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Übersetzung des Kommentars von Archivist (02/26/2008)

Häufig finden wir in diesen riesigen Online Spielen bittersüße Siege und leicht zu vergessene Ereignisse; während dich das erste Mal, als du den Kopf von VanCleef abgerissen hast, eine Welle von Stolz gepackt hat, wird dieser Moment doch von dem Wissen getrübt, dass das schon viele Tausend vor dir gemacht haben und noch viele Weitere nach dir tun werden.

Die tatsächliche Geschichte hat viel mehr denkwürdige Momente zu bieten, denn sie sind, was sie wirklich sind: Geschichte. Obwohl die Taten wiederholbar sind, so wird keine weitere diesem ersten Mal gerecht, sondern kann nur als Huldigung dieses einzigartigen Moments dienen. Dies hier jedoch ist einer dieser wahren Momente der Spiel-Geschichte in einer Welt, in der Geschichte normalerweise wiederholbar ist.

Viele kannten es nur aus zweiter Hand, ein Freund eines Freundes hat etwas von einem hastigen Pechschwingenhort Schlachtzug gehört; während es für andere ein fieberhaftes Rennen mit Nacht-für-Nacht-Schlachtzügen und ungezählten Stunden des Farmens war, um dabei zu helfen, diesen Champion zu formen, dieses Ereignis einzuläuten.

Du magst auch heute noch nach den Schatten greifen, die dieses Ereignis einst ausmachten, und jenen, die es vor dir gemacht haben, auf ihrem Pfad folgen, aber in dieser seltensten Quest gibt es keine, die den Champions, die das Siegel von Ahn'Qiraj gebrochen haben, um sich dem angehenden Gott C'Thun zu stellen, ebenbürtig sind und neben uns als Skarabäusfürst questen.

Sie und nur sie haben die Tore von Ahn'Qiraj geöffnet und das Kriegsbestreben beendet.

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Kommentar von Archivist

We often see in these large online games bitter-sweet victories and forgettable events; while it is true that the first time you sever the head of VanCleef you feel a surge of pride, it is sullied by the knowledge of the thousands that came before you and those who will soon follow.

Actual history has many more memorable events because they are truly that, history. While the actions are repeatable, none are equal to that original moment in any way, but merely act as homage to that unique moment. This however is one of those true moments of game history, set in a world where history is usually repeatable.

To most they only knew of it second-hand, a friend of a friend hearing something about a hasty Black Wing Lair run; while to others it was a frenzied pace of night-after-night raids and countless hours of grinding to help form this Champion, to help herald in this event.

You may still be able to grasp at shadows of what this once was, and follow the path of those who did it before you, but in this rarest of quests there are none on par with the champions who broke the seal of Ahn’Qiraj to face the would-be god C’Thun, and quest beside us a Scarab Lord.

They, and only they, opened the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj, and ended the Great War Effort.

Kommentar von BlackMage66652

That was the most wonderful comment I've seen...

*sniff*

That was beautiful.

Kommentar von 145121

Agreed with BlackMage, that was the most beautiful comment I have ever seen. That was deep.

Kommentar von Athshen

"Get it on, bang a gong, get it on
Get it on, bang a gong, get it on"

--T Rex, "Bang A Gong (Get It On)"

Kommentar von 153388

I just wanna know what the hell do u have to do to get the quest ???

Kommentar von 44678

but no mount (gotta be #1!)

Technically you didn't have to be the first, you just needed to do it within 24 hours of the first person to hit the gong. But seeing as how AQ is open on all realms (even new servers that open have AQ open) it doesn't really matter.

Kommentar von SxShadows

that my friends is an epic comment about an epic character

Kommentar von 117826

The mad mat grind for the opening of AQ.. where noble players donated endless stacks of mats, and the greedy ones instead sold them on AH for at least 5 - 10 times the normal price. Nothing like a 30g stack of wool.

Kommentar von Nyito

Worth noting that the quest name is an homage to the song sharing the name written by the british band T. Rex in the early 70s.

Kommentar von 73752

i was only a 45 but damn was this day fun. C'Thun was mindcontrolling people in Gadgetzan and everyones yelling "WTF?!" guards killing everyone. Good Times

Kommentar von whitedragon254

i remeber when i met the person who had it on my server. Im not gonna be able to forget her. She was a lvl 60 female gnome warlock. She was pretty nice about it when people asked her about the thing. Then she actually gave us all like 10 gold.

