Firsts are what this game is about. First Trak kill. First ST key. Seeing NToV for the first time. You get the idea. Well tonight we got to pay some long overdue visits to the Velious bosses and made some attempts that left us all proud of the people we fight beside every night.

When the Statue popped in Kael we weren't thinking a 2 mob raid. We all wanted a shot at the big daddy of Kael himself the Avatar or War. That's right a mob none of us thought we'd be trying anytime soon 2 months ago.

Vindi and Statue were routine quick kills. Grats goes to:

Phaerun - BP of Eradication
Unsacred - BP of Eradication
Jolla - Hammer of Battle
Legan - Hammer of Battle
ST Key - Grach
(I missed the Vindi loot)

We'd never killed the Idol before but he went down like we'd done him a dozen times. The lag was horrendous with almost 200 people in the zone but somehow the clerics kept the cheal rotation tight and the spots were rocking a testament to the outstanding healing team we have. When the AoW pull came in we had a great start and did a decent job of positioning for our very first attempt. The fight went well until the 75% mark when the MT went down. However instead of a massive wipeout we managed to get the cycle back up on our other warriors and beat him down a few more notches. In the end we weren't successful but managed to get him down to 58%.

For us it was a victory and we're looking forward to trying him again now that we have a little more experience. I'm especially proud that after failing to kill the AoW our guild chat was filled with enthusiasm for our accomplishment in taking out the Idol on the first try and getting the AoW down to almost half.



On to Skyshrine and Yelinak a mob we'd never tried before. After a brief introduction he went down on the first attempt. Grats to:

Mistytear - Dragon Tear Earring
Talamanthalon - Dragon Eye Sage Ring
Stuters - ST Key
Jestor - Yeli's Noggin
Sarcasm - Mask of the Dragon Slayer
Falaria - Mask of the Dragon Slayer



The end of the night came full circle with us back in Kael to attempt King Tormax, another mob we'd never tried before. After a false start and a quick zone we took him out in manner which I like to call controlled chaos. Grats to:

Morden - ST Key
Haysoos - Crown of the Kromzek Kings
Aires - KT's Noggin
Bubuu - Velium Encrusted Gauntlets
Seldig - Horn of Hsagra



Was nice to finally catch KT and Rubberneck up so we could add them to our list of kills.

Also killed: Wuoshi