Yay!

I was able to log in shortly after the game came up, and visit the Auction House and purchase my materials for around 2200g. I then advertised a few times on the Trade line linking the gear I wished to get crafted, and I got responses quite quickly!

A few hours later, and a total of about 2500g later, I was at 290 Shadow Resistence with my new gear set (and a sickly, but still cool, 1337 +heals), and all I needed was an enchant for my Cloak and I’d be above the cap of 365 with the raid buff that adds 70 shadow resistance to everyone in the group.

I updated my application with the guild of my choice (based upon their guild charter, player and leadership expectations, guild size, and skill level) when I was at 260 Shadow Resistence, just before I realized I hadn’t gotten the Soulguard Slippers crafted yet.

Actually, one of the members my my chosen guild whispered me when I was looking for my final piece, asking about it as he probably could craft it, but I had already had someone else respond to do the crafting. I was happy to be able to tell him that I had it covered, and had the entire set crafted after that piece :)

That evening, I saw someone I’ve chatted with in that guild online, but the guild was in Black Temple, actively raiding. Not wanting to interrupt, I simply sent a whisper of a smiley face as a way to say hello.

We chatted back and forth for a little bit, and then the whisper came:

Shrimproll committed to Asylum

I knew right then that I was either going to get an invite, or they were going to tell me to stop stalking their guild website ;) Fortunately, it was the former :)

Later on in the evening, after their raid had completed, I was invited to log into vent to chat with them, and from there was invited as a Probationary member of the guild, officially serving as Backup on the Raid Roster with no real guarantee for raiding on the official raid days, but an awesome environment of skilled players to do raids and other things with on the off-days.

Yay!! That’s perfect! I’m happy to fill in if they need me but I know I need to improve my skills and knowledge before joining their regular raid roster, and heading into WoTLK will change everything again, anyway.

First Raid With New Guild

Tonight, however, even though I’m on the Backup roster, they’re going to do their best to get me in to the raid in Black Temple. Apparently, the fight coming up is the very one I needed my Shadow Resist set for - Mother Shahraz. And then, the Illidari Council fight.

I’ve read up on them, watched the videos, and am well-stocked on Mana Potions and other consumables. I’m ready to show that I will be an awesome contributor once I ‘gel’ with the team a bit more.

I’ll let you know how goes!

Tags: black temple, first raid with a raiding guild, first time in black temple, healing in black temple, illidari council, joining a raiding guild, mother shahraz