Kommentar von 214635

This would have been awesome to experience... unfortunately my realm was created upon the release of the BC Expansion, and therefore rather new.

Once transfers opened up, we had a character from another realm come with an already completed scepter and complete the quest without posting on the realm forums or anything.

Nobody else in the realm saw the opening of the gates, and now nobody ever will unless new realms are opened.

Kind of a bummer IMO.

Kommentar von Horrible

It should be known that there was a bug with a recent patch that allowed this chain to be completed again, resulting in a new wave of Scarab Lords.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=11296568531&sid=1

Kommentar von Seif

As both of those are English speaking realms with a high (re-rolled) population its likely that these will be completed very soon. Blades Edge Mountains was a new English Server launched in July and by September they'd opened thier gates.

A safer bet is the lower population non-English speaking servers. Keep an eye on Malorne, that could be a dark horse for anyone wanting to get the mount/title.

It's a German server that was launched at the same time as these two but I doubt the war effort is anywhere near as complete.

Kommentar von 272320

When some new server start working,i can transfer there and do the q's and take that mount and DAMN good title ?

Kommentar von 271565

Sorry for being a nuisance but could someone please direct me to the quest that begins the chain?

Kommentar von wildowned1995

so u cant get the mount anymore ? omfg thats %^&* ! but lol its a world event -.-

Kommentar von 302367

Some people in my guild say that u cant server transefer any more to get the mount and title. they said that if u server transfer the quest chain resets. can anyone comfirm this or is it BS?

Kommentar von Alterraia

Does this quest count for the loremaster of Kalimdor achievement? Because if so, when I xfer to complete it, probably in April, I will have this 1 quest be my loremaster of kalimdor, and loremaster of all, quest. Tripple achievement ftw.

Kommentar von veno3

After the Ahn'Qiraj gates are opened on Ulduar and Saurfang realms, this quest will no longer be obtainable on EU realms. Ahn'Qiraj gates will auto open on any new realm created, making the title,mount and achievement unobtainable.

Kommentar von dexter98

Anybody know if there's any more US servers with gate closed besides Borean Tundra? Borean Tundra players are being gay and want to bang the gong before transfer opens up.

Kommentar von Theolol

EDIT: This post still contains relevant historic details that will be of interest for anyone wanting to learn about the actual difficulties and planning that were required to get the last of these mounts on both EU and US servers. References to realm forums have been wiped with the Battle.net migration pre-Cataclysm. Warcraft Realms will reflect current data and not what's referred to.

When I posted this (last week of February 2009) about a month since new the realms were started, there were about 2 months left to plan on partaking in the last chance ever of any character anywhere in WoW to obtain the mount and title. Period.

These predictions came true, to the dismay of hundreds (thousands?) of players hoping to transfer to bang the gong and get the Schwarze Qirajipanzerdrohne. The possibility that the War Effort might easily be completed before PCTs were allowed kept being denied, in spite of educated guesses which turned out to be confirmed well ahead of time. On both Saurfang and Ulduar, the gates were opened in the first half of April, several weeks before PCTs were allowed.

Those who re-rolled got what their time and effort was worth. The natives got to build a community around it, starting out the new realms greatly and should be congratulated.

On a personal note, I did my best to explain what the actual progress was like. If anyone took my advice I'm glad to have helped more people get it too! It really has a special flavor to own this and what makes it even better is to share with others and meet and talk with those who went through the trouble themselves!

For EU players:

There are currently two realms with the AQ gates on EU.
Saurfang (En) and Ulduar (De)
Both opened at January 31st. 2009, thus making the PCT available April 30st or possibly May 1st.
The current war effort can be tracked at http://vlacula.no-ip.com/aq/

Keep in mind, that these will be the last realms to open with the AQ gates , thus making this the last chance of acquiring the Scarab Lord title.
~Wushy @ Scarab Lord - Achievement page

Having been present at the last event on Area 52, I felt obliged to share a few hints for those who are unsure about re-rolling and particularly unaware of the very real possibility of the War Effort getting done before transfers are allowed, as most would leave their chances up with waiting for migrations to be allowed while finishing their quest lines calmly on their home realms.

