Mal'Ganis

He looks pretty awesome. Can't wait til he's a playable character.

Yes. It is late.

These are late so I've decided to give you a treat- all of the screenshots that I took from last last nights Mt. Hyjal raid have been posted here (in reverse order).

LOL- AOE.

LOL. AOE.

LOL- AOE.

LOL. AOE.

Outside the horde camp. Hi Thrall! (that guy is one BAMF)

Seriously outside the Horde Camp.

On the Bridge from the Alliance to Horde Camp.

Riding up to the bridge.

On the road, leading to the house, leading to the bridge, leading to the Horde Camp.

In the Alliance Camp, on the road, leading to the house, leading to the bridge, leading to the Horde Camp.

Shock and Awe at the way it all looks. Its so GREEN. So FRESH. So not UNDEAD!

Flying down to enter the CoT.

Well... that didn't work

I was going to write about my wonderful new mount today, the Red Proto-Drake that one receives for completing Glory of the Hero. But that didn't work out. As you can see, I did not get the achievement. So tonights post is going to cover not quite making it.

Last night I was invited to a Battle for Mt. Hyjal raid. None of us knew what the hell we were doing- I mean, absolutely no clue at all. During the boss fights I was going AFK to read the strategies, because, well, we didn't know what the hell to do.

It was a wonderful experience, I mean- damn, the place looked nice and we didn't wipe at all (until the end) but it was confusing as hell. We were ten manning it, most of us were 80 (a 70 lock and a 78 hunter) so we were way overgeared but only four of us were in the vent they had set up. Additionally, none of us knew each other (except the two guys running it) from before so when someone called something out we didn't know who was talking.

We downed three bosses and wiped on the fourth at about 1:30 in the morning so we stopped then and agreed to eventually go back and finish the place.

Today, in my H-Gundrak run, we attempted the Moorabi fight five times. Each time he managed to pop into Mammoth, but the last time he was at about 3% and the dots we had on him killed him. It was saddening, but I'll try again tomorrow and the next day until I get it.

The Culling of Time

Yeah. Its my view of that god forsaken instance, Caverns of Time: Culling of Stratholme. The actual fights are fine, but the 13 minute (read that THIRTEEN MINUTE) introduction sequence can be a little bit off putting considering that it is in fact one of the longer instances in WotLK. So without further ado:

Caverns of Time: Culling of Stratholme

1. Meathook: After beating four random waves you get Meathook. It is an Abom. You killz it. (Hint it's a tank n' spank).
2. Salramm the Fleshcrafter: This guy is another tank 'n' spank. Unless you are going for Zombiefest! (which I got today). At that point, you want to LoS/range pull him back to the Town Hall (TH). It will be a pain if he's at the Market Gate because, well its damn far. However, once you get him to the TH kill the zombies around him. Then let him hit on the tank until the zombies have fully respawned. Then you can kill him. Loot, then let Arthas saunter over to you. Clear the inn and go down the secret passage way and leave most of the party there. Then take the tank back up and run all the way from the TH to MG without hitting any zombies, just aggroing em all. Turn of Ret Aura, Thorns and the like before doing this run. Once you have them all gathered up, use some AoE to shoot em down. This works best for pallies because they can use detect undead to find any hiding zombies and then can use Holy Wrath to one shot em all. When the tank kills them, the rest of the party should open up with everything they got on the zombies along the gauntlet until another twenty or so are killed.
3. Chrono-Lord Epoch: Tank 'n' spank. Keep threat off Arthas. Sometimes he'll freeze time and go berserk on you, but there isn't much you can do. If you are doing zombiefest, you'll want to kill him before gathering the zombies.
4. Infinite Corrupter: This guy is a very easy tank 'n' spank (see a pattern yet). However, you have to get to him within twenty five minutes of the first wave. If you do, he will drop a Bronze Drake, an Epic Speed mount. If you do zombiefest, you are unlikely to get this.
5. Mal'Ganis: A fight between Arthas and Mal'Ganis. Mano a Demano. And a party of five brave adventurers. Following the pattern of the other ones, Mal'Ganis will occasionally cast sleep, which can be a bother. It is a curse, so it is dispellable. Drop him and you just saved the world from potential destruction. Now Arthas will survive and turn into the Lich King. Somehow, the powers that be believe this to be a 'good idea'.

EEVILLE!

A paladin gone bad.... Corrupted by the arch demon Mal'Ganis. This warrior will kill all who stand in her way... for the next ten seconds- then the debuff wears off.