Changes: For the Alliance!

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+|Hello, '''Cessna152N''', and welcome to the [[Wowpedia]]! Thank you for your contributions, and we [[Wowpedia:Be bold in updating pages|encourage you to continue contributing]]!
-|name=For The Alliance!
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-|description=Slay the leaders of the Horde.
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-{{achievement|Death to the Warchief}}<br />{{achievement|Downing the Dark Lady}}
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-{{achievement|Bleeding Bloodhoof}}<br />{{achievement|Killed in Quel'Thalas}}
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+Some useful notes:
-'''For The Alliance!''' is a [[Player vs. Player achievements|Player vs. Player meta-achievement]] that involves completing four other PvP achievements:
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-*{{achievement|Death to the Warchief}}: Kill [[Garrosh Hellscream]] in [[Orgrimmar]].
-*{{achievement|Bleeding Bloodhoof}}: Kill [[Baine Bloodhoof]] in [[Thunder Bluff]].
-*{{achievement|Downing the Dark Lady}}: Kill [[Sylvanas Windrunner]] in [[The Undercity]].
-*{{achievement|Killed in Quel'Thalas}}: Kill [[Lor'Themar Theron]] in [[Silvermoon City]].
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-== Organizing a group ==
-If you are planning on raiding Horde cities during peak hours, you '''must''' have a full 40 man raid with mostly level 80s.  Have at least five healers.  Note that having a dedicated tank healer like a Holy Paladin is not necessary because the faction leaders they will be tanking do not hit hard. AoE healers are a better choice, because enemy players will be a much greater threat than Horde NPCs.  It is also a good idea to have one or two backup tanks in your group, so that in the case that the main tank gets killed by enemy players, another can resume tanking the leader.  As said before, no faction leader is exceptionally tough.  You can burn them down while in PvP gear, which, if you have any, should be worn as it will help you more against the real challenge here: enemy players.
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-Warlocks are a great asset here, because aside from the fact that they are able to summon players who do not have the flight paths to your meeting place, their heavy DoTs ensure that faction leaders will continue taking damage even if your group's attention needs to shift to enemy players.  Give priority to Warlocks who want to join your group.
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-== Death to the Warchief! ==
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-[[File:OrgrimmarAttackPlan.png|right|thumb|This is the fastest way to get to Thrall.]]
+''Again, welcome!'' &nbsp; --[[User:Pcj|Pcj]] ([[User talk:Pcj|T]]•[[Special:Contributions/Pcj|C]]){{#ifeq:{{{1|}}}|time|&nbsp; 22:53, 2 October 2007 (UTC)|}} 22:53, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
-All For the Alliance raids should begin with Orgrimmar, no exceptions.  This is because Horde players care less about defending other faction leaders compared to Thrall, and once Thrall is down, they tend to care less about the other leaders, and if Thrall is not killed first, your raid will meet significant resistance in Orgrimmar.  However, it is a bad idea to tell anyone where you are meeting or which city you are raiding first because if they are in fact an alt for a Horde player, they may alert the Horde to your group.
-=== Where to meet? ===
-Ratchet is a bad idea for a meeting place, because being sighted by even a single Horde player can alert them to your presence.  Instead, meet in [[Talrendis Point]], [[Azshara]].  It is obscure and not frequented by Horde (or even Alliance) players, but closer to Orgrimmar than any other Alliance flight path on the map.  Have a Warlock summon people who do not have the flight path (many people don't, I've noticed).  Once everyone is summoned, make sure that no DKs have [[Path of Frost]] on, then have the group jump into the river.  Do a /readycheck to ensure that everyone is in the river, then have all DKs cast Path of Frost, and have the DKs spread out so that everyone in the raid is covered.
-Have a rogue scout Orgrimmar and report whether Horde players are plentiful near the Valley of Strength and/or seem ready to defend Garrosh.  In this case, someone in your group is the alt of a Horde player, or you were seen recruiting by a Horde player's alt.  Get ready to fight.  Otherwise...
-=== Just GO! ===
-Use the side entry to Orgrimmar and follow the path on the map shown here to get to Thrall.  Like most faction leaders, Thrall himself is not exceptionally strong; raids should be more worried about Horde players coming to defend him.  If your server is Horde heavy, then it is best to wait until a battle for [[Wintergrasp]] begins before attacking, because many Horde players who enjoy PvP will not be in Orgrimmar then to defend Thrall.  Once Thrall is engaged, use all your DoTs on him, then spam AoEs.
-An off tank for Vol'Jin is not required, but it may be beneficial to keep him off cloth classes who can still be crit by him (but not for a great deal).  Vol'Jin will spam Hex on random raid members, which lasts for 10 seconds.  This ability can be annoying, but there is no need to trinket out of it unless you are a healer.
-Once Thrall is down, drop a [[Stormwind Banner]] on his corpse if you feel like adding insult to injury, then RUN!
-== Where next? ==
-If many Horde players showed up to defend Thrall, they may be on your tail now.  Thunder Bluff is obviously the next logical step, but do not go there if you barely managed to down Thrall because of defending players.  Throw them off by going to either [[For the Alliance!#Downing the Dark Lady|Undercity]] or [[For the Alliance!#Killed in Quel'Thalas|Silvermoon City]] next.  Otherwise...
