Call Of Nature on Oakwynd

  Scars of Velious is now unlocked on Oakwynd! This also adds 125% Faction modifier to the server along with the 125% loot modifier which was added with the Ruins of Kunark unlock. On 14 Sept, characters started gathering in North Desert of Ro by the docks to wait for the raft to Iceclad Ocean.  As the time for the raft (and transport gnome) drew near, a couple trees grew from the ocean shallows and even a grandfather clock was seen on the shore. The boat arrived and many piled on.  We set off on our journey to the frozen lands... Loading, please wait... Loading, please wait... Loading, please wait... Loading, please wait... Loading, please wait... Loading, please wait... Loading, please wait... Loading, please wait... ... And many of us still on the boat were returning to the docks in North Ro. The transporter gnome was much more reliable and the new lands were open to all.  Druids and Wizards swarmed merchants known to provide transportation spells to new locations...

  Dragons down!!! In the last week before Velious unlocks, Double Dragons shifted to the warmer jungle climes and Severilious fell to our force in about 30 mins. Our main tank and raid leader got the Green Scales and now has shiny lightsabers! We quickly moved to the heat of lava rivers in Skyfire and took down Talendor, too, also in about 30 mins.  Buoyed by our speedy success, we decided to take a chance and take on Trakanon.... and it was a learning experience. We did not succeed, but were also not prepared with potions, et. al. But, we know we will be able to take Trakanon on soon with proper preparation. 

  Another XP bonus weekend! With the Velious unlock close on the horizon, we took a break from any raiding during the XP bonus time and had gobs of guild groups in various locations to advance our characters and many new alts were created as well! On Friday 9/1 morning, I took a 'dump' of the guild roster and again on Wednesday 9/6 to make a comparison. NOTE: The bonus XP had been on for a few hours before I took my first snapshot and off for several hours before I took the last due to my being on the west coast of North America. From my two roster snapshots I derived some numbers. 343 characters were played between 9/1 and 9/6  134 Mains 209 Alts 2350 levels were gained. Current character count by level (only those active since 8/1): 60: 120 55-59: 48 50-54: 76 45-49: 37 For a guild that, before the server launched, we thought would be maybe 30-40 players... geeeeesh.  It was an amazing weekend and my own main, Vyxy, also got to 60 which is absolutely delightful for me. ...