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Comment by reurra

Is it needed for the proto-drake line?

I got my merrymaker title last year, and I just noticed this was added.

Seems to me, if they keep adding things, no one is gonna get thier drake.

Comment by 171534

This achievement isn't part of the Winterveil me ta achievement, and the entirety of the new Thanksgiving them ed achievements don't count for the Violet Proto Drake's meta achievement either.

Comment by ohfauxshow

pelt with what?

Comment by 146819

I can already see people lining up for their chance to shoot Varian and Mekkatorque.

Comment by echo808

i wonder if you can pelt King Varian at the tournament...and the others during ToC (if you can reach).

Comment by 66491

The whole achievement's text is wrong--you're supposed to skin them and bring back their pelts to Thrall. *nods*

Comment by 346524

Quoted from the Winter Veil Guide for 2009
https://www.wowhead.com/cata/guide=winter-veil

This achievement is new for 2009's Winter Veil festival, and involves what players speculate to be this year's special Winter Veil Gift. For this achievement, you will have to use your newly acquired BB gun (presumably) to pelt each of the opposing faction's leaders - how mean! First snowballs, now BBs? What ever happened to respecting authority? Not exactly sure how you're going to get out there safely to pull this one off just yet, maybe there will be some sort of training ground and you don't have to shoot the actual NPCs.

Comment by 176264

PELTED

https://www.wowhead.com/cata/spell=65576#comments

Comment by 456510

haha lol i tried snowballs 2, waste of travel time:/

Comment by Becauseisaidso

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bb_king

info on who BB King was

Comment by kurtiffrig

This is NOT a requirement for Winter Veil.

Comment by 427998

why would u try a snowbal, its obviously a bb gun

Comment by lumpymilk

This is done by using

(This item is not on wowhead at this time)

You get this item from one of the presents under the tree during winter veil.

Comment by 413549

When you hit someone of these bosses with your Red Rider Air Rifle They Will aggro so better watch out!
Best macro to do this thing is:

#showtooltip
/cleartarget
/tar Tyrande
/tar Anduin
/tar Muradin
/tar Prophet
/stopmacro
/use Red Rider Air Rifle

Theres only 200charges so Remember to use them wisely! ^^

Edit: Macro and bullet can miss
Edit: link to the item
Edit: As Catalysm came you dont need to shoot High Tinker anymore.
Edit: As of Legion Varian is no longer part of us so Macro has been changed Accordingly

Comment by Smilomaniac

Please note that sometimes this MISSES, and also that cast gets interrupted when you get hit.
Making this for a pretty annoying achievement.

When you "miss" the faction leader will get a "startled - did someone shoot at me?" debuff, and it wont tick towards achievement.

It's already an aggravating achievement, but the cast-time and miss-chance are just ridiculous...

Comment by 101671

Really annoying achivment - when shoting boss he will aggro, so you probably die several times trying to do this (esspecialy if u can miss with your rifle).

edit:
Completed 25/12/09 08:08am paris time

Comment by Veilside9999

The gun seems to still use the old Hunter 'Dead Zone' meaning that you cant be closer than 8 yards or then gun wont fire.

It doesn't use your hit rating to calculate the hit/miss. Im a level 80 hit capped hunter and i missed when shooting at Gamon.

Comment by 502983

Questions is does this work on the NPCs in Tournament Grounds?

Comment by katten

It's All Fun and Games....!
Lets go shoot C'thun <3

Comment by 447938

Be prepared for lots and lots and lots of corpse runs if you don't have a raid with you.

Comment by Icecoldcoke

This achievement is not required for the meta, so you don't have to do it unless you want 10 achievement points to increase the length of your epeen a little bit.

The gun can only be used on HOSTILE targets, which means you cannot go to argent tournament and use it on them to get credit for the achievement. You must actually run through each city and use it. The gun also does 1 damage to the target it is used on, so it will aggro the boss and you will probably die.

Comment by arissa

To do this achievement you have to use the Red Rider Air Rifle (not in the database yet) on enemy leaders. You get the rifle from a present under the tree in Orgrimmar.
This means, you'll be going into their cities and using the rifle on them. It DOESN'T work to shoot the NPC's in ToC.
One thing you must know about this rifle is that when you shoot the boss, it will most probably aggro you. Another thing is that, IT CAN MISS, so make sure you check the achievement before leaving that city. I'd recommend shooting it a few times to be safe. The cast is not instant, although it's quick. I assume it can be interrupted/slowed if you are hit by the guards.

