Legacy of Oblivion

When you’re a smaller guild like LoO, it is important to hone the skills of every member. It is not enough to have average-skilled players – each person must possess the skills and the balls to accomplish what the LoOnies set out to do.

We also require the right amount of “psycho”.

As you can see, Shae’s got us covered.

After whatever that was, a few of us decided to go into DM. At first we weren’t really sure what we could do, seeing as how we were a group without a tank. But since that’s never stopped us before, we decided what the hell, we’ll go straight to DM West. Not many people would be crazy enough to try it without a tank, but let’s face it – we kick ass. Uber guilds got nothin’ on us… Except for uber raids and uber gear and about 100 more people. But whatever, they can kiss my ass.

Here is your walkthrough:

First, you have to kill this big tree.

When he’s dead, he either turns into a horse or a horse magically appears. Either way, there’s something going on with this horse because he shows up.

I think Zug was trying to impale him on his pointy shoulders. If you saw them from a different angle, you’d swear they looked like a French pr0n star’s mustache. But that’s a discussion for another day.

Next, you have to kill Magister Kalendris.

I didn’t get a really good shot of him, but periodically he lets out a horrible black gas that swirls around him. That’s probably why he stands in the corner and none of the other spirits in the room like to stand near him. As soon as he saw us, he didn’t do it again so I couldn’t get a picture, but you get the idea. Obviously, Zug has the same problem as this guy does, because he identified the issue immediately. As they say, it takes one to know one.

Supposedly Magister Kalendris drops priest shoulders, but what he dropped for us was complete crap so we moved on to these jerks:

Now, these guys aren’t as bad as they look. You can pull them two or three at a time on the initial pull, and after that you’ll get one or two at a time. When they die some of them do a mana burn, so casters need to get back. Aside from that, they’re cake. The objective is to knock out those pillars they’re clustering around, and you do so by killing those obnoxious mana burn dudes. We were hoping that these were the most difficult enemy to face in the joint, but we were horribly wrong.

We finally got down to the area where the ugly Immol’Thar is, but before you can kill him, you have to kill a lot of Arcane Torrents. They’re 61+ and they whirl around with a few smaller torrents tagging along for fun. The first thing to know about an Arcane Torrent is that it hates you. A lot. The second thing to be aware of is that they’ll wtfpwn you faster than you can call for your mommy. The first one we pulled had two 61+ torrents with a bunch of little torrents. As the name “Arcane” suggests, the elite casts arcane bolts, but it can be interrupted – so if you can interrupt its casting, you need to do it or you’re all going to die horribly.

No worries, we killed a few others and were finally able to face Immol’Thar! But before anything happens, the LoOnies always discuss our l33t strats. We’re so professional.

After that discussion we were armed and ready, because knowledge is power! This ugly pooch is considered a boss, so we were all hyped up for a big fight. Here’s your obligatory before & after shots:

Before

After

Grats Shae on Cloak of the Cosmos! And grats disenchant/AH on crap that I didn’t bother writing down.

But before we could slap each other’s asses and give out the high fives like professional sportsmen who say they aren’t gay, we pressed on. We knew that somewhere nearby, the Prince was waiting for us. At first we debated whether or not we wanted to kill him, but when we saw him we thought he looked like a dirty Blood Elf. And since we don’t want Blood Elves in the Horde, we decided to engage him in battle. In case you were wondering which side was getting owned during the fight, Zug was sweet enough to point it out for you. Note the bright red arrow pointing to the one getting his ass handed to him.

Sometime in the fight, we had lost Shae. As Shae is a warrior, brave and bold (albeit he’s a dude playing a blue chick) we knew that he couldn’t have gone down easily. From this picture, I think one of two things happened. Either (A) Shae thought someone shouted “Assume the Position”, or (B) Zug was tagging the wrong person. Call me crazy, but does it look like he’s running from the scene of the crime? Guilty or not, you decide.

Hooray, Bracers of the Eclipse and Distracting Dagger.

All in all, it was a fun night in DM West with no tank. The secret of our success?

He really brings home the bacon.

…Holy fuck, I can’t believe I just said that. Anyway, stay tuned for more from the LoOnies.