we finally had some real raids after the patch. and no restart.

when we tried to do za sometimes last week, there was unexpected shutdown just before we started. bye bye buffs. bye bye flask – this was more * ouch *

za. hit the gong. open the door. how easy is that?

apparently we had problem doing that. we did several attempts and the door would not open. the npc said something like 'cold feet....' we were not having cold feet! we wanted it to open!

pre patch, you just click the gong once and the animation shows your toon continuously hit the gong. post patch, it's one hit per click.

then someone said try to sit down before hitting it. somehow it worked! how odd! is it a bug or feature?

took my lock there to test out the new spec. i was bottom of damage meter. bottom of dps class. just above the tank. how embarrassing for someone who used to be one of the top.

i had lazy raiding spec before. just spam shadow bolt and dot dot dot. easy.

now it's like learning spells all over again. more complicated. more spells. i spent a lot of time watching for cooldown timers so i can cast a spell. i think i spent too much time watching out timers than dps-ing.

either i'm now a noob or i played too much mage and have forgotten my lock skills.

i need to research for a lazy yet high dps spec.

the next za run i took cute mage to get achievement. she was... * gasp * bottom of damage meter. her gear sucks so it's excusable. but the husband's lock's gear sucks too and his lock was one of the top...

she was also top of death count meter. you'll hear something like, she dies again... she died on all bosses, except last 2.

cute mage ventured into za to complete quests that does not require any killing. ie discoveries.

that's all she could do in za. lucky the whole place was cleaned by the guild.

another i-was-here screenie.

we finally got enough people online tonight. even the right group makeup. we ventured into za and killed 4 bosses.

with the current guild size, we can only do 10man raid. blizz should have created more 10man instances. 2 is not enough!

the guild has decided to ditch 25man. since wotlk is coming out soon and it's just hard to recruit more members. can't compete with top guilds who are also having problem recruiting.

zul'jin in dragonhawk form. i didn't realize he's so colorful.

finally some nice fashion dropped. Robe of Departed Spirits. dropped from the lynx boss.

i don't know how useful is haste rating to a lock. i greeded it just for the look.

it gives me hope that there are still some good fashion designers left at blizz.

here's what it looks like from the back. not too bad.