A Bold Idea - bugged

Smoke Bombs to disable the totems NEVER BECOME AVAILABLE. I enter the area with Taoshi, flying around for over 15 mins. Have tried fix suggested to rename WTF/Cache/Interface folders, disable addons/Twitch. No luck. Another alt was unable to complete also.
Only way to get out of scenario is to Exit. Restart and use levitate or goblin glider to avoid dying. Once on the ground, no Smoke Bomb button at all to disable totems and cannot progress to next part of scenario. I have also watched multiple videos showing this and those show the smoke bombs automatically becoming available once Taoshi turns to the path of totems. MINE DOES NOT DO THIS. My Smoke Bomb button remains grayed out the whole time.
“Support” suggested Bug Report by giving me outdated READ ONLY link, thanks. Definitely NOT up to the usual stellar WoW help standard!
Trying to get rep and not asking for a handout or walkthrough. Help please.
UPDATE: Just FYI, I again tried all the same and new suggestions including uninstalling Twitch for addons. I also loaded ToV onto my laptop, tried (without any addons) to do the scenario and again/still have no Smoke Bombs button that’s usable. It’s grayed out the whole while I’m flying with Taoshi. I have waited up to 20 mins even though in the videos it shows the button lighting up to use right after Taoshi mentions using the Smoke Bombs.
If anyone hasn’t done this before and would love to do something different, it’d be great to get another view/attempt and see if it’s just me, lol.
Sorry to keep adding to this. NOW (finally…), GM says they ARE having other reports, so to whoever else reported this, THANK YOU!

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Having same problem…what gives?

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Report, report, report. Putting in a ticket does no good. Not sure if Bug Reporting does anything.
Glad at least it’s not only me, which the first couple GMs basically told me. DON’T delete your Cache, WTF, and Interface folders. All that does is remove any addons and settings. Good luck. Hopefully if enough ppl report it, they’ll fix it.

Update: MERRY CHRISTMAS, they fixed it! The Sap button is iffy, but this worked for me. After using the macro, the Sap button would appear when I got close enough - sometimes.
On the 3rd stage I was unsure what to do. The action button did not appear, so I had no idea I had to ‘sap’ the targeted trolls. I learned that here, and used the Extra Action macro to make an action button.

If you don’t know this one; make a macro with this command

/click ExtraActionButton1

and place the button on your action bar. When a target appears on a troll, get up close and hit the button. Retreat to Taoshi’s smoke if you don’t get them the first time.
Thank you Blizz. Finally able to progress thru for rep.

Isle of Thunder: “A BOLD IDEA” scenario quest – stage 3

… Taoshi drops me off at the ship, then disappears; nothing I’ve tried has worked to get past this stage of the scenario: ex.

  • I’ve waited for her to reappear
  • restarted scenario (several times)
  • tried different character (same account)
  • tried different character (different account – I have 2 WoW accounts)
  • deactived all addons
  • renamed (removed) [/Interface] & [/WTF] directories
  • reset game options to default
  • scanned and repaired game files
  • waited for weekly reset

… nothing I’ve tried works to fix this

Ive had the same issue. Sent in a ticket and was basically told to just wait for a fix.

Same problem, Scenario, stage 3 still bugged. Can drop the smoke bombs, but Taoshi never appears on ship to mark crew members or disable siege weapons. Cannot go on without this one. Disabled add-ons several trys/logons ago - still nothing working.

i have the same issue, and over multiple tickets CS told me to just wait for a fix so who knows when if ever itll get fixed

this morning noticed a game patch download & install; stage 3 works now!