The greatest danger is in how people sometimes don't realize that the progress speeds up quickly (exponentially), until it's too late. While the first half of the Effort is done slowly, with players leveling up and so on, the second half, consisting of now-easily farmable low level trade materials, the hardest being Runecloth (Horde turn-in), can be done in under a week by only a couple dozen dedicated level 80s, even though they'll take their time getting most of their quest lines completed first. Also, a lot of them will store loads of materials for last minute turn-ins so they can decide the day and time they want for the event to start. Therefore, the estimations on tracking sites won't be accurate at all as to when to expect the Effort to be done. If this happens up to 5 days before PCTs are enabled, you've lost your chance.

The website/addon is simply able to gather information on the current average rate of deliveries and calculate how long it would take for the remainder to be completed at that current rate. Since completion is now set to happen in 90-100 days, it means that progress only needs to speed up around 50% more to beat the clock. At 2 months left and few level 80s playing compared to what it will be in a couple weeks, we can safely say that time is short and there's no reason for you to wait.

In conclusion: if you really really want to make absolutely sure you get it, consider a re-roll right now. Ask yourself if anything in WoW right now is actually making you too busy for that. If you're worried that your old main might not get it, consider how upset it would make you not ever getting it at all even when you have one day to do it now. If the latter matters the most to you, my recommendation is clear. The "worst" thing that can happen if you do this, is getting two Scarab Lords, instead of none. Recruit-a-Friend and transfering out of the realm with the new character are available immediately, so it would be a safe bet.

Saurfang already has a significant ammount of re-rollers (as can be understood through their realm forums). This isn't only because of AQ, but about the appeal of a legitimately "legendary" realm name that many players wanting to re-roll for any reason will enjoy (imagine how many would want to play on the *Chuck Norris* realm).

For estimates of current progress, you should make your re-roll/transfer plans by keeping a close eye not just on the actual AQ War Effort turn-ins, but also make reasonable, informed assumptions about the realm's populations. On Warcraft Realms there's data that averages on 10 daily entries currently, but you can make it even better if you're there often by installing their lightweight census addon which offers a lot more than you can do using the /who command. The guild with the most members there is <Union>, which has already cleared Naxxramas 10. Having spoken personally with some, higher leveled players there fully expect for the Effort to be done before PCTs.

As for the German realm, Ulduar, it's quite similarly paced: only a week behind. They also have AQ threads on their realm forum, but only German is allowed.

For US players:

From what I could see, Garrosh (US-PvE), Borean Tundra (US-PvE), Winterhoof (US-PvE) and Wyrmrest Accord (US-RP) all started in January 2009 (see "Online Date"), same as Saurfang (EU-PvE) and Ulduar (DE-PvE).

Looking into the realm data and also through their realm forums, you can see the large ammount of active characters already in them. For instance, Borean Tundra and Wyrmrest Accord are already in the top 20 most populated realms in the whole of US right now. All of them are non-PvP realms, which, all things being equal, lowers in-game attrition between factions and helps to speed up mat collection progress.

Garrosh is the least populated (although it was online earlier) and therefore your best chance, but with over 15k characters already, more than what Saurfang had by itself, it's quite possible for them to be done with the War Effort before PCTs as well. However, Borean Tundra seems to have a disproportionate ammount of low level players whereas in all the other realms the higher ammount of characters in a given level are found at the top range of 55-80. This makes it predictable that the War Effort progress there will be significantly slower than everywhere else!

A US player should go on any of these realms and ask around, also step into Ironforge or Ogrimmar to check the progress with their own eyes.

Kommentar von Pachirisuneytor

You dont have to be the first, once the gates open, anyone who bangs the gong in the next 10 hour will get the quest completed and the achievement

Kommentar von Whacko

The Gates on Saurfang will be opened before transfers are available as they have completed the War Efforts (9/4 2009) and the scepter holders on the realm has made an agreement it will be banged on sunday the 12/4 - 2009 according to the realms forum.

Kommentar von 299967

Going forward, the gates of Ahn’Qiraj will start out open on all new realms that are created. While we recognize that this is a unique event, we feel that the complexity of this event can cause various issues that negatively impacts a player’s game play experience. By automatically opening the gates and allowing immediate access to the Ahn’Qiraj instances, we would like to promote the higher level content that is available as well as ensure a smooth overall experience for players on these new realms.

