Primal Storms Event Preview and Rewards - Dragonflight Pre-Launch Event

[Lumy]

Primal Storms Event Preview
Primal Storms is the Dragonflight pre-launch event where players defend Azeroth from the Primalist's attacks, and prepare for the Dragon Isles expedition.

Primal Storms

• Primalists have invaded several areas throughout Azeroth, imbuing nearby creatures and empowering massive elemental lords.
• The invasions take place in Northern Barrens, Un'Goro Crater and Badlands, and rotate every few hours.
• Each elemental lord has 100 stacks of Elemental Protection, which gets removed by defeating lesser creatures in the area.
• The elemental lords drop 252 ilvl catch-up gear and Primeval Essence, a currency used to purchase rewards from the Storm Hunter vendors in Durotar and Stormwind.

Primal Storms Event Rewards

• Feat of Strength: Against the Elements

To complete the Dragonflight pre-launch event achievement, players have to defeat the elemental lords from each type of invasion.

Name	Category
Against the ElementsDefeat each of the elemental lords during the Dragonflight pre-launch events.	Events

• Heirloom: Unstable Elemental Confluence

The heirloom is obtained by combining the Dimmed Primeval Fire, Dimmed Primeval Water, Dimmed Primeval Storm and Dimmed Primeval Earth, which have a chance to drop from the elemental lords.

• Battle Pet: Primal Stormling

The Primal Stormling battle pet is rewarded by completing A Primal Threat, one of the last quests of the Dragonflight pre-launch event questline.

• Toy: Bag of Furious Winds

The Bag of Furious Winds can be purchased for 100 Primeval Essence from the Storm Hunter vendors in Durotar and Stormwind.

• Reagent Bag: Storm-Battered Reagent Bag

The 20 slot reagent bag can be purchased for 5 Primeval Essence from the Storm Hunter vendors in Durotar and Stormwind.

• Transmog & Catch-Up Gear

The Storm Hunter vendors in Durotar and Stormwind also sell 252 item level catch-up gear at the following prices:

• Full Armor Set - 290 Primeval Essence
• Two-Hand Weapon - 45 Primeval Essence
• One-Hand Weapon - 25 Primeval Essence
• Off-Hand Weapon - 25 Primeval Essence
• Cloaks, Necks, Rings - 25 Primeval Essence
• Trinkets - 45 Primeval Essence

[Valysar]

"and rotate every few hours."

Guess it's gonna be reduced when people will complain about having nothing to do betweet 2 invasions

[Albertillo]

So in the end they didn't change the ilvl of the items... Why would they set it lower than even lfr? It's completely meaningless if you're not a fresh lvl 60

[Aydinx2]

So in the end they didn't change the ilvl of the items... Why would they set it lower than even lfr? It's completely meaningless if you're not a fresh lvl 60

Why does it matter? The ilvl is good for when you first start the new expansion. Anything beyond that is just a bonus, which you can easily get by jumping into LFR or just low M+. This is mostly just for transmogs anyways.

You literally don't need higher. For non fresh-60's you do it for the transmogs, toys, heirloom etc.

[wowrefugee]

Feel like they'll never top the Legion invasions for me. Had fantastic exp and they were fun to do.

[druvirus]

So in the end they didn't change the ilvl of the items... Why would they set it lower than even lfr? It's completely meaningless if you're not a fresh lvl 60

Because it's meant for fresh level 60. That's what catch up means. If you've been running LFR you're caught up to current raiding (albeit LFR raiding but still). This is catch up armor meant for new 60s who just leveled to max from the Winds buff.

[Jaggler]

Because it's meant for fresh level 60. That's what catch up means. If you've been running LFR you're caught up to current raiding (albeit LFR raiding but still). This is catch up armor meant for new 60s who just leveled to max from the Winds buff.

This.

Most people will probably just go for the transmogs, heirloom, bag and toy.

[PenguinChan]

Can non-level 60's help with the events to at least level up and get currency for a head-start when hitting 60? Or is it a 60 only event.

[Amnasty]

So in the end they didn't change the ilvl of the items... Why would they set it lower than even lfr? It's completely meaningless if you're not a fresh lvl 60

This is easily much better then the starting Ilevel gear you will get in DF at launch, and will carry you further than you think, at least from what I was getting in beta as a fresh evoker.

