TheWoWDBIt's interesting, regardless of which side you play as, it's always the other one that's painted as the clear 'bad guys', doing horrible things etc, while your own faction is generally portrayed sympathetically, helping people and doing what's right, and so on. You have to wonder how much of it is actually happening, and how much is just events being filtered by your own character's perceptions...
Quest
Unreliable Allies
A World of Warcraft quest in The Jade Forest. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Alliance counterpart: Unfair Trade. Whatever Alliance does in this quest (which according to dialogue amounts to not giving much breaks and water), Horde can outdo easily.
I don't know about anyone else, but the Pandaren Volunteers seem to get their voices mixed up a LOT.
I've seen female (adult) Pandaren say with a child voice "I'm growing a beard". I've also seen female Pandaren uses the Male Adult Pandaren voice when working, making low-toned grunt sounds.
It's pretty hilarious.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-35
ZoneThe Jade Forest
Quest ID31778
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31778))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineThe Jade Forest, First Contact, step 7 of 8
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Description
We originally welcomed the Alliance as friends. Several of our villagers volunteered to help them build an airstrip. Only recently, however, did it become clear to us that they were building a war base, within shouting distance of our village. What's worse - I fear that some villagers are being held against their will. If you find them, {class}, let them know that it is time to come home.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #371 31.4 21.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inThe Jade Forest 31.4, 21.8
/way #371 31.4 21.8 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Jade Forest 28.6, 23.9
/way #371 28.6 23.9
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 The Jade Forest map
- Mists of Pandaria: Onward to Adventure in Pandaria about 420 yards
- A Test of Endurance about 540 yards
- The Rumpus about 540 yards
- Into the Mists about 540 yards
- The Defense of Tian Monastery about 550 yards
- Groundskeeper Wu about 720 yards
- A Proper Weapon about 720 yards
- A Strong Back about 720 yards
- A Steady Hand about 720 yards
- And a Heavy Fist about 720 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Jade Forest, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Jade Forest:
- Honeydew Village, Jade Forest
- Tian Monastery, Jade Forest
- Grookin Hill, Jade Forest
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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Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Storyline
The Jade Forest, First Contact
Part 7 of 8.
Previous: Choppertunity · Next: The Darkness Within
- 1Seeking Zin'jun
- 2Cryin' My Eyes Out
- 3Seein' Red
- 4Assault on the Airstrip
- 5Strongarm Tactics
- 6Choppertunity
- 7Unreliable Allies
- 8The Darkness Within
Also part of: The Jade Forest (part 16 of 83).
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.
- Choppertunity
I spotted some shoulder-mounted rocket launchers on the way over here. They mighta been fireworks. I dunno. I'm just going to assume that they were shoulder-mounted rocket launchers until I'm proven wrong. Point is, in the arms of a skilled <class> like you, they could probably take down a chopper.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Darkness Within
You didn't see Captain Doren while you were out there, did you? That sniveling Alliance leader must be in hiding somewhere. If he wasn't in that airbase, he can't be far. Search the perimeter - try searching the cave southwest of the main airfield. I want the Alliance gone from here!
The storyline at a glance
The Jade Forest, First Contact has 8 steps, from Seeking Zin'jun to The Darkness Within.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Jade Forest (8).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on The Jade Forest map
- The Jade Forest, Dawn's Blossom & Tian Monastery & Nectarbreeze Village
- The Jade Forest, Greenstone Quarry & Terrace of Ten Thunders & The Jade Serpent
- The Jade Forest, Strange Bedfellows & Grookin Hill
- The Jade Forest, The White Pawn & Pearlfin Village
- The Jade Forest, Paw'don Village
- Mists of Pandaria
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.