Solo Island Expedition on Ally as F2P/Pure-F2P/SET/NEEAT/NEESEF2PT

Greetings!

Quick post on the topic of solo Island Expedition on Ally side, so that the info doesn't get lost in the middle of discord.

Main issue is that everything related to Island Expedition (table, Flynn and vendors) don't show up for Alliance players who are on a F2P account.
For sure you can group up with a VET or a sub who will queue with you, but some people play only solo, so this info is mainly for them.

On the case of solo queuing (new from 9.1.5), you need to talk to Flynn Fairwind.
There are two ways of making him appear, both methods involve quests, so finishing or abandonning the related quests will make Flynn disappear again.


First way was shared by @Jaska on the xpoff discord.

The first method

The method is to go down the Tiragarde Sound questline up to Freehold: A Pirate's End without finishing it. This quest should be part of the 4th chapter of the story campaign (if it can be obtained before, tell me and i'll correct it).

Having this quest in your log will make Flynn appear on the docks where the Island Expedition table should be.

If you already finished all the quests from the region including Freehold: A Pirate's End, maybe you will have a second chance with the next method.

Check for that quest completion with:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(52148))​

The second way was shared by @renyichen on the lvl20 Chinese forums, so I wanted to relay it here.

The second method

The method involves having BfA Herbalism as one of your professions, which you can get from the trainer Declan Senal in Boralus.

Next, you want to start gather plants in the region to level up your Herbalism skill to a minimum of 50. That's 49 plant nodes to collect, doesn't take long.

Finally, come back to Declan Senal, he will have some quests for you. Pick up the quest Cultural Significance. At this point, Flynn will have decided to come back to his spot.

Unfortunately, if you already completed that quest, I don't have another way for you ...

Check for that quest completion with:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(51365))​

Few notes:

• You need to have completed the quest The Smoking Gun before Flynn can appear anywhere. It's the first quest when you choose Tiragarde Sound on the Scouting map.
• For the second method, if you drop BfA Herbalism, the quest will be automatically removed from your log upon your next relog.

So yeah, main downside of second method is to require Herbalism as profession, but it's quick to reach the requirements for unlocking the quest.
First method might not be relevant for old characters who already quested intensively. But there is a second chance by going the Herbalist way, as it's herbalism and that the quest gives little advantage, I can hope not many solo F2P did it already.

And few pictures to end up that post
Flynn is located on the docks of Boralus, in front of the second boat.

Flynn back to his spot

When talking to him, you can queue for solo Island Expeditions.

Time for some solo adventure

 

So, from my testings, it seems that the phasing with Flynn is personnal, no matter with who you group up and what party sync you're in.
Moreover, if anyone in a group queues for "Solo Island Expedition", it'll launch an expedition for the number of players in the group that everyone will queue for too. Can be a 2-players island expedition for example. Idk what happens if you try that while being 4+ people in the group (as islands are 3 persons max)

 

They are indeed, on ally side we don't have access to the vendors, and that's like the only reason why most people do expeditions at lvl20 on horde side

 

Indeed, I forgot about that community of twinks, adjusted the title

 

So for the freehold quest, it's sharable. So even tho once you abandoned the quest you can't get back to take it (that's what I did on my main), you are able to get the quest shared by someone else.
I just finished testing that now, and I have the quest back on my main (never finished it before). So all is not lost

 

It's when questing in that zone:

There are like 2 side quests asking to kill parrots/pirates + The main quest asking for collecting moss, ending finally with going to blow up some ships (first by boat, then by riding a gryffin). When you finished blowing up the boats, Flynn should have the quest iirc.

If you already quested there, check you didn't do the quest already with the script in the first post.
If you didn't do it, either Flynn is there and can give you the quest, either he's not there and that'd be because you previously abandonned the quest, and would need someone else to share it to you.