11/30/2005
If Molten Core and Blackwing Lair are the main course of the World of Warcraft then these are the appetizers.
Our soup of the day is blue dragon served chilled.
Arsenal Team was organizing for another run through Molten Bore when someone mentioned that Azuregos was up. We could not let the opportunity of a few wacks at the loot piñata pass us by. Azuregos roams Azshara which is home to the abandoned night elf city of Eldarath. What dropped? Some crap and Cold Snap wand… always the Cold Snap wand.
Shadowbolt spam! Yum.
Kazzak is another of the original outdoor raid bosses. He dwells far back in the Blasted Lands in an area called the Tainted Scar. Minions of the Burning Legion and demon Lord Kazzak wait there for the reopening of the Dark Portal. He’s got a while to wait for the expansion though (you know how Blizzard can be) and Arsenal Team is not that patient. This guy popped in less than two minutes. Cornpo the night elf Druid ninjaed an Amberseal Keeper which he immediately replaced with a drop from Molten Core later that night. GG.
The sampler platter is tasty but only serves one.
A few members of Arsenal Team have been grinding in Silithus to gather resources to summon a few raid bosses including High Marshal Whirlaxis, and Prince Skaldrenox. Each have their own strengths but from what I could tell basically require a zerg force to bring down. They still made for some fun fights but I don’t think they paid off. It takes roughly 20 to 30 gold to summon one of these yet we had no epics drop. Only a couple people walked away with some rare items. For the amount of grinding and money involved this is quite a let down for a large raid of players.
11/27/2005
Hogit finally got around to leveling his fishing skill from 260 to 300 in preparation for the fishing tournament in Stranglethorn. Once a week Riggle Bassbait runs the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza. The first fisherman to bring him forty Tastyfish is declared the Master Angler and may choose one of two grand prizes. Hogit found a nice empty strip of shore about an hour before the contest start. The beach was not empty for long though; as the contest began the coastline filled with fisherman! In only the first twenty minutes of the contest a winner was declared. Hogit did fish up a rare Brownell’s Blue Striped Racer and this fish was redeemed for a pair of Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots!
11/25/2005
The Arsenal Team has been pushing hard in Blackwing Lair and it finally paid off after downing Razorgore. Razorgore the Untamed is the first encounter in Blackwing Lair and is nothing like the usual Molten Core boss fight. The room is filled with eggs that must be destroyed by mind controlling Razorgore himself! Until all the eggs are taken out the room continuously spawns with dragonkin, orc mages and legionaires. The raid is put to the task of kiting the growing mob around the room as Razorgore works on the eggs. As the last egg is destroyed the room is cleared of everyone except Razorgore who then can be killed. Arsenal Team brought Razorgore down on our second attempt this night. Drops were Bracelets of Wrath, Bindings of Transcendence, and Gloves of Rapid Evolution. It was a great feeling of accomplishment and I look forward to the next fight Vaelastrasz the Corrupt which some say is the most challenging in the game.
