WoW Housing: Patch 12.1.5 – The Big Decor Haul

I was excited. I’d done my research. It was a long patch day, and I took a nap in the afternoon. The plan was to visit all of the vendors that I could remember, fill my bags and return to my house. There I’d learn them and place them to see what they looked like. Then, I’d head to a new zone. As an engineer I had the Wormhole Generators and that was far better than having a mage stuck in a major boring city.

I knew that there were new profession recipes and my special Alts would be taking trips to Dalaran and thereabouts.

Blizzard threw us a curve by also releasing some Hallow’s End decor in our neighborhood for gold. That had to be done too!

And believe it or not, patch 12.1.7 is on the PTR and they are data ming Winter’s Veil decor. But that is another story for another day.

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Here is some of the Hallow’s End stuff. The candles don’t cast any light. Oh — that giant spider? I couldn’t resist, we in the forums are sure that it is a bug. There is a list of about ten pets that are massively oversized right now. And that arcane symbol on the ground — I will never use that, I’m sure of it.

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The spinning books and scrolls are from Engineering. They look pretty cool and a nice compliment to the mage item. What you see are two decors with one scaled a bit larger.

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Inscription or Alchemy. This plaque is animated!

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This is also professions, a pretty cool work table.

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The Vindicaar had some bright and shiny stuff! And they were, in general, huge! I had all of the currency that I needed and then some.

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Yeah, some of that stuff from the Vindicaar were huge. And shiny. And animated. Looks like big fun to me.

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They guess at about 240 new items in this patch. Maybe half are plants. Some are really (oh-so really) tiny and small. But I won’t complain, this was one reason that I bought one of each and set them out. Many have an internal light to them. We got some really great trees; Nagrand had a bunch of them for sale.

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Maldraxxus had some animated stuff that looks encouraging. That stove was crafted; I was running out of room. The bottom left shows some of the cups and urns from Vol’dun. Oh, I’m standing on a huge glass platform! How well will it take light?

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I won’t say that Bastion was a disappointment. It merely reflected the zone itself. That cooker, you can walk through it.

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Another crafted piece, Alchemy profession.

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I had to go back to Revendreth. Most of these zones have two vendors, a decor vendor, often a botanist and then the quartermaster. The quartermaster sells the creepy prisons and cages. I probably won’t use them much.

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I had to go back to the Vindicaar and visit the quartermaster there too. I’d missed it and knew it. Oh — pardon the giant fish, this pet is out of control!

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And finally, a small fishbowl from Oribos — the only item sold from this vendor. It has been decades since I’ve read The Cat in the Hat, but this fish leaps out and does and flip and then back into its bowl, didn’t I see that in that book?

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I didn’t screenshot it but outside of my house are the two new caravans and a couple of Nagrand giant trees.

It was fun and kind of frantic. Like wondering where Nagrand was, it took some map clicking to be reminded. But with hearthstones and traveling toys and the Wormhole Generator, it wasn’t too bad. I never ran out of currency, and my other characters have even more.

Maybe it is time to go build something! And maybe it is time to delete that creepy giant spider!

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WoW Housing: Blueprint Disaster

Blogging on the Wow Housing experience, one must report the highs and the lows. I thought that it would be fun to save my house and then install my old lawn with all of the fountains, viewing station and the elaborate dock area.

I had read about it but wasn’t thinking at all that when you use blueprints, the game remembers your Pet Beds and their placements just fine. They don’t remember the pet assignments.

75 interior Pet Beds, assignments lost with many of the beds tucked into items and shrunk down. Finding those hidden ones, well, I don’t know. I’d sensed the problem quite a while ago and stopped doing as much tucking and hiding. Nonetheless, it was a shock.

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Always look on the sunny side of life. It is a Very Good Thing that we have an avalanche of new decor coming tomorrow. I can now claim a purpose when deleting almost all of my beloved magical fantasy greenery room. We’ll have new stuff to try out.

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My cute little Pandaren Monks are gone! All that is left are the beds and the showcase area. These will be easily fixed.

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The Pet Beds without the assigned pets look really odd and out of place.

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And my battlefield. Ouch. At least the Pet Beds are visible and have kept their spacing and all. Resetting these assignments will be tedious but maybe a chance for some new ideas or changes.

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It was a blow, a shock and I felt stupid and a little betrayed by a weak system. Still, I knew it. If I’d been thinking!

And, yep indeedy, we do get a huge delivery of new stuff tomorrow and I’ll be excited to place, play and look at the new things! So, it isn’t too bad in the large picture. Not too bad at all.

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WoW Housing: We Were Right

Yes, the new decor stuff is coming on Tuesday with Patch 12.1.5. Can I post a video? Why, yes, I can. It seems to have saved from where I stopped watching to make the link. You’ll need to rewind to the start, sorry.