Here is the route that I took:
Start off in Orgrimmar, fly to Zoram'gar in Ashenvale (or Bloodvenom Post in Felwood if you have a way to fall down safely). Go to Auberdine, take the boat to Azuremyst Isle (Exodar). Locate Prophet Velen and use the rifle on him. Escape Exodar (or corpse run, if you were unlucky), go back to Darkshore, and take the boat to Darnassus. Here you will use the rifle on Tyrande Whisperwind, and go right back to the boat in Darkshore. Again, you'll be taking the boat, this time to Stormwind. King Varian was the hardest one for me - he hits like a truck :) Be careful there. From Stormwind, take the tram to Ironforge. High Tinker is right outside of the tram, and King Magni near the Great Forge. Magni was the second hardest boss to survive at.

Remember to use the gun a few times just to be safe. I did this in a group of two, died three times - guess it's unavoidable in a smaller group.
Good luck! :)

Comment by Servian

Here is links to each mob

High Tinker Mekkatorque - Ironforge
King Varian Wrynn - Stormwind
Tyrande Whisperwind - Darnassus
King Magni Bronzebeard - Ironforge
Prophet Velen - Exodar

Comment by ishyorc

Plan on dying a lot. 80 hunter, hit capped and still missed a few. Died as least twice per king, total repair bill 176G. :(

Turn on the achievement "Track" feature. Then you will know if you hit right away.

Comment by fsngnshiekfan

You will receive a BB gun with 200 charges, once fired it will do 1 damage to the enemy meaning you WILL aggro the faction leader
Not usable while stealthed
Noy usable while mounted
Usable in druid forms
Must stand still while casting
Cast time seems to be 1 second or a little less
Range seems to be 10-25 yards
It can miss
You can use this gun any time of the year

Comment by 68065

High Tinker Mekkatorque in Iron Forge in 'Tinker Town' section 69, 49

King Magni Bronzebeard in Iron Forge in the 'Throne Room' 39, 55

King Varian Wrynn in 'Stormwind Keep' 79, 38

Tyrande Whisperwind in Darnassus in the 'Temple of the Moon' 39, 81

Prophet Velen in Exodar in 'The Vault of Lights' 32, 54

Comment by Coldflame78

Here is the location of all the NPC's that need to be pelleted.

And I Suggest you go in this order.

- Go to Darkshore and take the boat to Exodar

1. Exodar - Prophet Velen (32, 54)

- Go back to Darkshore and take the boat to Darnassus

2. Darnassus - Tyrande Whisperwind <High Priestess of Elune> (39,81)

- Go back to Darkshore and take the boat to Stormwind

3. Stormwind - King Varian Wrynn <King of Stormwind> (79,38)

- Go inside "The Tramp" (Which is at ~~76, 30~~ edit: 66, 33) and go to Ironforge

4. Ironforge - High Tinker Mekkatorque <King of Gnomes> (69,49)

- Last NPC is inside the same city.

5. Ironforge - King Magni Bronzebeard <Lord of Ironforge> (39, 55)

Just click on the NPC then use your on them.

Comment by 504141

i was disappointed... no compass in the stock or thing which tells time. maybe next year...

Comment by babyzack

please note that when you get your gifts those are actually quests that count for the quests achievement but not for the kalimdor or eastern kingdom ones

Comment by rodmin

A curiosity: The gun has a range of 25 yards. While i was playing with a mob's range i saw that the gun's range was bigger than Holy Shock and lower than Exorcism.

Comment by LittleMikey

For the record you can't shoot King Varian Wrynn inside ToC, you need to go to stormwind and shoot him.

Comment by triggz

Just completed this solo without dying once (rogue).

Tips for horde rogues (and probably druids, possibly hunter feign, mage invis, pally bubble, etc with careful usage):

Tyrande Whisperwind(Darnassus):
Stand directly in front of her at max range, shoot, then sprint forwards/to the right and leap over the edge and head out the door and vanish. You should drop combat and nothing will follow you. Pretty easy.

Prophet Velen(Exodar):
Walk between them and get on the ledge behind them, shoot, and sprint/leap off the ledge. The hardest part here is finding a corner of the zone far enough away to not spawn guards when you kill the last ones on you. I don't know anything about exodar so I just kited them all over the rising platforms and jumped off until I found a corner where I had 1 guard alone to kill away from a guard-spawning area and finished it. Gouge/spam crippling to get distance, lotta guards follow you here.

