Dreams Do Come True

Some dreams are completely unobtainable, like getting one of the old pvp titles that were removed long before I started playing. Some only *seem* to be unobtainable, like the Headless Horseman’s mount or the Baron’s Deathcharger. Others … can be realized with some arrangement, although it’s much more fun when they just fall into your lap without any planning, like last night.

Ulduar

One of my best buddies in the guild set up an Ulduar run to kill Razorscale for the weekly raid quest last night. We had more than 10 guildies, so he set it to 25 and we pugged the rest. I’m just kinda hanging out watching my raid frames fill up when I see this magic flash in my chat window – Bashertin has joined the raid.

I’m all like “OMG Krizz!” And he’s all like “oh wow someone is here who knows my name? ” and I’m all like ” <–repgrind” and he’s like “oh wow, how are you!” and it was all like, so cool. So he’s like “drive a vehicle for me and I’ll be your gunner” and I’m like “hellz yeah!” So we had to take screenshots in front of our siege engine.

We were doing pretty good, I was even interrupting Flame Vents … so I’m shoved up the backside of Flame Leviathan when the jerk decides to chase us. I hit the speed up button and make a quick mouse turn … right into the wall … and get stuck in the corner. /phail … so we watched the rest of the fight from this viewpoint.

Seems to be a tradition around here, doesn’t it? If I’m not posting nekkid shots, I’m posting dead shots. Hmmm.

Anywho … FL died, we got an achievement for … something. Defeating him without causing a system shutdown. I don’t even know what that means. /shrug  On to Razorscale … we wiped once on that. I’d never been here on 25-man before and had also never been here as melee before, so it was interesting. But we got it down and had a lot of fun. And of course, got screenshots of the kill WITH both of us alive. =P

Gotta love the perma-elemental eh? And Krizz put up some ungodly figure like 5k dps, too. Woo! So yeah, I got to raid with Krizzlybear and it was awesome.

RFC

As you know if you’ve been paying attention, I’ve been all excited since the Dungeon Finder came out, wanting to see if I could run RFC on my Alliance babies. So last night Kroy finally hit 15 and I queued it right up. I talked Fiak into joining me on his long-forgotten level 18 paladin. We queued, and waited … and waited … and waited some more. Group was all ready save for a tank. So we drop, he re-queues as tank/dps and the group pops immediately. LOL!

It was about the most fun I’ve had all week. Oh, and my bud Caddan sent me a nice agility enchant to put on my heirloom dagger, so I’m kinda badass now. I got the cape off the boss, too!

We didn’t get goody bags since we had signed up specifically for RFC, so after Fiak went to bed, I did random and got it again…and dinged 16 on it. Good times.

And That’s That

ICC 10

I must admit …. I really did expect ICC to be more difficult. We went in last night, with a mix of people who had cleared it the first week, people who had seen part of it (like me), and a couple people, including one of the tanks,  who hadn’t been there at all yet. Other than Saurfang hitting his enrage while on the brink of death in our first attempt, we one shotted everything.

Now, we’re not in there with unexperienced, undergeared players. The five dps are all pulling 4-5k and almost everyone in the group is wearing at least one item from ToGC. So maybe it’s harder when you’re not as geared.

Lady Deathwhisper dropped the Sister’s Handshrouds again and I passed on the roll … I dun wanna replace my ToGC gloves already! Yeah ok, I’d gain 4 stamina and 12 intellect, I know, but damn … heroic, baby! One of the guys in the raid (who’s always soooo worred about his gearscore) was like ‘but it’s a higher item level!’ and I’m like … so?

The Ashen Band of Destruction once I hit friendly with the Ashen Verdict was a nice upgrade over my Titan-Forged Band of Ascendancy though. (lol ur wearin pvp rings in pve – nub) Shutup, I never win the roll on Onyxia’s bloody head.

I did roll on and win Muradin’s Spyglass. It replaced Talisman of Volatile Power. Is it better? Um… ah…well …. I dunno. Haste is good … but it’s haste on use, and I’m lazy and already have so many buttons to push when I want burst. This thing procs all the time and is practically like gaining a constant 150 extra spellpower. Did I mention yet that I’m lazy? Yeah … put that with my thingy off Anub that spits out the pillar of flame and I’m in heaven with my proc moar damage trinkets.

Friday we’re trying out ICC 25, so … I guess we’ll see if that’s as hard as I’ve heard it is. It’s supposedly quite a difficulty jump between the two.

Classic Raid Night

Yes, I skipped out on finishing ICC Monday night to  attend the weekly Classic Raid Night. I don’t much care that I missed it since I got to do the whole thing last night. Since ICC was scheduled though, we made it a short one and just did Magtheridon’s Lair and Gruuls. Mage tanking was pretty fun! Angelicos got a couple pretty cool drops in Gruuls. I guess he’s starting an RP set or something, I dunno. I promised I’d post a screenshot though. :p

Afterwards, since Crocs in the City was the Outland Fishing Daily, Elgar and I went fishing. He caught his before me, and decided to entertain me while I fished. Now how am I supposed to concentrate on my bobber, Elgar?

