A Hunter's Story

Sad to say, I’m not all that exited about Ahune anymore. The problem, imho, is that Bliz is putting most of their focus on the expansion, as is to be expected. So they didn’t really upgrade the fight to be a level 80 heroic battle. Instead, it feels more like a level 70 that they gave extra HP and called him 80. I remember actually having to take out the ads quick, going through more than just one cycle of his two phases, clearing trash that leads up to him, and so on. And I remember it well because we ran it literally 10 times a night, for the two weeks of the festival, just hoping to get an awesome pet. Yet we never even saw it drop… After hundreds of tries.

Now, the way its setup, you zone right to the boss and kill one meaningless mob, then do the boss fight. In the 3 times I did it the other night, we only barely dipped into Phase 1 for the second time once. The rest of the time we downed him in his first Phase 2. And that was it. (Well, we did wipe once, because the group had literally never done it before and didn’t bother to ask about the mechanics at all, so they’re all trying to mele the boss, which is basically insta-kill, so it was just Lady X & I doing anything useful). But anyway, it’s a quick like 2 minute fight and you’re done. He drops a little bag and you’re done for the night. There you go, that’s your one shot per day at a dinky pet (yes, of course I still want the pet, he’s just not nearly as cool as the scorchling, lol). So that’s why I’m disappointed. I’m used to 2 weeks of hammering at this guy with all of our alts and dualboxing to get as many tries as possible. Instead, it’s a 2 minute fight and its over. /sigh

Woohoo! Fire Festival! I personally think it’s a really cool holiday. For a variety of reasons. First, is that Bliz is actually encouraging everyone to play with fire; I just think that’s a little funny. But I also enjoy tossing the torches, running to all the cities and seeing parts of the world I rarely visit, running into the Horde cities, and so on! Of course, there’s also the other reason – leveling. It’s the perfect way to level an alt. You get a ridiculous amount of XP from doing the dailies and hitting all of the fires. Yes, there’s a bit of time involved, but especially with the changes so that you can get mounts at lower levels? I suggest grabbing an alt and having some fun. Don’t forget to bring your heirloom pieces for the XP bonus too! And I’d give you detailed maps on where all the fires are, but… Well, here’s my version of explicit directions: Go to WowHead, look at the achievement you’re working on for that area, and read the comments. Lol.