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Karazhan Speed Run
We didn’t have enough for a visit to Gruul’s lair for Tuesday night’s raid, but we did have enough for two simultaneous Karazhan raids. The raid I was in had a Warrior main-tank and me as the off-tank. Warlock, Hunter, Shadow Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Paladin and Mage DPS and Priest/Shaman heals. A very balanced group.
We cleared Karazhan in less than 3 1/2 hours!
Of course we still have Illhoof, Netherspite and Nightbane to contend with, but they should pose no problem at all.
I hit full guild-member status (1000+ EP) after we downed Prince, which means I am now eligible to bid on loot. I got to use my battle rez three times. The Shadow Priest first during Shade, the Rogue during Opera (Big Bad Wolf), and the Shadow Priest again during Prince.
We were doing so well that Curator only got to do one Evocation and Shade didn’t get to polymorph/pyro blast us. We did get asploded and lost three people when somebody moved during Flame Wreath (that’s when I rezzed the Shadow Priest), but we still killed him before the polymorph/pyro blast combo even with two members down.
No good Druid loot dropped, but I can still hope for the Stranglestaff from Illhoof. The odds aren’t good considering it dropped the last time I was there for that fight. The same item dropping from the same boss fight twice in a row are very slim so I’m not getting my hopes up for it.
Vishyna’s raid didn’t fare nearly as well as mine. They only had one healer (and Vishyna doing backup heals when needed/possible). They lost a member right at the beginning to connection issues and decided to move on as a 9-man. They filled the 10th slot again when another guild member logged on, but they lost him too due to some sort of real life emergency and had to carry on as a 9-man again. They did pretty well considering the circumstances, but it was just too difficult on everybody in the raid and they called it at Maiden.
Vishyna also made it to 1000+ EP, so we are both now official members of the guild. I also hit Honored with The Violet Eye during that Kara run so I need to head down to Deadwind Pass and upgrade to the next Violet Signet.
I’ve got 26 Badges in the bank now and I’m trying to decide between spending 20 of them on the Idol of Terror (which I’ll eventually need to get either way) or saving up 34 more badges for the Ring of the Stalwart Protector. I’ll probably just grab the Idol and call it good. It will feel nice to finally be wearing some purple gear.