BRD run #2

I was able to get together an awesome in-house group for my second shot at BRD just now. Three guild 60s joined Gitr and Inebriate. Herein lies the tale of run number two.

I was getting quite upset over being 8 hours into level 52, and only 26% of the way through. Every time I spent 2 minutes getting somewhere, it was time to go, too hard to complete a quest, too camped out, or an Act of God prevented me from having fun at the time. I logged in after a 20 minute struggle of handshaking, retrieving the character list, and getting into IF. Man, I wanted to get somewhere today.

I flew down to put the ogre’s head on a stick in Blasted Lands after Neb told me it was soloable at my level. I saw a number of 60s on that had finished Scholo and put out a request for a BRD run because I had 6 quests that were just jamming up my log. I NEEDED to get through there several times. Soon. I don’t want to be one of those 60s that got there not doing anything fun or difficult.

Is this difficult enough? This was our first stop after talking to one of the prisoners. My mind is complete goo, and without taking screens for notes, this is the best I can do in my accounts of a night. I have asked Tox/Neb to help in this area so you get a better picture of what happened, because he remembers everything he’s done and seen since he was born. As the Geico commercial says, “I digress.” We made our way to the highway and hung a left to go to the big lava boss, Bael-Gar, and complete a quest. Again, sucking as I do at knowing things ahead of time, I didn’t have the item I needed to complete the quest, so I get to do it again. YAY! It was a really fun fight. It went something like this:
[Gitr]: What am I going to do for this fight? He’s a 54 Elite.
[Neb]: I think we’ll have you tank him.

[Gitr]: *cheer, woot, YAY, cool*
[Fivefinger]: (rogue) I think he has adds.
[Neb]: Just help Gitr. Ach, just heal and everything will be fine. Mana up, go ahead and charge, Gitr.
[Gitr]: (above screenshot) *gulp*
[Ach]: Wow! He hits hard. *dies*
[Gitr]: *pops a major healing potion*
[Party]: *everything dies when the boss dropped*

We made our way to the bar, dropping another boss or two along the way. Names excape me, Neb will have to do that for me. One was a level 57 Elite, and that is the best I can do. We finished in the bar by breaking a barrel and opening up a can (or barrel, I guess) that ended with a recipe that needed to go to Barley Thunderbew. I danced on a table for the entertainment to the patrons of the bar in an attempt to persuade them from attacking when I spoke to the goblin. My dance didn’t work. People died. It got ugly, but we overcame and got two very fine blacksmithing recipes. After checking the guild bank, Gitr took one and ran to the AH, laughing all the way. If all goes well, it’s a good chunk toward and epic mount.

Earlier in the day, a guildie asked me to tank for Razor Fel Downs. At the time, I had just started grinding for Bloodpetals in Un’Goro after traveling for 27 minutes. I just HAD
to finish the quest, but the drop rate was getting worse as I went on. I finally stopped trying for the day at 11/15 petals and mounted up to run to the Downs. It was kind of embarassing to get there, because I ran right past the entrance. I just saw dots on the map, but they were already underground and had to send someone out to show me the way. *blushes* Your fearless (and clueless) tank is here. 🙂

I had never heard of the place, let alone been there. I was suprised to see that everyone else in the group was in the low 40s, and confirmed that they wanted a 52 for a tank because I was going to steal all the XP. They said they were all there for the drops. It was going to be REALLY easy until the druid dropped in the first 10 minutes. After waiting for 10 minutes, the group decided to work on up to the top. The top of what, Gitr had no idea. I was just there to take a beating and dish out damage as allowed. We beat the next three bosses with no healer. As it turns out, I was there for the drops, even at my level. I got a great chestpiece from the spider boss, and an equipable helm that I wore into BRD.