Epic Gems
Up until 2.4, the only way you could get uncut epic gems was by raiding Black Temple or mining a certain node in Mount Hyjal. That's it. There were a few other epic gems that dropped in Heroics, but they certainly weren't customizable as the uncut gems are. Furthermore, in order to cut the gem, you'd have to have Scale of the Sands reputation, which again... would be Mount Hyjal rep.
With the latest patch, all of the gem cuts can be obtained by reputation with the Shattered Sun Offensive. Magtheridon drops a Black Sack of Gems which contains 3 epic gems. And finally, you can also purchase gems from a different Badge Vendor.
The Gem Badge Vendor
Once your server finally opens up phase 4 through daily quests, you can now work on the daily quest to open up the Badge Vendor that sells uncut, epic gems. For a mere 10 Badges, you can purchase a nice, shiny, uncut, epic gem. (Edit:) This quest is called Discovering your Roots, and it can be found in the recently reclaimed harbor Inn. The quest requires you to go back to Shatt, fly NE to an elevated part of Terrokar Forrest to gather some roots. Pretty easy and straight forward.
So please, don't just focus on the Badge Gear Vendor. There's more to the Shattered Sun's plot to equip us all than that. They also want to make our gear the best it can be via these upgraded gems. So, get out there and do the dailies that will unlock stuff for your server AND for YOU!
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Last I checked, the unlocking of all the bosses was on a timed schedule so that all servers would get access to them at the same time.
"So please, don't just focus on the Badge Gear Vendor. There's more to the Shattered Sun's plot to equip us all than that. They also want to make our gear the best it can be via these upgraded gems. So, get out there and do the dailies that will unlock stuff for your server AND for YOU!"
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OK, I'll admit my total cluelessness here. Which daily(ies?) contributes to unlocking the gems? I like doing all the new dailies for the cash, but if I really wanted to be a team player and could only do one or two on certain days . . . which one(s) should I be focused on right now?
Wow... this post was full of edits. Good thing I'm not getting paid for this. I updated the post, Gnic. The quest is called Discovering Your Roots. For non pet classes, you actually get to pretend to be a hunter for this quest. :)
Ah. Hey that's helpful. I saw that quest. I grabbed it. I then did an epic 10 daily run like I've been doing lately and completely skipped that one because it wasn't on the isle and didn't fit my routine lol. I figured I'd check it out later :) but might not have for a while if not for you actually pointing out its significance. Thanks!
Heh. So I did the Roots quest last night. The drop rate on the gland was pretty dismal. I kept getting annoyed by accidentally aggroing 2 or 3 mobs at a time and saw it happening to others too (I helped some Tauren guy escape once or twice). There aren't any other quests nearby. I reminded people of the quest and its' goal in channel 1 back on the isle but the responses I got sounded pretty similar to my own experience. It might be a bit before our server gets on board doing that quest. On the other hand when they do it won't be so easy to get overwhelmed by ravager aggro. :)
The first night I went out there, it wasn't too bad... there were a lot of people out there. And some nights I get the drop rate at 100%, but then other nights, it's more like 5%. So... 50%? /shrug. But it's kinda cake for us non-pet classes. I get all my normal DPS, and then a pet to go along with it. Well... it's easy once I tame one.
We can hook up if you want to help get them done, Gnic.
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