Party of Five

I am still relatively new to both the World of Warcraft universe and to the awesomeness of the FP. Before joining this guild, the most people I had ever had in a group alongside me was two. Running VC for the first time with my friends(and fellow FP members) doubled that to four, though one of them was a 60(lol...next time, Vanin, leave the monstrosity behind and bring your priest instead). Sunday was the first time ever I had a full party to work with.

 

It was myself, Vanin's alt priest, Honki, Potionyguy, and...ummm....I'm really terrible with names(sorry 5th FP person that I can't remember). The fifth person was really cool, just like everyone else in this rockin' guild. It was a pretty well-balanced party: 25 hunter(me), 23 priest, 22 mage, 23 warlock, and 24 warrior. We were in Lakeshire and went around killing Blackrock Orcs inside the cave. I got a taste of how group fighting works. It's just like football: everyone has their general assingnments. If anyone fails in their assignment, then everyone can suffer greatly. That happened to us once, when I got distracted by a rogue chest and got stuck outside the cave fighting a few respawns while everyone else was in the cave getting severely overwhelmed. Now I know rule one: party takes presedence over loot. After I made it inside(and everyone else ressed), we worked like clockwork from there on. It was like a well-oiled machine: every piece doing it's job perfectly to create a smooth operation. My pet tanked while I shot stuff and kept an eye out for anything coming up from behind the party, the priest kept everyone tanking healed, the warrior did lots of damage, and the magic users did neat magicy things to stop orcs from hitting us all with large, sharp, pointy objects(or large, blunt, beaty objects). We found that human guy that you have to rescue from the Blackrock cave and..well...VERY patiently escorted him back to Lakeshire(personally, I don't see what that guy's problem was...he sure did move slow until there was a fight, and he was a 25 elite!). Once we cleared the cave, I got a laugh when he sped up and everyone in the party started doing train sounds. It was loads of fun working as a team, and mostly with people that I actually know outside of WoW. That fifth person(who's name still eludes me) was really cool, too. I've got to ask Vanin who that was, so I can maybe remember next time. We all also must group again soon...I still have 3 quests in Deadmines to complete(because I died last time...lol...I suck). We seem to make a pretty darn good team...4 people who know what they're doing, and the one person who's still learning from his experiences(or from everyone else telling him to stop doing stupid stuff, like set his pet to aggro in an instance...no names mentioned...lol).

Shalome! Aelora's alt was the 5th!

 

And remember...much like Top Gun...in wow...you never leave your wingman!

Twinkie (trigga's real name) just remeber when your pet's on aggressive, that damn cookie will jump across the ship and kill us again.

Haha! VC downed Friday! Okay, I know it's nowhere near as impressive as these monstrosities that all you beefy 60's slay on a near regular basis, but it was my first real boss battle, and it was a blast. For getting my first blue, some thanks are in order.

 

Shalome: for tanking just as well as I do(if not better)

Erloin: For keeping us all from not getting our butts wiped by all those goblins and robots

Honki: for just blasting the crap out of stuff

the replacement mage: though I wish it had been my pal Potionyguy, where would we be without you freezing stuff in place for us to gank it?

Whitewolf: My pet. Don't laugh because I thank my pet. Without that guy, I can't shoot and not draw aggro. Plain and simple...he doesn't growl...I die.

 

Hopefully next on my list will be the Stockades. Can't wait to see what new little bosses dare to oppose the Five. And how many more blues I can pick up...they just look so much nicer(but not as nice as purples...ah, the future...)!

 

I would be happy to go to Stockades with you all when you are ready.

Will be running Stockades soon. Most likely late Wednesday evening. I've got about 5 or 6 quests to knock out there, so I plan on wanting to do the whole thing. Hopefully, the rest of the crew can tag along for all the fun.

You looking to run it? Or have someone run you through it?

lol, i vote he gets FPP for downing VC for his first time. )

Definitely looking to run it with a group. I've done the "60-runs-in-and-annihilates-everything" once, and I find that instances are much more fun in a group of people who are trying to knock out the same quests than just one guy running around looting all the bodies while the other guy goes and kills an entire room solo. Hopefully, the rest of my running crew(Honki, Erlion, Shalome, and Potionyguy)will be around to do this, though some of them are a little bit further below me in level. If not, any other FPers who want their 20-something or 30-something characters to come along are more than welcome. If all else fails...Vanin just tags along and does what he does best.

Oops...scratch Wednesday for running Stockades. I forgot that me and my friends are going to see the new Superman movie at the IMAX that evening. Perhaps Thursday or Friday, though. I'll leave a post for updates.

Disregard last post. Seeing Superman Returns Thursday. Should still be on schedule to do Stockades Wednesday evening. Any mid 20-mid 30 characters in FP welcome to join, as so far there are only 2 confirmed for the run(myself as one of them).

Yay! Stockades is done! Two instances down...not sure which one is next. Maybe Gnomregan, but the rest of the group has to catch up to me first...I've hit 30! Halfway to my goal, baby! Now comes the climb uphill. Ten levels from getting both mail and a mount...that's a recipe for having no money.

My third instance ever has by far been the most enjoyable to date. Blackfathom Deeps. I mean, who couldn't enjoy playing in a dungeon that has bosses who are Godzilla movie rip-offs? We were unable to bring our warrior tank to this one, Shalome, so we had to take a different approach than was used to. We had myself and 2 warlocks, so our plan went as follows. I Hunter's Mark the mob to attack, one lock Seduces one mob with their Succubus, and the mage sheeps the last one. Kill the marked one, mark a new target. Wash, rinse, repeat. It was a very effective strategy, and we were doing very well...until we got to the room where you have the four candles to light. Then I goofed. In the party chat, our priest Erloin (who was actually Aelora in disguise...making Erloin a good priest instead of "eh"...lol) said to light the candles one at a time. I suppose I have played too many Final Fantasy games where you have to do things simultaneously, because I believed that to mean just that...light the candles one at a time. Not light one and wait, because mobs are released when each one is lit. Oops. Four angry mobs of mostly elite turtles and crabs came roaring in on us...and...well, I'm sure you can imagine what happened. Good thing the lock had given the priest a res stone, or we would have been completely done for. We were able to get out of the situation with a really neat plan that involved me using ice traps and the priest drawing mobs into a massive AOE barrage. It was lots of fun. I got 2 more blue items I could use, and everyone came out having lots of fun. Next is Gnomregan...whenever we are able to. Our Party of Five has seemed to be splitting up, and this saddens me. We make a very good team, and it is loads of fun grouping with them all.