First raid
August 8, 2007
I went on my first WoW raid last night to Karazhan. I took my roomie’s mage, because my hunter isn’t yet high enough level. Playing his mage makes me nervous, because I haven’t spent 70 levels mastering the mage class, although thankfully, I am somewhat familiar with playing a ranged dps class. I was named as one of four raid leaders, simply because I am a guild officer. People kept leaving early, so we spent a lot of time waiting around for suitable replacements. Because of that, and the group’s overall unfamiliarity with Karazhan, we only managed to down one boss (but I did paint my nails). It was worth it to me personally though, because I received a good upgrade when some cloth bracers dropped. I also spent some time on the wiki this morning, and I have a quest to turn in that will get me a good upgrade on a ring too.
I was thinking back, and considering what a soloer I am, this is probably my 10th grouping experience period. I only grabbed aggro 2 or 3 times, and that was at the very end when we were killing trash mobs with 7 people, 3 of which were tanks. I know at least one of the tanks is pretty inexperienced, and I think maybe two.
I still need to spend some time getting used to the raid interface and the threat meter. Overall, it was a good experience. The jury is still out on whether or not I actually enjoy it though…
