Saturday, May 9, 2009

Emalon and The Siege of Ulduar


Welcome back to another round of raiding. This week we had Winter Grasp and downed Emalon. I didn't get a screen shot of the kill but it was our first one shot this week. I am proud of that fact. Our resident Warlock Akashaumd saw some love in the form of our second usable Tier 8 drop from this boss. I am sure those gloves will be broken in very soon.

The we moved on to the "Main Event". We stepped in made very short work of the trash and all the towers save blue this week. We thought it was the lightening one we tried for last week but turned out to leave us feeling cold and sometimes down right frozen. Our best attempt was 12% which is much better than all the evils minions popping up with the green from last week. In the interest of time and getting a good momentum to get further into this vast new world we downed the tower and one shot the mechanical monstrosity.

This week I actually managed to capture a screen shot of us standing over the hulking wreck, kindly hanging out over this post. This week I am remembering to capture loot tables so people not yet able to venture in here might discover the secrets this place holds. This week old FL graced us with Firesoul and Flamewatch Armguards. These are pretty nice upgrades for our group as a whole. I have had a pair of the bracers a few weeksn now and really like them so far.

Now that we have access to the rest of the Siege wing we stepped up to Razorscale. Pretty straight forward for us these days. Our second one shot or possibly third, I've lost track at this point. We had a kill time of seven minutes and forty two seconds. This is the first time I've remembered to track kill times so I am hoping to remember this more and see if I can find a way to collect a chart else where out here. Her downfall offered us Eye of the Broodmother which seems truly awesome for almost every caster in the raid, read most of the raid. She also gave us Bracers of the Smothering Inferno . These had dropped before at least once and I'm not sure if anyone has claimed them or they've been shuffled to the bank.

Half the Seige wing down it was time to head to the Furnace Master for our second week. It still took a bit of work to bring him down which is to be expected this being last week was our first time encountering this boss. He went down in what I think were fewer attempts than last week. We down him in seven minutes and fity four seconds. I think next week he'll go down a lot faster than this week which is just fine with me. Ignis gave us the really interesting cloak Drape of Fuming Anger Which dropped last week and is a really strong upgrade for Fury warriorss with the changes to Improved Bezerker Rage. We also got Gloves of Smoldering Touch Which looks pretty good to me but I don't follow Rogues and Feral Druids that closely.

Lastly we moved on to the gatekeeper of the rest of Ulduar Xt-002 Deconstructor. This fight is gettting really easy for us. I kinda miss the fight pre nerf. We downed him then not sure why they toned it down. At any rate another one shot for our band of adventurers I spaced and forgot to grab the kill time on him. We got another Plasma Foil more DPS Caster love, got to love Crit and Spellpower. We also saw Treacherous Shoulderpads which is good for a rogue and feral druid.

That's where we called it for the night. We took down a fairly new boss, and nearly got our first hard mode kill, so I'd say it was a really good night. Tonight we will be facing the Antechamber of Ulduar. We will be testing our metal against Assembly of Iron, Kologarn aka Bridge Dude, and Auriaya aka Crazy Cat Lady. With Emalon out of the way we are hoping to get grouped up and strait at them pretty early and make a lot of time to get at these guys and hopefully down them and a chance to look into the Keepers area for the first time. Once we can clear the Antechamber we are half way through Ulduar and I can't wait to see us do it and finally get into the last half and see what lurks there.

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