Posted by Hiwrac on Tuesday February 6th 2007 at 9:08 AM.
We pulled together and started the day off right by downing the boss that had given us so much trouble the day before, the Curator.
After we did Curator we cleared trash for like 2 and a half hours because Tehehe got us lost inside the dungeon. We ended up passing two bosses before ending up at the Chess Event.
The chess event is a ton of fun. Each player gets to control a chess piece and battle the "evil" chess pieces in a game of battle chess. Chess was a unique and fun diversion, complete with a couple of really nice epics at the end.
After we did chess, and after we recovered form a wipe caused by looking into the next room we headed back to Terestian Illhoof whom we found hiding behind a "suspicious bookcase".
Illhoof didn't present much of a problem with his pet, his constant stream of imps and constantly locking up people in demon chains. Still a fun fight though.
Next we went after Medivh's father, Shade of Aran. This guy is a whole new fight altogether. With no tank and a propensity to nuke the crap out of people at low health in addition to being a DPS race this fight is pretty challenging.
This guy took us more tries to get down than any of the fights so far. You have to DPS him faster than he can use his mana or he will sheep you, drink up, and immediately AOE pyroblast the raid for 8k.
Despite wiping numerous times and even having to clear trash again after we used all our wipe recovery we finally got him.
That makes eight bosses down in the first week of Karazhan, not too shabby if I do say so myself. Next week we hope to see more of Netherspite and the Prince, both of which stand to be very challenging and fun fights.
In the meantime, check out Loomps "Preview of Karazhan and the Chess Event" on Google Video.
-Hiwrac.
Posted by Hiwrac on Saturday February 3rd 2007 at 7:33 AM.
Less than three weeks after the release of BC, Lawn Pirates is ready to get started on the new raid content. Even though many players are still working on the leveling grind, we managed to scrape together a wonderful team to explore the first ever 10-man epic raid instance.
Welcome to Karazhan.
This instance is absolutely stunning. The zone is beautiful and some of the bosses we have fought so far are incredibly fun and challenging.
After wiping several times to the world boss known as "Horde" we finally zoned in to test the waters.
The first few pulls pulls toward the first boss were a mixed bag, but thats what learning a new zone is like. A few choice quotes that may have been overheard in vent include.
- These horses are so eas...oh god they fear.
- Why is Corvac in spirit of redemption again?
- Nah, don't worry we won't aggro that pat.
- I heard this trash respawns.
- Oh shi...zone out, zone out.
After about 40 minutes of messing with the trash we make it to the first boss. We pull, and all of the trash that respawned behind us promptly came and wiped us.
Emboldened by our experience with the trash we rezzed at the front of the instance and proceeded to reclear everything, this time wipe free and engage and down the first boss for our first awesome level 70 epix! However, this boss charges people for as much as 8k damage, so make sure you have high health when you do this boss.
gg Attumen the Huntsman.
Here's a screenshot, unfortunately the bosses are not very big, so you are gonna have to take our word for it that theres a boss there :P.
After we took care of the stable we went to a dinner party. The patrons were not amused by this, so we killed them. We than danced on their table that had been desecrated by the dead body of a paladin.
It's very rude to die on the dinner table Grobbles, WHERE ARE YOUR MANNERS?
The host of the fancy dinner party took exception to our presence, but we dealt with him and his bodyguards in a swift manner. I'm very glad undead rogues don't have this guy's powers.
After breaking up the party and the dance next door we headed upstairs to the "guest quarters".
I don't think the guests were getting a lot of sleep though.
This instance is HOT!
So hot in fact that Zing got a little too excited.
After we dealt with the immoralities of Karazhan we laid out the Maiden of Virtue, whom we assume to be running the whole business. With her out of the way, our boss count was three for
Finally a boss that makes a decent screen shot.
As a bonus, here is a screenshot of a bear with a silly grin. Grobbles is also showing off his amazing new healing mace in the front row.
Next we decided to go to the theatre! Apparently we were interrupting and the audience got pissed off. So we killed them.
Good thing there was a new play about to start.
Hmmm....a Strawman, Dorthee, a Lion, and Tinman? Heeeeey I've seen this before.
The actors were horrible so we shut it down. Check out my snazzy new headgear and cool onstage group shot.
We made it to the next boss, but we were tired and he is pretty hard. However I have faith that he will die soon. Stay tuned for any update!
Heres some more pics of the inside of Karazhan, it really is a beautifully constructed zone.
Karazhan has some pretty uncool debuffs, many of which cannot be dispelled. For instance this one is pretty fun for the healers.
Some are just funny...heh heh heh Hamstring.
There is also Bad Poetry (puts you to sleep) and Roast (cast by cooks of course).
On a side note, if you want to go to Karazhan, farm your potions, your food and your other buffs. Here is a screenshot of how far buffed we were today, you can't actually see all of mine.
So far Karazhan has been amazingly fun and I cannot wait to go back. I am looking forward to the later bosses of Karazhan and soon, the 25-man raids. I am excited for more people to experience this awesome raid instance as they end the levelling grind and we get back on a more regular raiding schedule.
-Hiwrac
Posted by Tehehe on Sunday December 31st 2006 at 7:56 PM.
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Happy New Years, all.