The Midsummer Fire Festival

[Watto44]

Just a heads-up. The quest from the enemy city fires has a minimum requirement. I've heard 50, which sounds about right. My level 47 shaman was able to get the fires in Stormwind and Ironforge without aggroing any guards from the fire (although I had to be careful of the wandering guards in IF). I also had a much harder time with players in IF than MongoJerry, and ended up having to out wait the campers. Luckily they got bored just before I finished my cup of tea and I managed to steal a bit of fire. :shuriken:

Unfortunately I was aggroing the guards from next to the fire in Darnassass no matter where I stood, and there are two wanderers come around a lot. I ended up having to MC-hat the stationary guard to tank the two pats. (I must say, I really don't like the nerf that the MC hat got. It's made it extremely situational in PvP for any non-stealth class. Luckily for engineering junkies like myself, the goblin rocket helm is as powerful as ever.) Don't ask why I bothered trying the other cities after discovering I couldn't get the first quest in Stormwind, but it was lots of fun trying. :P

Also, all the bonfires for Wild Fires in the Eastern Kingdoms are 'gettable' at level 20 - go go blink and mana shield!:)- although the Hinterlands was a nightmare until I made it to the road. My path to the Searing Gorge fire took me through the Burning Steppes and Blackrock Mountain, and for just about the first time ever I didn't get attacked in BRM, which kind of made up for getting camped in IF!

I was going to try Kalimdor as well, but the thought of running through Timbermaw Hold at level 20 was too much.:)

I really like these special events, although I must say I enjoyed the lunar festival a little more since it had a nice scavenger hunt feel to it.:)It's nice just to get out and roam around Azeroth for a little while.