Spooncraft

I’ll just directly quote the forum thread as it sums everything up pretty concisely. Needless to say, one player is pissy that the holiday event is changing so much, and Kisirani replies.

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I feel I must add my 2 cents in here, even though it is tantamount to urinating on a forest fire (ie. ineffective).
I have noticed a definite trend with respect to annual events. Those of us who didn’t start playing WoW from release are getting a nice groin kick on a regular basis. It appears that all of the ‘flair’ items - things that just look neat or do cute things - are routinely becoming unavailable to everyone who didn’t get them the 1st time around. While I can appreciate having some items in this category, there should be a limit. Major events, like expansions and collector editions, deserve unique rewards that are never again available. However, when an event is a yearly thing, I cannot understand why you would want to dangle the carrot in front of our faces this way. I have been reading up on all of the non-combat pets and other rewards that are only available once per year. My hopes get raised, imagining the time when I will finally be able to get one of these items, only to have my hopes dashed against the rocks because the quests are being removed this year. (as a side note, I have all of the possible rewards from Brewfest, including the mount, all of the rares from “Love is in the Air”, and all of the non-combat pets from the Feast of Winter Veil. Obviously, I put great effort into getting the most enjoyment I can from these annual events.)

I completely understand the desire to ‘revamp’ or improve upon existing content. However, rather than removing the ‘old’ content, why not include it with the new changes? This way, people who were not around in previous years to enjoy these events can still experience what others have. Why penalize us for not having played before now?

Edit: Yes, I realize the [Captured Flame] is still available via purchase using the blossoms, but my concern is with the quest lines that were removed. I’m quite certain I’ll grind out the required number of blossoms and get my coveted pet. That wasn’t my primary reason for posting.

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My friend, I personally was responsible for many of the quests in the old Midsummer. I’ll tell you straight up why the vast majority of the quests then were phased out. First, some relied on level 60 being the cap, which is no longer the case. We could have shifted the fires to 70 areas, but to be honest, the quests at the end of the day just weren’t that fun. We’re striving to improve the events, and that means sometimes things will end up on the cutting room floor. To be honest, you’re not missing much regarding the quests that were removed.

Will some of it happen? Yes it will. There will be times when we feel it’s time to move on from a given reward. It’s not going to be an incredibly common thing, but it will happen. (src)