January has now been packed away in the annals of Ancient Legacy history.  Our month was jam-packed full of memorable events, including:

Haladan Moonrunner & Tuskers	01/02/2010
Glaciatus	01/02/2010
Xaxia Viralus	01/02/2010
Switchmaster Zaxylz	01/04/2010
Absatalius	01/04/2010
Tythus Tinzok	01/04/2010

Switchmaster Zaxlyz has been in our sights for a while now.  We have been blasting in and out of Palace of the Ancient One for about a month and a half, but have always limited ourselves to clearing trash and killing the Twins.  We have thought about Switchmaster a half dozen times, but we have been too busy farming our friends Xebnok and Kultak that we haven't had time to take even one pull on Switchmaster.  That all changed on January 4, 2009.

The strat basically goes like this: 1) Pull 3 mobs to spawn Switchmaster; 2) Pull Switchmaster after the 3rd mob dies; 3) Joust Enthralling Flames; 4) Pot cure Exothermic Explosion; 5) Run in to the SW portal when you get the infamous Pee Screen (sonic vision); 6) Loot chest.

I won't deny there was some trepidation on pull.  Some of our members spent time with the likes of Moloko Vellocet and Immortality...and those folks have nightmares about teaching this fight to n00bs.  I'm pretty sure there were at lease a couple of bets about how many times we would get to see the angry red letters at the top of the screen...and even more wagers as to how many times it would start with Destinee is a freaking n00bcake...  But, fears aside, we pulled it.

The first trigger mob went down easily.  The second was about as difficult as King Itchhide.  And the third was dead before we knew it.  Step one, check!  That left us staring straight in the face of Switchmaster.  We got him into position and started the burn from a joust until Enthralling Flames hit the first time.  Step two, check!  It hit, we lived.  Step three, check!  Exothermic Explosion followed quickly on the heels of the first AE...and everyone used the correct potion.  CHECK!  It was starting to look like we might actually have some fun with this fight.  That's about the time I noticed the first set of incureable arcanes hit.  Shit.  Or, more appropriately...Pee!  It came as no surprise to me to see the arcanes come off in a matter of seconds.  Heck, Jeff got one of the first two Pee Screens and we even managed a tank swap without a hitch.  Check x5!  There really wasn't much left to do except rinse, repeat, and carry on with step six.

Unfortunately, about halfway through the fight, the mighty Fuegan got hit with the pee screen and immediately peed his pants.  In his defense, he was on beer #3 by that point and I refused to let him afk.  It was really only a matter of time before disaster struck.  Luckily, Graba left a spare box of his diapers behind during his recent move and Tali and Squish were able to pin Fuegan down long enough for Smarty to wrap things up.  I kid you not.  Ruby was on hand with her camera (pervert).


The excitement quickly died down as we got back on our feet and tried to forget that Fuegan had just let loose in his drawers.  We even decided to try a new strat after our first wipe.  Pull number two went a little bit like this:

1) Pull stuff.

2) Cure stuff.

3) Kill stuff.

4) Loot chest.

Thanks for the memories Switchmaster!  Belllla likes her new ring and Morten looks dashing in his new gloves!  I'm not sure we can improve on a 2nd-pull kill, but we'll be back soon to give it a shot.

Well, I guess that's it for me.  A fairly eventful night in Palace, with a new mob down and more to come as soon as...wait a sec...hang on...

I must have blinked because when I looked up there were some more chests on the floor and some graffiti on the wall.  It looked a little something like this:

Absatalius     Tythus Tinzok

That's right sports fans...while you were busy watching fake punts, we were busy punting mobs out of our way.  Three new mobs in one night!  Tythus was a bit of a beatdown until we got our timers set up, but by the end of the evening he was mopping up a bit of spilled Voidslide and we were divvying out his loot.

That's it here at Ancient Legacy Headquarters...stay tuned for more updates!  In the meantime, don't forget to flip the lights off as you head out...

You all probably know by now that I do quite a lot of forums browsing.  I don’t limit myself to EQ2Flames and EQ2Players either.  I browse guild sites, fan sites, eq2 blogs, etc.  Last night I came across an interesting blog by the name of Xebnok's Wretched Writings.  There was some really great info on the site, including raid strats leaked by Aerilik, a webcam video of Xebnok and Anashti Sul (trust me, it wasn't pretty), and some assorted links to sites offering discounted deals on buying plat.

Xebnok's first entry on the blog was dated November 18, 2008, and there was a new entry every three days.  The posts were so punctual it was like clockwork.  I admit, I was jealous.  But then I noticed that the last entry on the blog was dated December 4, 2009.  I glanced over at my calendar and realized that 12 days had passed since Xebnok's last entry.  That was way out of the ordinary for that dude.  There should have been another entry on December 7.

Then it hit me.  December 7.  Do you remember where you were on that day?  I sure do.


It all makes sense now.  I guess it's hard to post when you're dead.    See you soon Gynok!