Taken from .

Edit: Ok, apparently the link isn't showing up correctly--hopefully something on my end is wrong. However, here's the link, you can copy and paste it.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=14990439066&sid=1

Kommentar von 331795

And now a Blue Post http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=14990439066&sid=1 says AQ will be open on all new servers, from this day forward. FTL, here I am with my brand new scepter and nowhere to use it. I think most people are right, keep the title, give me the mount, it's the least Blizz could do for me spending all the time and money doing this chain.

At least the rep was nice ;)

Kommentar von Serri

There are a few very entertaining events that occured during my time playing wow, Most of them was pree Bc.
First of all this chain and the 2 really massive events. The killing of Eranikus in moonglade and the opening of the gates to AQ.

Also when Naxxramas was released and the scourge invasions that followed.
World of warcraft was as most fun pree bc . Its still fun but the feeling of the 40 man raids and "new" fresh dungeons will be hard to get back.

Kommentar von 260079

Get It on, Bang a gong!

Kommentar von 459633

If someone were to have this quest in their quest log somehow, does anyone think it would be possible to still turn it in now, even with the gates open? (since "The Scarab Gong" object is still sitting outside, whether they're open or not).

Kommentar von 272081

Does anyone know if there infact a few servers left that do have the gates closed?

Kommentar von 458121

It would look so nice for a death knight to have the Scarab Lord title :)

Kommentar von Azutael

So its not possible then, to obtain the mount and title anymore? Seeing all new realms start with the gates open.

Kommentar von Quaeras

Patch 3.3 closed the gates on some realms, but in a new and excitingly disappointing way. The roots are now back on the Dias, but the stone plate is not. The reward vendor is missing (the one who offers you the final epic weapon), and the gong is not interactable.

So close!

Kommentar von 191863

...

They, and only they, opened the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj, and ended the Great War Effort.

as quoted by from Archivist on 02/26/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)

Truly one of the BEST events in all of wow history.....I am glad that blizzard allows people to complete most of the questline. In the WotLK world of T-gear for emlems, and emlems for heroics, <I know it is emblems but I like it the way I wrote it> it is nice to see what pre-bc, and pre e-z, are like. As someone who experienced the even while it happened on my server, I have truly seen nothing to match it in game since (not counting the server crashes, or the 5 boat trips from menethil harbour b4 you could even get off the boat) and it makes me wonder if Blizz will ever reward it's faithful players with a chance to experience an entirely new Singular event. Whilst I must admit to being an achievement fiend, I sincerely respect Blizz for not allowing peeps to Bang a Gong!

I do entertain ideas/hopes that Blizz will make this an honorary event at the 10 year anniversary or other ultra uber rare occasion; thus allowing people to experience the event vicariously or allow others to relive the excitement at finding Anubisath for the first time in some random location like Thousand Needles & wondering wtf is this? (screenshot courtesy of Mavirick)Were they to entertain such an idea, it just might be fitting of the event to allow some reward for those daring few who are tireless enough to complete the wicked grind involved or for those fortunate enough to log on to re-witness the event, perhaps Blizz could create a new achievement like honorarie or some such. Alas, the likely hood of this is as great as getting 5 battered hilts in one run of Heroic FoS. As entertaining as it has been to ponder these ideas, it seems to tarnish the original. In parting I bid you fellow achievement hounds: Remember the past, but gaze bodly to the untold events that await us denizens of Azeroth.

P.S. - call me a nub but I knew I had posted something aboot this b4.
Guess I really liked this event - see previous contest link below
Old contest post

Kommentar von Alatoth

You can rate me down as much as you want but i still believe Blizz must reward all those who made the long quest line. Even in 80 you still have to do a lot of work and spend lot of time to finally achieve the 3 q lines for the scepters. With the release of cataclysm and the changes i hope Blizz hear us and give us at least the mount and not the title. I will always keep my http://www.wowhead.com/?item=21175 (Scepter of the Shifting Sands) in my bags a will always make a wish one day to finish the q line :) All those who are in the same situation as myself make same comments and we might succeed :)

ps: sorry for bad english, it is not my native language

Kommentar von 201338

It's March 2010.

