggro them.
Quest
Troublesome Distractions
A World of Warcraft quest in Netherstorm. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Fact fans: one of his buddies at one point says: "If you hear this whipser, you're dying", which ofcourse is a line from Pink Floyd's "The great gig in the sky".
No exclamation point over the guy's head, just start a dialogue with him at 58, 31.
Spawns 2 58 nether-stalkers, then he himself (lvl 69) turns hostile. Quite easy though.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10273))
What to do
Description
Your former employer, Wind Trader Marid, must've gotten wind that you're helping us now. Through my projection, I've seen his nether-stalkers entering the area, hoping to track us down. We've been able to evade them so far, but Marid must be dealt with before the problem grows more severe. If your impressions of Marid are correct, he'll do just about anything to secure the supply of his product. Return to him and tell him you're prepared to offer a deal. Lure him away and slay 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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #109 71.2 35.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inNetherstorm 71.2, 35.1
/way #109 71.2 35.1 - Objective areaNetherstorm 58.3, 31.6
/way #109 58.3 31.6
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 Netherstorm map
- Nexus-King Salhadaar about 810 yards
- Warchief's Command: Netherstorm! about 2,420 yards
- Hero's Call: Netherstorm! about 2,420 yards
- Honor the Flame about 2,450 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 2,460 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Netherstorm, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Netherstorm:
- Cosmowrench, Netherstorm
- The Stormspire, Netherstorm
- Area 52, Netherstorm
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
Netherstorm
Part 94 of 103.
Previous: A Promising Start · Next: Securing the Celestial Ridge
- 89Success!
- 90A Not-So-Modest Proposal
- 91Getting Down to Business
- 92Formal Introductions
- 93A Promising Start
- 94Troublesome Distractions
- 95Securing the Celestial Ridge
- 96The Ethereum
- 97Ethereum Data
- 98Potential for Brain Damage = High
- 99S-A-B-O-T-A-G-E
- 100Delivering the Message
Showing steps 89 to 100 of 103.
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 Promising Start
We've come here to investigate rumors of a strange breed of dragons, perhaps even descendents of Deathwing himself. These are clearly not ordinary black dragons, though. We'll know more once we've had a chance to examine their eggs.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Securing the Celestial Ridge
The nether dragons have the same ferocious temperament as their black dragon forbears, but there is something entirely alien about them. They hatch and mature rapidly, harnessing the strange energies that forged their kind in the destruction of Draenor.
The storyline at a glance
Netherstorm has 103 steps, from Distraction at Manaforge B'naar to Dimensius the All-Devouring.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Netherstorm (98), Shattrath City (4), Terokkar Forest (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Netherstorm map
- Lorewalking: Ethereals
- Burning Crusade Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.