It's a great feeling when your turn is finally up for a Veeshan's Peak clear... It only comes around so often these days. <Awakened> took advantage of our fortune and scheduled the clear for a prime time beat down. Within an hour, all six dragons had been slain. The down side was walking away pretty empty handed aside from a shiny Robe of the Azure Sky and a Shroud of Veeshan.

The following morning, <Awakened> crushed our third consecutive Statue of Rallos Zek. He was generous enough to bless us with two Breastplate of Eradication. Unfortunately, as with the previous kill, we were unable to muster a sizeable force for Avatar of War. He decided to take his ball and go home, leaving the question of what might have been.

Only after finishing up Sleeper's Tomb Golems, coming away with a Primal Velium Spear, <Awakened> was up for Tunare. The clear took a few hours, leaving us stranded when Zlandicar spawned, but no problem! We came away from the Plane of Growth with many great items including an Essence of Nature, a Petrified Heartwood Flamberge, and a Girdle of Living Thorns.

As we left Growth, the weekly spawns were already upon us. When Lord Yelinak spawned at 1 in the morning, <Awakened> was unable to match the forces of the alliance, RAM, proving that more is more.

After taking out Aaryonar and Lord Koi`Doken, with only a Greaves of the Deep Sea to show for it, we tried our luck with King Tormax. That's right, Eratani secured us our first Ken Tormax in quite awhile. The wait was worth it, as we walked out of the frozen kingdom with a pair of Boots of the Storm and the obligatory King Tormax's Head.

The day was only just beginning, as <Awakened>'s tracking crew secured us more and more. Zlexak, Cekenar, Lord Feshlak, Lady Mirenilla, Eashen of the Sky; the named kept coming, all culminating with a Claw of Lightning.

As socks were reaching full capacity, Cazic Thule gave us a taste of his zone's new mechanics. Lag was a major issue with somewhere near 170 people in the zone. <Awakened> dealt with it, cleared the zone, and made sure to secure the pull before car RamRod swooped in. Facing the god of Fear proved simple enough; it seemed like the toughest part was not desyncing due to the massive force of onlookers.

Not two hours later, Vulak`Aerr made <Awakened> gather again, as Valtron's Necklace of Wonder and Akkirus' Mask of Warfare were ripped from his cold scaly hide. The remainder of the night into Monday morning went off without a hitch. Jorlleag, Lady Nevederia, Gozzrem, Telkorenar all fell to the swords of <Awakened>.

As our east coasters were getting ready for work, the last few mobs spawned. <Awakened> picked up a quick Sevalak kill while watching the Super Troopers have their way with Vyemm.

<Awakened> capped our week off with a Primal Velium Warsword, another Breastplate of Eradication off our fourth consecutive Statue of Rallos Zek kill, and a very satisfying Avatar of War kill. Even if he dropped 3x Blade of Carnage and a Flayed Barbarian Hide Mask, the satisfaction came from still being the only guild able to kill this beast without help.

Another great week for <Awakened>. 13 Temple of Veeshan kills, Cazic Thule, and a complete week of Kael kills were some of the highlights. That's right, both Statues, King Tormax, and the only Avatar kill of the week.

Yawn. get a job and cut your hair!

great week, loved capping it off with an afternoon AoW !

praise to our trackers/FTEers - you da best

It was fun to watch! It looked smooth for about the first 50% or so, then you guys started pushing him around for some reason that I don't understand, tanks started dying, and it kind of descended from there until finally I was brutally 1-rounded while trying for a faction hit.

I don't see why the number of guild tags is more important than the number of players, though.

Next up: Fingerz secures your first Barbie Tunare . . .

The number of players is important, but it also is fun to do things on your own, win or lose. We attempted Avatar one of these past spawns on our own with mid 50s I believe, and wiped letting him despawn. It was worth the attempt because you can't learn unless you try. You also can't win unless you attempt. Anyway, we only had mid 60s for this Avatar kill. Not the lowest we have had, but an impressive number less than our normal 70s and higher than our struggling 30s.

