My Week with Wyrmfoe

Frost and I had a talk recently. There are certain hunter-related achievements that we could conceivably pull off and it was decided that this must be done. So, a server, race, and faction change later, and I was an honorary member of Frost’s guild (Wyrmfoe) for about a week and a half. As for the specific achievement we collaborated on, more on that in a future article. This is simply about my week with the folks you know and love from Frost’s stories and rants.

The first order of business was to twink out my lvl 30 baby hunter with heirloom gear, so I can keep up with the crazy all-hunter runs the guild seems to love to do. But the switch also allowed me to stalk the 20-30 leveling zones finding WHU guild members. The incredulous tells were delightful.

I also got to raid Horde cities for the Midsummer seasonal achievements with Hrist, Frost, and fellow hunter Ali (a regular on MNK and also a part of the lvl 19 Gnomeregan run).  Presumably, as a Horde, I knew my way around the Horde territories and cities, and could act as a guide.  In reality I learned that I have no idea where stuff is (there’s a back elevator in TB?!  Who knew?).  A humbling experience, as we let Ali and online walkthroughs guide us instead.

The height of my non-top-secret activities was 25M ICC raid night, because it was going to give me the chance to fulfill a dream: attempt to out-dps Frostheim. I even had an elaborate quote macro to spam into raid chat about the student becoming the master, straight from Obi-Wan’s duel with Vader. It would’ve been epic.

And then Frost wasn’t there. The bastard picked that weekend to go camping with Arust. So, ok, what’s a reasonable new goal? Well, as soon as Hrist realized Frost wasn’t there to be dps captain and assistant raid leader, he gave me the role. I’ve led raids, but it’s a brand new feeling when you pop into vent saying, “Hi guys, nice to meet you. Thanks for having me. Now do as I say.” Fortunately, Wyrmfoe was completely cool about it. And I got to test my dps against stalwarts like Badass Mage (who took an early lead with the #1 spot on Marrowgar) and AFK Rogue (who was, ya know, AFK a bit too much to challenge for the overall dps lead, but was impressive in posting a raid-best 12.3K on Festergut)

But in the end, as Bella’s WHUBBQ cake so rightly stated, hunters like it on top:

That included the first four, plus Festergut, Rotface, and Blood Coucil (with one wipe on Fester). And of course my raid duties came first, including killing bone spikes, kiting Blood Beasts, coordinating the dps, and sending my pet to kinetic orbs. Makes me kinda glad Frost wasn’t around. Because, of course, I’ve seen Frost’s meters so I already sort of know how I stack up. And posting a meter where I’m second wouldn’t have looked as cool.

Oh, and I promised Hrist I would post this. On the lone week Frost doesn’t show, these were the Saurfang drops:

And one of the Marks almost assuredly would’ve been Frost’s. Everyone /tar Frost and laugh.

-Arth