TheWoWDBAfter trying over two dozen Vulpera Fireflasks on various masts/sails, I was able to find one tiny spot that burned the sails and completed the quest.
I took a screenshot to help other testers who might want to continue with this quest series. If it's not yet approved here on Wowhead, you can find it at the link below.
https://imgur.com/a/7VmYd
I was off the boat and aimed for the junction of the front mast and the cross support (see the fire above the big red arrow on the image).
I submitted a report along when I turned in the quest suggesting that the increase the target area or make it less ambiguous to figure out. Please do the same so that when it's in a better state when it goes live.
Quest
Enemies at the Gate
A World of Warcraft quest in Tiragarde Sound. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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For those wondering why they cannot get this quest from Fire Marshal Jill, this quest was changed from its alpha/beta period. It is now a bonus objective at Daelin's Gate where, as shown in the quest objectives above, you merely need to defeat the various pirates, loot bags of booty, etc. No need to worry if you missed something for it to appear from Fire Marshal Jill.
I tried over 20 times in various places. The spot it ultimately worked on was in the front of the ship at the front mast. I aimed right at the little letter hanging on the mast, and the targeting circle was horizontal, and I got credit finally.
Quest facts
Quest ID49739
The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(49739))
Requirements
RequiresHands Off My Booty!
Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.
Objectives
- Cutwater Reaver x 20
- Defeat 88 targets in Tiragarde Sound
- Use 34 objects in Tiragarde Sound
- Defend Daelin's Gate
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #895 57.5 67.3
Coordinates
- Objective areaTiragarde Sound 57.5, 67.3
/way #895 57.5 67.3
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Tiragarde Sound map
- Insurance Policy about 250 yards
- Insurance Renewal about 250 yards
- Killing on the Side about 250 yards
- Mekkatorque's Battle Plans about 250 yards
- Test Case #1; Mech vs. Mekkatorque about 250 yards
- Air Raid about 280 yards
- Farmers Who Fight about 280 yards
- Righteous Retribution about 280 yards
- Numbing the Pain about 280 yards
- Hands Off My Booty! about 280 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Tiragarde Sound, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Tiragarde Sound:
- Vigil Hill, Tiragarde Sound
- Stonefist Watch, Tiragarde Sound
- Fletcher's Hollow, Drustvar
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
Objective targets
Cutwater Reaver
KindCreature
Title<Cutwater Corsairs>
TypeHumanoid
RankNormal
Needed20
Creature, object and item facts from the current retail client; “also asked for by” lists other quests whose objectives name the same target. Prices are the US commodity auction house’s lowest listed price.
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Other quests on the Tiragarde Sound map
Quest chain
- 1Hands Off My Booty!
- 2Enemies at the Gate
Step 2 of 2. Chain order is read from the prerequisite data in the current retail client build, so it reflects what the game requires, not a curated storyline.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the quest's prerequisites.
- Hands Off My Booty!
We are dealing with lawless, no-account thugs. As soon as they gained ground, they started looting! Looting right in the middle of a battle! Well I, for one, am not giving up our booty that easily. Get up to the top of Vigil Hill and man the main cannon. Rain hellfire down on those blaggards!
Other storylines on the Tiragarde Sound map
- Trouble in Tiragarde Sound
- The Shadow Over Anglepoint
- A Mountain of Ice
- The Norwington Estate
- Beware the Daughter of the Sea
- Freehold
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.