How To Spend Your Champion Seals
Bastosa on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 15 Comments Tags: 3:2, argent tournament, bastosa, champion seals, charger, dailies, squire, tabard, trial of the champion 
With 3.2 once again the game has received a fresh coat of paint, and we have a whole list new things to do. Personally I have enjoyed getting back into heroics, trying new raid content, and earning some coin on the new dailies.
Clearly most of the new content involves the Argent Tournament, and all of the instances and quests surrounding it. So far one of my favorite activities has been collecting champion seals and saving up for all of the new toys they have introduced.
While in 3.1 there were plenty of gear and pets we could buy, with 3.2 Blizzard has dramatically increased the rate at which we can get the seals, as well and introduced some amazing rewards.
For me the first thing I bought as soon as I got that Crusader title was the Argent Crusade Tabard. Despite having the Tabard of the Achiever, I have never really been a big fan of tabards. That is, of course, unless they do something for me besides just looking stylish. Well, this one does, and it is amazing. Every 30 minutes you can teleport yourself directly to the Argent Tournament grounds. For me this is something infinitely useful, and something that I am doing several times a day.
Say I have a few extra minutes to knock out some quick dailies, I just port straight to the quest hub and get them down. Then say I am running late to a raid, I can port there again and be zoned in before summons even go out. The point is that the Argent Tournament Grounds are where EVERYTHING is going on in this patch, and getting there instantly is amazingly useful. I would suggest you guys pick this one up as soon as you can.
Beyond that, the Argent Pony Bridal is another game changer that should be at the top of any serious players priority list. This will transform your squire into more than a fun vanity pet. It will allow him to act as a banker, vendor, or mailbox once every 4 hours. You can only imagine the hundreds of scenarios where this will come in handy. Bags filling up while questing, forgetting your offset during a raid, or mailing yourself consumable from an alt. The list goes on.
Personally there are a few other rewards I have my eye on, although they do start to take a turn toward vanity items at this point. For me I am getting the Argent Charger very soon, for no other reason that I love the idea of a Paladin only mount, there are also tons of pets, mounts, tabards, and trinkets to collect.
Regardless of what you are after I think Blizzard has done a great job of giving us some carrots to go after that are not just standard gear. What do you guys think? Any new in-game items that you are chasing after?
Reader Comments (15)
I wish they had made the banner act like a portal to the argent tournament grounds, that would be really awesome.
First :P
I want the dragon hawk mount now!!!!
Can you a similar post on Triumph and Conquest Badges.
The sunreaver tabard is probably one of the coolest tabarda in the game so far
just curious what do u have to do in order to get the stuff fom the crusader quartermaster?
Argent Crusade Tabard is the only one worth wearing, it looks great and have this teleport, what more could I want?
Fail @Zola.
I agree with Wilson.
The tabard looks great, especially with the gear released with the tournament, and the port to the grounds is infinitely useful.
I'm 2/3rds through my major purchases from this stuff.
Tabard: Mine, Charger: Mine, Pony: 40/150
@fuzzy
You need the achievement "Exalted Argent Champion of the Horde/Alliance". What that means is that not only do you have to be a champion with all of your home factions, but that you must be exalted with them (as well as the Argent Crusade).
no mailbox with argent pony bridal
this week i geared my mage conguast gear valor gear Heriocs gear reg TOC and H TOC i am geared enough for 25 man naxx is it true i have to be exalted with all of my home fractions as well argent crusade in order to get soem sweet sweet rewards? i know soeoen said it it in privious coomment i just need someone to conform it
Nothing makes me happier than pulling out my Dragonhawk mount. I wanted one ever since TBC and now I have one ^^.
My next purchase will be The Argent Warhorse (or whatever it's called :P) after that who knows? The racial ground mounts? The racial ground mounts with the old skins? The pets? The tabard? The pony? So much to buy, not enough days to get it all in.
I actually bought the dragonhawk mount on my warrior alt because I thought it looked pretty decent, but now all I can think is "Why'd I purchase an ugly mount?"
Just bought the pony few days ago and yesterday bought 3 more of the racial mounts with the old skins for 5 seals+400g each just need 5 more seals so I can buy the last one, and I will also be that much closer to the 100 mounts achievement
yeah but to get the really awesome stuff u need to be exalted with all major cities and argent crusade to get teh ach [Exalted Argent Champion of the Horde] u get a title crusader and then u can get teh stuff from argent crusade champion tent....