5/26/2007
Karathress is another pretty easy boss in Serpentshrine Cavern. He is setup a lot like the high king, except when his minions die he gains their powers. Like the high king the pull is everything and once mastered the fight goes smoothly, usually… Our first attempts after getting the pull correct were still not successful. Fathom-Lord Karathress drops totems after the shaman dies, and the tank with healers must coordinate their positions to outrange the totem.
At first we were just running around almost randomly. I was tanking and trying to stay in range of healers but out of range of the totem. This led to the totem being placed in odd positions and it really hurts players with low hit points. We eventually were able to use the area more efficiently and while I did not outrange the totem, the healers were able to. This strategy proved the most effective and Karathress died shortly after.
5/7/2007
Hog’s turn! I leveled Hogit to 70, and I also leveled his blacksmithing and engineering to 375 without mining! I relied on materials from Tinder the Gnome Mage, and my bank account. 
Hog the Gnome Rogue has been my miner for a long time now and I’ve finally been getting around to leveling him. Hog and Hogness the Dwarf Priest make a pretty good team in Outlands. Of course Hogness is shadow which means Hog uses a lot of bandages, but what can you expect!
5/5/2007
In our first successful Serpentshrine Cavern kill we sent the Lurker Below far below, the ground, and killed him until he was dead. Whoever thought up the method of summoning the Lurker must have had a grudge against raiders. You need at least 300 fishing skill and even then I recommend about 350. The Lurker will spawn randomly after a successful fish. The more raiders you have fishing the greater chance you have of him spawning, but sometimes it takes forever. We worked on this guy for a while until everyone was able to survive the spouts and ads. It’s another one of those pretty easy fights once you get it. He dropped a Mallet of the Tides which is a pretty good tanking weapon. I’ll probably try to get one at some point. At least this one went to a Dwarf, grats Snowfallen!
