200 Words – Dusting Off My Plate in The Oculus
Last night, I returned to my tanking role in World of Warcraft. I had been playing alts to take advantage of the recruit-a-friend program’s experience bonus for the last couple of months so I was a bit rusty, to say the least. We ran the regular five-man dungeon The Oculus and it was like no other dungeon I had run before. Sure, there were plenty of AoE, tank-and-spank moments, but the boss fights were a nice change of pace. From the beginning, you’re given flying mounts to use inside the instance. The mounts are used for navigating through the dungeon, but also for clearing trash mobs and for fighting the last boss. We cleared the place pretty easily, and I picked up a new tanking helm: The Helm of the Ley-Guardian.
One of the many new game features introduced in Wrath of the Lich King is the ability to wear a faction tabard in level eighty instances. I wore my Kirin Tor tabard and hit honored while clearing The Oculus. This is a great change from Burning Crusade, where dungeons are faction-specific. Now, I can choose the groups I want to get friendly with, if you know what I mean.
Grats on loot BC!
Steakum ran Nexus with some of the local yokels last Saturday night. It was my first instance in a loooooong time, and the first one I had healed for in well over a year. We had 3 DK’s and a shaman along with the newly resto’d Steakum. We plowed through the place, with only one or two deaths along the way – all thanks to a DK not paying attention to what he was doing.
If Nexus is any indication, they have really made the instances more enjoyable overall. The mob density was just right – not crazy overpopulated like it used to be, and I love how you can finish them in an hour or so, even if you are new to it like we were.
I will say I also like running with a bunch of plate wearers. It means I get any leather and cloth loot I want!
In the words of Jerry Seinfeld…”Who IS this??”
You KNOW who this is! After all, I’ve been playing WoW since 1994…
I can’t wait to hid behind you and kill stuff again.