Nine Muses

Due to the coolness of TBC folks and their almost constant willingness to run heroic randoms, I was able to finish the heroic versions of Azjol-Nerub and Gundrak over the weekend.  There were a few deaths, and a couple of them were mine, but overall it seemed to go pretty smoothly and my EoT count climbed.  It’s still nowhere near the 230 I need, but that’ll come in time.  Since it was a random, I also earned a couple Emblems of Frost.  I suppose I could downgrade them to EoTs to increase that count, but I doubt I will.

There were a couple of boss killing type achievements earned as well.  The first one was "Gotta Go!" which is earned for defeating Anub’arak in four minutes or less.  I doubt this is especially hard for raid geared folks, as most TBC folks are but I most definitely am not.  The other one was "Snakes.  Why’d It Have To Be Snakes?" which is for beating Slad’ran without getting snake wrapped.  Since it didn’t happen, I’m not sure what that involves, really.

That’s the problem with a smooth run — I don’t have much idea of the boss strategies because we didn’t seem to need them, or they were using them and I was just along for the ride.  I know not to stand in the goop, whatever kind it is, and to stand on the opposite side of a mob from the tank.  Oh, I also was able to try out my new Tricks of the Trade and Assist macros, and they both worked beautifully.  Set the tank as Focus and go!

I do remember the fights with Anub’arak and Gal’darah, as I remember getting speared once or twice (before I learned what this particular pool of stuff looked like – dust clouds – and avoided it), and I remember hollering "Wheee!" when I was thrown in the air by a rhino or some such.

Also in Gundrak, I got some new leggings: Gored Hide Legguards.  They are ugly, but have better stats than what I was wearing.  Sera’s poor shins are getting cold, as neither the "pants" nor the boots cover them.

Oh!  I also got the recipe for Haunted Herring, though I haven’t made any yet.

Other weekend accomplishments:

I finally got my last point in Unarmed combat and earned the achievement "Did Somebody Order a Knuckle Sandwich?"  I ended up switching my fist weapon to my right hand to do it, hoping that more hits might mean more chances, and it still took a few hours of play before it happened.

I finally ran across the last fish type I needed for Northrend Angler while questing in Dragonblight.

I also finished four of the Love Is In the Air achievements.  It would have been five if there was such a thing as Undead Warriors.  Where are they all hiding?  I let them all turn me into a turkey during Pilgrim’s Bounty.  The least they could do is return the favor.