Our first night in NToV! Previously we'd faced some of the easier NToV mobs- Iki and Eashen solo at the zone-in for GM testing, but we'd never sat foot into NToV itself....until tonight.
Up first was an encounter with the ellusive Ikatiar the Venom in his native environment. After dispatching his guards he went down with few issues. Loot, and my camera angle, was incredibly unspectacular.
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Our favorite blue drake, Eashen of the Sky, returned to take a knee to us. Not much to say except he dropped some pallie loot and only gated once (opps). On the flip side, he was much more photogenic than his buddy above.
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Since we were right by him, we decide to take a stab at the gatekeeper of NToV - Mr. Hot-dog himself, Aaryonar. Our force was a bit undersized, but lo and behold a long fight reduced him steadily with few casualties. We were feeling pretty confident about the fight as his hp bar rounded the home stretch to the promised-land...then he pulled out a trick that seems to be unique to P99 - he gated. Hilarity ensued with a couple of flurry drakes and I'm sure you can guess the rest. I did manage to capture a screenshot of him licking his wounds up over the hill after. Oh well, next time...
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Last but not least, I thought it might be fun to start adding random quotes taken from our members in the time honored news update quote tradition. I'll take one inspired by our adventures in NToV tonight, and welcome Argh as the first member to land on the quotes section. He leaves us all with this nugget of wisdom -
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That's all for this time. We're still looking for some good people to round out our Velious-focused crew. If you're looking for some fun, the challenge of raiding Velious (not the faceroll zergs we see in Kunark), and a group of people with a vision for where they want to be when Velious drops, come check us out. We'll take a look at anyone who makes a good milkshake, but we're especially interested in Rogues and Wizards, with a secondary nod to a couple reliable Clerics, Necromancers, and Magicians. Heck, I never thought I'd say this, but I wouldn't pass up a Paladin either. Turns out they do have their uses in Velious!