Warcraft Experience

In patch 1.11 we’re implementing a non-consumable version of the Aqual Quintessence, available to players once they become revered with the Hydraxian Waterlords. This item will be available from Duke Hydraxis, and should allow the weekly Molten Core runs for many players to be slightly more convenient. ~ Eyonix

Raiders will be very happy and excited about this news! It seems that Blizzard is doing their best to ease the transfer from WOW now, to WOW with the expansion!

All I have to say about this is a resounding WOOOOOOOT!

Finally made it into the MC run after a long wait of 380 in queue and my Dad’s 50th birthday party. It was touch and go if I was going to make it in for a bit since the raid was full but as soon as I logged into my alt someone lost connection and couldn’t get back in so I got to go after all.

Unforunately I didn’t take notes on anyone’s rolls or who won what so I have to rely soley on the Raid Tracker to give you the phat loot dropped. I CAN tell you I came in after the Baron kill, just in the time for Wendra to win the [item]Bindings of the Windseeker[/item] with a 48. (and that was the end of my record keeping. lol)

The [item]Fire Runed Grimoire[/item] was won by XAnthony, Wendra won the [item]Mageflame Cloak[/item] from Ragnaros on a /random 40 by the raid leader, Trubben won the [item]Azuresong Mageblade[/item] (I gave him the +30 spell power enchant today). Pandion won the [item]Giantstalker’s Epaulets[/item], [item]Choker of the Fire Lord[/item] went to Muridis on a /random 40 by the RL (Rags fight drop).

[item]Malister’s Defender[/item] went to Galvar as well as the [item]Girdle of Prophecy[/item], [item]Bracers of Might[/item] and [item]Giantstalker’s Bracers[/item] for trading. Farkhat won the [item]Felheart Robes[/item] and I won the [item]Netherwind Pants[/item] off of Ragnaros! WOOT. 2nd tier 2 piece. The [item]Nightslayer Shoulder Pads[/item] and the [item]Nightslayer boots[/item] both went to Deflickshew. There is something to say about default wins

Chriara won the [item]Girdle of Prophecy[/item] and Carnilion won the [item]Seal of the Archmagus[/item]. Aveliana won the [item]Nemesis Leggings[/item] and Alyna won the [item]Cenarion Gloves[/item].

Congrats to everyone!

This will be an ongoing, updated list of what you get from DE’ing an Epic:

Druid Gear
* [item]Cenarion Spaulders[/item] = 2 shards

Hunter Gear
* [item]Giantstalker’s Helmet[/item] = 1 Nexus

Mage Gear
* [item]Arcanist Gloves[/item] = 2 Nexus

Paladin Gear
* [item]Lawbringer Spaulders[/item] = 1 Nexus
* [item]Judgement Crown[/item] = 2 Nexus

Priest Gear
* [item]Gloves of Prophecy[/item] = 2 Nexus

Rogue Gear
* [item]Nightslayer Gloves[/item] = 1 Nexus

Warlock Gear
* [item]Felheart Gloves[/item] = 1 Nexus
* [item]Felheart Shoulder Pads[/item] = 1 Nexus
* [item]Felheart Horns[/item] = 1 Nexus

Warrior Gear
* [item]Gauntlets of Might[/item] = 2 Nexus
* [item]Sabatons of Might[/item] = 1 Nexus

Misc. Purples
* [item]Wristguards of Stability[/item] = 2 Nexus
* [item]Shadowstrike[/item] = 1 Nexus

Enchants That Use Nexus Crystals/Shards:

* Enchant Gloves - Threat
* Enchant Gloves - Shadow Power
* Enchant Gloves - Frost Power
* Enchant Gloves - Fire Power
* Enchant Gloves - Healing Power
* Enchant Gloves - Superior Agility
* Enchant Cloak - Greater Fire Resistance
* Enchant Cloak - Greater Nature Resistance
* Enchant Cloak - Stealth
* Enchant Cloak - Subtlety
* Enchant Cloak - Dodge

For the exact mats needed for each enchant visit here.

