Socket To Me - Six quests in One

Socket To Me - Six quests in One

This quest is actually six sub-quests. Each one takes Rakta to a different area of Azeroth, which helps Rakta learn more about the world. There are a lot of places out there to explore beside Dalaran and the Order Hall.

She started with "Crystal Scale" in the Twilight Highlands. Sista is very familiar with that area and provided good information for Rakta to complete the simple task set for her.
"That was easy," Rakta said, "Let's do another."

"Deepholm's "Crystal Core" is in the same category as the Twilight Highlands," Sista told her, so she went there next. Another easy completion, Rakta said to herself.

Pandaria's "Crystal Heart" was a little more interesting, but with a portal available in Dalaran, getting there and completing the task was again easily completed.

One of Rakta's favorites was in Northern Stranglethorn. She took the flight path from Stormwind to Booty Bay, a legendary port of thieves. She collected her prize ,"Crystal Shell," in an underwater wreck.

The fifth sub-quest, "Crystal Blume," went sideways. Her task required her to go to Moonglade. Rakta got confused with some of the directions and thought she needed to go to the Caverns of Time, which required a trip to Tanaris. It was very confusing to Rakta, though she enjoyed visiting many of the dungeon and raid portals there.

It was Wildshard of all people who got things straight for her. Wild had Rakta return to Booty Bay and take the boat to Rachet, a neutral town. She then took the flight path there directly to Moonglade.

Rakta wasn't sure she wanted to discuss one aspect of these sub-quests, but decided to comment in order to be thorough. In one of the sub-quests a bunny is killed. Your choice on whether to shed tears or make rabbit stew.
 
The sixth and final sub-quest, "Crystal Shard," was a back breaker. Rakta headed to the Broken Shores and then Highmountain for the final challenge.

Rakta took the flight path from Dalaran to Stonehoof Watch. From, there, she was told to follow a snow packed path to the Greystone Enclave. Rakta had recently been through the area all the way to what she viewed as the top of whole world. She'd heard stories of the many who, once seeing the highest peak in Azeroth, threw themselves off for reasons few survived to explain.
Anyway, Rakta was getting off topic.

Rakta's target this time wasn't some tame bauble or bunny. Her task was to kill Amberstone Earthrender. Rakta worked her way up the snowy path, expecting to find conflict around every corner. She had been told many times that the enemy was endless. Instead, what Rakta found at the end of her path was the Frostshard. This elite rock monster stood between her and the cave opening where she would find Earthrender. There was no way around the elite, and there was no one around to help out.

So she attacked. Solo. It was a bloody mess. Frostshard hit very hard and had a spell that stopped Rakta's attacks cold for several seconds. Rakta spent much of the fight testing the elite and trying to find soft spots to wear it down. The person wearing down, though, was Rakta. When the battle became inevitable, ie, cut your losses or die, Rakta broke away and retreated. Frostshard followed her. Fortunately, the elite remembered it was guarding that cave, and returned to its post. Rakta stayed alive.

Rakta did a thorough assessment. She learned a few things. Most importantly she learned to retreat from the elite before it could hit her with that binding spell. That actually worked too well. When Rakta backed away too far, the elite returned to it's post - and back at full strength.

So she was now down to her third plan. She couldn't kill the thing outright. But maybe she could do a run around. Rakta pulled out her spell, Heroic Leap. She aimed the spell at the cave opening on the other side of Frostshard. Everything depended on how stupid Frostshard was. Rakta was thinking to herself, which was more stupid, the elite or her.

Rakta took the Heroic Leap. It was a well placed leap, landing her right at the opening of the cave. Of course there was an immediate stampede of enemy mobs at the cave entrance and Rakta started the killing. She pushed her way into the cave, mobs crawling all over her.

Frostshard followed her in. "That's just great," She groaned. Maybe this wasn't such a great idea. Rakta kept pushing further inside, though, still cutting down bad guys. Then all light from the cave opening was suddenly blocked.

"Oh crap, what now?" Rakta was sure the elite was going to continue to pursue. A second later, though, light from the entrance returned. After poking it's head into the cave, Frostshard returned to it's post.

Now all she had to do was keep killing her way to Amberstone Earthrender. Some infinite time later, everything in that cave was dead or fled, including dead Earthrender.

Here's a tip for anyone else wanting to tilt at Frostshard. Bring friends.