Re: What are those big floating things outside IF and Stormwind?



Catriona pretty much answered everything, but my tech writer soul
demands I respond. :D

Urbin wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:24:46 -0500, That Guy wrote:

The floating structures that have large crystals hanging from
them--what are they?

They are part of the Scourge invasion, a world event that
came with the introduction of Naraxxas (sp?),

Naxxramas, where Tier 3 gear can be found.

the new raid instance. I think they are called 'Necropolis'.

One is called a necropolis. There are now several accepted plurals of
the word: the Anglicized 'necropolises', plus the various Latin or
Latin-ish plural forms: 'necropoleis' ("neh-KROP-oh-lays"),
'necropoles' ("neh-KROP-oh-lees") and 'necropoli' ("neh-KROP-oh-lye").
I forget which the AD people use when referring to how many your server
has downed.

They spawn a crystal on the ground and send down undead.
Everytime you kill an undead, the life of the crystal
decreases some.

I believe that once the crystal is low enough, it also spawns a Shadow
of Doom, a 60 elite undead mob (who you can pick up a quest to defeat
beforehand). Once that's dead, you can beat directly on the crystal.
(I haven't done this yet; I'm only 56, and don't have a large enough
Guild with enough 60s to attack a crystal all together.)

--
Nik
Kirin Tor-US: Wraien, night elf hunter {Haven}

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