Festival Faux Pas

I logged on last night, and made myself look dopey.

Someone asked in Guildchat for a tank for the Brewfest Boss. My reply was "Sry but festivals aren't my idea of fun". Now, on the face of it, what I said was true. I usually don't bother with the festival events. I'm not into collecting achievements or costume sets, or the gimmicky stuff that most of the festivals are about.

The one exception was the fire festival, which came in handy while I was levelling for the XP and damage buffs it provided.

But no sooner had I dismissed the Brewfest event, than Bolle and Vind started to laugh at me. It turns out that some of the best Tanking trinkets in the game actually drop from the Brewfest Boss, and he's repeatable as a daily quest by every member of your party. So effectively you can have 5 chances per day to pick them up. Or more if you tag along with other groups or do it with alts.

Both the trinkets provide +170 Stamina. That's not to be sniffed at in anyones book. So luckily 2 of the guildies took pity on me and came along to help me have a couple of tries at him.
First go, he went down easily. But no trinket for me. Although the Brewfest Ram dropped, we all needed and Naru won.
We then used Narus attempt at the boss, and again, no trinket for me.
We couldn't use Biafras go, as he'd already done it that day, but Naru re-logged to give us a 3rd try.

Unfortunately something went wrong, I got feared and the mobs charged at Biafra and Naru, wiping them in seconds.
I carried on fighting the boss, using bubble-healing, a pot and my LoH, but it wasn't to be. I got feared again, and again, and while I couldn't defend myself or attack them the mobs spanked me to the graveyard.
You only get one try, you can't abandon and retry the quest. So that was the chance wasted.

Oh well, lessons learned. And I guess for the next week or so, if someone asks for a tank or healer for the Brewfest boss I won't be so casual about saying "no".