King Varian Wrynn(Stormwind):
Go into the room with the Bishop on the right, sap a guard and fire at Varian. He'll charge you and you'll get mass-rushed and almost get one-shotted. Trinket the stun, sprint and vanish/run to the far right corner of the room and kill the 1 guard who will be left on you. Evasion/gouge/CloS glyphed as pain supression are your friend.

King Magni Bronzebeard(Ironforge):
Simple, sap the guard next to the tree, open fire, sprint out the door and head left through the giant opening into the mystic ward. One guard will remain to kill and combat will drop.

High Tinker Mekkatorque(Ironforge):
Definitely the easiest for anyone. Pop 'em and hit the instance portal to Deeprun Tram.

WTS one slightly used BB gun.

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Comment by 197322

"Right in the Eye"

I got stunned twice in a row. Couldn't figure out why until I looked in my combat log.
I think there's a random chance to get hit "Right in the Eye" with your own gun (reference to The Christmas Story" movie).

Careful kid... You'll shoot your eye out with that thing!

Comment by Antman

As a hunter its possible to use Deterrance at the same time as u are shooting.

Comment by ExEvolution

This is actually pretty annoying to do. The gun misses, a lot I might add. I had to run back 3 times between deaths for bronzebeard, and 5 times for whisperwind because the gun kept missing and once they're in melee range, you can't shoot it anymore.

Misses much more than standard 8% miss versus bosses, and to make matters worse, being hit capped has no bearing on whether it will hit or not.

The gun also has a chance to missfire, and when it does, you will get a debuff Right in the Eye! and be stunned for 5 seconds. Very deadly when trying to pelt a leader. This gun is much more harmful to you than anything you can target with it.

Comment by Tripan

If you are doing this solo It can be hard to get a shot off before getting killed. When you go after Prophet Velen there are some boxes stacked on each other near Velen. Jump up on top of them and when you rez you will not aggro any mobs giving you one or two good shots which is all it should take. If you stand at the foot of the ramp in Ironforge when getting King Magni it should give you enough time to shoot him once or if your a lock, get off a Howl of Terror and then pop him while they are running.

Comment by wye43

The used for this achievement has a max range of 25 yards.
I fired it 7 times, and it missed 2.

Comment by AngelOfDeath

Just curious, can this achievement be done not during Winter Veil?

Comment by 507347

Just so you guys know the Stun from when you shoot yourself in the eye can be clicked off as if it were a buff.

Comment by forever86d

Solo'd it as a 80 Enhance Shaman with a GS of aprox 4.5
Died 4 times, took a few hours
Started in fel wood, jumped down the river to aluberdine.
took ship to Terisdal,
Then Exodar
then to storm wind
and finally Ironforge.

The elementals, wolves, earth bind, and stoneclaw helped greatly

Instant cast ghost wolf, and Water walking, and the breath buffs helped greatly in storm wind

Comment by Jzc136

So since this achievement does not say "... during Winter Veil", I take that it can be done anytime as long as we have the gun...

Comment by 338904

I hate stupid achievements like this.

"Go into the enemy city and DIE."

That's not a #$%^ing achievement. You're not "achieving" anything.

Comment by 468477

Ralphie: "I want an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!"

Santa Claus: "You'll shoot your eye out, kid. Merry Christmas! Ho, ho, ho!"

Comment by 438491

Like a few other faction achievments, you loose this if you change to alliance. You do not get the alliance version instead. As someone who has just transfered, I'm dissapointed to of lost so many and would never of transfered had I realised how much you loose (argent tournament dailies starting from scratch again is the worst).

Comment by 542326

lol... so this is what "BB king" is

the last achievement this guy haven't done http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=228680

Comment by Samphis

I just managed to finish this off, and other than a rogue camping me in Ironforge, I didn't have much trouble. I doubled it up with the Elders of the Alliance achievement for the Lunar Festival

One item that was invaluable for getting around Stormwind as a Horde player was the Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole to enable me to be able to breathe underwater in the canals and get around the city (for the most part) undetected.

Also, I found out that you can be polymorphed into a sheep while swimming.

Comment by Guanyin

I just pelted Tyrande since I had to be there for a quest anyway and did not get any credit.
Either a bug or whatever, but it seems to be undoable.

*edit* Retried and worked like a charm. Don't know what caused it to not trigger the achievement the first time.

