Yep, that's the truth. I had never done any instanced dungeons in WAR until last night. This is mainly because I was unable to settle on a character until the Slayer was released. Now, with Khazgar at 4/5 Annihilator, I felt ready to start doing Sigmar Crypts or Skaven Tunnels. Luckiy, I'm in a guild that is ready to run newbies through dungeons, and we have a good group of players that are now massively overgeared for the instances. This is probably why the runs went so smoothly. The group was composed of myself, another newbie Slayer, our Guild Master was the single tank, with an Engi and two Runepriests. Yes, an all-dwarf group. For some reason our guild is composed of over 75% dwarfs. Go figure,
Anyway, the run went smoothly, we hit Crypts first, with my GM laying out basic strats on vent along the way. We got all the way to Twin Lectors without a hitch, and after the strategy was explained, we went to it. It was surprisingly easy, even with one tank, but as I said, my guildies were overgeared for this run. We downed them without a hitch, and the Sentinel Leathers dropped! My roll karma was strong and I won the chestpiece! I was stoked, and they don't loot half bad either. At least they aren't bugged and actually show up on my character, unlike the Annihilator chest.
After this we headed out to the Blowhole Tavern and hit the Tunnels. This was a first for me as well, but it seemed to go by quick. The tank kited the Grey Seer Boss while we ran around like headless chickens beating on the boss. Grey Seer went down like cake and not only did the Sentinel War Shroud head piece drop, but I won that roll as well! I honestly felt kind of bad for the other Slayer in the group, but I'll pass on both next time til he gets them should they drop.
Doing these runs gave me a better understanding of the Ward System and how one is supposed to start progression through the endgame. I now know exactly when I can start doing Bastion Stair on my next alt, and I'm gonna make a concerted effort to get at least one character through Lost Vale.
Speaking of Bastion Stair, why don't more players run it? It seems like a pretty doable dungeon, especially considering you can start getting your lesser wards regardless of your Renown Rank. I mean, considering the relative difficulty of getting certain pieces of the Annihilator set, doing BS sounds like a more reliable method.
The middle of Bastion Stair is too annoying for the reward. In order to progress to the final boss for the chest piece drop, you have to have completed a number of quests on left, right, and middle, as well as work through the massive damage PQs of middle. You need a lot of coordination, a great tank (or 2), and a full party that has done all the right quests (which aren't listed in the Tome). It's a pain, and if you already get 3 wards from Annihilator or left/right of the Stairs, you might was well move on to city dungeons.
ReplyDelete~Shakes fist~ I shall have my revenge! I had my roll hax off!
ReplyDeleteOn the upside, I have 4 pieces of Conqueror, the Bastion Gloves, and Warlord boots (that I'll never get the renown to wear) since then.
All in all that was a great time, glad you had fun Khaz. We need to go again.
Heeeeeey.... Who are you calling a newbie?!?!?!