Moonfire Faire – Bombard Backlash (07/30/2012)

[Nabiri]

Update: Just won with 4 balloons with only 4 people in Grid. Was tough, but do-able.

[Starlord]

You know what I find suspicious... that 1.23a Ends on the Exact same day as the Summer Event.. and the summer event ends nearly a half a day before the Patch.. hmmmm.

[Soulfire]

Also, some players have been wondering if it will be possible to use the new dance emote after the event has ended. Unfortunately this emote is a special one that can only be used during the event.

I wish we could unlock permanent use of event emotes similarly to titles.

[Estellios]

Honestly I think it might be a cultural reason that we aren't keeping the /firedance.

My JP friend in our LS was talking to me about it and it's apparently a major JP festival thing.

[Kiara]

Seems to me that in Thanalan you need around 30 people for a successful (no lost balloons) run...

But in Gridania you can do pretty well with around 7 people. :x

I haven't done Limsa.. and don't plan to.. but if anyone's having issues I recommend taking a few friends to the Black Shroud.
Hope this helps. <3

Hi All,

We had the same success as what Nabiri mentions here:

If you're having trouble in Ul'dah, consider going to The Black Shroud / Gridania's Firefall Faire. We only needed 6 People to get the Full 20 Ash each win. It was fun and seemed more fair.

There were a few times we had only 5 people and still got at least 10 Ash (once 20), and the frame rate seemed to hold up better as well for me.

A few tips that might help with beating it:

* Besides making the macro that people mention here
/targetnpc
/firedance

* You don't have to wait for the Dance animation to finish, before spamming it again to hit another target (or the same one in the case of Bombard King), so that should save you time.

* Sometimes, with Network Lag, etc., you won't see the actual results until too late, so I found it helpful to look at the Bombards themselves and the Mini-Map:

If you see a Giant "Flash" on the Bombard, you know someone else hit it with a Firedance emote, so you can move on immediately to another target. For Bombard King (needing 3 dances) if you see it at 33% Health and see it Flash before you get in a dance, you know it's dead as well, and you should move on quickly.

Also the Mini-Map will drop that particular "NM Icon" when it dies.

* Lastly, if you notice you have a bunch of people standing in the same direction / area you are, then it's good to move and cover an opposite direction / area to help fend off those pesky Bombards. Helps to even out the dances and # of defeated Bombards better.

Good luck!

[Kiara]

We have been seeing some comments about not being able to clear the event as the number of participants is starting to drop as we get closer to the end of the event. We urge those having trouble to try out the event at each of the city-state's around the realm and see how you fare! *cough*

Also, some players have been wondering if it will be possible to use the new dance emote after the event has ended. Unfortunately this emote is a special one that can only be used during the event. The /blowkiss emote from Valentione’s Day is something that can be used outside of the event, so as a special case we added it to the regular array of emotes.

Hi Rukkirii,

Thanks for the update. Like others, it's unfortunate we can't keep the new emote, but it's understandable.

Honestly I think it might be a cultural reason that we aren't keeping the /firedance.

My JP friend in our LS was talking to me about it and it's apparently a major JP festival thing.

Well said Estellios, it's a cultural thing. I suppose on some level, having these emotes only for the Holiday they're for, makes them that much more special when they roll around the next year.

It'd be like if they gave us a "/christmascarol" emote, where you can suddenly sway back and forth and sing a Christmas Carol via emote. It'd be weird to have it in game 365 days a year, and anyone can just break into /christmascarol any day of the year. Sure people can sing a Christmas Carol if they want to in June, but it also feels more special and appropriate when it's done during the time it's meant for.

[LilaAquillina]

I'd also like to add that Gridania is the only way to fly doing this event.

I did it last night with four people. We got 20 ash per run, and it got a bit hairy at times, but wasn't bad. It's helpful to split up and have everyone watch one corner. Kill bombards first, as they are much faster than bombard kings.

I haven't had much success using the macro, so I manually targetted and just did / + up to /firedance, but apparently I'm macro-stupid o.x;

[Koroma_tanuki]

edit: its at 27 28 i wouldnt call that anywheres near the camp ls member helped me

[Bahnei]

It's only been a week and this event is already impossible to complete, no one does it anymore, just trying to help friend get it done and we aren't finding anyone doing it. This event needs a serious scale down, for when people aren't doing it, it suxs to know my friend is gonna miss out just b/c they weren't able to play when the event started. Then you have the greedy who just have to make a profit off something free and charge 10~20k for a single ash which is only used for this event <.<.

[Nabiri]

It's only been a week and this event is already impossible to complete, no one does it anymore, just trying to help friend get it done and we aren't finding anyone doing it. This event needs a serious scale down, for when people aren't doing it, it suxs to know my friend is gonna miss out just b/c they weren't able to play when the event started. Then you have the greedy who just have to make a profit off something free and charge 10~20k for a single ash which is only used for this event <.<.

/comfort
If you and your friend could gather 2-3 more friends, or even strangers, you could easily finish this.
I'm sure there are others who haven't finished this event yet. Why not try shouting in town for a few people, if you don't have any friends willing to help? Then head to The Black Shroud for the event.
I would help if I was on your server. :\

There's still lots of time left. Don't give up.