Original Post Date: 1.9.06
Update: 1.26.06
Update: 2.8.06

With a new month, comes a new WOW Raiding schedule!

Check out all the Febuary dates, times and resets for Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, Zul Gurrub, Onyxia, Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj, and Temple of Ahn’Qiraj, right here! Onyxia resets on some odd days so keep that in mind - you may be able to get a “free” kill out of her for the week.

Rogue guides abound on the official forum boards. Click on the links below to check them out.

* A Rogue’s Guide to MC
* Rogue Dueling Guide

We did our normal waaaaaay too long run through MC last night sans several key players, including Babba and myself until right before Garr. You see real life got in the way and we had to drive about 45 min away to celebrate his mom’s birthday with his sister and Muridis and Chuckers (WoW player names not their real names). Had a great dinner of Chicken cutlets followed by a chocolate cake and gifts. Woot. Needless to say that took precedence over the first 3 bosses in MC.

When we made it home and tried to login Babba hit the queue at about 181 and I got in at around 220. Got to love them not capping the servers or if they are, it’s at a ridiculous amount.

Anywho…onto listing the gear. Kurosawa played Master Looter last night and had a blast so it is good to see people getting ML experience. Still don’t think I would want to do it, too nerve racking.

Garr dropped the [item]Nightslayer Cover[/item] which went to Varlok by default, Smokinjoe won the [item]Lawbringer Helm[/item] with a 99, and Kurosawa won a greed roll on the [item]Brutality Blade[/item].

Baron dropped the [item]Cenarion Spaulders[/item] for Alyna to win by default and the [item]Seal of the Archmagus[/item] for Dworkinn’s impressive roll of 98.

Moving along to Shaz. He dropped the [item]Giantstalker’s Gloves[/item] for Kurosawa to win by default. Lots of default wins going on tonite Tasmpriest won the [item]Boots of Prophecy[/item] with a 98 and finally ditched his blue shoes.

Sulfuron dropped the [item]Shadowstrike[/item] for Badfun to win the nexus roll on with a 97. For the record we have never had anyone want this and simply roll for nexus as soon as we see it. The [item]Pauldrons of Might[/item] also dropped for Hurtu to win with a 52 and thanks to the warriors that passed so our MT could be better equipped.

Golemagg dropped the [item]Lawbringer Chestguard[/item] for Gern to win a 61, AmbianceForc won the [item]Felheart Robes[/item] with a 50 and Wendra won the [item]Blastershot Launcher[/item]. I was really hoping for the [item]Staff of Dominance[/item] to drop but once again I was left out in the cold. Bliz is obviously full of it if they say that MC is on a random drop rate for raid groups.

Majordomo dropped the [item]Eye of Divinity[/item] for Rapunzel’s high roll of 87, [item]Wild Growth Spaulders[/item] went to Pagonos with a 75 and the [item]Nightslayer Bracelets[/item] went to the bank to be traded. We also had the [item]Core Hound Tooth[/item] drop for a greed roll and Kaleeus won that roll with a 89.

Mobs were respawning as we headed towards Ragnaros so a bunch of us had to be summoned including myself. A quick 2 second run through on the logistics of the fight, a mage nova casting order was announced for the Sons of Flame and off we went to beat him down! This time we got 136 gold, [item]Stormrage Legguards[/item] for Pagonos to win with a 50 (he was the only one left that didn’t have them; they dropped last time too), [item]Choker of the Fire lord[/item] for Moonwinna’s 100, [item]Cloak of the Shrouded Mists[/item] for Marragies’ 97 and Kyjethu won the [item]Bloodfang Pants[/item] with a 89.

Grats Everyone!

Before it gets to far behind I figured I should post our fabulous loot from the past raiding cycle. We had a new master looter in town which was Galvar so the MC run was a tad slow as he got used to it and handing out loot for all of MC for a first timer must be scary as hell, regardless of a confirmation dialogue or not. Overall he did a great job though!

