Karazhan is Amazing!!!

My first Kara run was amazing! It’s probably one of the coolest things I’ve done in the game. The look, music & boss encounters are just awesome! The place is huge and I have to admit that I was a little overwhelmed in the beginning. You get to the first boss encounter right away, which is Attumen the Huntsman. However, before Attumen spawns you have to engage his horse Midnight. Once you get Midnight down to 95% of his health, Attumen will spawn. One of the raid’s tanks must deal with Attumen, while the rest of the raid fights Midnight. Once Midnight is reduced to 25%, Attumen & Midnight merge & you have to fight them together! Very fun fight. My guild usually breaks Kara into 2 nights. On night 1, the first four bosses are done & the rest are done on night 2. Well, our group did so well, we were finished with the first four bosses before 10 pm & the raid was scheduled to go to 11:30 pm. So everyone decided to continue on! Before I knew it, we had cleared the whole instance (11 boss encounters in all) & I earned 22 Badges of Justice! I also got two really nice upgrades to my equipment. It was an incredible experience.

Two of the coolest boss encounters for me were the opera event & the chess event. In the opera even, one of three different encounters can happen. We got one that was a remake of Romeo & Juliet....lol. The trick to that fight is that you have to kill both bosses within 10 seconds of each other or they resurrect! In the Chess event, you don’t fight with your character at all! You actually play a version of chess against Medivh! Each member of the raid gets to control a chess piece & the object is to kill the opposing King. I was very confused at first, but got the hang of it. All in all, it was a fantastic night & I hope I get to go again!

Jeamyr turns Level 63!

After what has seemed like forever, Jeamyr has finally gained another level! Just a few more quests to do in Zangarmarsh & it will be off to Terokkar Forest. I'm really looking forward to level 64 as Jeamyr will get the Wrath of Air Totem! This totem seems to be a perfect match for Jeamyr's elemental build! It increases spell damage &, since it is an air totem, will combine with Totem of Wrath, which provides a bonus to spell hit & spell crit! This one/two punch should be amazing!

I've still been playing Devarien a lot! I've gotten his leatherworking skill up to 375 & have been able to make some really awesome armor! All I can say is thank goodness for daily quests....lol. Without them I would be completely broke ;-) The materials for some of these recipes are crazy! One required 16 primal fire & 16 primal shadow! I was able to farm some, but I just couldn't stand the grind necessary to farm 160 motes for each kind! So, I had to buy some from the auction house & that cost me! However, after a couple of days of daily quests, I was able to make up the money I lost...phew! The thing I'm most excited about is that I might be going to my first Kara run with my guild tonight! I can't wait!

Instances are Fun!!!

Well, I've been focusing a lot more on Devarien these days & doing stuff with my new Guild! As a result, the leveling progress with my shaman has slowed down quite a bit. Jeamyr is level 62 now & is working in Zangarmarsh. Hopefully, I'll get him to 63 by the end of the week.

I am really enjoying running instances with my Guild. They are really great to group with! So far I have been able to get the key for Arcatraz & am on the last step for a Kara key! I know I don't need to have a Kara key anymore to be able to go, but it was a very fun quest chain & by doing it, I got to check out some really cool instances. Right now, I am trying to get Devarien to 375 leatherworking so that I can try to make the epic dragonscale leatherworking armor for hunters. He is currently at 369, so I'm getting close. I'm also working on fishing & cooking. I neglected these secondary professions before & am now trying to max them out. For hunters, cooking is really cool. I hope to be able to make warp burgers & Kibler's Bits for my pet!

I'm still determined to finish my quest to have a level 70 of each class, but it just seems that my last character might take a bit longer to finish then usual =)

Jeamyr gets his first Outland's Spell!

Jeamyr turned level 62 over the weekend & was able to pick up Water Shield. This spell is perfect for his Elemental spec! It lasts for 10 minutes & gives a ton of mp5, even when casting! This will definitely make Jeamyr more mana efficient & will hopefully reduce the down time between fights when leveling. I've been grouping Jeamyr with my friend Jim's mage, Athame. Things are going well. We finished up Hellfire & are just starting Zangermarsh. I was able to 3 box my paladin, mage & Jeamyr in order to get all the Hellfire group quests done!

Devarien gets a Sonic Spear!!!

Since the end is in site on my quest to have a level 70 character of each class, I decided that I wanted to focus more of my attention on my favorite character, Devarien =) A little over a week ago, I was asked if I wanted to join this really cool guild called The Empyrean Order. The guild leader, Tazric, sounded really nice & I figured this would be a perfect opportunity to get to experience game content I've never seen before.

Last night was my first chance to group with guild members & it was an awesome experience! I got to run Shadow Labs for the first time ever! The guys I was grouping with were great! They explained each encounter & took it very slow. We only died a couple of times and downed all the bosses! The fourth boss, Murmur, is probably one of the coolest things I’ve seen yet in the game! He is this HUGE air elemental that takes up almost a whole room. The guy is so tough, he starts with only 40% health & still has over 500k hit points! He doesn’t move at all, but has this AOE sonic boom that melee classes have to worry about. I had to watch my cat so he wouldn’t die. He also has this ability that turns you into a living bomb, so when it happens you have to make sure you get away from everyone else so they aren’t hurt. We downed him on the first try & he dropped the Sonic Spear for me!!!!!

I want to thank the guys I grouped with for a great time & I hope I get to group with you again soon!