Search the Community

Greetings ! The second phase of our Sethraliss Dungeon tournament is now over, and we have our 6 qualified teams for the final phase ! Congratulations to everyone who participated, let's meet our 6 finalists: Depletes High MS 12 IQ Rabbits STOMP Manbatman Three Two One The final phase, which is a double elimination bracket tournament will happen on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th December at 6:00PM Server time (CET) and will be streamed on our official Youtube channel ! The tournament will be hosted by Masoscrivere and Hothead, who will comment it for you in english ! Each round will be played in Best Of 3 on 3 different dungeons disclosed in advance (see below) except the grand final which will be Best Of 5. The affixes will be the same as phase 2, and keys will be +21: you can therefore already start preparing your strats for them and practice on the dedicated realm ! TOURNAMENT BRACKET The order of matches will be as follow: Upper bracket Round 1 Upper bracket Round 2 Lower bracket Round 1 Lower bracket Round 2 Upper Final Lower Final Grand Final The teams will at the end be ranked and rewarded as follow: 1st - Grand Final Winner - 5000€ 2nd - Grand Final Loser - 1500€ + 15000 Firestorm Points 3rd - Lower Final Loser - 1000€ + 10000 Firestorm Points 4th - Lower Bracket Round 2 Loser - 15000 Firestorm Points 5th / 6th - Lower Bracket Round 1 Losers - 10000 Firestorm Points The rewards will be for the team. The split inside the team will be made in proportion with the number of matches played, to make up for the potential subs that could join in (as a reminder, you are allowed to sign a 6th man, in case someone cannot play at a certain point). A quick reminder of the rules: - If your team fails to present 5 members when it is required, they will be automatically disqualified and ranked last. - If you are caught cheating / bug abusing, your team will be automatically disqualified and no rewards will be issued. Congratulations again to everyone involved ! This final phase is the culminating point of this first edition of dungeon tournament, and we're really excited to see it going live ! Special thanks to Masoscrivere and Hothead for being our commentators, please cheer for them as well ! Good luck to our 6 finalists, and see you on Saturday 18th on our Youtube channel for the stream at 6:00PM Server Time (CET) ! The Firestorm Team

Greetings ! On Monday November 8th at 4:00AM server time, the first round of qualifiers for our MDIs will be over: every player with a Fio ranking of at least 3000 will be accepted to participate in our second phase, happening on a dedicated realm ! To check your rating, you can access that page on our website: http://fstorm.cc/firestormio This 2nd phase will start 2 days after, on Wednesday November 10th at 4:00AM server time, and will last 4 weeks as well. We initially planned to have it shorter but we then made adjustements to our plans in order to make it more entertaining, fairer and more challenging for everyone involved. Here is how things will work out, please read this very carefuly: On Monday, November 8th every account that has at least one character who validated phase 1 will be granted access to the dedicated realm. You will be able to create there as many characters as you need, up to the client's limit. This is in order for you to have time to prepare yourself in advance, so that on Wednesday when phase 2 kicks off you won't have to waste time ! On this realm, you will remain in one dedicated zone: the Preparation Area and have at your disposal different vendors which sell max ilvl gear, all corruptions and all essences you might need alongside dummies & a reset-CD NPC (to test your damage / heal), a stable and all of the BFA NPCs needed to upgrade your cloak, heart of Azeroth, change traits, remove corruptions etc. That way, you can trully get your ideal build for every specialization of every classes you play ! Once Phase 2 starts, each week you will be able to get 3 different keystones from an NPC so everyone runs the same 3 dungeons in a set difficulty & affixes (you can read below what the schedule will look like). This means keys won't deplete nor upgrade: after you complete a dungeon you will need to get another keystone from that NPC. A special page will be available on the website here (link will be updated soon) showing the top teams on each dungeons, so you can track your own progress compared to your competitors. With that being said, we'll internally track each team based on their accounts (and not characters: you can therefore adapt your composition to the dungeon). At the end of those 4 weeks, all dungeons will have been covered. We'll then select using a specific formula available below the global top 8 teams to participate in the final phase: the streamed tournament, to fight for glory and the cashprize ! Important note: if one account is linked to more than 1 of those 8 teams, this will automatically disqualify one of them ! you thus need to make sure that your 4 teammates aren't actively playing with another team or you might end up being left out. How we will rank the teams internally (this won't be displayed anywhere on our website): for each dungeon, the best run will award points to its team based on the timer. A key completed in 21 minutes and 30 seconds will grant 21.50 points; we'll sum up all of your points and the 8 teams with the least amount of total points will advance. To be eligible you will need your team to have made at least one run on each dungeon ! DUNGEON SCHEDULE Below you can find the prepared schedule for the 4 weeks of Phase 2. As a reminder, each week you will only be able to run on those 3 dungeons: a ranking will be available on our website displaying the top teams for each dungeon. WEEK 1: WEEK 2: WEEK 3: WEEK 4: We wanted to congratulate everyone who managed to pass the first round of qualifiers, but also to thank everyone for your interest and patience towards this pretty big project we're doing ! This is a first but we're really trying our best to make it an interesting and entertaining experience for you ! With that being said, we wish good fortune to everyone fighting during this second phase, where the real test begins ! We'll see you on Monday, The Firestorm Team

