Questing: The Phasing Cherry & A King's Revenge
iTZKooPA on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 13 Comments Tags: fun quests in wrath, grinding, gymer, patch 3.0.8, phasing, questing, storm king, zul'drak 
When Patch v3.0.8 goes live, players everywhere will be graced with another ridiculous mount-race combination. The brave souls on the Player Test Realms can already witness the sight of a Raptor, one of the most vicious dinosaurs on our earth, crying as a hefty Tauren hops on his back. And yet, the sight pals in comparison to what I, and countless other gnomes, have pulled off in the last few weeks. Riding a giant.
A Gnome on a Kodo is hilarious in its own right, but imagine a Gnome guiding a giant through Zul'Drak. Actually, there is no need to imagine, just look at the screenshot. Not only is this Solidsamm's first ride on a leviathan (sorry Thrakki), but it is his first taste of the new phasing technology designed for Wrath. And what a taste.
It took me awhile to notice that as soon as I mounted the revenge-minded Storm Giant, most of the other players in the zone disappeared. After that fact crossed my synapses, a lightbulb went off telling me that I never saw the giants roaming the area while I was grinding. I emphasized most for a reason though. The fun begins when you mount Gymer and see the collection of other Gymer's roaming the land. You can even PvP with them - although a match would likely last forever, and not grant any honor – as evidenced by my Gymer punting the other one across the zone!
Although the quest is essentially another vehicle-oriented quest, it allows one to feel indestructible while you rampage the Scourge. An awesome feeling indeed. If you missed it while racing to level 80 or have yet to reach Zul'Drak, make sure you head over to Gymer in Thrym's End to begin his chain. The short chain allows you to quickly get to the point of topic. You won't regret the time spent.
Sorry for always being a critic, but as cool as the chain is, it could have been a little better. There really isn't much lore behind Gymer, making the gameplay mechanics (and possibly the loot) the only reason to take up his reigns. Blizzard seems to have gone to great lengths to implement the Storm Giant, too bad the back story is left relatively bear. How could a character of this magnitude, and sheer size, not have great stories about him?
Reader Comments (13)
first!!! W oot!! i had a BLAST with this quest! It was a lot of fun. I actually got stuck when i jumped inside a house with no roof on it. spent about a half hour trying to get out of that thing. didnt know you could duel others with it. hilarious
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Lol I just compled thay quest I remeber when I was doing it and it kept saying Gyrmer needs a storm cloud Im looking everywhere in the sky yelin at the screen, "There are no clouds in the sky were is it!"
Then I look on the ground find it and I just about riped my hair out cuz it took like 40 mins to find out what to do.
As Henry said....MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
There are several quests similar to this and one which I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned yet. You get to really throw down on the scourge and beat them into next week.
I loved that quest, was freakin epic.
I was wondering if I'd ever get to kill Thrym, I got to and a whole lot more destruction.
yes that's a very fun quest, and i definitely recommend doing it. The destruction you case, especially when you're a tank and not used to such large dps, it's awesom =)
I loved it especially when you pick up one of the vykruls and throw it at some mobs.
Actually i think the coolest bit of the phasing, (which i love) is with the battle for undercity quest which i'm not going to spoil but everyone should do it.
I think I shall agree with Kalcifer. The best phasing quest that I have experienced is the Undercity quest, but there is something cool about being on the shoulders of a giant telling it to destroy things.
On a PVP server, I love the phasing that happens after quests, but I actually prefer when the quests themselves aren't phased. When I'm on a giant tank massacring elites I can pretty easily take down that mage that camped me for half an hour back in Borean. Just my two cents.
big gaint smash small zombies brahhh!!!
Gief some fair fights blizz :D
Jingle bell, undead smell. Tauren burns in helL! Orc are noobs, trolls got boobs and all the horde is gay. HAY!
When will Patch 3.0.8 go live?
Childish korwxy! the only true thing about it was that undead smell
Lol @ Korwxy but yes it was childish
this quest was a blast but i never figured out the storm cloud thing oh well i didnt need it anyways