I asked, 'Where to?'
'Skyshrine' he said.
I told him 'Never been there, good xp?'
'Hotzone and good loot too' he told me.
After collecting a 46 bard and a 45 shadow knight we were off! But what I, having never been there, failed to realize was that we'd be waiting for a port from a druid to get there. Now, I'm sure in the modern Norath we live in, that there's a way to get there that didn't involve porting, but since the pally was paying, I kept quiet. Besides, I was in no hurry. Within 15 minutes, we'd all been uber-buffed and were running through the Wakening Lands on our way to slay some dragons.
Now, I'd never fought a dragon before. In fact, the only time I'd actually seen one was a couple years ago doing a coast-to-coast run for the sheer nostalgic factor when I ran across a plains dragon in the Karanas:
So, I must say that the idea of fighting dragons appealed to me. Sure, baby dragons (I thought), but dragons nonetheless.
Zoned in to SkyShrine and what do I see? Golems! What? Where are the dragons. We start through the maze and are soon overwhelmed. (Seems our little pally friend was in a bit too much of a hurry to get to the dragons beyond)
It also seems that our shadow knight is a complete noob, having no idea how to assist, use more than one chat window, or protect the cleric. So, we died, he and I. Quick rez later and now I've lost my buffs. Ah well, didn't really need 'em. Do what I can for the sk and we invis and run through the maze.
What was that? I turned a corner and saw something that actually looked like a dragon! Sure, he's a little smallish but hey, I'm a dwarf. I'm smallish too! Wow! A dragon! In my surprise, I almost forgot to mem my heal spells. Oh well, luckily he's just a little guy and heals are over-rated. I joined the fray and we took him down with no problems. Up the hallway we went fighting on and on through many varieties of small dragons. I kept waiting for the payoff...
Soon it came. We found one waiting for us. We cleared the room of his guards and set to work on him. Had a little problem because no matter what, he was going to attack me, and we couldn't get any spells to really land on him. We finally got him down enough for him to run, but I was out of mana, the pally was out of mana, the shadow knight was dead, the pally had used his Lay Hands and the room was starting to respawn. Those of us that were left just decided that we were taking him down no matter what. The bard grabbed what agro he could and bolted for the exit. (Maybe not too bright, considering that he was down to about 10% health and was sure to bring a train back to us, but we figured that he could out-run most mobs and give us enough time to finish off the Count.
The pally and I took him out, just as the bard died. I'm not sure how far he made it, but I barely had time to meditate up enough mana for my gate.
The pally decided to commit suicide and rez later. He took off for the zone line too. A couple minutes later, he popped up, still alive in the Wakening Lands. Said he had brought a HUGE train with him, but at least he made it.
So my first dragon hunt was a success. I made level 46 while I was there and would have played longer, but it was getting late. The group decided to do an LDoN, which I would have LOVED to have done, but had to log. Hopefully I'll catch up with them later!
Groupies:
[45 Paladin] Trawick (Dwarf)
[46 Bard] Darknessdance (Human)
[45 Shadow Knight] Snowdogz (Drakkin)
Zoned in to SkyShrine and what do I see? Golems! What? Where are the dragons. We start through the maze and are soon overwhelmed. (Seems our little pally friend was in a bit too much of a hurry to get to the dragons beyond)
It also seems that our shadow knight is a complete noob, having no idea how to assist, use more than one chat window, or protect the cleric. So, we died, he and I. Quick rez later and now I've lost my buffs. Ah well, didn't really need 'em. Do what I can for the sk and we invis and run through the maze.
What was that? I turned a corner and saw something that actually looked like a dragon! Sure, he's a little smallish but hey, I'm a dwarf. I'm smallish too! Wow! A dragon! In my surprise, I almost forgot to mem my heal spells. Oh well, luckily he's just a little guy and heals are over-rated. I joined the fray and we took him down with no problems. Up the hallway we went fighting on and on through many varieties of small dragons. I kept waiting for the payoff...
Soon it came. We found one waiting for us. We cleared the room of his guards and set to work on him. Had a little problem because no matter what, he was going to attack me, and we couldn't get any spells to really land on him. We finally got him down enough for him to run, but I was out of mana, the pally was out of mana, the shadow knight was dead, the pally had used his Lay Hands and the room was starting to respawn. Those of us that were left just decided that we were taking him down no matter what. The bard grabbed what agro he could and bolted for the exit. (Maybe not too bright, considering that he was down to about 10% health and was sure to bring a train back to us, but we figured that he could out-run most mobs and give us enough time to finish off the Count.
The pally and I took him out, just as the bard died. I'm not sure how far he made it, but I barely had time to meditate up enough mana for my gate.
The pally decided to commit suicide and rez later. He took off for the zone line too. A couple minutes later, he popped up, still alive in the Wakening Lands. Said he had brought a HUGE train with him, but at least he made it.
So my first dragon hunt was a success. I made level 46 while I was there and would have played longer, but it was getting late. The group decided to do an LDoN, which I would have LOVED to have done, but had to log. Hopefully I'll catch up with them later!
Groupies:
[45 Paladin] Trawick (Dwarf)
[46 Bard] Darknessdance (Human)
[45 Shadow Knight] Snowdogz (Drakkin)
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