Greetings ! As we previously announced, next Wednesday, October 6th will mark the beginning of the new season 4 for PVP, as a way to give it a fresh breath and add some new features to make the whole system less bothersome. On top of that, we also mentioned that we wanted to organize our very own Firestorm MDI: a Mythic+ dungeon tournament with real cash prizes and this refresh of a season is a great timing to get things started ! More details below related to its organization, how to participate etc: make sure to read through the whole post so you won't miss on anything NEW PVP SEASON Since the 8.3 update shipped around 6 months ago, puting an end to the current season allowed us to "refresh" the ladder, give some rewards in the meantime but also make some large-scale changes without introducing them mid-season. Starting Wednesday October 6th, with the new season (which will still be a season 4 reward-wise) we will implement changes that tackle the most important issues forwarded to us for the past month: Unfairness to fight better-geared players: while it's perfectly normal that someone who is 475 ilvl has an easier time fighting a 425 ilvl player, the difference seemed to be overwhelming to the point that there was no chance at all for players to climb above a certain rating in rated arenas. Back when Sethraliss was released we decided not to implement retail's scaling because it had too many flaws, so we scripted something similar but simpler that we can tweak easily in real-time to lesser the impact of ilvl differences: if you hit or heal someone who has better gear, your damage / heals will be boosted by a % calculated based on the ilvl gap. Obviously, you will never get an advantage by being the lower ilvl player, but this should render some matches a bit more skill based rather than relying solely on gear difference. We'll asses the initial values and tweak it if it's either too strong, or too weak to notice. The tedious process of gearing yourself: aside from being rewarded random gear at the end of battles, the current system gives you a specific piece of equipment when you cap your conquest each week, which sometimes mean you have to wait months before getting that piece you really need. So we're getting rid of that by introducing a custom PVP vendor which will sell every piece (and tokens to increase gear's ilvl) for conquest currency, located at your PVP hub in Mugambala or Hook Point. We're getting rid of the weekly quest, but you will still need to cap your conquest each week if you want to unlock the PVP weekly chest: aside from that you should be able to now regularly buy that specific gear your character is lacking ! The infamous wintraders: while our replay system made it impossible for high rated players to wintrade, some people still exploit the system to get gear at lower ratings, which is something troublesome. It makes it look unfair for those who play legit, and even if we catch them, everything they obtained will still remain after their account suspension has ended. Therefore, we will now remove every BFA gear from convicted wintraders depending on the case at hand. This should make most of them think twice before deciding to abuse this way. Our rulebook has been edited to reflect on that change, which you can access here. Echoes of Ny'alotha gains doubled: In every PVP activities you will receive twice as much echoes to help you get corruptions faster ! Malefic Core price halved: to help newcomers and alts increase their cloak level faster. While the last point isn't something that will really affect most of you, the first 2 are important changes that we think will help PVP as a whole, and may entice new players to try this very different aspect of World of Warcraft: if you have been hesitant to join the fray, now would be the time as it will feel fairer, and more rewarding ! We'll keep a close eye on their impact, and potentially tweak a thing or two based on your feedback: so don't hesitate ! FIRESTORM MDI Teased in our latest announce, it's now time to unveil the mysteries surrounding the Firestorm MDI first edition ! Special Thanks to Zuhal for his addon, and to Alexiuly for his help setting everything up The whole tournament will take place in 3 separated steps: Qualifiers 1st Round: Those will take place on Sethraliss starting Wednesday October 6th and will last around 4 weeks. Everyone's "dungeon skill" will be measured using a custom addon similar to Raider.io: the highest the key, and the faster the completion the better ! You can track your own Firestorm.io (or Fio) here (link to be added soon™). Once this round of qualifiers is over, we will select everyone above a certain rating to enter the 2nd phase. This first selection will be fairly lenient, to allow for newcomers to have a shot even if they don't have a full BIS character. Qualifiers 2nd Round: Those will take place on a separate realm only dedicated to the MDI. Those who qualify will be granted access, and will find there vendors with every piece of gear, essence and corruptions to make the optimal build on their characters, and create their team of 6 players (the 5 main + a sub). Once their team has been validated, they will then need to compete there and build up their Fio. The top X teams will then access the final phase: the tournament itself. The Tournament: This part will be fully streamed, with a double elimination bracket. Two teams will race each other on a designated dungeon at a set key, and the fastest to complete it will move forward until the best team has been revealed ! Obviously, any abuse / exploit used during the tournament will result in instant disqualification. All matches of the tournament will be reviewed to ensure fairness from all parts. The cashprize will include 7500 euros, Firestorm Points and exclusive in game rewards. The first team will get 5000 euros, while the rest will receive splits of the remaining amount depending on their placements. To help newcomers participate, we will also have a special Boris from Friday October 8th to Friday October 15th that will give 430 ilvl gear so you can start running Mythic+ right away ! This is our first time setting up something like this, but we want to give it our best, because it could be the first of many Firestorm MDI! So spread the word, start preparing and contacting potential teammates, because the battle will be fierce ! See you soon, The Firestorm Team