| Alliance |
| Pallanen |
Dual Spec.: Arms/Protection Guild: Club de Jolie Filles Profession #1: Grand Master Blacksmith/Weaponsmith/Master Swordsmith 450/450 Profession #2: Mining 450/450
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| Sairalinde |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Leatherworking 275/375 Profession #2: Skinning 450/450
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| Jaelle |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Alchemy 290/300 Profession #2: Herbalism 291/300
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| Merenwen |
Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Enchanting 352/375 Profession #2: Tailoring 350/375
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| Miriel |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Mining 316/375 Profession #2: Engineering 100/150
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| Earanel |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Leatherworking 67/75 Profession #2: Skinning 133/150
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| Granuaile |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Blacksmith 300/300 Profession #2: Mining 289/300
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| Horde |
Rubacuori |
 Guild: Club de Joiles Filles Profession #1: Herbalism 111/150 Profession #2: Alchemy 93/150
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| Ki'Leanna |
 Guild: Club de Joiles Filles Profession #1: Mining 450/450 Profession #2: Enchanting 340/375
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| Pallanen’s First Kara Raid |
| Monday, April 14, 2008 |
Pallanen went into Karazhan last Thursday night for the first time. It wasn’t a planned trip into Kara but Pally went anyway when the Guild called and asked for help. It made me a little nervous to accept since Pally isn’t a true Tank anymore but I did it anyway.
It turned out OK. :)
Getting started was rough. The only reason was because when the Guild asked me to join them I was in Alterac Valley. So when they summoned me I materialized right in the middle of a Horde raid group who were preparing to go into Kara. I was still flagged PVP. Needless to say poor Pallanen didn’t fare well. LOL
But once I was rezzed and we entered the instance things went much better. I popped on Pally’s Tanking gear and switched over to Defensive stance. I was to be Off Tank. The Main Tank was a Druid in bear form. I had never seen a Druid Tank before so I was looking forward to it. Pallanen is still specced for PVP and the Guildies wanted me to go ahead and respec before the raid. But eventually it was decided that it would be a waste of time and we all wanted to get going. I had some fear of not being specced right and losing control of my targets at first. It turned out OK.
The group didn’t waste too much time getting started. We headed into an area where all these ghost horses were. They were all elites. It was called The Livery Stable. I was to grab the agro of any monster marked with the red X and hold it. Period. That was Pallanen’s job. So that’s what she did. My worries of not holding their attention turned out to be no big deal. The first few elites Pallanen grabbed onto and held them just fine without any struggle. The group easily wiped up every ad we encountered, even when there were 4-5 elites at a time.
Then we came around this corner where this horse was standing all alone. Its name was in yellow. I wondered about that. The raid leader told me that I was to attack him and hold him in place indefinitely. So I went in and did just that. To my surprise so did the main tank. That darn horse was tough. We beat on him for a long time. He even broke away from us and ran toward the clothies twice. I could tell he was a little different than the others we had downed. Then when we had him whittled down and I thought he was going to drop, he disappeared (or something) and reappeared with a rider. Turns out it was a Boss we were looking to kill. Attumen was his name.
Killing him was sort of anti-climactic. He ran around a bit but we were never in any trouble. We handled him well and wiped him in a few minutes. I thought the horse alone was tougher than horse and rider together. At least that’s how it felt to me. lol
So we regrouped a bit and headed back the way we had started. We went up some stairs and into this big Ballroom area where a bunch of ghosts were having a party. They looked like they were having fun. I sorta felt bad that we were there to wreck their evening for them. :P We started pulling ghosts and killing them as we went. The routine ended up that we would pull 1-2 elites at a time and kill them. Inevitably when we would pull an elite several level 70 mobs would tag along too but they were easy to handle. We worked our way around that room and up more stairs to a place with some grouped elite mobs. Then the raid group got more serious. We tagged and pulled each scary thing in order and cleared the way down the hallway. It was a funny place. I guess the ads there were like a version of real life escorts. They all had some kind of come-on to say to us, especially when they would die. Some of those girls in the hallway would flirt with Pally and it made me laugh. lol
Once we were around the bend I saw what our target had to be. There was some giant glowing woman at the end of the hallway that looked like a bit of a bad-ass. Her name turned out to be Maiden of Virtue. It was kind of amusing to me that a bunch of escorts were guarding the hallway to someone with that name.
Now the raid leader was serious again. They had Pallanen switch back to DPS (which made her very happy) for this fight. Pally was ready in her epics and holding her killer purple swords. The fight was explained to us, the ready check was done and the Tank charged. Once he was established I rushed in and started chopping her up. This woman was tough. We kept at it for a long time (it felt like) and at times she would run around and try to stomp on the clothies around the circle. Almost every time the Tank managed to keep her contained. Pallanen was getting some awesome crits during this fight. She was constantly hitting for 1200-1500 and every now and then she would get a 5000-6000 shot in. I was sure we would down The Maiden on the first try. I was wrong.
Somewhere along the line the Tank got wiped. I think on one of Maiden’s rampages she must have killed the healer (or more than one) and the fight went downhill. I was so focused on hitting her hard that I didn’t notice until too late that a lot of the group was dead. Then she focused on me. 1 on 1 with her turned out to be bad odds for Pallanen. I was next to last to get it but get it we all did. It was a shame too because she was very nearly dead.
So we regrouped again and got ready. Somehow I knew we would be taking her down this time. The set up was the same, the start was the same. We were very focused. When she ran outside the circle and tried to get the clothies the Tank quickly got her attention again. She did this kind of lightening thing that hit hard and Pally suffered a bit from it but the healers were awesome so Pallanen was never in any real trouble. This time around we killed The Maiden of Virtue with no losses.
Unfortunately for me, I was out of time. The group decided to go ahead and try to kill one more boss (Moroes) but I couldn’t go. The loot from Karazhan was sweet! Pretty much all purple epics. The only thing I wished I could have gotten was a choker (I forget the name) that was purely for a Tank. But the main tank naturally got first shot at it. Since Pallanen was new to the raid group I didn’t even think twice about it. There are going to me many more chances at Kara for Pally so I’m sure eventually she will have it.
So my/Pallanen’s first experience in Kara was a good one. I was really impressed with the Druid Tank. I’m planning on raiding Kara with the Guild as regularly as possible. Over the weekend I saw that Group #1 (I believe) was in Kara again and the Tank (not the same one) got The King’s Defender. It is the most awesome tanking sword I’ve ever seen. That is my new goal for Pallanen. The choker and that sword and a new spec that allows for great Tanking and saves some points for good DPS when needed will make Pallanen an awesome Raider. Hopefully I’ll be back in a few days with even better news. :P |
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Name: Jen
Home: Pennsylvania, United States
About Me: I started playing WoW after my best friend bugged me to play. I soon learned that I really liked it. Now 2 years later I still play and have 20 characters. LOL I am no gaming expert. I am no WoW expert. A lot of the terms and "how to do's" elude me still. But I love to play. All you will find here are the adventures of Pallanen and her sisters. I love them all and they really kick butt. So stay tuned and maybe we can learn stuff from each other that we never knew. xoxo
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