-== Bleeding Bloodhoof ==
-[[File:ThunderbluffAttackPlan.png|right|thumb|If it is safe to do so, then this is the fastest way to get to Cairne Bloodhoof.]]
-If you skipped Thunder Bluff earlier to throw off defending Horde players, have a Mage open a portal to Theramore, and use the Onyxia meeting stone to summon stragglers.  This is fairly unsuspicious; if you are spotted an enemy player, chances are they will not count that you have 40 people and not 25, and you will appear to be a regular Onyxia raid.
-Thunder Bluff is by far the easiest city to defend in the entire game.  A single Shaman with Thunderstorm or Druid with Typhoon can wipe an entire raid going up on the lifts.  The fastest way to Cairne is the entry from the southmost lift on the West side of the city.  Check, either by having one or two players go up, or having a Hunter use [[Eyes of the Beast]] and sending their pet up to see if the lift is unprotected.  If so, have your entire raid go up on the lift at once.  If it is being guarded, try another lift (there are some on the East side of the city too).
-Thunder Bluff is a very confusing city to navigate when attacking.  There is a totem pole near the center of the city; run through it and take the '''second exit''', to the High Rise.  Cairne Bloodhoof is in a longhouse at the other side of the High Rise.  Tank him in a corner of his house, otherwise, his main ability (dropping aggro and charging at random raid members and knocking them back) will cause him to eventually run out too far and reset.  The tank '''will''' lose aggro no matter what, so have your finger on your taunt keybind and keep it ready.  A [[Death knights as tanks|Death Knight tank]] is preferred here because they have two taunts on seperate cooldowns, but any tanking class will do.  So long as you prevent Cairne from resetting, you will likely down him before significant resistance arrives, if any.
-== Where next? (2) ==
-If you did not need to skip Thunder Bluff after Orgrimmar, then your final two destinations are on another continent.  Now is the time Hearth and take a bio break.  Once finished and ready to go again, the preferred meeting place is [[Chillwind Camp]] in the [[Western Plaguelands]].  If you do not have a Warlock, and some raid members do not have the flight path (chances are most will), then the nearby [[Scarlet Monastery]] meeting stone can be used to summon those people.
-== Downing the Dark Lady ==
-[[File:Undercityattackplan.png|right|thumb|The fastest way to Sylvanas using the Sewer entrance.]]
-The Sewer Entrance is preferred because it is closer to Sylvanas than the Main Entrance.  The Sewers are to the West of the Undercity and the path to Sylvanas is shown on the Undercity attack plan here.  I have noticed that many people who do not know the way tend to get lost in the Undercity the most.  Mark one person who knows the way, and tell the raid to follow him/her.
-Sylvanas is a relatively simple fight so long as you take care of her most annoying ability: Invisibility, which lasts for a long time, and an aggro drop when she reappears.   Casting [[Faerie Fire]] on her is enough to prevent this from happening for the entire fight.  This is a useful macro for druids:
- /tar Lady
- /cast Faerie Fire
-Have one druid enter '''at the same time as the Main Tank''' and use this macro on her to prevent this from happening.  Other than this, it is a fairly simple tank and spank fight.  The usual rules apply; enemy players are more important to kill than enemy NPCs.
-== Killed in Quel'Thalas ==
-[[File:Silvermoonattackplan.png|right|thumb|This is the way to Lor'Themar Theron.]]
-[[Zul'Aman]] is the closest flight path to Silvermoon for Alliance players, and Death Knights can shorten the time it takes for them to get there by using [[Death Gate]].  Use the meeting stone to summon people who do not have the flight path. It is a common mistake for players who have not been to Silvermoon city before to think that the entrance to the city is further west than it is (ie. through the [[Dead Scar]]).  Direct players to [[The Shepherd's Gate]] and have a leader who knows the way through the path shown here.
-Lor'Themar has an augmented version of [[Arcane Torrent]] which is really nothing to worry about so long as your healers are standing at a good range.  [[Rommath]] has no special abilities and can be tanked with Lor'Themar.
-If you have come this far, chances are you will storm through Silvermoon unopposed, however, it should be noted that in the case that Horde players do show up to defend Silvermoon, portals to Silvermoon are right into Sunfury Spire and not a very far walk to Lor'Themar Theron.  They '''will''' have good time to defend if they decide to, so be ready for that.
-== The most important part... ==
-King Varian Wrynn has given you [[Reins of the Black War Bear]].  It's in your mailbox. <font color="#FF0000">GLORY TO THE ALLIANCE!</font>
-==The Letter From King Varian Wrynn==
-The bear is attached to a letter from [[Varian Wrynn|King Varian Wrynn]], entitled "For The Alliance!":
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-War rages throughout our lands. Only the bravest heroes dare challenge strike the Horde where it hurts them most. You are among such heroes.
-The blows you have delivered to the leadership of the Horde will open the door for our final assault. The Horde will bow down to the might of the Alliance.
-Your deeds will not go unrewarded. Ride on proudly!
---Your King
-}}
-==Patch changes==
-*{{Patch 3.0.2|note=Added.}}
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