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Can non-level 60's help with the events to at least level up and get currency for a head-start when hitting 60? Or is it a 60 only event.

As I understand it, the creatures, like in dungeons, will go to your level, so as early as lvl 10 you can participate, per what SOULBREEZY said in his video about it not too long ago

[Jaggler]

Can non-level 60's help with the events to at least level up and get currency for a head-start when hitting 60? Or is it a 60 only event.

You can do it low-level and level with them (though they aren't as good as legion invasions)

[Gloriandus]

I wish they'd come up with something else for these pre-launch events; it's been the same thing since Legion. Bad guys invade only select areas of the world (for some reason); players kill minor mobs, kill big commander, get currency, buy FOMO items.

[PenguinChan]

You can do it low-level and level with them (though they aren't as good as legion invasions)

As I understand it, the creatures, like in dungeons, will go to your level, so as early as lvl 10 you can participate, per what SOULBREEZY said in his video about it not too long ago

That's good to hear! It makes playing with friends and doing some of these events together more enjoyable. Sad to hear it isn't as great as Legion's leveling. But seeing as how the curve between 38 - 60 was MASSIVELY reduced, and leveling to 38 in general is quick just from questing and a few dungeons anyways -- that isn't really a big issue.

I wish they'd come up with something else for these pre-launch events; it's been the same thing since Legion. Bad guys invade only select areas of the world (for some reason); players kill minor mobs, kill big commander, get currency, buy FOMO items.

Don't fix what isn't broken ideology. It works, people enjoy it and participate. I do agree they should add more to it than just this - even if each event has these base principles.

[Puri]

Interesting they really went with 252 when current anniversary event already gives out 272. In two weeks all gear becomes invalidated, I see very little reason to take an "cautious" approach here and it would help out equipping an evoker to try out some non trivial content without being carried all the way.

[Amnasty]

That's good to hear! It makes playing with friends and doing some of these events together more enjoyable. Sad to hear it isn't as great as Legion's leveling. But seeing as how the curve between 38 - 60 was MASSIVELY reduced, and leveling to 38 in general is quick just from questing and a few dungeons anyways -- that isn't really a big issue.

Bring a Guild Battle Standard, and AOE your little heart out, enjoy the bonus exp from all the tagging youll be doing.

[Rexosaurus]

I wish they'd come up with something else for these pre-launch events; it's been the same thing since Legion. Bad guys invade only select areas of the world (for some reason); players kill minor mobs, kill big commander, get currency, buy FOMO items.

And it ain't exactly like the pre-launch events before that were terribly different. It's always been the same "Oh no! 'Blah blah blah' group is attacking and we have to stop them! They're the biggest threat we've faced yet!'"

Using the same hook for 18 years is pretty weak.

EDIT: Though BFA's was actually decent, imo. Definitely wasn't perfect, but there was actual story going on in the prepatch.

[echo808]

Can you defeat (and loot) the same elemental lord multiple times when it's up or is it once a day?

[Jaggler]

Interesting they really went with 252 when current anniversary event already gives out 272. In two weeks all gear becomes invalidated, I see very little reason to take an "cautious" approach here and it would help out equipping an evoker to try out some non trivial content without being carried all the way.

Well there is also Dracthyr and Uldaman, so it's not like that is the only thing happening.

[loras]

I wish they'd come up with something else for these pre-launch events; it's been the same thing since Legion. Bad guys invade only select areas of the world (for some reason); players kill minor mobs, kill big commander, get currency, buy FOMO items.

This, sorta.
They could've added in a player element like during the original zombie plague, or like when you turn into a faceless for N'zoth's shard thing.

That way you can get emergent gameplay.

The main jarring thing is that the four zones are a "bit" limited.
I guess the Badlands has Uldaman and Un'goro has titan stuff, Tirisfal has Tyr's grave but what do the barrens even have apart from barrens chat?

[Preliatus]

Revamping the Cata pre-release event I see...

[SinR]

Sounds like fun. for 10 minutes.

Oh well, get my FOS and back to Classic I go