For those of you engaging in the Midsummer Fire Festival, you may have noticed that a few of the goodies for purchase are quite “pricey” in terms of blossom value. I myself was skeptical of the items since the descriptions are vague and you can really only afford one beefy object (maybe 2 if you do every possible quest and daily available). Therefore, it helps to know what you’re getting and that’s where this post comes in.
Ahune Update: A group of guildies went in again last night to try and get this boss down. This time we took 2 druid healers, a warlock, pally tank and shadow priest. The shadow priest was in blues/greens, but the rest of us were in T4+ gear. This was a long fight, and I had to innervate myself once and pot a few times, but we did finally get him down with no wipes! The only change we made in strat from the first try was beefier tank (18k hp vs 15k) and two healers instead of one. When the boss was vulnerable we all went on DPS, healers too. I’m sure our DPS went down from the original group and it took us four waves to get him, but we did it. BTW, the epic staff dropped and we gave it to the shadow priest 
That thing is very cool looking!
I guess the moral of the story is, if you can’t beat this guy cuz the adds keep wiping you out, try adding an extra healer instead of more dps.
There sure are a lot of bonfires in the world… of Warcraft (heh) aren’t there? If you have more than one toon, it can be confusing to remember who has been to which ones. This is why I copied the full list from WoWInsider and pasted it into a text document that I could print out. Then hubbie was kind enough to turn that into a printable that crams the full list onto one page instead of having to waste two pieces of paper. He thought you guys might appreciate me sharing it, since I’ve already printed three for myself
Midsummer Fire Festival Checklist
Now you can just print one for each toon and highlight the bonfires as you visit!
As I’m sure many of you did, I spent most of this weekend doing Festival activities. If your guild is dealing with the doldrums like mine is, this is a great opportunity to spark some fun. In my previous post, I touched briefly on the quests to collect fire from the opposition’s city fires. This requires you to infiltrate their city, locate the fire and click it to grab a token. If you get 1 city fire, you can turn it in to your city Lorekeeper for 25 blossoms. If you collect all 4, you also get a crown which goes with the festival outfit.
Ever since I tested this content on the Test Realms, I’ve been anxious for it to go live. Mostly this is because I’ve been coveting that flame pet for over a year and no one ever wanted to run five dungeons to get it. This year, you can purchase the flame pet for 350 burning blossoms, and there are lots more quests to collect them. I have a few tips to share for those of you not familiar with this holiday.
“Haris Pilton has launched a new line of bags and jewelry”
Being the chic that I am, this got me excited. The first thing I did on the PTR was visit Ms. Pilton to see what goodies she had in store. I took some screenshots to share with you guys:
Hi Friend,
I know you are a huge fan of WoW and you will do whatever you have to do to be UB3R 1337 H4X0RZ , so I am letting you in on a secret. Before you get suspicious, this doesn’t involve gold-farming, powerleveling services or anything that costs you money. (more…)
My next few posts are going to be focused on a recurring theme: the upcoming expansion. Personally, I don’t think we’re going to see a release until the end of the year, possibly even January next year. That’s because they just recently went to Alpha, so I would estimate Beta starting in Aug/Sept and release following 3-5 months after that. Nonetheless, I find myself thinking about Lich King quite a bit because it’s looming on the horizon. It doesn’t help that they released a slew of new tidbits this past week and I’m sure we’ll see more as we get closer to the Beta.
I’ve been wrestling with this problem since 2.4 went live, but I guess really we deal with it all the time. My Jewelcrafter needs Exalted rep with SSO to purchase all the new gemcutting recipes. My Enchanter needs to be Honored with SSO to get the two new Enchanting recipes. I haven’t even touched on gear needs yet, but my Enchanter could also benefit from a couple of the blue items at Revered and the epic shield at Exalted. And I’m sure any toon could potentially gain from the new necklaces at Exalted if they aren’t already decked out in T5/T6, which none of mine are. Given all the new goodies, how do you decide which of your toons to grind faction with?
Not too long ago I was commenting on the dwindling community atmosphere in WoW, but that sense of camaraderie appears to be alive and well among the fisherfolk. We know we’re the weirdos of the WoW world… we accept this. But it wasn’t until yesterday that I saw how fishing actually brings folks together. Yes, it seems strange that this solitary activity would create bonding moments, but where there’s a will and some booze, there’s sure to be a way!
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