Are You Insane in the Membrane?
Originally Posted by Lylirra (Blue Tracker)
It's a question you've been asking us for a little while now. And, based on all the posts, emails, petitions, and letters we received following the announcement that the Insane in the Membrane achievement would no longer be in available in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, we started to wonder if maybe we had gone a bit loco.

So, we went back to the drawing board. After carefully reviewing all the feedback and discussing the matter amongst ourselves, we're now happy to report that we will be making the following changes to the Feat of Strength:


  • Exalted reputation with Shen'dralar will no longer be required. As this is the only reputation that will be unobtainable in Cataclysm, we've simply decided to remove it as a requirement.

    For those who already earned Exalted reputation with this faction, don't worry -- we haven't forgotten about your accomplishments. In a future patch, we'll be adding in a separate Feat of Strength to recognize your deep love of Dire Maul.


  • Bloodsail Buccaneer faction reputation will remain in-game. Also, to ensure that this change does not negatively affect Cataclysm quest progression in Stranglethorn Vale, Booty Bay Bruisers will now provide reputation up through Exalted.

This will ensure that players will still be able to attain Insane in the Membrane and "The Insane" title in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Please note, however, that these changes will not take effect until The Shattering in patch 4.0.3a -- excluding the separate "Exalted with Shen'dralar" feat, which will be introduced in a future, but currently-undetermined patch.

And, of course, those who are already Insane in the Membrane will retain their title and current Feat of Strength. Shine on, you crazy diamonds.
This article was originally published in forum thread: Are You Insane in the Membrane? started by Boubouille View original post
Comments 252 Comments
  1. Wakey's Avatar
    I am so upset by this. I worked hard to get that title and am just disgusted they decided to just make it a cakewalk for everyone that wants it now.

    If they are going to go back on their word and not only make it still obtainable, but EASIER, I def want to be able to walk into ZA and get my Amani War Bear.
    Thanks a lot for being liars Blizz, I feel like I just got kicked in the face.

    ---------- Post added 2010-11-10 at 10:45 PM ----------

    Quote Originally Posted by Lwa View Post
    And I wish they never added a buff to ICC! IT IS ALL SO UNFAIR!

    tbh, ICC was doable without the buff.

    Insane shouldn't be doable without Shen'dralar. Shen is probably the most time consuming and expensive parts of this grind, the ICC buff was for people that wern't hardcore raiders to be able to complete end game content with ease.
  1. Kryos's Avatar
    a good compromise - stop the qq
  1. mmoc8eb9d31461's Avatar
    How bout an mini Ogre pet? That'd be awesome!
  1. BrendanBauer's Avatar
    Great news, those did grind the Shen'dralar will get to choose between two titles in the coming months. You can either choose "the Broke" or "the Whiny."
  1. mmoc7b71d723b4's Avatar
    Come on Blizzard.

    Why do you always do stuff like this ?!?! First i buy a 15k gold mount, and now you lower the price to 8k gold in cata !

    But dont get me started with the insane title !!! You talking about adding a extra achievement ( For those who love Dire Maul) well let me tell you something.......the insane part about this achievement aint about the grinding or farming herbs for dm cards........ the really insane part is that you have to spend either 200 hours+ if ur hoping to farm diamonds and librams urself, or spend 50k gold or more and buy it.
    Instead of a extra achievement we should get a even cooler title or a mount that shows how dedicated ppl was farming for this title, or just how insane we was to spend that kind of money on a title !!!!
    Or call cata insane ppl for Mini Insane or old ones for The Truely Insane !!!!!
    Please dont make this a title that all ppl can achieve now without being insane.

    I really hope you will think about making a huge diffrence with the title before and the title after Cata !!

