Let's rock
Moroes down
So we were due to start with the Lady, and BH, Irat, ET, Hellblaze, Chiv, and Stroeb plunged in with four PuGs - a Pally, Druid, Mage, and (briefly) a very well geared Rogue. Not sure how ET & Hellblaze managed to be on together - Spini must have soul-drained one and wore their skin for the night.
Maideneers
As per tradition, we wiped almost immediately on the second trash mob, due to Stroeb being a bit overenthusiastic on the "get behind" positioning. Recovering the situation, we made quick work of the rest, and advanced to Maiden again. And again, she pwned us for the first four tries.
The first was a particular highlight, as we couldn't understand why she made a beeline for our Druid as soon as Blacky engaged. Blackheathen was totally freaking out - "Surely my threat isn't so bad that I lose aggro to a Druid healer right at the start". Irat then sheepishly admitted he'd accidentally put the misdirect on the healz instead of BH - classic stuff, especially after an equally impressive 72 mob pull the night before in Heroic SP.
Our Rogue friend, who had an annoying habit of looking alternately like a pirate or a skeleton, offered the sage advice of "come on, it's not even hard" before vanishing for good. At which point, handily, Derb came online.
After another epic fail, Derb took over Main Tank duties and proceeded to show us all what time it was. Maiden went down with barely a whimper, no doubt due to Blackheathen's awesome DPS output - made all the difference.
Maiden down
Having finally got her down, we wooted our way to the next encounter - the Opera Event. Huge anticipation on the run in, as we entered the Opera Hall for the first time.
Opera organ
A fabled Kara moment for the noobs, who took to the stage in awe. The performance was announced as The Wizard of Oz, and before we knew it we were being challenged by Dorothy and Co. in front of an very demanding audience.
The audience
Barnes announces
Oz
The first wipe was to be expected, given we didn't know what was...expected. And the second was unlucky. But by the third we knew what to do, and took down everyone, and the Crone, without a single death. Great stuff, particularly Blackheathen doing his first bit of kiting. As Irat pointed out, having three tanks helped with the agro control, and the healers were right on top of their game throughout.
The Crone
Crone down
And Irat was very happy to pick up a staggering axe.
Time now for the backdoor - and The Curator. We climbed the tower, clearing the easy mobs on the way, and got to the big guy with time for a bit of sightseeing on the way.
It's a long, lonely way to the top
Curator antechamber
Curator is a DPS ready test - he throws out 10 vicious flares of hate, which have to be burned down before they kill a clothy or two. He then has a 20 second Evocation debuff that means all our damage does 200% for the duration.
Bring it
On our first attempt, we got him to 24%, which was a brilliant effort. We started with a few miscalculations, with the DPS running around like headless chickens, but we slowly improved our output with each subsequent attempt. However by about the 5th, just as Derb was laying down a new tactic, the respawns had started behind us and we had to call it. No T4 token this night...
Curator incoming
So - Curator is the half way point of Kara, and we nearly had him twice. Next time we'll aim to get to him on the first night, and continue on our merry way. Midnight's Children for the win!
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