Comment by 168688

I am trying to complete this achievement, however I am standing right where wowhead says King Varian Wrynn is in Stormwind, but I can't find him. I've been here for about 15mins and he hasn't spawned. I do see the other 3 kings that I need, I tried pelting one of them, but I'm not sure if I either missed, or if you have to shoot the one in their city for it to count. Either way, this is annoying. I fought my way (and died many times... that walk from the death point sucks) and then to get here, and can't do it?

Comment by 693832

Seems like this isn't possible to do at the moment, now that all the leaders are gathered up in SW. I successfully shot Valdrin today, but after five go's at Tyrande and still no achievement progress, I'm getting convinced that there's some kind of creature ID missmatch or something on those who aren't usually there.

Does anyone know anything about this?

Comment by Molekh

How are we supposed to do this now with all those level 85 guards in every capital city...?

Comment by 368966

Has anyone actually gotten King Varian Wrynn this year yet? I tried five times with no success, and I fired shots. I cannot believe I would have missed each time.

Comment by 657686

I tried to shoot Tyrande Wisperwind and it didn't count it.

Comment by 735457

Just got the BB King achievement today (84 Blood Elf Hunter). They all worked for me, of course I missed a few times, and died many times, but it is do able, and solo-able. Still a pain in the butt no matter how you look at it. Annoying that the guards are 85 now, and that the ally towns seem to be over flowing with them.

Of course be prepared to die :)

Used Macro

/target Prophet
/target Tyrande
/target King
/target Muradin
/use Red Rider Air Rifle

Comment by 64801

I just tried King Varian twice and got no credit. The BB Gun got two shots off, I died a second after, but no credit. Since the graveyard for SW is now at the border to Redridge Mountains I wasn't going to try any more than twice to get it.
I'm using the BB gun I got last year to do it.

Comment by SCViper

I can confirm that it works in 4.0.3a, just sneaked in and shot all of them. At lvl 85 with 7.46% ranged hit I only missed Velen once, which was quite lucky since his guards are 80 and they didn't blow me up, I had time to shoot again.

Comment by Keoskey

have not tried but since you can fly in into the alliance city would it be somewhat easy "er" b/c you can fly int the city unlike the old days of charge head on threw the city front gates

Comment by zombicarus

So this is going to forever stay incomplete for any new characters started in Cataclysm? I thought that anything no longer available would change to feats of strength?

That sucks for completionists like myself...

Comment by Drshadowsong

so are thay giveing the gun out this year?

Comment by zingar

i didnt get the gun in this year gifts

Comment by 745093

GAH. I didn't get the achievement. I was gonna start making alts so I can get it and send it to my main in the mail but then I saw, its BoP... so I can't do that... I'm furious now. All I got was a little companion and a bunch of cookies. I need a list of companions now so I can try to farm those (I'm a hardcore completionist)

Comment by kowaqt

Question: is this achievement possible to do in any way this year, if you don't have the BB gun from last year?

Comment by Drshadowsong

i am with you. we have the achivment but no gun. how are we going to get the achivment? blizzard?

Comment by 81380

There is no "BB gun" stop saying that, the gun for the achievement is
Red Rider Air Rifle however it is not obtainable anymore to do the updated achiev with the new bosses

Comment by 713200

How i can get gun for this achievment? :(

Comment by 745962

Heyas, I wanted to get this achievment (which yes, is not necessary for the Merrymaker title), but I haven't been playing WoW for a year so I don't have the BB gun. After reading everyone's posts (much appreciated), I just put in an in-game ticket haha. This is what I got in my mailbox:

From: Customer Support
(blah blah intro.) :)

"Considering you can't get the BB gun anymore, and one of the alliance leaders is a pillar of stone now, >.> isn't completable."

(though I see some of you have found that you can still complete it - as long as you have the BB gun).

Comment by 708587

Please, where can i actually get this gun?

Comment by 735075

It seems that they added Red Air Rifle, you can buy it in Dalaran, toy shop.

Comment by Thortok2000

There is another way to get this for those who did not get it from 2009 Winter Veil. The toy store in Dalaran now sells the gun necessary. Also sells Red Rider Air Rifle Ammo (not yet on Wowhead) which recharges for 200 shots if you already own a gun but have used it up.

Comment by 710762

The Airgun is now obatainable from the toyshop in Dal apparently, they hotfixed it

Comment by pie4all88

I can confirm that you can progress in this achievement now that this gun is available, even if Winter Veil isn't happening--I just shot Tyrande Whisperwind and got credit for it. Remember that it may take a few shots to hit the leaders since the gun can backfire on you.

