Well, first things first: I got my Shadoweave set finished! Barna sent my two shadowcloth, and was kind enough to toss in a couple more he found, and then Xoriah sent me the last two, so all I had to do was round up the primal waters and the netherweb and bam – robe!
That’s me, looking sassy, shadowy, and a little undergeared in a PUG Magtheridon group. How’d it go? Well, surprisingly, I felt I contributed a lot, and I certainly had fun in what I guess was my first raid ever in WoW, but it ended a bit like this:
That’s me, dead center, dead on the pedestal. The first time we actually got Mags down to 28%-ish when one of our major healers was knocked offline. Things went to pot after that. The second time, one of our cube-clickers went offline, but not in such a time that he could realize it and call out a backup clicker, so we got Blast Nova’d. The third time, something like 1/3 of the raid got knocked offline. I’m officially blaming network issues for this wipe! (The reason I’m on the pedestal to begin with is that I saw the clicker on this side go offline and ran to her cube. Too bad a guy on the other side got knocked offline at the same time.)
It was a pretty educational experience, and after that, I can definitely see I’m going to keep raiding on Queklain. It’s everything I loved about instances only ten times as good – more strategy, more teamwork, and more awesome bossfights.
And the last part of the title? I need cash. Like, severely. I think I have under 200g after hastily preparing for this raid.
Stop used to be a warlock, then he was a death knight; first he was Horde, then he was Alliance again, and now he's Horde again. For good this time. Lok'tar ogar! 
Congrats on your first raid, and getting your FSW set done! Raiding is a great experience, and I’m glad you enjoyed!
Thanks! Both were pretty big moments in my WoW career; I’ve come a long way from the lil’ druid soloing elites in WC, getting frustrated, and quitting.
Cripes, that was forever ago…
Ah yes, in my guild we call server connection issues “revenge of the intern.” It all started one long weekend where we laboured and struggled to get to VR and as soon as we did …pow! … server down! We figured that the intern had been left in charge over the weekend and tripped over a cord or something …. Damn those interns anyhow.
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