I still have a bunch of elite quests (Horde) open for the Wailing Caverns and would love to have some help with them. Anyone who won't be running with the regular Tues night Blackhand group interested in doing this one with me sometime tonight?
See my update post below for Wed. details.
Umm, it''s most likely due to conflicting schedules as this is the night that Certis and Hoochie host for the horde people on blackhand.
well my Horde chars are only lvls 14 and 9 so...
What are the level reqs slambie?
My Tauren Shammy is rapidly rizing at level 14!
Well I should be on with either Theseus (13 or 14) or Grumpicca (9) some time after 8pm CST and would be happy to log in/out of either so keep an eye out for me if anyone is interested in grouping. AFK until then...
I think it takes a full party of lvl 20-24 characters to complete these quests.
I would be there for you, ye of the melon-headed kitten...but I think the highest level character I''ve got on the horde side is lvl 7 or 8. Not much help really...unless you need someone who dies well.
Well, DD, if you wanted to work on that Horde char, Grumpicca wouldn''t mind some company.
I am up for some WC. Hopefully I will catch you...
I''ve got several of these quests for Thag (21 Shaman). I''m up for it, provided we get off to a prompt start. I''d have maybe two hours tops.
Make sure you share all your WC quests BEFORE you start killing things. I was in a group that didn''t remember to do this until we had already rid the caverns of one of the types of mobs we had to kill for a quest. Also, if you''re doing the quest to recover a bottle of 99 year old port, it''s not inside the instance. It''s inside the cavern, but back near where you first enter, not down near the instance.
Oh, thanks! I think I have that one. I''ll have to check. Should be a fun run.
I will be on for this. Eagleclaw. Where are we meeting?
Well, we had a good group last night. In about 2 hours, we finished about half of the main quest, and several folks did side quests. The 99-year-old Port quest is actually pretty easy to finish without going into the Instance, if anyone cares.
We had, at various times, Thag (me), Padwynd (my wife and my son, variously), Omusa, Nogoda, Grohm and EagleClaw. Maybe one or two others whose names have slipped the surly bonds of brain, for which I apologize. I know several pets leveled; I leveled to 22 while turning in two quests afterwards. Anyone else?
After a bit of a rough (but fun!) start, we fell into the pattern well and methodically cleared out the spots we approached. As usual, we depended on a puller, then everyone chipped in with smacking things, while healers kept an eye out to break off the melee attacks and heal as needed. We had good luck with concentrating the attacks on the biggest threats first, but putting at least two people on most adds.
I can''t speak for others, but Frost Shock and the Frost weapon buff that Shamans really helped out by slowing things down. If I saw a spellcaster adding, I''d hit them with Frost Shock and then run up to interrupt them. Other folks used their weapons and spells effectively, and we cleaned up.
So, lessons learned - As the pull occurs, don''t rush out ahead, that''ll trigger other adds. Only run out if the caster or shooter stops at a distance. Also, assign one person to designate targets, either a hunter or the puller. It''s bad to pull two at once accidentally.
In this dungeon, high-level humans will add frequently. Be aware you can only strip their cover beasts so far, then they all pile in.
Healers should whack stuff while watching health, but preserve mana. Shamans should throw lots of totems. Tremor totem is useful in this dungeon, as a number of us were put to sleep and then revived by the totem 9or not lol). Everyone pile on the big guy in each fight first.
I''d say this is a 4-5 hour dungeon, realistically.
Great job everyone, hope we can do it again this weekend and finish up!
Great ""lessons-learned"" report Robear. What levels were you guys for WC? 18-22 or so?
I had such a good time in Ragefire last night that I am already looking forward to doing another instance. You could tell what a good time I was having by all the heavy breathing over TS
I really like playing a priest in the instance dungeons. I had to adapt my play style quite a bit though. I do a lot of soloing, so I''m used to concentrating on my damage spells. I quickly learned that the best combo for the instance was to save my mana by doing: SW: Pain, Shield the melee guys, wand, wand, wand, heal, heal, wand wand, etc. And I never appreciated how useful Fade was before. My only complaint was that it was often very hard to target the monsters since there were so many people in a small space. That, and the fact that we died without killing our final quest dude.
Sounds like you guys had a fun time in there. There''s apparently another quest you get once you clear everything out and talk again to the big druid that stands where you first walk in. Someone else in the group activated it when I thought we were done. It kicks off like a whole new piece of the instance. It''s very cool and the staff you get as a reward is awesome.
About the Serpentbloom: You''re right that each person has to collect their own set of blooms. However, it also grows outside of the instance, so you can do some collecting on your own time.
We were about 18-22. It was a good group once we got rolling. I''ll probably try to solo the rest of the flowers tonight, but we''ll see.
It took me a while to counter my natural tendancies to charge a caster if he/she adds. I always try and earthshock them to interrupt casting but that just ended up attracting more attention as there were always minions around every corner. So instead of fighting 3, we ended up fighting 5-6 and having the caster pounding us from range.
So the tactic became finish off the minions and just heal whomever the caster was blasting from afar until the caster ran out of mana and charged into melee range.
That tactic still sounds a little counterproductive to me, but it worked extremely well. I got 3/4 of level 17 just from fighting in there. Great loot aswell. I think everyone walked away with at least one piece of new equiptment.
Funniest moment of the night was a certain shaman who decided to peter pan off a cliff into a seemingly harmless pool... filled with at least 3 even leveled crocolisks!
I''ve got the first two gems from the big quest, and would be interested in going back in there tonight. The wife is working, so I should be able to get the little one to sleep by 9pm or so, and would be happy to join in at that point.
Pragg, 22 Troll Shaman, reporting for duty!
Hmm I may be around for this later tonight. I''ll see what shakes loose.
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