wow Mechagnomes Can't be Unlocked as of Pre-patch?

[Starym 3,775]

 

It's looking like many players are having issues unlocking the Mechagnome Allied Race after the pre-patch and there may be a bug with a quest related to the unlock process. Players who have the achievement done and should be able to get the Allied Race by completing the quest chain have been reporting being unable to progress the Mechagnome quest line. Specifically, the issue is in the Someone Who Can Help quest, as the final action needed to complete it is not working at the moment. From the WoW forums:

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I am stuck on the quest “Someone who can help” in progress to unlock the mechagnome race but the quest is bugged and will not offer the ability to click on Mekkatorque’s escape pod. I have abandoned and reacquired the quest but after picking up the Homing copter nothing changes. Many others are also stuck on this not justn me. We’re all just standing here waiting.
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The quest “Someone Can Help” quest which is apart of the chain that re-appears to welcome the Mechagnome into the alliance questline, is not working at all. As soon as you pick up the quest it asks you to get a copter, you click the copter - it dissapears woosh into thin air and completel 1/1. When you go back to the npc to click the “Mechatorque Head” nothing happens… it highlights like you can interact with it but you cannot even click it. I have tried to drop and re-take, and did reloads of addons and even disable. Nothing works.

There is also the issue of the quest not appearing in the embassy, but you can still get it over on Boralus at Kelsey Steelspark.

Hopefully Blizzard can fix this issue and we can get some new Mechagnomes in soon, as players were very excited for new Allied Races with the removal of the Exalted requirement that came with the pre-patch.

Thanks to @mathelm for the heads up!

[Forestpurpss 0]

I was here all night just waiting.

On my server alone, at least 300 others were stuck.

How can blizz break old content like this?

I was very excited to start lvling. Too bad I guess.

[breadnbutter82 0]

Confirmed still not working even after maintenance on 10/14..... Was really looking forward to trying out the new leveling system with a Mechagnome.

[LucasCafieiro 0]

At least for me, this has just been fixed. When I logged in the Homing copter was following me, and I just had to interact with the capsule.

[Forestpurpss 0]

7 hours ago, LucasCafieiro said:

At least for me, this has just been fixed. When I logged in the Homing copter was following me, and I just had to interact with the capsule.

Really

 

[LucasCafieiro 0]

32 minutes ago, Forestpurpss said:

Really

 

Yes. I had previously submitted a ticket, though, but I was still on the wait for an answer. I had just logged on and the Hoving copter was there. Many people I knew were also waiting managed to complete the quest as well. I was able to unlock the Mechagnomes after I finished this quest.

[dukester34 0]

I knocked it out this morning, no issues.

[Fulfinsen 0]

At least you were able to start the questline

[slimshadows 0]

Yes, it's fixed for me! Was bugged yesterday, as of this morning I can continue in the questchain ?

[Dryfuss 0]

Done all the quests but can not unlock the Mechagnomes yet ...

[heeneyog 0]

earned the achievement - The Mechagonian Threat and still can't see the quest to start the chain to unlock this allied race??