Edit: Just got the full achievement.

Comment by 758402

You can now get this Achievement! The Item is available at the Dalaran Toy Shop :)

Comment by TimeTrap

This achievement can be completed using the Ride Rider Air Rifle purchased at the Dalaran Toy Store.

Comment by Ohnoto

Just got this achievement today, in March, not during the Winter Festival, using the Red Rider Air Rifle.

Achievement Link

Comment by Kroyfel

A link to where you can buy the rifle:

https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=46725#sold-by

Comment by 44374

During the ongoing Children's Week you can purchase a from a few other NPCs besides the ones in Dalaran.

Blax Bottlerocket - The Drag - Horde
Craggle Wobbletop - The Trade District - Alliance

The achievement does not require a specific time of year to be completed, i.e. Christmas / Winter Veil.

Comment by 695431

Blax Bottlerocket <Toys and Novelties> sells the Red Rider Air Rifle and ammo. He patrols along The Drag in Org.

Comment by 534654

I did this achievement today as of patch 4.1 which is very much easier if you have the ability to stealth. Which will at least get you into position to shoot at least.

Stormwind is definitely the worst as I could only manage 1 shot before being interrupted and killed (as well as the horrendous corpse run). you can also fly behind stormwind keep and target with /tar king and mark him so he's easy to find. you can fly through a window on the northwest of the king to make it a bit easier. Making your way out, you should be able to res to that northwest side too.

Ironforge is fiddly as a stealthy with very narrow doorways its easy to get spotted (if you're not a rogue to sap with, i'm a druid) and theres no shortcuts really for non-stealthies. But you should be able to get 2 shots off at muradin. At least this place is not as populated as much as it used to be.

Darnassus you can get to by flying from Darkshore, just look for the extent of the fatigue water first. And then fly straight up to Darnassus. You can fly above the Temple of the moon where Tyrande is at and use /target tyrande and mark her. But watch out for the flying guards above. Its a bit of a run up a ramp where you have to circle around inside to get to her. If you're a stealthie you can position yourself with your back to the wall (try dying here if you're not a stealthie). From here i was able to get 3 shots off at Tyrande.

Exodar you can reach taking the boat from the westernmost pier from Rutheran village. Note that you can't fly around in the Draenei areas (like the belf areas). But this place should be really deserted so you can wander around without it being too bad until you find the Prophet. Who is near the center and then work your way outwards to Vault of Lights.

In all honesty, look out for people doing the For the Horde! achievement and tag along with it, easiest way you'll get this achievement done. Good luck!

Comment by Boothedestroyer

How are we supposed to get this achev when Muradin Bronzebeard is dead?

Comment by 455548

Seems to work anytime of year. Just did this 9-04-2011 only downside was repair bill.

Comment by Kinkerzz

I just tried this achivment .... first off wasn't fun. Secondly when I tried to shoot King Varian Wrynn it just kept saying immune.

Anyone else have this issue...

Patched maybe?

Comment by Twerk

Wanted to let everyone know that I am working on this achievement today (October 18th, 2011) and it appears to be working. You do NOT need to do it during Winter Veil to get credit.

Comment by 456655

Finished this quest this evening as a lvl 85 Prot Pally. First thing I did was to dump all my gear. I did Darn, Exo, Iron and Storm in that order. I used the following macro and completed each as follows...

#showtooltip
/cleartarget
/tar Muradin Bronzebeard
/tar King Varian Wrynn
/tar Tyrande Whisperwind
/tar Prophet Velen
/stopmacro
/use Red Rider Air Rifle

1) Darnassus - Allowed myself to be killed under the platform that Tyr is standing on. Ran back and up the ramp and rez on the platform shoot Tyr and die.
2) Exodar - After exiting the ship go in the entrance for Exodar on your left, this will bring you very close to where Velen is. I was able to run right up to Velen before I was killed. Run back, rez, shoot him and die again.
*) Make you way to the eastern kingdoms...
3) Ironforge - Since the introduction of flight in the old world this is now a lot easier. I was able to fly into the center of Muradin's throne room before i was dismounted and actually got my shot off before being killed. Worse case scenario, fly in die, run back, rez, shoot, die. :)
4) Stormwind - Last and certainly not least was King Varian Wrynn. I strongly suggest flying into Stormwind from the northeast and entering the keep through an opened roofed "garden" that has direct access to the King's Throne Room. This one proved a little more "interesting" than the others since it is a very confined space. Eventually I had to rez, bubble, shoot, shoot, shoot several times before getting a hit.

