| 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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| 2% Of Grull Is A Lot More Than It Seems |
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 |
Pallanen went into Gruul’s Lair again this weekend. The Guild is determined to kill that big, ugly guy. We went in with a good group, almost entirely made up of our Guild. We did have to fill in with some others. (Forgive me since I can’t remember their Guild name.) They were great players and helped a lot.
The fight started out really well. We didn’t have an unintentional agro pull to start out like the first 2 visits. lol The groups lined up and did their thing but once again, somehow during the fight, something somewhere went wrong (where I couldn’t see) and we ended up running for it. Pally didn’t make it past those darn demon dogs, or whatever they are, and got it just before the exit.
We set up and went at it again but the second try went sour very fast. No one was really sure what happened. I don’t have Vent so maybe they figured it out chatting together. I don’t know. But anyway, our third try went as planned. We set up, pulled the goons to the right places and for the first time it went easily. We killed the King and all his cronies and it felt pretty easy. The first two missteps didn’t seem that bad after taking down High King that 3rd time. It feels like we have the fight down now despite starting out like we did.
This time the loot the King dropped was for Rogues, Shamans and Druids so Pallanen didn’t get to roll for anything. My Guildie friend Blue got the nice shoulders this time. That was cool.
So we went forward and wiped up the trash mobs on the way to Gruul. We got there, got set up and started on him. The first fight went like the past week. We got him to 46% and wiped. But that was actually pretty encouraging since that’s the best we had done is several tries the week before. The next fight was much better.
By now we have figured out how to avoid most of old Gruul’s damage. This next round we just seemed to have it. No matter how long it was taking and how many times he grew we still had the group together, up and fighting. It was awesome to see his health fall below 46%. Then 30%. Then 20%. Pallanen was doing well all this time. She does crit a lot so I’m sure she was doing a decent amount of damage. I remember thinking once Gruul hit 10% that we had finally managed to get this one down. I thought too soon.
When Gruul was at 4% something happened to Pally. Something bad. I’m not sure if she hit Grull with a huge crit or what but Pallanen was at full health one second and then she was dead the next second. At 4%! I was so pissed! It could have been that she critted him big since at that level of Gruul’s health Pally was using her Execute a lot. Maybe. I must have hit Gruul hard enough that Pallanen pulled agro from the Tank.
But the rest group was still OK. They kept at him while I watched from the ground. I was talking to all of them as they kept whittling Gruul down. He got to 3% and I was yelling at them to keep going. Gruul dropped to 2% and I was acting like a cheerleader, even though no one could hear me. I was psyched.
Then suddenly things went bad. It looked like we still had a good group up but that darn 2% wouldn’t drop. I kept waiting for the 1% but it was not dropping. Then Gruul started running around chasing one fighter at a time and my heart sank. That told me we had lost someone (or several someones) that were important. I watched in disbelief as Gruul ran around stomping on the remainder of the Guildies and Guild friends and his health never dropped below 2%. When the smoke cleared (figuratively) we had missed killing Gruul by a measly 2%. It was very sad somehow.
But no one was real depressed. A lot of people were pissed, like me. :) But for the most part we were actually psyched and ready to go. We felt like we had this one down now. We tried a couple more times and the best that we did was get Gruul down to 12%. Then people had to leave. We didn’t finish him off that night but we all can see that he will be done for very soon. Once we are past that 2% we will all be so relieved. But lemme tell ya, 2% of Gruul is a lot more than it sounds. LOL
This time around the whole Raid was much better. The time between fights was minimal. The group worked well together and no one got fussy and bummed. Pallanen still isn’t doing enough damage. They showed the stats after the King fight and Pallanen was still not where she needs to be in terms of dealing damage. Blue gave me a really nice Gem that added +8 crit and that helped but the bottom line is that Pally is in PVP gear trying to be a Fury Warrior. It’s not the best fit. I need to get her into other groups to get good PVE raiding armor to be more effective. But for now, this is the best she has.
This Friday we are raiding Gruul’s again. I think we should be able to get him this time. Between now and then I will be gathering the best PVE gear I can find and hopefully Pallanen will be a bigger help. All the Guild needs is to be 2% better. :) |
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Wow good job guys. I have a feeling that he is going down this week. You should really get on vent even if you don't have a mic. What probably happened was that the grows get so bad by 13-14 he will be one shotting tanks and off tanks. I don't know if you guys are doing this already but its helpful to mark the healers and tanks with raid markers during the Gruul fight so you know who to really avoid during shatter.
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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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Wow good job guys. I have a feeling that he is going down this week. You should really get on vent even if you don't have a mic. What probably happened was that the grows get so bad by 13-14 he will be one shotting tanks and off tanks. I don't know if you guys are doing this already but its helpful to mark the healers and tanks with raid markers during the Gruul fight so you know who to really avoid during shatter.