    Allan The Truely Insane !!!!!!
  1. Cirque's Avatar
    Assumption is mostly, if not always the mother of all fuckups you'll make. ASSUMING Insane in the Membrane would be gone and then spending 50k gold on Shendralar is seriously stupid. You have nobody but yourself to blame.
  1. Anandor's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by BrendanBauer View Post
    Great news, those did grind the Shen'dralar will get to choose between two titles in the coming months. You can either choose "the Broke" or "the Whiny."
    yeah and everyone that get this after 4.0.3a can get the new FoS "QQ gets me what i want"
  1. Penguirrel's Avatar
    I don't care, I'm Insane already, gimme my Shendralar achieve and I'll move along
  1. mmoc7fbe35588b's Avatar
    I feel sorry for that dude that farmed Jazzrik for 10 months back when he gave 1 rep per kill

    Edit:
    And btw I farmed exalted with The Frostborn and Explorer's League before 3.0.3, should I have something special for that too?
  1. Penguirrel's Avatar
    hmmm, Shendralar title, would you be satisfied if it were <name> of the Highborne?
  1. Kwickslash's Avatar
    Cry enough and though shall receive.
  1. Powerogue's Avatar
    dang, this part of the achieve was what was making those pristine black diamonds 300g. 8( that's the only part I care about, that was making me good money!
  1. Keristrasza's Avatar
    Shen'dralar was the reason I did not do this achievement, I refuse to waste gold on a crazy ass title. Now that it's gone and I'm not wasting money I will try it.
  1. BrendanBauer's Avatar
    There's no difference between this happening, and Blizzard releasing another expansion so everyone who spent months and months and months raiding, and repairing, and buying mats for flasks so they could get the best gear being all for nothing since better gear will be gotten by someone who never raided and just levels to 82 and equips a quest reward.

    The amount of "I constantly deserve a special reward to make me unique for things I chose to spend my time doing" is ridiculous. You got what you wanted when you did it, and it's ALWAYS going to get easier for people who do it way down the road. Get over it and move on.
  1. Rekra's Avatar
    I've already completed Shren'delar, and I have to admit I'm slightly pissed about all the time (dozens of hours) and money (10k+ gold) I've put into this single faction. Blizzard should add something equally hard to obtain as a requirement for the insane in Cataclysm. If you were able to complete shren'delar you have the title already, but if not you have to do this other faction to receive "The Insane".
  1. DeltrusDisc's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Anandor View Post
    yeah and everyone that get this after 4.0.3a can get the new FoS "QQ gets me what i want"
    Marry me.
  1. Ltsmash's Avatar
    Nice use of pink floyd at the end of the post. and woot!
  1. Blayze's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Myzrael View Post
    No, reason why I did this was a rare title. Find me a single person who would do this whole madness of an achievement if all you got was FoS, without title, and i'll stand corrected.
    Me. It'd help towards the Exalted achievements and guild achievements. I couldn't care less about the title.
  1. SerenitySaz's Avatar
    I'm one of those in the masses who are incredibly excited to see this achievement/title remain in the game. While I can see the frustration of those who have managed to grind out/spend a load of gold for the Shen'dralar rep (they should probably be rewarded with something more than just a FoS, since even gold takes time to earn...a title for that rep would be pretty neat to see on those rare folks), it was equally frustrating to be someone who's been forced offline for several months due to computer issues, and prior to said issues I was too busy running a guild and raiding while also juggling RL to really get any proper work done on this. I'd someday love to obtain this title, but have simply thus far haven't managed to find the insane amount of time require to achieve it. Therefor, I am super happy that it shall remain obtainable come the expansion.

    As someone had previously suggested, why not tack on a few more requirements for this title come Cataclysm? Toss in a bunch of BC reps into the mix, just to keep it more of a pain in the bottom to get?

    Anyways, /cheer!

    (Double posted - this comment is also over on WoW Insider - because I'm lazy.)
  1. Shummy's Avatar
    All the people complaining about the Shen'dralar change make me laugh. What's REALLY disgusting is those of us that grinded our Bloodsail Buccaneer Rep to Exalted the hard way. Screw Booty Bay Bruisers giving that Rep now.

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