King of the Ogres

Before I discovered that you no longer have to do all the elite quests to become King of the Ogres in order to open up Ogri’la, Kalyon went and … completed all the elite quests. lol! Oh well, it was hella fun soloing all those. And at the end, the ogres all bowed down to me and threw me a party!

Of course, it didn’t take Kaly long to discover the ogre-sized keg in the middle of the crowd, either.

Friday I’ll be back with pictures of .. I dunno .. something else. Bye!

Two Down

No boring screenshots because they’re boring. No boring commentary either because … there’s just not that much to say. Well, ok, fine, I’ll come up with something.

Marrowgar – Stupid damn blue flames every freaking where. And the party member that gets impaled on the bone spike? Yeah, they’re guaranteed to be clear across the room from you.  Other than that … no big deal. Nice caster weapon drops … the other mage wins it.

Lady Deathwhisper – Lots of adds which sounded really confusing. I was directed to stay on the boss and dps her mana shield down though, so I can’t really describe much. Her green puddle HURTS, don’t stand in it for more than a second or you’re done. Not *quite* as bad as Palehoof’s fire bombs in ToGC, but close. Caster gloves drop .. the lock wins them.

Tonight we’re scheduled to head back in and hopefully finish up. It’s also Classic Raid Night though. I’m torn. I want to see the gunship battle … but I don’t want to miss out of the fun night either. I think I almost liked it better when the guild was small enough that we were all doing the same thing at the same time. Now, if I don’t go to ICC, there will be people lined up for my spot and I might be left off the invite next week. Heck, it won’t matter, I’ll be out of town for Christmas next week anyway… but will I have a spot when I come back?

DK Fun

Both toons did ToC10 on Saturday.  Kalyon got himself a Victor’s Call (yay!) and also a couple of new pieces for his seldom-used tank set. So, with those all gemmed and enchanted, he decided to go and test them out. First we got an all-guild group together. One guy wanted to do UP (amg Skadi noes), another wanted to do .. hm, I forget, but it was something else I didn’t want to tank. So since they made me party leader (heh suckers) I went in the specific dungeon list to see what was available (i.e. no one was locked out of) and picked Drak’Tharon. I love me some Tharon’ja. I got Northrend Dungeonmaster at the end of it, too, but it wasn’t planned, I swear!

Angelicos, Kalyon, and Daegann

That went quite well, but the guild group broke up after that one, so Caddan and I grabbed Rossini and made him go with us for a random one. And uh … we got Old Kingdom. Gah! We wiped in the first room when the ret pally ran the wrong way and pulled … so the healer left as soon as we zoned back in. But a new healer popped in almost right away (god I love the new system), a *really good* holy pally, and once we got the ret to settle down and let the tank lead, the rest of the instance went just fine. Yes, it’s long and some of the pulls are a pita (we did lose a couple of dps when we got adds in that last section of cultists) but we stuck with it and they even stayed to help kill the rest of the bog beast things so Rossini could finish that quest.

One further upgrade yesterday, when Kaly got a Tyrannical Beheader from PoS, so that will be his PvP weapon, and his Keen Obsidian Edged Blade can replace the Edge of Ruin as his tank weapon. With all that yummy expertise on it, he now has 30 expertise in his tank set.

And the Rogue, too

Spent some badges on a Balanced Heartseeker and a Swift Hand of Justice. I did some questing on my own, and then Caddan logged in and ran around killing stuff with me. Gnoll camps + FoK = good times. I spend my solo time stealthing everywhere and backstabbing stuff. He dinged 14 before I logged off last night. One more level and I can try the dungeon finder! He’s got some good looking gear now, too. Check this out.

Ever since my first time questing in Westfall, I have wanted a rogue JUST so I could wear a Red Defias Mask. Mission: Accomplished.

Oh noes, not another Rogue

Yeah, I know … I’ve done it before and never made any progress beyond 18. Well, I never got a paladin past 28 before either, and Kerick is up to 36!  So far so good. So ….between my friends at For The Horde talking about rolling Horde alts on Winterhoof to kill me in BGs, and the thought of the new dungeon finder possibly sending my baby Alliance toons to RFC …. I rolled yet another attempt at leveling a rogue.

No clue what I’m doing with talents or anything … heck, I can’t even decide which heirloom weapon(s) to buy him, if any. He’s made it to level 8 with crappy grey/white trash from quests/drops for weapons. Any advice anyone wants to give would be appreciated.

Not from you, Pie … go work on your Horde hunter, Kroy is anxious to backstab you. Hmm … guess I can cross the mace off the list of heirloom weapons there, eh?