All of my raid instances have unlocked and ready to go, including my failed 2nd half of Dragon Soul.
Before I flew to get to the Caverns of Time, I added some new music to Soundtrack. Had some issue with a few that were ogg instead of mp3. Used iTunes to attempt to convert them, who didn’t like this and repeatably crashed on me.
Though I did manage to get the ones I wanted converted, done. Got them into Soundtrack like the others, and set them to their specified music queues.
Getting to the portal, I had no issue. My original plan was to fly to SW and use the portal to Uldum, and then fly East. Then as I was flying over Menethil Harbor, I saw the boat to Theramore and thought “Change of plans, I’m going there” and made a hard right toward the boat.
So I’m at the portal. Just flew in and that started the instance. It shows 10 man. Started shooting at things, and noticing how quickly their health was dropping! Looks like they were right that doing this on Normal is easier.
The first boss, dropped within 20 seconds. This is awesome. Did the other two bosses. 38 seconds. 20 seconds! HOLY FUCK YEAH!! 😀 The second boss died before he could start Phase 2! This is amazing. I’m killing them faster than on the WoD Beta! There’s hardly any challenge!
The last boss, downed her way before she could pop that damn bubble on me.
Then I did the second half (but in this case, there is no first or second half in Normal). Downed the drakes, kept them from covering the platform. Then it was time for the bastard that I couldn’t solo; Ultraxion.
I got him down.. before .. wow…. before Thrall could finish casting his ‘Last Defender of Azeroth’ buff!!! 😀 Now I was convinced they were right. That was.. amazing. I killed him 3x faster than on the WoD Beta.
Doing the spine, I did fuck up once. But only because I wasn’t paying attention to the rolls (didn’t know what side I was on). Second time I got it. Felt my right hand index finger twitching because of the constant movement of my mouse. But thankfully I didn’t get the adrenaline rush I had the first time I solo’d it.
The fight is pretty easy. Just need to know boss mechanics. Staying calm and focusing helps.
I even saw the Lesser Cache of Aspects, proving they only show up once in LFR. Downing Deathwing was a breeze.
Though I didn’t get the Alexstrasza-like mount, I did get the ‘Destroyer’s End’ title. Which I’m proudly using at the moment. I’ve redeemed my pride, and it feels really good after what happened last night.