So it was Laid Back Raid night again last night, with a quick trip through Burning Crusade again. However, late in the afternoon I was puttering around on my Shaman, Carrera, when I noticed something. I was at about 68 1/2. If I moved my butt, she could go to the LBR! I figured a run through Utgarde would give me a quick boost, so I queued to heal…and got Durnholde Keep…three times. I don’t think I’ve ever done the Thrall one more than once in LFD. The good news, if there was any, was that I did manage to hit 69 before supper.
Mrs. Amateur tap dancing on Ingvar while I watch from a safe distance.
Immediately after, the lovely Mrs. offered to run me through Utgarde Keep. With the dungeon quests and two BoA’s on, I got a little more than half my level. Alas, I also ran out of rested experience in the process. But, we ran it again. I got another fair-sized chunk of my level but the clock was starting to tick. So I got wise and ran back to town and started grabbing quests. The Mrs. was right beside me, killing anything that came near me and so about 20 minutes before raid time, I had a freshly pressed 70! Unfortunately, no one told me it was Mage night…
Seriously, that’s a fair number. I think out of nine or ten people, we had four Mages. Didn’t upset me too much, because Sweet Illidan was the mail dropping left and right. Some good, some meh…heck I even got an epic trinket that was an upgrade.
We took down Mags and Gruul in no time, and Serpentshrine Cavern took a little longer only because we did a full clear. Figured it never hurt for the chance at nice looking BC gear. Then Lady Vashj herself took her sweet time as her minions didn’t want to drop the orbs. But, you can only delay the inevitable so long…
Triumphant once more…Grexinimi, Flagsworth, the Amateurs, Helke, Kamalia, Tome and Magik.
Another fun night was certainly had. There were several lovely pieces of gear in what was the last official LBR visit to the BC era for a little while, as you can see by the updated Raid Schedule.
I am down like a clown Charlie Brown for February 10; heals or enhancement
Is that a sniff of excitement I detect?
I’m glad a few things dropped for Carrera since she worked so hard getting to 70 in time for LBR!