Naxxramas Plundered

Naxxramas Plundered

Edit Update: I mistakenly have Jocy listed at completing the Naxxramas run when in fact it was Wildshard who did the clearing. Wild is level 100 with i653 gear. Wild made great use of his mass kill weapons such as Hurricane and Wild's great healing strength to bring down gobs of mobs at once and down the bosses while staying alive.

Naxxramas is one of the great raid dungeons. In Wild's heyday as a raider, tackling the many levels and bosses of the huge fortress was a formidable task. Four main wings held an array of deadly horrors, plus a bonus wing if we cleared the other four. Our raids of ten and sometimes 25 raiders were lucky to clear two chambers in an evening of combat, taking many hours and numerous deaths.

Wild returned to Naxxramas this week. His purpose was both nostalgia and practical. His level and his gear far surpasses the old place, so there was little personal danger. Wild can one-shot anything in there except for the bosses. The bosses, too, went down, just a little more slowly. It is now a place for farming frostweave cloth to make bags. Wild also hoped to pick up some old gear to finish his gear sets.

I plan to run Naxxramas again in the near future and video tape it to give readers a chance to see what the place looks like. These old raid dungeons are truly awesome. A lot of work went into the look and feel of the raid, and the monsters we fought were truly fierce in their time. Wild did a full clear, except for the final, optional boss, Kel'Thuzad. I lacked a key quest or achievement to be able to take him on. Maybe next time. It brought back awesome memories, that's for sure.