Idea for a bristlebane event run

[Whilhelmina]

<p>After some thinking on test channel, I had an idea for Bristlebane day next year</p><p>A lot of players are obsessed by shiny-picking. I just kind of thought it would be nice to have some kind of quest or event where you would be possessed by a shiny and had to be harvested. Perhaps an event for Bristlebane like the candy-cane run of Frostfell? One player could be turned in an illusion of a golden ball with a "?" over his head (eventually shouting "pick me up") and the others would have to "gather" him using a net or something like that. The gathering player could then be turned in a shiny and so on. Reward for participating could be a shiny for a collection (a 3 or 4 pieces collection at most) named "player collection" that would give the shiny illusion as a reward.There could be some kind of shiny house item for the player who would harvest the highest shiny number</p>

[Whilhelmina]

<p>As we're nearing Bristlebane day (well, not so near but I'm sure those things are did quite early), I wanted to unearth this idea I had last year.</p>

[Eveningsong]

<p>Sounds like a fun idea <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.  My only concern is that its almost impossible to get the required 4 people to play the Frostfell Tag game at any given time (and the 10 minutes between games doesn't help), so I don't know how much it would actually get played if it required multiple people.</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>A shiny illusion would make things a bit hard for players in a group situation as well. Say you accidentally switched off targets and need to click on the tank to assist them again. For whatever reason, the thought of hitting the corresponding F key to target them doesn't occur and you find yourself desperately trying to click a shiny in the middle of battle.</p>

[Eveningsong]

<p>Well that's what the F keys and hotkeys are for <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  When grouping or raiding, I always have a hotkey macro in my first hotbar spot that is just /target tank so that I can always quickly return to the tank if the mob changes or I have to do a quick heal on someone else.  Or just hit F2 or whatever spot they are in.</p>

[Whilhelmina]

<p>Actually the shining orbs from the market place that were added since my first post would probably be better as they're far bigger than shinies. And well, you can always ask the player to turn off the illusion while grouping or the illusion could go off while fighting.</p>