Video of the Delegation and Volcanus the Firelord
by Mathew McCurley 
Jul 14th 2011 at 8:00PM
Spoiler alert! If you do not want to read or watch anything about the quest for the legendary staff Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest, read and watch no further. Also, the video contains some strong language, but nothing you wouldn't expect from a raid group on Vent.
Guilds are finally getting their 25 Eternal Embers from the Firelands and continuing to forge the great legendary staff Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest. The next big hurdle in the quest for the staff is the Delegation quest line, requiring raiders to complete a set of four charged fragments from Shannox, Beth'tilac, Rhyolith, and Alysrazor. Each fragment requires the player on the Dragonwrath quest to complete a task during these encounters in order to charge the boss-specific fragment. Once all of the fragments are complete, the raid gains access to The Anvil of Conflagration, where the Branch of Nordrassil is being held.
Upon reaching The Anvil of Conflagration, the raid must defeat the Volcanus boss encounter, a three-stage fight that you can watch above. The first phase has players facing off against the Harbingers of Flame, which are basically the same as the trash during Alysrazor, so interrupts are required. There are a lot of Harbingers, so make sure you've got your targets. The second phase spawns the Tormented Protector, an ancient that appears out of the branch and has a nasty knockback, root, and treants that pulse a fire AOE. The third phase is Volcanus the Firelord himself, summoning fire columns and also pulsing AOE fire, so hit your Bloodlust/Heroism and go to town. The lucky raider on the quest is rewarded with the Branch of Nordrassil and can continue to progress through the quest for patch 4.2's legendary staff.
This is the first time since Thunderfury (if I am not mistaken) that players are given an entire new raid-level encounter to deal with in pursuit of their legendary item. Back in vanilla, players attempting to forge Thunderfury were tasked with killing Thunderaan, prince of the air elementals, who was trapped away in the bindings held by Baron Geddon and Garr. The Volcanus encounter looks hectic and fun, and this entire quest line has been so well done and is so epic that I think it might be the best legendary experience to date. Firelands is really shaping up to be one of my favorite raid instances in WoW's history.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
wutsconflag Jul 14th 2011 8:09PM
One of?
Better than Ulduar?
UNPOSSIBLE!
Othgan Jul 14th 2011 9:24PM
The only problem I have with the legendary quest chain is it expands upon the lore of the Blue Dragonflight, and only casters can experience it. I could level a caster, but then he would need to find a guild that would take him to raids and help him earn the legendary. At this point it is highly unlikely that will happen and I won't experience the chain till the next xpack.
It is an awesome way to do it, just cuts a whole set of important quests off from most of the community.
DonNochay Jul 14th 2011 10:34PM
Isn't that a huge part of what makes the quest and the attached lore so epic? How does that one song go.....?
You can't.....always get....what you want....
ryan.coon Jul 14th 2011 10:53PM
Of course the male dominant guild gives the girl the staff.
Deathknighty Jul 14th 2011 11:04PM
You'd be complaining that they were sexist if she didn't, get over yourself.
DonNochay Jul 14th 2011 11:37PM
Get over YOURSELF.
Balgus Jul 14th 2011 11:48PM
Will this Volcanus dude have loot other than the Staff?
Cause, I'm not a caster. And I really don't want to go through all the trouble of wiping hour after hour just so one person can get a weapon.
Kaew Jul 15th 2011 12:52AM
And you are in a raiding guild?
With that attitude?
Prissa Jul 15th 2011 2:27AM
I'd take a guess that he probably at the very least gives VP.
DonNochay Jul 15th 2011 2:48AM
@Balgus
Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh.
Mushanga Jul 15th 2011 4:30AM
"Guilds are finally getting their 25 Eternal Embers from the Firelands and continuing to forge the great legendary staff Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest."
Heh, forget it. Most 10-man guilds are still only halfway, if they're lucky :(
Ryolith, Baleroc and Alysrazor killed yesterday. Only Ryolith dropped his -single- Ember. This first phase is really testing my patience :P