Yesterday the Gates opened on Illidan. I hadn't planned on doing any of the raids right away because I'm focused on leveling my hunter. However, I couldnt resist taking a peak when my guild put out the call for one-and-all to race to Tanaris. I quickly mounted - well, as quickly as was possible given the massive lag, and went to join my comrades.
OMFG - It was the largest in-world battle that I've seen outside of an instance. To be honest, the first 30 minutes or so were mass confusion. Horde, Alliance, gate mobs, Gadget bruisers and the local beastary, battle for reputation, loot and supremacy. Pictures?? Hellnaw, there was barely time to breathe, let alone snap screenshots. I feel sorry for anyone that was planning to level in Gadgetzan. I dont see how that would be possible now. LOL
I never got close to the gates. All the guilds were camping the crystals and pulling the mobs into Gadget to gain the aide of the brusiers. Which ever raid tapped the mobs first would own rights to the loot and rep gained. As you can expect, this was a mad frenzy. Death abounded as these Ahn mobs stomped both players and NPCs alike. Everyone's armor was broken within 30 minutes. As a caster, I didnt bother to repair since it doesnt impede my ability to deal damage. And I couldn't afford the 15g repair bills that other members in the guild were racking up. What's the point in repairing, when we die so much?
After a couple of hours I had to log. It was lots of fun. Green and blue items dropped galore. The whole experience took me back to my days of NE Nepath and North Drop mana hours on the now defunct, AC2.
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