This Week in Broken Isles 12/20: Pet Battle Bonus Event, Squirt Trainer, World Boss Calamir, Insurrection Week 9

Posted 2016/12/20 at 9:03 AM by perculia

Today in Broken IslesWorld Boss CalamirCalamirCalamirCalamir's JawDesign: Sorcerous Shadowruby PendantCalamirCalamitous IntentUnleashed MonstrositiesBroken Isles World Bosses GuideUnleashed MonstrositiesImproving on HistoryTrial of Valor NerfsTrial of Valor nerfshere

Odyn Guide

Guarm Guide

Helya Guide

Pet Battle Bonus EventWhile this event is active, your pets will earn experience at triple the usual rate! Get out there and battle!Sign of the CritterSquirtDecember 20thThe Menagerie battles have now returned to "Today In..." on the front page as well!Talon's VengeanceFalcosaur GuideThe Very BestUltimate Battle-Training StoneUltimate Battle-Training Stonehere

There are lots of achievements you can complete by doing PvP pet battles, such as: No Time To Heal, Vengeful Pet Brawler, Brutal Pet Brawler (which awards Stunted Direhorn), and Deadly Pet Brawler, which awards the title.

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Stolen Present contains toys from 2015 gifts as well as weapon illusions.

Catch Greatfather Winter sledding around Legion - he'll wish you Happy Winter Veil and give you 0 Order Resources each day.

Illysanna Ravencrest and King Deepbeard wear and drop Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Hat; Talixae Flamewreath wears and drops Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Hat

The Abominable Greench now scales to your level and deals level-appropriate damage, similar to the Legion Invasion technology!

New Winter Veil music was also added.

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Comment by SemiNobleBereanAm I reading that right about the arch reward?

Seems too good to be true.Comment by burritoboyI knew I wasnt going to get my mana saber today #cheatedbeforeChristmasComment by perculiaAm I reading that right about the arch reward?

Seems too good to be true.Comment by 1505605Breaching the Nighthold is the latest and final quest series for Insurrection.Comment by perculiayeah, got confused with Breaking the Nighthold and the final quest, Breaching the Sanctum.Comment by NihilatosSo, Blizzard stated that the final part of Insurrection would reward the mount. Now we have to defeat Gul'dan in order to get it? That seems to be a bold face lie on their part. The questline was very interesting and rewarding with AP but we were promised a mount for doing it.Comment by perculiaThe wording in https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/20324478 states:

If you follow the quest line to completion, you’ll be much closer to obtaining the wondrous new Arcanist’s Manasaber mount.<Hidden> Insurrection - CapperComment by XanderGryphonThe Insurrection questline has been really good, I hope they continue doing things like this in the future (for Tomb of Sargeras, Argus, etc). Also looking forward to the archaeology reward this time, gonna be a nice boost for some of my alts.

As a side note, there's a small typo:
Work on the new archaeology quests every other work for This Side Up and a new artifact appearance tint.Comment by DimhirielI knew it that it was a lie. when they announce that the reward was after a series of solo quests and you didn't need raid quest to finish it.Comment by jaq1010The flavor text for the mount suggests that it was a reward from doing something from Nighthold. Gul'dan seemed the obvious choice from the start.

The only annoyance with it-assuming it can be completed in LFR, which one would hope given that the Xavius step in Good Sumaritarian could be-is that as a four wing LFR, with the first wing likely not opening until January 24 and then the usual every two weeks later, we're looking at as late as March 7 for people who only LFR to get the mount. Might just have to break down and pug Normal then.Comment by viknMiniature Winter Veil Tree has been updated to ilvl 835. However, the 7.1.5 PTR Version caps out at ilvl 830 and scales to your level at the time of looting.

But the Miniature Winter Veil Tree page shows it as a level 1 item. And the Winter Veil Tree you're linking to is the outdated WoD one.Comment by perculia Miniature Winter Veil Tree has been updated to ilvl 835. However, the 7.1.5 PTR Version caps out at ilvl 830 and scales to your level at the time of looting.

But the Miniature Winter Veil Tree page shows it as a level 1 item. And the Winter Veil Tree you're linking to is the outdated WoD one.Comment by Alistair590Many people were led to believe it is a reward from the questline, putting subtle phrasing to just let ppl speculate it was the reward from the questline feels cheap. I put a subcription only to finish the questline and get the mount. I know that probably I should have speculated better but Blizzard from their side wasn't really open either as how to get the mount and people justly thought that 8 weeks waiting is worth of a mount.Comment by Jirki88It annoys me REALLY much that US get Squirt lining up with literally every damn Pet Battle Bonus Event (it did the last one too), but EU get another schedule, so it doesn't match up. Exactly the kind of bull#$%^ that makes it a bit too obvious that the devs care only about US, not EU. Just !@#$ off already...Comment by ZeroEdgeirIt annoys me REALLY much that US get Squirt lining up with literally every damn Pet Battle Bonus Event (it did the last one too), but EU get another schedule, so it doesn't match up. Exactly the kind of bull#$%^ that makes it a bit too obvious that the devs care only about US, not EU. Just !@#$ off already...Comment by SayakeThe flavor text for the mount suggests that it was a reward from doing something from Nighthold. Gul'dan seemed the obvious choice from the start.

The only annoyance with it-assuming it can be completed in LFR, which one would hope given that the Xavius step in Good Sumaritarian could be-is that as a four wing LFR, with the first wing likely not opening until January 24 and then the usual every two weeks later, we're looking at as late as March 7 for people who only LFR to get the mount. Might just have to break down and pug Normal then.Comment by kodora1316So, Blizzard stated that the final part of Insurrection would reward the mount. Now we have to defeat Gul'dan in order to get it? That seems to be a bold face lie on their part. The questline was very interesting and rewarding with AP but we were promised a mount for doing it.Comment by kodora1316I knew it that it was a lie. when they announce that the reward was after a series of solo quests and you didn't need raid quest to finish it.Comment by MwarYou'd think we'd be used to getting cheated and lied to by Blizzard by now.Comment by DarksheepjrThat's pretty $%^&ty. 9 weeks of useless quests for what? Just to wait another 2-3 more weeks just to do Nighthold and I bet you that quests cannot be completed in LFR. It's just one big gate behind 13 other gates for a mount that looks exactly like regular Mana Saber that most of us bought . Ty blizzard for wasting my time.