A couple things to keep in the mind the range on the bb gun is 8-25 if the target is closer or further than those values it won't work. Another thing to keep in mind is that if you can accomplish this later in the evening in the middle of the week (Wednesday or Thursday) you will have significantly less people camping your corpse.

Either way, good luck, happy hunting and I hope this helps,
Malleosancti

Comment by Dust

It's very easy but time consuming. It's ok to be nervous; everybody dies doing this. Just be prepared from the beginning to corpse run. Get as close as you can to each city's king before getting killed somehow, then corpse-run back and revive a little closer to the king than you were before. Repeat this until you're close enough to fire off a shot from your red rider rifle. Hearth out, or, just leave the same way you came out.

*edit- I don't know why this was downrated. A lot of people are really uncomfortable with being flagged for PvP, and I want to encourage them that they too can do this quest (and others like it).

Comment by Patient

i can confirm as of 4.3 the can be bought at the toy shop in dal works and gives credit for all the leaders, i did this on my spriest solo, bubbled, then used Dispersion and ran in shot them and died, no other real way to get out for spriest other than just dying.. you can be dispersed and use the gun at the same time, just a little extra help, so you dont get one shot.

Comment by 361005

The BB gun can be gotten from the wandering toy vendor in SW and ORG. You no longer need to wait to get it in a gift

Comment by Kidja

As a paladin you can cast Blessing of Protection on yourself or friend and shoot.
Hope i helped, GL and don`t use spirit healer my advice i spent like 2k on repairs for this achievement.

Comment by 378293

You can dump all gear so no repairs at death...

You can shoot Red Rider Air Rifle gun with nothing equipped!

Comment by 883656

I just completed this with a friend of mine. I was on my mage and he on his warrior. It took us a few deaths to get into each throne room, but once there we basically took turns to aggro and give the other the time to shoot. He'd rez and immediately taunt, and I'd rez and immediately iceblock.

I had to come back later to Stormwind because of how many alliance came after the warrior got his shot done, but once there I just used invisibility outside the keep, walked in, stood right in the middle of the room, and got it.

You'll have to stagger your tries over a few hours more than likely, as alliance like to come to the stormwind one. The others if the gun missed we were just able to come right back and try again.

I'd also suggest not wearing much gear as you WILL get a large repair bill.

Comment by 10gaugeron

This is a freaking joke, very costly. As soon as you get into range you are engaged in battle and not able to use the air rifle.

Comment by motafina

You can buy the Red Rider Air Rifle from the toy vendor in Orgrimmar or Dalaran.

Here are the NPCs you have to pelt:

Muradin Bronzebeard

Prophet Velen

King Varian Wrynn

Tyrande Whisperwind

*This is not a requirement of the Merrymaker achievement.

Comment by Googla

Finally did it! "King Varian Wrynn" took around 10 tries. And was definitely the hardest. I thought i shot at him all the tries. But i realized it didn't shoot.

You can watch your combat log and check for sure. What i did is went into bg and go all the buffs to get higher stamina therefor i can have better chance for the castbar to load before you die. Pop ur cds also that can improve ur defense. Good luck.

Comment by Stjimmy

Not getting any credit for Tyrande even though I'm using Red Rider Air Rifle right in her face, IN DARNASUS, as well as combat log saying she gets the 'startled' debuff. Died twice now. I'm not corpse running anymore because of Blizzards failure..

Comment by jaxsonbateman

Having just done this achievement in 2011, I'll post what I found for each Alliance faction leader:
Tyrande - pretty hard to reach, seeing as your only point of entry requires you to go in on the ground level, then get up to the first floor, then curve around to her.
Velen - also hard to reach, given that you can't fly, so you're going to draw aggro on your way too him, and getting hit delays the shot being fired.
Varian - probably the easiest one; the little courtyard to the northwest of his location is a nice, mostly vacant area and great for landing in on a mount.
Muradin - the second easiest; as soon as you clear the gate of Ironforge you can get to his location fairly aggro-free, and then fire the shot.

