Lethal Shots

I went to Karazhan last night for like the second time ever. And it was great. Now as I have said, I am a casual player, but if the opportunity presents itself and I have the time (read: wife gives me the OK to completely ignore her and the boy for a few hours), I am more than willing run an instance or go on a raid.

First, a little background on my guild. We are a casual guild and most of us started playing WoW post- Burning Crusade. But as is bound to happen, as our members started dinging 70, they began moving on to raiding guilds so that they could experience end-game content. While no one can hold that desire against them, we really hated seeing them go. So a couple of months ago, the guild officers decided to put together a schedule so that members could start raiding. Anyway, I’m starting to ramble and stray from the topic at hand.

So, as you might have guessed, I am not one of the regular raiders in the guild. But that does not stop them from offering me a spot if one is empty. And it just so happened last night that they needed a 10th and decided to holler at me. So after asking the wife if it was ok that i go AFK from real life for a few hours, I accepted the invite and was promptly whisked away to Karazhan, via summoning stone. My fellow guildies had already ran through part of the instance the night before, so last night their goal was down Moroes and complete the Opera Event. Needless to say, this was my first time to participate in either of these fights. Also note that I went in there geared and specced for PvP (which has been my main focus lately), which in turn led to me being no where near the top of the damage charts.

We started off with clearing out trash mobs on our way to Moroes. Everything went real smooth, only lost one person during one of the pulls. Once we had worked out way up to Moroes, we took a breather and discussed strategy. (Which by the way I am super lucky to have people in my guild who will research damn near everything, and will tirelessly explain it in detail to you.) Tanking, healing, and CC duties are doled out, and I get assigned to chain trap one of Moroes buddies. No big deal. I may not be the best at it, but I can hold my own. So on with the pull. The tank kicks it off, I pop my assignment with Distracting Shot, and draw him straight into my waiting Freezing Trap. Works like a charm of course. I then proceed to unload DPS on the first target. To make a long story short, the fight went great, I chain trapped my assignment beautifully, and we downed Moroes. Loot was had, Badges were picked up. Then we moved on.

We then proceeded to clear more trash mobs so that we could get to the Opera Event. This didn’t go quite as smoothly as before and we wiped on a trash pull right before the Stage Manager, but no big deal. We rezzed and continued on. Once there, strategy was discussed and duties assigned for all 3 possible events. Once everyone was ready, we went onto the stage. Our event ended up being The Wizard of Oz. It started out alright, but die to some aggro issues, we wiped about halfway through. But again, no big deal, we rezzed and went back to try again. The second try, we were successful. Loot was had, Badges were picked up, and we called it a night.

Speaking of loot, my guild currently has no DKP system, so everything is still awarded using the in game roll system. And what should happen to drop from The Crone, why Legacy of course. Now, we had 3 hunters on this run, and it was a definite upgrade for all of us. So after some discussion, it is decided that us 3 should roll for it. Roll procedes and guess who wins it. Me of course. So, to repeat the post title, Boy am I Lucky. Second time into Karazhan ever, and I walk out with one of the best PvE hunter weapons in the game.