Ken Tormax is does not play with Barbie Tunare however. Eratani has done a lot of research on Ken, studying his every move. It was getting to a point where we all started to wonder about him...

its a <Awakened> thing bru

[Tue Sep 13 17:13:34 2016] The Avatar of War engages Zewt

[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] Players on EverQuest:
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[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Grandmaster] Swiftaswind (Iksar) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Grandmaster] Ketsui (Iksar) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Grandmaster] Kelzaraz (Iksar) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Theodon (Dwarf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Grandmaster] Zewt (Iksar) <Awakened> LFG
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Akashx (Barbarian) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Seedss (Halfling) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Warlord] Yummytum (Halfling) <Awakened> LFG
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Oracle] Amanita (Barbarian) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Warlord] Naethyn (Human) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Tombheals (Halfling) <Awakened> LFG
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Heelan (Halfling) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Grandmaster] Henrique (Iksar) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Warder] Skydash (Wood Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Cleratani (High Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Bakaf (Dwarf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Patra (Dark Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Grandmaster] Ataka (Iksar) <Awakened> LFG
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Grandmaster] Ghuol (Iksar) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Oracle] Gearmaster (Ogre) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Warlord] Gromwell (Ogre) <Awakened> LFG
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Virtuoso] Orate (Wood Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Phantasmist] Tsuka (High Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Elhisanth (Dark Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Phantasmist] Dagner (Gnome) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Resu (Gnome) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Grandmaster] Kagey (Human) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Luddo (Dwarf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Snozeberry (Gnome) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Oracle] Pepoo (Ogre) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Warlock] Gnomeland (Skeleton) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Dulcina (Dark Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Samila (Barbarian) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Arch Mage] Ganome (Gnome) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Mohikano (Iksar) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Happyhealz (Halfling) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Warlord] Swage (Iksar) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Abraxia (Dark Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Zerious (Dark Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Rorlbrand (Halfling) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Crusader] Clorthos (Dwarf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Grumpy (Dwarf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Erlewine (Erudite) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Virtuoso] Downstairs (Gnome) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Lanuven (Halfling) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Nutup (Iksar) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Hierophant] Nytestar (Wood Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Aata (High Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Warder] Noriku (Wood Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Nikkanu (Dark Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Rupees (High Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Virtuoso] Hjial (Human) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Murderdeathkill (Dwarf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Warlord] Tauntz (Human) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Sazed (Dwarf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Tevh (Half Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [59 Conjurer] Azreil (Human) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Warder] Saurus (Wood Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Dennys (Human) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Mizo (Gnome) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Bathory (Half Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 High Priest] Thollux (Dark Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Virtuoso] Zanstad (Dark Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Assassin] Raevin (Barbarian) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Crusader] Opmeter (High Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Warlord] Mikeo (Human) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Sorcerer] Impact (Dark Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Warlord] Meefus (Ogre) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Warlord] Tussek (Barbarian) <Awakened> LFG
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Sorcerer] Arantir (Dark Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Hierophant] Cromcruach (Wood Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Phantasmist] Chrysus (High Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Oracle] Chafaile (Bear) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] [60 Phantasmist] Psyphon (High Elf) <Awakened>
[Tue Sep 13 17:19:08 2016] There are 74 players in Kael Drakkal.
+Zewt

Loot: Blade of Carnage x 3
ToD: [Tue Sep 13 17:23:40 2016] The Avatar of War has been slain by Trooper Daelbrund!

Sorry I took attendance so late into the fight. Please post if you were missed.

Another great week. It's so impressive to see how attention to detail, preparation, and teamwork can allow our saucy rabble of players to achieve things that no one else on the server has been able to. It's truly a testament to the dedication of so many, the leadership of a few, and the willingness of players to contribute what they can. I know I'm just a small cog in Awakened but it's been really fun to see all Velious has to offer! Grats again on a great week ladies and gents!!!!!!!!!!

It's amazing how good that class composition is. Like 2/3 clerics and pure melee. Only two Paladins . . . :cool:

My mistake, Cecily. I am glad you were able to help take raid logs for us while waiting for a port out.

[Tue Sep 13 13:44:29 2016] There are 67 players in Kael Drakkal.

Was the log I saw when I made my post, however that was for Statue.

My references come from:

9/8 Avatar BP 36 People
8/29 Avatar Kill 71 People
8/19 Avatar BP 33 People
8/11 Avatar BP 36 People
8/1 Avatar Kill 70 People
7/22 Avatar BP 60 People

But again, glad you are on top of it.