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It is overwhelming, really. I’m sure that I’ll forget the Vindicaar. We’ll be going to Arom’s Strand and also visiting two (!) vendors in Revendreth.

I have two things to say. One, I liked the presenter in the video. And two, I think that housing decor has finally arrived. There is so much new stuff especially with the plants that we’ll now have a big range of variety.

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Wait! There is more!

I Completely Missed These WoW Decor Vendors… Patch 12.1.5

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Oscar Said It First

Dororthy Parker was a famous wit in her time, known for her biting humor and speed. Still there was some humility in her work because she often said that she was sure that Oscar said it first, which was a funny thing to say. And she was talking about Oscar Wilde.

And when it comes to experimental music, sometimes with the darker tones, many guitarists will wonder if Jimi did it first. Jimi Hendrix was known for his genius work and influenced so many musicians then and still today.

But when it comes to WoW Housing, I personally can say with confidence that Kamalia et alia | a resto shaman and “her sisters and her cousins and her aunts” did it first. I’ve enjoyed her housing ideas since housing came out. She is deft and crafty and has far more class than me.

She deserves the credit if you visit my house for some little things like this:

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Clever, right? That is the paddle for a canoe being used as a long-handled spatula to pull cherry pies from an oven. Man, that was a good idea.

Wisht I’d thought of it first.

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WoW Housing: A Better War

Okay! Things are improving on every level. Come with me and I’ll take you through what is going on.

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If you were to come to my house, you’d turn left. Then you’d wander down a few hallways, doing some sightseeing. You’d come into a fantastic fantasy of fabulous flora. From here you’d see a leather curtain that isn’t so easy to see.

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Now the long, and new, hallway. Something is going on down there. Compelled and curious, you’d move forward to see.

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Ah, a military and martial setting. Six Pandaren Monks are there to greet you, bow and to allow passage.

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“This is silly,” you think. A whole bunch of bunnies and one duck are hopping up and down the stairs. The Noblegarden Rabbit does still leave eggs; tiny colorful eggs, to be exact.

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Ruffle! The old boy seems to have mounted one of his Bastion brothers and is hopping up and down the stairs.

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Finally at the top of the stairs, you made it (!), even with Ruffle hot-dogging the screen, you see a clear notice of an Event.

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Now THIS screen shot is so much better than the LAST screen shot from my prior post. It has light. We have light from above and torches and candles to brighten up this bloody room. Now we can see the Tattered Banners waving in the breeze and the weapon shields on the back wall.

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So — what is this anyways. Once upon a trial I thought that I’d make a battlefield in miniature like you’d see the generals make during the Revolutionary War. But no, not now, that is no fun. Now it is more like child’s play with tin soldiers lined up like you might see in Nutcracker or, at least, along those lines. Now I can have some humor, like the Giraffes from the flank hiding behind a row of corn but they are too tall and look right over the top!

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Having friends over to look (I like it!) somehow, they feel the need to solve the problem or add to the concept. A chessboard layout with a King and Queen sitting on an elaborate pavilion to watch the war or move the whole thing to a much bigger room! I’ll take (steal) their ideas and make them my own if I like their ideas. So far, I’m pretty happy and merely want to expand on the current ideas.

Sadly, the Bunnies and Ruffle with friend may have to go, I’m up against the pet decor limit! Still and always, as you can see, the lighting made all of the difference.

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WoW Housing: A Mighty Host, A Mighty Battle

Ladies and gentlemen, two great forces are facing off today in a tremendous battle!

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On one side, we have formidable robots! These must be nigh onto indestructible with terrible blasts of fire and lighting!

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And on the other side, the apocalypse on the field, the dreaded Stunted Shardhorns. Do they have a chance?

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Those beasts are huge! Our massive robot army looks like toys!

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Maybe a flanking maneuver, lure them into some hidden trap, poison the water!

Fans of the battle, I think the Stunted Shardhorns may take the day.

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WoW Housing: Pet Bed Exercises

I can tell you a few things, but I can’t tell you everything. There are lots of variables when it comes to this new Decor tool.

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I put up two beds. One in the air and flat, one in the air and vertical. The flat bed held my Baby Blizzard Bear just fine. This surprised me a little bit because a while back, I’d made a room with ramps and platforms out of rugs and the pet would fall through even as I stood on the unit. So – the Pet Bed is solid. If you have a tall character for this screen shot, one can jump and hit their head on it! I have placed a Pet Bed on a table with a staircase and the pet moved up and down on it fine.

The vertical version, the spider simply slid out of the bed, fell to the floor, and began roaming about.

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Next test was changing the walkers to flyers. The flyers were fine with flat or vertical, they did their job and flew about.

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Now I pushed the vertical Pet Bed to the wall, a typical choice when designing.

