by JR Cook - 10 years ago     show comments

The CM team announced today that the legendary cloak quest-chain in Mists of Pandaria will be removed from the game when Warlords of Draenor is released. Anyone who has the cloak by that point will get to keep it, but anyone who hasn’t got it by the drop-dead date of November 13th is out of luck.

In support of that effort, the Gaze of the Black Prince buff will stay active until Patch 6.0.2, the Warlords systems patch, which is due to be released around a month prior to the expansion’s release date in November. After 6.0.2, the Gaze buff will be gone, but the Test of Valor step of the questchain (which requires that you earn 3000 VP before advancing) will be removed, since Valor and Justice Points are being removed from the game.

To be 100% clear: if you complete the questchain before November 13th, you get to keep the cloak. If you do not complete the questchain by that point, all progress is lost, all relevant items and quests are removed from your character. This appears to be a shift towards making legendary chains an expansion-exclusive experience, which is an interesting sea change, to say the least.

To sum up, you’ve got a month to abuse the Gaze buff for all it is worth in terms of getting your Sigils, Secrets, and Runestones, and then another month after that where you’ll have to depend on normal droprates for those items (but won’t need to worry about the Valor step of the chain). May the odds be ever in your favor, heroes.

Read the full post below.

As your journey takes you from Pandaria to Draenor, we wanted to extend one last opportunity to obtain your Legendary Cloak—and share some important updates related to this iconic item.

Legendary Cloak Changes: Once More unto the Breach

As a part of the transition from Mists of Pandaria to Warlords of Draenor, we’ll be making some changes to the Legendary Cloak quest line and ultimately closing it out as players head into the new expansion. Once the quest is fully closed, the item will no longer be attainable, and the cloak will become a symbol of the great deeds you’ve accomplished in Mists of Pandaria.

With the release of the pre-expansion patch (6.0.2), players who are not already on the journey through this quest line will no longer be able to begin it. We will also be removing the Test of Valor step with patch 6.0.2 as a part of our transition from using Valor as a currency.

Once Warlords of Draenor launches on November 13, the Legendary Cloak quest line will be gone entirely—the quests and the cloak will no longer be obtainable, and any related in-progress quests will be cleared from your log.

But when one door closes, another door opens. In Warlords of Draenor, players will have the opportunity to earn a new Legendary item available exclusively in the new expansion: Khadgar’s Band of the Archmage.

The Gaze of the Black Prince: One Last Look

If you haven’t yet earned your Legendary Cloak, you still have one final opportunity to make accelerated progress on your quest. Rather than end the Gaze of the Black Prince buff on Tuesday, September 16 (as previously announced), the buff will remain active until the release of the Warlords of Draenor pre-patch (6.0.2). This buff increases the reputation gained with the Black Prince by 100%. It also increases the chance of obtaining items from his foes needed as a part of the Legendary Cloak quest line, including Secrets of the Empire, Sigil of Wisdom, Sigil of Power, and Titan Runestones.

Good luck on your quest, but remember that your voyage doesn’t end here. Soon, you’ll be setting your sights on the new Legendary item, Khadgar’s Band of the Archmage, in Warlords of Draenor.

To learn more about the Legendary Cloak quest line, check out our previous blog posts: I am Legendary and The Time Has Come: Legendary Quest Line.