Back to School !!! Well its that time once again when summer is slowly coming to an end and the kids are going back to school, and even more reluctantly the teachers. Summer came in spurts here in Pak where we had days of low attendance and days with sit out groups. As we come into August the days of sit out groups have become more common. This partly due to some new faces in the guild as Pak continues to be a beacon for those who love to raid.
Lets welcome some new faces. Dorgoth the dwarf cleric, just another soul that won't heal Sky. Zaidoc, another puller looking for death. Taelrie, another toon that loves to play with dead things. Ragekiller- dps, dps, dps. Vayden, a knight who isn't a pally. Our newest ranger Sheldenia, and the newest hottie - Kaccee.
Also special welcome back to those penguin lovers from Alaska, Yora and Belgerath who have decided to play EQ once again. And a fond farewell to Xaldibus, /wave.
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Solteris has taken a back seat at least for the short term. With low numbers and not having to clear trash we've concentrated more on SoF mobs as of late, and 2 more were "schooled" by Pak. The first was a relatively easy T3 mob, that we had not tried before. We zoned in, we wiped. But once we figured out the mechanics, we beat the encounter easily.
Spindlecrank is another matter. This is a mob, we have tried many times. At first glance there doesn't seem to be a whole lot to this encounter. But it builds up slowly and by the end you have a lot of things to worry about. Spindlecrank has various AoE's, he has adds that charge the raid, he has adds in the rafters that throw bombs down upon you. if that wasn't enough you have to worry about the vents which cause chaos in the raid if not closed and if not closed properly throw you clear out of the zone!
It took us a few tries, and we even wiped to the encounter at 5% but we persevered.
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And as much as I hate to say it, a gimp zerker got the killshot.
Grats Pak on opening up MMM raid content !!!!
Shady's mistell of the day and other fun One of Sheldenia's many talents
Cake for everyone.
We miss your Grom.
Skywiser, George Castanza IRL?
Will the real slim shady please stand up.
-Asif
Hope everyone had a good holiday last week. American's celebrating their Independance day from the vile English and Canadians celebrating the same. It took the Americans about 8 years of war to accomplish this feat, from declaring independance in 1776 to finally watching the last of the redcoats leave in 1784. The Canadians took about 120 years from declaring the birth of a confederation in 1867 to finally get rid of any vestige of British rule in 1982. Happy holidays to all who celebrated in North America.
In any case back to EQ. Once upon a time not so long ago, there were these mobs, Clankwrench and Behemoth in Steam Factory and Irissa the Seer in Solteris. What do they all have in common? Pak nailed them all, took their treasures and went on vacation to enjoy the spoils of war.
The challenge in Steam Factory lay not in the fight but in the tracking through the maze of tunnels and turbines to find the lair of one of those maniacal, mechanical monsters. You can invis up and wander till your heart’s content throughout the entire factory for hours if need be. But once the maze is mastered, the fight is on. Clankwrench and steamsuits blustered and blew and then fell down giving up some choice loot to weary maze travelers.
Behemoth does not require a G.P.S. product to get to but he’s no slouch. In the depths of his lair, surrounded by little brownies and robotic minions whose job is to deliver precise devastation to any who challenge him, /snicker No matter. All of his posturing and itty bitty robotic committees did not keep him from falling down. The colorful rush of metallic automatons seemed more decorative than destructive; they were dispensed of in a quick matter-of-fact manner. When Behemoth hit the dirt floor, dust whooshed up and down the air vent and the clatterings of his little steel belted minions fell silent beside him.
Then there’s that ugly spider with the fancy name, Irissa the Seer. Well I guess she didn’t see Pak coming. At first glance, Irissa looks like a spider that has had a steady diet of hormone induced dinners with a steroid chaser. Yeah, she is big. No HUGE. Our biggest unshrunk barbarian warrior is a tiny tot in front of her. Sooooo I guess intimidation is her Shtik. Well, it didn’t work.   (Click pictures for larger image)
Neither the vamps nor the poor misguided, crusty-skinned orcs
could dissuade Pak from the fight. Irissa did the trite
Doppleganger thing (flashback to the Queen from Darkhollows
days). Irissa did the I am going to hit you really, really hard
thing. Irissa tried everything except the “my lair is at the end
of a very long Steam Factory maze of tunnels and you cannot find
me” thing. The spidey died. Eight legs curled up and she went
plop, on top of the barbarian warrior. Or was it the frog? Well,
frogs do like spiders don’t they?
Shady's mistell of the day and other fun Can you identify the non-ranger?
Bono, and officer and a gentl.. well an officer
A matter of perspective
-graphics by Asif
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