PTR 2.4.0: Midsummer Fire Festival
This isn’t strictly pet-related, but if you are on the PTR you have an opportunity to check out the Midsummer Fire Festival early — and it sounds like it’s been completely revamped! On the Blizzard Test Realm Forum Kisirani says:
The World Event Team has activated the revamped Midsummer Fire Festival on the PTR. The primary focus of the PTR testing is still on the content of the Isle of Quel’Danas, but if you could spare some testing time to review the holiday, we’d greatly appreciate it!
In particular:
You can visit any capital city — including Shattrath — to begin most quests involving the holiday.
Some focus points for feedback:
- The boss fight (similar to the Headless Horseman) located in the Slave Pens of Coilfang Reservoir;
- The Torch Tossing and Torch Catching quests located in the capitals;
- The lead-in quests offered by the Earthen Ring elders and the daily summon quests that result;
- The various camps in the wilderness and the buffs that result from activities there (honoring the flame, dancing around the ribbon pole with multiple people).
We’ll also gladly take any other feedback you may have regarding the holiday.
Here are the known issues that have been fixed on our end and should be fixed soon on the PTR:
- The Glacial Lieutenants from the Ice Stones in Silithus are not able to be attacked.
- More Torch Tossing and More Torch Catching are unable to be completed for Horde players.
- The Flame Keepers and Flame Wardens are hostile; this will be changed.
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wooa thats sounds kewl :D yea last year you could get them shoulder n’ stuff.. hmm… can you still get them?
Thank you for sharing this!
I immediately asked one of my guildies to check the event out on the PTR. Let’s see what he can tell about it. ;)
Sounds really great…
In addition to the shoulders, can you still get the helm for visiting all 6 capitals (even tho there’s 8 now :P)?
Hmmm… It might actually be possible to get a SP group going while this is on! :)
The shoulders can now be bought from a vendor.
There’s also a dress with an on-use effect. When worn, and used, it will make your hands burn with the cast-fire-spell animation.
Then there’s some shoes with an on-use effect. This only works when you are standing still, or dancing, and will make your feet burn.
Finally, there’s a Brazier, which will (I presume) summon some dancing fire creatures.
The currency is the burning flowers that you are rewarded from visiting the bonfires, and from finishing the daily quests. (Like the Brew Fest, except there’s no mount)
The bonfires have been rewamped from previous years, so that most zones now have an Alliance and/or a Horde fire. You can desecrate the other factions bonfire, for a 11G and 10 burning flowers (non-repeatable) reward (at level 70)
As for the helm, I haven’t been able to steal all the Horde fires yet. The Undercity bonfire was no problem, and I got the quest starter item. But I can’t visit Thunder Bluff, every time I step on an elevator the game disconnects….
Ah forgot….
The use effect on the dress only works when dancing.
Thanks, Idoru! That’s great to know.
Hey, how about a real fire festival.
Jumping the flames on a Greek island.
See my blog post.
Cheers,
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