If you are a regular to the
Project Lore Blog then you probably already know my in-game addiction, non-combat pets. The cute designs and animations of
most of the vanity pets have allowed my love of animals IRL (I've owned or own ferrets, various aquatic beings, cats, dogs, turtles, and so on) to easily segway into the digital realm. I was so bad in the early days of WoW that I had
two bags dedicated to the useless little critters. Image explaining my lack of fire pots to my hardcore raiding buddies because I grabbed my bag of
cockroaches,
cats and
parrots (my first in-game pet) instead. Woops.
With the
Midsummer Fire Festival back in action I've once again trudged off to Slave Pens to melt Ahune. All in an attempt to score a
Scorched Stone, that, according to WoWHead, has <2% chance of dropping. I began my
audacious task this morning with a bunch of guildies, and if the pet dropped our first round of attempts you better believe this post would have a much different tone. Obviously, the
mini MC mob continues to elude me. And my attempts are already done for the day on Solidsamm.
Here's the issue with Ahune, and the only piece of loot that keeps him interesting, people lie to get to him. Don't believe me? Just spam "LFG Ahune Must Have Summon" and see how many people will @ you who either A) have used their daily summon or B) haven't done the quick quests to get the summon yet. The rule that I have always gone by, and been asked to comply with, is that if you don't have the summon (or can't provide one on an alt) then you aren't allowed in the group. The last thing pet collectors would want is to lose the Scorched Stone roll, probably the only one they will see in the short time span, to a random unappreciative player who didn't even contribute an attempt. But it's difficult to tell who actually has a summon left and who doesn't. The only trick I've seen is to make sure that your quest log says everyone else in the party is on the same quest. Not a flawless system, as they may not have picked it up yet. Anyone have any other ideas?
The moral of the story is that if you can't contribute a summon, then DO NOT GO TO AHUNE. I am even referring to guildies. If you aren't absolutely 100% positive that you can pass such a sought after item, then don't go under any circumstance. At level 80, with a crappy non-80 healer, the encounter is ezmode (Ahune didn't scale up for Wrath), so they don't need your "help." Outside of the pet and
the achievement, there is no reason to go to the Ice Lord. Save yourself the drama and just sit it out.
This has been a Public Service Announcement by Pet Lovers Everywhere (TM).
Titles (
Alliance/
Horde) are not for me, but I am sure there are many of you out there already hard at work on your respected recognition. Outside of Ahune's sacred gift I am working on a
Captured Flame for the priest and enjoying the
fire works,
juggling and general summery fun that the Festival brings to Azeroth. Perhaps I should work on my
thievery...What are you goals?
The Midsummer Fire Festival ends July 5.
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