Bang a Gong! is available on the PTR. If you have a scepter, this may be your only chance to ride on the Black Qiraji Tank... even if it's only for a limited time.

GO GET IT!

Also, leave lots of feedback how you want Bang a Gong! available on live realms.

GL to all the scepter holders out there.

P.S. MUCH more time than just 10 hours has passed since the first person rang the gong on the PTR. I'm not sure if AQ was open or closed when the first person completed Bang a Gong! on the PTR.

Kommentar von Lancis

As horrible said, there was indeed a bug in a patch awhile ago resulting in a new wave of scarab lords. I am now waiting for another patch like this to appear to I can attain the mount. Keep hoping people!

Kommentar von Guanyin

One of the lamest things Blizzard has ever done. Even at 80, the quests and the old world raid requirements alone should still be enough to grant you the mount and the title. I have my scepter in my bags and feel disappointed, even though I knew the quest has been removed. I also notice that Blizzard just makes those decisions, without listening to or caring about the opinions of players. Yes, it was incredibly hard to complete this chain at 60. But it's still really hard and time consuming to complete this chain. And most likely expensive, just noting the elementium ores.

Most achievement-mounts nowadays are much easier to obtain.

Screw Glory of the Hero, Ulduar raider and even ICC raider. I want my Black Qiraji Battle Tank and my Scarab Lord title. We deserve it...

Kommentar von 636180

You should have done it back then when you had the chance so no, you do not deserve it. I think it was one of the best choices Blizzard has made is by removing it, otherwise it wouldn't be so special or unique to have. You, and a lot of others have missed out on this wonderful achievement/title/mount. Even the players who took advantage of the bug/glitch and obtained it, do not deserve it either.

But it's still really hard and time consuming to complete this chain. And most likely expensive, just noting the elementium ores.

I did this whole quest line on my Paladin. Took me a few days so no, it's insanely easy to do and finish at 80, wherein it took forever to do at 60. :)

Kommentar von JBelix

The lastest Beta Build 13189 (Codename Kitten) has a new Feat of Strength.

* Veteran of the Shifting Sands - Completed the gates of Ahn'Qiraj quest chain up to and including Treasure of the Timeless One (even if someone else ended up with the mount).

It is a small reward to those who took the time to complete such awesome Quest Chain.

Kommentar von 684553

As a catalysm beta player i can confirm that the entire questline will be removed. I sadly found out that the quest was removed from my log and that i could not pick it up again.. When flying over silithus i also found out that there was a new zone added called ahn qiraj. Here you will find the ruins of aq all without the mobs or npc.. Just a useless zone now..

Regards.
Sylversword
WOW Beta
mekatorque EU

Kommentar von 226428

I am Currently on this quest, and have done the most of it by now, only need to get a GM to give me the red scepter shards as I must have destroyed it once in the past, also I need to get the mats for that guy in tanaris. but after that it should be smooth sailing. However. is there not a feat of strenght to the ones completing the questline ? when it all is removed?

Kommentar von Unloco

Good bye Vanilla, and thanks for all the unique hours you provided.
I will remember you, even when i get old and gray.

Kommentar von 635773

Great comment, Archivist!

Kommentar von Wuatdah

If you had this quest back in 2010 before Cata, you were able to hop to a fresh realm and turn it in for the reward and mount, that's how my friends got theirs, however I was never really into PvE stuff I was PvP then...

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Schlagt den Gong!

Diese Quest wurde von Blizzard als nicht genutzt markiert und kann weder erhalten noch vollendet werden.

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The Scarab Gong looms ominously before you. Steel yourself, <Name>; for once the Scarab Gong is rung, the gates of Ahn'Qiraj will be opened.

From the slackened maw of the beast can only come chaos and destruction. Defend your people!

	Das Szepter der Sandstürme (1)

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	Schwarzer Qirajiresonanzkristall

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Bei Abschluss dieser Quest erhaltet Ihr:

500 Ruf mit der Fraktion Brut Nozdormus
500 Ruf mit der Fraktion Zirkel des Cenarius
Euch wird der Titel "Skarabäusfürst" verliehen

Wenn du Folgendes im Spiel eingibst, kannst du überprüfen, ob du das schon abgeschlossen hast:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(8743))

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