The flying pet would roam about and then fly through the wall; it saw no barrier there. And it looked terrible. However, I can imagine covering that wall with Creeping Ivy and then when the flyer disappeared behind the wall, it would look natural and would break up the predictable roaming pattern. I think so anyways, it might be worth trying.

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Finally — what about the ceiling? I had flipped the rug, so to speak, so the face was down. But when placed on the ceiling, I saw no pet at all. I think that “up is up” and the pet existed above the ceiling and out of sight. When I lowered the Pet Bed down a few feet, then the pet pathed in view at the top of the room (flyer).

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There has to be a whole lot more to this Pet Bed business because each pet seems to have its own roaming characteristics. Some pets roam very far, like the Nordrassil Wisp and some just fly in very predictable short paths like the Whelplings. The walkers seem to honor the wall but the flyers blip right through the barrier. Height is different too; the Dragon Kite pet might have its bed on the floor but settles down up at the ceiling.

So, if there are any Pet Bed rules, I’d say that each pet must be assigned and tested but, in general, cats are cats.

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WoW Housing: Nordrassil Wisp

I’m excited to add the Pet Bed Decor with the roaming Nordrassil and Hyjal Wisp to my serene nature room.

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The Sea-Glass Baubles that you see floating in the room have a purpose. They are holding a pet bed inside of them so that I can get the wisps to be higher up in the air. I have plenty at ground level and a few that are floating, roaming higher.

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These wisps also do a cool thing. Now and then they’ll throw out a droplet of magical water, and a tree will come out of the ground and blossom. Then it will fade away. It is very easy to miss but we’ve got magic!

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I have a Trading Card Game pet that I bought on the Black-Market Auction House during Warlords of Draenor when I had a ton of gold! It is called the Dragon Kite. And it is a kite; it looks like it is held in place by a string. On the Pet Bed side, we don’t see a string. If my player has the pet out, there is a string.

After changing my ceiling to Vault, I now have a dragon flying in my serene room! It is way up there even with my Pet Bed set at ground level.

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One step led to another, so there is a dragon outside too.

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And there is never too much in housing. I have a dragon up over my house too.

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It is fun finding a new little thing in Housing and using it and getting to know it. I recommend this wisp very highly for any home.

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WoW Housing: A Little Druid Magic

That title might be a little sneaky, like those bait articles that you see online.

I’m here to crow to the sky about the terrific Hyjal Wisp and its brother the Nordrassil Wisp.

To be used as Decor via the Pet Bed system.

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I tried, I really did; to get a screen cap but it was merely a tiny lit-up dot in the grasses.

Indoors, roaming, you know these guys. You’ve seen it everywhere in the game since you bought your first subscription. It adds magic to the area. If you have any kind of grassy area or water effects, it is worth taking a look.

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The Sea-Dwelling Isle Serpent

I’ll try not to get too wordy here. This is my new mount. As you can see from this screen cap that it is a great looking mount and that I have 867 mounts. That mount number means that at one time I was a mount hunter but at some point, I got saturated and decided to not “go for” mounts.

But I did go for this one.

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This mount is won by fishing. Or rather earned. Once your rep on the Coiled Isles with the fishing guy gets high enough, you can purchase this fishing rod. It is loaded with fishing stats. My current one also has the Grand Line enchantment which means even more Perception and that I can get two treasure chests when they show up.

With this rod one also earns “Venom”. You catch fish and the venom number goes up, then you turn it in for a currency. One needs 2500 of the currency to buy the mount. One can get about 100 in half-an-hour, so 25 half-hour days of fishing which is half-a-cup of coffee in my world. I started on the Coiled Isle but learned that I could gain Venom while fishing in the Eversong Woods and those fish could be well sold!

In this screen shot, please note that I have 120 Venom right now, ready to turn in for currency.

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One motive, besides a cool mount, was that my guildmates often show off their ho-hum KSM mounts. Well, I KNOW that they don’t fish and that won’t have THIS one!

Here is a “live shot” if you will allow. That venom on the chest really does drip, it is animated. Beautiful, no?

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One reason that I’m posting is that I am oh-so-very disappointed that the designers at Blizzard did not follow through with the entire job. When I am mounted, my buff bar shows “Venom Serpent – Purple” and not Sea-Dwelling Isle Serpent. This is a huge blow to the “show off factor” on my new mount.

“Wow, what mount is that?” then “Oh, some serpent thing”.

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I have a flashy mount macro that gives me a rainbow long tail when I’m flying and so on. When I did the copy/paste naming in the macro, it automatically changed to Venom Serpent – Purple. How odd.

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I do appreciate the fishing in Season Two. I liked the dailies and the humor of the Tortollen. I liked the mount and enjoyed the journey to get it. It is a terrific show-off mount because not many people will do the fishing, they’d rather be doing other things.

And, I am sad to say, my buff bar does not reflect the name of the actual mount. I’d guess that it is so far down any list at Blizzard that it will ever get fixed.

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