The cute as a button Lucifron handed out some different loot this go-round. Some of which we haven’t seen in awhile. Dworkinn won the [item]Arcanist Boots[/item] with a 39, but sadly the [item]Felheart gloves[/item] went to nexus shard DE time with a roll of 99 to Marragies. BTW the gloves yield 1 nexus shard.

Magmadar dropped the [item]Medallion of Steadfast Might[/item] for Mynn’s roll of 79, the [item]Pants of Prophecy[/item] for Phifer and the high-roll of 28 and the [item]Earthshaker[/item] which Static won as a greed roll.

A molten giant was feeling left out so had to drop the [item]Lawbringer Bracers[/item] which went to the trading bank.

Gehennas was nexus city for us. Both items dropped went to DE. The [item]Nightslayer Gloves[/item] were won by XAnthony (99) and the [item]Sabatons of Might[/item] went to Wendra with a 100. Both items yield 1 nexus shard.

Garr dropped the [item]Felheart Horns[/item] for AmbianceForc to win with a 23, Pagonos won the [item]Cenarion Helm[/item] with a 80 and the [item]Flamewalker Legplates[/item] went to Kizvaar with a 96.

Baron Geddon gave us some more felheart, this time the [item]Felheart Shoulder Pads[/item] which also went to AmbianceForc as a default, the [item]Pattern: Core Felcloth Bag[/item] to Tasmpriest with a 86 (look him up on Blackhand if you want one), and the [item]Lawbringer Spaulders[/item] which were DE’d for a nexus that Mez won with a 97. The Spaulders yields 1 nexus shard.

Shazz dropped the [item]Giantstalker’s Gloves[/item] for Bahouth with a 93 and the [item]Salamander Scale Pants[/item] for Moonwinna to win on a greed roll. Good FR on those.

Sulfuron cowered in fear and happily gave us the [item]Shadowstrike[/item] to shard with Paganos won, which yields 1 shard. He also dropped the [item]Nightslayer Shoulder Pads[/item] for Kugnar and his roll of 54.

Golemagg dropped the [item]Breastplate of Might[/item] for Burthona (93), the [item]Robes of Prophecy[/item] for Lorick and his 65, [item]Aged Core Leather Gloves[/item] for a greed win for Wendra and finally the [item]Schematic: Core Marksman Rifle[/item] for Gwadraw and his roll of 84.

Domo dropped the [item]Finkle’s Lava Dredger[/item] for Daalny to win with a 34, The [item]Sash of Whispered Secrets[/item] which went to greed and was won by Tasmpriest and the Leaf which went to Asterioidea.

We took down Ragnaros with one try again so I’m hoping that is officially on farm status now. He dropped the [item]Cloak of the Shrouded Mists[/item] which Schnitzel won with a 98, two [item]Stormrage Legguards[/item] which Daalny won with a 84 and Moonwinna with a 50. Finally the [item]Essence of the Pure Flame[/item] dropped and Phifer won that with a 78. Although what a priest would want with that is beyond me. Poor Gern actually wanted the stupid thing but it was announced as “anyone that hadn’t received a purple roll for it” so Phifer was within his raid rights.

Monday night we again attempted BWL and 10 minutes before the end we took down Razorgore! WOOOOT! He dropped 193 gold, [item]Dragonstalker’s Bracers[/item] that Marragies won with a 62, the [item]Netherwind Bindings[/item] that I almost won with a 73 but Quisver DCd and we waited for him to come back and roll. The turd beat me with a 87. [item]The Untamed Blade[/item] also dropped and Static almost won that but at the last minute Kizvaar came in and snipped it with a 91.

Now I know it is within Kiz’s right to roll since BWL and MC are different instances but the dude already has the Obsidian Blade, The first half of the orange sword and now the Untamed Blade. With only two hands how many swords can the dude use. Static hasn’t won any weapons and is one of our main tanks. I would have passed and rolled next time it dropped.

