Your Faction Standing with Lady Vox Could Not Possibly Get Any Worse

So, we've got a group in Jagged Pine Forest and we're clearing out the gnolls. It's not fast-pull experience like in Dreadlands, but it's not bad. And it's good for faction.

It's me, Balthenie, a ranger from our guild, Bahtukan, a bard friend of mine, Silinai, and some shaman who I only invited into the group because he kept going in the cave by himself and training us. After he killed half my party (and himself), I said "Why don't we group? We'll be safer from you that way."

Silinai, as a bard, needs to kill both Lady Vox and Lord Nagafen. Alot. In order to get her epic, she needs both white and red dragon scales. (Added to this that warriors need red scales for their epic as well, and that it takes a group of 25-30 people to kill Vox and Naggy and the likelihood that she'll get these scales any time soon are.... well, slim. Especially since Vox and Naggy don't always drop their scales.) Unfortunately, she's a few levels lower than I am (she's 45th, I'm 51st). She heard there was a Vox raid picking up, so she notified the raid leader that she wanted to participate. The raid leader, a charming little dwarf warrior, said she was too low and she couldn't go. Bah!

Silinai passed this along to us and was sulky for a while. A few minutes after that, I get a tell (I'm currently roaming around without roleplay on, which means anyone who types "/who all druid" can see that I'm on and 51st. "Hi! We're a bit short on healers! Are you interested in a Vox Raid?" Hmmmmmmm. Leverage.

"Sure," I said. "Can my friend, a 45th level bard, come with me? I have a 51st level enchanter with me as well."

"Oh. Hmmm. Let me ask."

Time passes.

"Sure."

So we all get together and troop up to Everfrost, after saying bye bye to the idiot shaman we were killing gnolls with.

Surprisingly enough, the prep for the raid goes quickly. The groups are formed and buffing starts. That's when we find out Balthenie is the only enchanter. By the time she finishes buffing four groups, the first group's buffs are wearing off. It was a bit tiring for her.

We charge.

Vox fell over within 2 minutes. This raid had more casualities than the last one I was on. At least two people in my group died, and I think there were something like almost 20 deaths all together. One of them wasn't me. Which is good.

A few people fell into the bear pits. We all sit down and wait for the monks to begin corpse recovery.

Monk goes down there. Dies.

Another monk goes down there. Dies.

Me: "Why don't we just hire a necro to get people out?"

Monk: "BAH! We don't need a necro!!" Goes into the pit. Dies.

Raid Leader: "Ok. We're going to get a group together and go clean out the pit. I need the enchanter, a cleric, and a few tanks." They go down there. Balthenie dies. They decide they need her for buffs and rez her immediately. She dies again.

My group Leader: "We're going to go help. Follow me." He dies.

Me: "I'm getting a necro. How many dead people do we have?"

So, I went to nexus, hired a necro, dragged him all the way over to Everfrost with coffins and had everyone's corpse summoned. Next time, I'm not going to let the monks tell me they can do this. I'm just going to get the necro.

Posted by tisfan at November 21, 2002 10:57 AM