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Kalimdor Cup Dragonriding Races: Advanced Gold Tips, Tricks, and Video Highlights
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17/08/2023 a las 04:59
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The
Kalimdor Cup
is live, and players are quickly discovering that these time-limited dragonriding races can pose a serious challenge, so we're breaking down some tips, tricks, and video highlights to help bring home the gold!
Kalimdor Cup Guide and Rewards
Review your Runs
Just like timing Mythic+ dungeons or defeating difficult raid bosses, one of the most important tips for getting better at anything is practice - simply repeating the activity over and over again until it has become ingrained to the point of not even having to think about it first. Alongside that is reviewing your own runs, to see what you can improve and where you tend to run into trouble.
Though Dragonriding races aren't recorded in WarcraftLogs (yet!?), you can easily record and review yourself with Nvidia Shadowplay, OBS, Windows Xbox Game Bar, or other similar software. Pre-record or grab a clip after your race to see which part gave you trouble, where you ran out of vigor, or which obstacle snuck up on you, in order to better prepare for next time!
Buff the Dragonriding UI
Successfully timing advanced races is all about speed and vigor management, and while the default Dragonriding UI may look nice, it doesn't provide a whole lot of detailed information. Darianopolis's
Dragonriding UI weakaura
fixes that by adding various gauges to properly track speed, acceleration, and vigor, alongside buff breakpoints and ability timers to maximize the use of all your tools and abilities! Although certainly not required to successfully complete races, that little bit of extra information may help give you an edge in securing victory.
It may not be as pretty as the default UI, but Darian's WA shows far more information to help maintain positive acceleration, Thrill of the Skies, and manage vigor!
Worry not though, you don't
need
advanced WeakAuras to succeed in the Kalimdor Cup, they just might help overcome a particularly challenging part, especially if you find yourself struggling to maintain speed or vigor. To prove this, we've made a point of highlighting successful racers using a mix of default UI, advanced weakauras, and even no UI whatsoever to earn their gold rankings!
Off to the Races
Practice, practice, practice! The new races may be challenging, but it's nothing that can't be overcome without a little bit of time and dedication on your side. Of the 16 new races available throughout the Kalimdor Cup, we're focusing on four advanced courses that are generally considered the most challenging to achieve Gold ranking on, showcasing helpful community videos and tricks to ease your way.
Durotar Tour
While advanced is certainly the hardest setting, even the normal and reverse versions of Durotar can be challenging due to a very tricky section of blind spots while passing through the Echo Isles. Not only does the course lead straight through clusters of trees that are extremely easy to lose momentum on, the final turn of that section will often fly you face first into a tree as well, so make sure you're aware of all the twists and turns going in.
That said, as long as you don't come to a complete stop, the timer is actually fairly forgiving, so there is room for a little bit of error, as showcased in this explanatory video by
IceLighting
- the advanced course run begins @ 1:43, flanked by normal and reverse gold on either side.
If you're a fan of Ice's explanatory ride-along videos, there are many more advanced gold walkthroughs on Youtube!
Rocketway Ride
Azshara's Rocketway Ride is the longest race of the Kalimdor Cup, with an advanced gold time of 94 seconds! This makes it challenging in a different way from most, as it means there's a lot more to remember and maintaining speed for that long can prove a challenge. Duration aside, much of the difficulty comes from regularly dipping over and under the long twisting highway, which can be deceptively tricky due to the random light poles, terminus stations, and turn signals lining the Rocketway. Thankfully, the latter half of the race is much simpler, featuring a long empty stretch over the Bay of Storms, where speed is all that matters.
Uldum Tour
The Uldum Tour can be a tricky race, with most of its rings just above ground level, adding a new element of difficulty due to the increased number of ground elements alongside the expected trees and outcroppings.
Sarcasm Detector
makes it look easy though, using
Ascenso hacia el cielo
alongside quick up and down camera movements to "hop" their dragon, increasing speed without gaining altitude... all without any UI whatsoever!
Un'Goro Crater Circuit
Arguably the hardest race to time, Un'Goro doesn't have the most complicated route, but requires strict vigor maintenance in order to keep up with orb spawns. One trick used by
Goldenshacal
in this Advanced Gold video showcase is moving just barely off the starting ledge before using
Carga hacia delante
along with some quick up and down mouse movements for immediate forward momentum.
While some of the timers seem tight and the challenges may at first feel insurmountable, there are several ways to approach these races, and we hope these highlights help racers enjoy the Kalimdor Cup for the few weeks it remains available. Which courses have you found the most challenging so far?
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