So in all the excitement of gardening this past weekend and cutting our cable line with a shovel (hence why I didn’t post over the weekend) I totally forgot to do the write up for the end of our MC run. As usual we got some good loot and had a good time.

Gehennas dropped the [item]Nightslayer Gloves[/item] for Rapunzel to win the Nexus Crystal and the [item]Sabatons of Might[/item] which Hurtu finally won with a 34.

Garr
* [item]Gutgore Ripper[/item] - Mez won the greed roll with a 28. Now he has two to dual-wield. woot.
* [item]Lawbringer Helm[/item] went to Theseus by default. Lucky duck.
* [item]Magma tempered boots[/item] were greeded on and won by Smokinjoe and his 74.

Baron Geddon
* [item]Cenarion Spaulders[/item] were passed on by all and went to Nexus shardage which Tasmpriest won with a 98
* Aveliana won the [item]Felheart Shoulder Pads[/item] with a high rolling 67

A lovely Lava Elemental must have felt left out of the loot party and dropped the [item]Bracers of Might[/item] for Garand to trade for something we could use. Another Lava Elemental dropped the [item]Giantstalker’s Belt[/item] for Bahouth to win with his 96.

Shazzrah
* [item]Felheart Slippers[/item] now belong to Gwadraw (66) and are doing a great job keeping his feet warm.
* Carnilion no longer needs to worry about singing his 10 little digits because he has the [item]Arcanist Gloves[/item] to help keep the heat away. He won with a 43.

Sulfuron dropped the [item]Nightslayer Shoulder Pads[/item] for Chuckers’ roll of 53 and the [item]Shadowstrike[/item] went to a nexus roll and was won by Lorick.

Golemagg dropped a [item]Sulfuron Ingot[/item] which went to Galvar for bankage (and now puts it at 5 or 6 I believe), the [item]Felheart Robes[/item] for Babbaganoosh to win with a 4, the [item]Blastershot launcher[/item] was greeded and won by Kugnar with a 100 and finally, the [item]Cenarion Vestments[/item] went to Garand with a 37.

A Majordomo Priest dropped the [item]Giantstalker’s Belt[/item] for Schnitzel (89). Majordomo dropped the leaf for Pandion (we brought him in for this fight to get it) and the [item]Fireguard Shoulders[/item] for Badfun’s roll of 91. The [item]Cauterizing Band[/item] also dropped and went to Rapunzel with a 71.

Onto Ragnaros we went! Woot! A quick run down of the mage nova order and a short overview later and we were kicking some booty. This fight is suprisingly easy once you get the strategy down on where to stand, what to wear and most importantly, those Sons of Flame. Rags drops some good loot and that night was no exception. The [item]Onslaught Girdle[/item] went to Aierstian with a 92, the [item]Crown of Destruction[/item] went to Bahouth with a 63, the [item]Bloodfang Pants[/item] had Kugnar’s name all over them (73) and finally Dworkinn won the [item]Netherwind Pants[/item] with a 42.

After that we headed out to Onyxia’s cave to beat her like a pinata. A lot of rolling ties occured tonite and none of them ended in my favor :(.
* The [item]Onyxia hide Backpack[/item] was tied on by Schnitzel and Phifer with a 98. Phifer won the roll off with a 89.
* The [item]Head of Onyxia[/item] was another tie with Trubben and Gerty both rolling a 98. Trubben won with a 92.
* [item]Eskhandar’s Collar[/item] was won by Wendra and his undisputed 100.
* The [item]Helm of Wrath[/item] went to Aierestian with a 73.
* The [item]Netherwind Crown[/item] dropped and Funktea and Dworkinn tied on their roll of 75. Dworkinn won with a 41.
* The [item]Band of the Hierophant[/item] was an upgrade for Moonwinna so she won that.