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plonqI got my first taste of Blackwing Lair on the weekend - almost seven hours worth of it. It was fun, but tedious in places. Granted a lot of the tedium finds its root in the fact that I was dead through much of the run. I expect to last a little longer the next time through, in part because I will have better gear, but also because I am learning as I go. The priest class-leader in this guild really knows her stuff, and she's been giving me a lot of help with issues like mana management and proper positional play. I may not be the worlds fastest learner, but some of this stuff is apparently starting to sink in.
We wiped four times on Nefarion for various reasons (two due to bad luck, and two due to running around like idiots). Our problem was not with Nefarion, but with the critters that preceded his landing. Once we got past them, the rest of the battle was comparatively easy. I am a little annoyed at the way that I died in the final battle (I got feared and ran into his claws), but he was down to 3% health at that point and the battle was essentially over. At the end of the day, I still had 2/3 mana reserve left and I finished 2nd on the healing chart, so I'm pleased overall.
I scored some nice boots (Shimmering Geta) from Chromaggus. I wasn't going to spend the DKP on them, but my class leader messaged me and said, "You bid on these. Do it. Do it now!" I got some whispers from a few others in the raid saying, "What are you doing? You should wait for the Boots of Prophecy. They're way better." and "Why did you bid on those? They're crap!" I appreciate that they are looking out for me, but I must point out what I said in the previous paragraph about being second in healing, and still being at 2/3 mana at the end of the fight. Part of that was mana management, but I'm also up into the +60 mana every 5 seconds regeneration rate now - which works out to about 3 extra heals per minute.
We wiped four times on Nefarion for various reasons (two due to bad luck, and two due to running around like idiots). Our problem was not with Nefarion, but with the critters that preceded his landing. Once we got past them, the rest of the battle was comparatively easy. I am a little annoyed at the way that I died in the final battle (I got feared and ran into his claws), but he was down to 3% health at that point and the battle was essentially over. At the end of the day, I still had 2/3 mana reserve left and I finished 2nd on the healing chart, so I'm pleased overall.
I scored some nice boots (Shimmering Geta) from Chromaggus. I wasn't going to spend the DKP on them, but my class leader messaged me and said, "You bid on these. Do it. Do it now!" I got some whispers from a few others in the raid saying, "What are you doing? You should wait for the Boots of Prophecy. They're way better." and "Why did you bid on those? They're crap!" I appreciate that they are looking out for me, but I must point out what I said in the previous paragraph about being second in healing, and still being at 2/3 mana at the end of the fight. Part of that was mana management, but I'm also up into the +60 mana every 5 seconds regeneration rate now - which works out to about 3 extra heals per minute.
