Hello again everyone,

Sorry for the long pause between updates. RL issues, combined with frustration slowed my updating.

I am still looking for a good place to actually set up a Blog for my team's mis-adventures. Until I find one, you guys are stuck with it here...lol

Well, here's the current situation:

My team was doing wonderfully in Westfall and Redridge, happily rolling over everything in their path while questing. I forced myself to complete the collection quests but I think at this point, I'll cut them off. Unless they are "manageable", meaning... collect LESS THAN FIVE of something, otherwise my patience expires LONG before the quest is completed.

SOOO ... The team hit level 18, and was doing rather well on quests, so I decided to take the plunge. Stopped by the Inn at Sentinel Hill, made a final gear check, looked over my macros, made sure Jamba was doing what it's supposed to (waste of time, because Jamba ALWAYS does what it's supposed to) and proceeded to trek on down to Moonbrook.

To make a long story short, I wiped on the first boss. This was after wiping on a couple multi-mob pulls that were unexpected. Discovered that a hunter's pet can be a nice asset or a huge liability, depending on the situation. Rezzed up, went back in, and on the 3rd attempt, finally took down the first boss. Even though I KNEW that patrol was gonna show up, they still managed to get me. It's a learning process, but MAN, it gets frustrating at times.

Anyway, the Druid's DPS is still PATHETIC, and her mana issues are totally disappointing. So I have made a couple decisions. The druid is being shelved, and I'm leveling up a Priest to replace her. I know people have said to drop the hunter and keep the druid, but I just can't drop the highest DPS toon on the team. I am also going to let the team quest to lvl 20 or 21, then re-attempt the instance. Perhaps level 18 was a bit TOO ambitious for a first-time 5 boxed team.

Hopefully, I'll have a more successful update by the weekend.