Other points:
*Invisibility potions are golden. If you use them on the way in, you can save a couple corpse runs in the extra distance you cover. If you use them on the way out, you can hearth uninterrupted (as the effect breaks on a successful spell cast, not the actual start of a cast).
*While you can go in fully geared and take on the guards, you're still probably gonna die as you run away from the faction leader. Going in naked my make things take longer, but will save you money.
*Anything to reduce the cast time of the shot (1 second by default) or avoid interruption due to damage will be helpful - so things like Divine Shield, Power Word: Shield, Ice Barrier and Totem of Tranquil Mind. If you don't have any way to significantly negate the cast time increase from being attacked, you might have to go in fully geared just so you can survive long enough to get the shot off (it's quite hard to position yourself within 30 yards of the leaders yet out of any aggro ranges). Haste gear could be helpful (I'm not sure if haste would affect the cast time, but I imagine it would).
*It's possible to miss, and given that they're boss level mobs you'd need a decent chunk of hit to negate it entirely. So if you're going with the naked approach, it's something to keep in mind - make sure you track the achievement and don't leave simply because you got the shot off.
*Do the Caroling achievement at the same time, if you haven't already.

Comment by Taraezor

I struggled a little with Muradin but examination of the Combat Log helps. I was interrupted. I was blocked. And I was too close. Of the actual shots that landed properly, I would say about 3, the 3rd one counted. The others just gave the "startled" debuff.

As Enhancement Shaman, the Earth elemental "tanking" golem helps a lot. It stops Muradin Bronzebeard rushing up and thus getting too close.

Oh yeah.... so many NPCs trying to attack you - You will be silenced / stunned (one or the other I can't be sure) at times.

For Muradin, as soon as you enter his room, flying of course, turn left and land. It a safe area. A good place to buff up and heal after a rez. If you do as another poster says, just take a few steps in, you will pull aggro from the guards in the doorway, one stationary guard much furtehr in, a level 20 (from memory) NPC, and maybe a roaming guard NPC. To get to within 30 yards you need to be deep within the centre of the room. You'll not get there freely, unless you are stealthed.

Two person these - each of you takes turns to die first and draw aggro while the other gets a nice clean cast from the correct distance, before also dieing.

Naked is the way to go too. Saves heaps on repairs.

Comment by 684868

Helps to have the achievement tracked, you can tell if the shot counted by a simple glance to see if target's name disappears from list.

Comment by 929465

Tyrande Whisperwind - Approach the Temple of the Moon from the southwest edge of the island. There are relatively few guards and you should be able to fly right in the north entryway. The victim is on the second floor, so you need to make it past a bunch of elves and go up a spiral stair in the southern part of the temple. I had the best luck taking the shot from a diagonal along the north wall of the temple.

Prophet Velen - Enter Exodar from the ramp closest to the boat. There are a couple guards in this ramp; just run past them on your mount. Velen is up a set of stairs on the right. The guards wasted me up here, but I was able to get a shot off by following another poster's advice to stand on some nearby boxes before resurrecting. This gives you the couple seconds that you need to get a shot fired.

Muradin Bronzebeard - Enter Ironforge on a flying mount, and use the same ducts that Alliance Wind-Riders to get from the Gates of Ironforge to The Commons, and then to The Great Forge. The duct into The Great Forge empties directly above the room with Muradin. You can take a brief break to buff up here. Step a few feet in and use the macro others have provided to target to pull the trigger. This was the easiest of the Alliance bunch, and you should be able to get it on the first try.

King Varian Wrynn - Enter with a flying mount through the open garden windows on the northwest side of Stormwind Keep. This is the same room where Cenarion Emissary Jademoon can be found. There are no guards in this room, so you can catch your breath & buff before making the assault. The King is surrounded by level 85 Stormwind Guards who will immediately start pelting you with crossbow bolts. If you die here, you can easily get the King on the next try. Do a corpse run back to Stormwind Keep. The pillars around the room have three tiers and can be jumped on. If you jump up here you'll buy yourself enough time to get a shot off before all of the guard axe you. Jump on the pillar closest to the northwest exit, but not on the pillar closest to the King. Face the King, target the King, and have a hotkey ready to BB the King.

As a general tip I'd recommend pairing this with A-Caroling We Will Go (and be aware that neither of these enemy-faction achievements is necessary to earn the Merrymaker title). Also it's a good idea to prepare for this achievement in advance by scouting the enemy thronerooms with an alt, especially if you don't usually play Alliance.

Comment by 478970

I suggest pairing this with A-Caroling We Will Go!

Comment by Taraezor

I have previously posted here I know but this time a guide to all 4 Alliance bosses. I did this with a couple of lower level guildies, including one who couldn't fly. So possible at any level I suppose.

