That lazy evening quickly turned around when I got an instant message from JT saying...
JT - "hey, someone is asking around for you in guild chat"
Ed - (/confused) "what do they want?"
JT - "something about a drake run"
Ed - (/shifting to high gear) "I'm logging in now"
So, to explain.......I had signed up on a guild forum thread to go on a Drake Run to heroic Caverns of Time. The drake only drops from one of the last bosses if you complete the run in a certain amount of time (25min, I think). The folks who organize this run already have their own drakes, and do this run as a service to the guild. You can only qualify for a CHANCE to go if you PM the thread author with the secret word from the AIE Podcast. I never expected to win the slot to go, but I did; and I guess I expected that someone would have sent me a forum mail or something. I found out later that they sent me in-game mail only. Since I had not logged in that day, I had no idea I was selected to go. Thanks again JT for the heads up. We made it through, and I'm now the owner of a spiffy Bronze Drake. (click to enlarge)
My good luck did not end there.....and I am almost embarrassed to write about it.
As I was posing with the Drake Run group for a final picture, Dills (guildie hunter/podcaster that I occasionally correspond with) sent me a whisper to join them on a 25-man Naxx run. I said yes, wondering if I was really ready for this, and quickly got summoned to the raid.
I look at the raid composition and see that I'm the ONLY hunter there, which gets me a few nudges when I arrive.
We proceeded into the Abomination Wing, clear trash, and setup for Patchwerk.
Patchwerk was a long steady fight, and we down him.
Loot for me = the Arrowsong bow....No competition on rolls.
Grobbulus was next, and we down him too. Though I was a little confused about the mutating injection debuff.
Loot for me = Slime Stream Bands.....No competition for rolls on this wrist item.
Gluth was next, with me being the only noob who fell off the pipe during the walk in. The noob gets a summon 50 feet back up to the pipe. /face palm
Loot = the T7 chest token drops (Warrior, Shamy, Hunter)
......I passed - got 2 epics already.
Finally, on to Thaddius. He had an interesting polar charge mechanic to the fight, basically killing you if you got on the wrong side of him during the polarity shifts. Movement in the counter-clockwise circle to avoid the debuff, yet gain the damage buff, are the basics of the fight. After 3-4 wipes, the raid stopped at around 1am server.
That was an intense evening!
With dual Fang of Truth (fitted with Titanium Weapon Chains), gems, and enchants to my new gear....... I will happily be at the 263 hit cap. Woot! Thanks to Dreydak and Firfeldre for the crafting.
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