Prophet Velen
From the harbour go down the winding path and at the bottom will be two guards who need to be dealt with. Exodar guards hit a lot harder than the capital city guards elsewhere so be warned. Either kill these or run! Whatever, at the bottom of the ramp you do a hard right turn so that you go back towards the way you came. The circular area you will enter has no guards in the middle. You will ascend some stairs. Two guards need to be dealt with. The middle of that staircase is safe, out of aggro range. At the top of the stairs swing right and fire your shot off! You will surely die. Don'y be tempted to stand on the boxes to the side of the Prophet. If he runs at you then you will be too close for the shot to be counted.

Tyrande Whisperwind
Deal with the two guards at the entrance to Tyrande's dome. Then skirt around the wall in a clockwise direction until you see a winding staircase. Pick off a couple more guards. From there ascend the ramp and at the top turn right and continue forward, dealing with guards one by one or at most as a pair. Buff up and do whatever then when in range fire off your shot and die.

Provided you are able to deal with a couple of guards at a time, this one was by far the easiest. You will probably need to fight your way out too. With lowbies you might need to run through the pink portal from down at the harbour. Be warned that as soon as you go through the portal there will be two city guards to deal with and if you rush forward too far you'll have to deal with more at the same time.

King Varian Wrynn
Land in the centre of the garden adjacent to the King's throne room. Right on top of the Hyjal emissary is okay. There will be two guards just inside the King's room. They can be pulled singly. Then two more guards to the right of the doorway, likewise, pulled individually. You are now clear to enter. Fire off your shot.

If you are lucky enough to be a mage you can blink out to the garden and then go invisible. The King doesn't like to be pulled too far. There are possibilities for getting out of this alive if you can be bothered. The important thing is to pick off as many guards as possible to lessen the number of "casting" interrupts on your gun.

Muradin Bronzebeard
The closeness of the NPCs in Muradin's room mean that the strategy that worked in Stormwind will not work here. The only saving grace is the area immediately to the left of the entrance to Bronzebeard's room is a nice safe staging area, albeit the occasional pat will go through there.

Due to the sheer number of NPCs attacking you, you will need some luck to get even one shot at Muradin if you are low level. I needed several myself so personally this was the hardest.

Comment by Schadenfreude

I did this along with A-Caroling this year after procrastinating on it for a while. I got pretty frustrated since I couldn't seem to get the shot off on anyone, but I slowly figured out that by spamming my rifle hotkey, I was actually interrupting my own cast. Pressing it once and waiting let me hit the target perfectly each successive time. The guards couldn't interrupt me, either-- they just gave a bit of pushback. (Presumably if they stun you your cast will interrupt of course.)

Comment by Rayanna

Hunters, you can shoot this while you have deterrence active. Makes shooting King Varian Wrynn for this achievement much easier if you are going at it solo.

Comment by BarbaricGoose

The name's a reference to the legendary blues guitarist B.B. King.

At least, I'd assume so...

Comment by Allakhazam

Here is a guide I wrote:

http://www.*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#.com/world-events/winter-veil/bb-king/

Comment by Allakhazam

not a really usefull guide except for the coordinates of the leaders.

Comment by Arccai

And how exactly is this gonna be possible without the Rifle in classic wotlk?
There are no Toy Vendors in Orgrimmar, and the ones in Dalaran does not sell it.

Comment by iwua

Get the rifle from a present under the tree on Christmas, err, Winter Veil day.

Go to each leader: I flew to Felwood, took the boat to Exodar, then to Darnassus, then hearthed to Dal to port to Org, fly to Ratchet, boat to Booty Bay, then use the transporter to Gnomeregan. Run to Ironforge, then to Stormwind.

As a druid, I was able to stealth to each leader - except I got seen by Varian or one of his guards as I was considering where to take my shot.

I also missed Magni once and Varian twice (!) - which really stinks, because the graveyard run to Varian is all the way in the Eastvale logging camp.

Make sure you actually hit the leader before heading to the next one - though the Achievement progress tracking isn't reliable. I hit Magni ("1 damage"), but the tracker didn't show credit for it until I did a /reload.

Lots of deaths. Glad I stripped off my gear for this one - though maybe +Hit gear would be worth it?

Comment by sseeaann

Make sure to check that it's registered after each king. Get to somewhere safe (eg Ironforge tram), reload the interface (it doesn't refresh the achievement automatically), check it. It took me 4 attempts for High Tinker Mekkatorque, it didn't register that I hit him for whatever reason, despite clearly showing it in the combat log as 1 Physical damage.

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