OMG, still reeling from the disbelief that I actually got him!!! Ever since the first time I found him, and lost him due to three 80's swooping in and killing him, I've been what my husband calls, "obsessed" (can't imagine where he'd get that from). I spent several hours yesterday looking for him again, from about 8:00 in the morning til about 1:30 this morning (not non-stop, but often). Nothing. So today I called off work due to my lack of sleep last night, and went back to bed. But I laid there, thinking, "I need to check, just once. What if he's there? Just go check and go back to bed". So that's what I did. I started out in Nesingwary's camp, and flew clockwise. First, up west by The Maker's Perch where I first saw him. Nothing. My heart sank a little. Continued on anyway toward Glimmering Pillar and THERE HE WAS. I couldn't believe it! I go down to tame, and not even looking at my surroundings, start taming right next to Farunn. CRAP. I feign, and start to fly away to look for another pet. A blood elf paladin arrives. "NO NOT AGAIN!" I think to myself, so I fly up, emote /no, /beg, and /plead. He actually leaves! Wow. I'm putting humanoid tracking on now. I already know KK is there, I need to know if any people are there that might kill him. Ok. I go grab another pet, go up again, and begin the tame. Well, he got a couple huge crits in or something because I'm down to about 1k health with at least 4 seconds left on the tame. In frustration and anger I storm out of the room to grab my phone. Last resort, my brother. I dare not ask anyone in general because that only invites someone to be mean. I must be...covert. My brother was awake, hurray! But now the painfully long couple minutes must go by before my brother can get there (resto shaman). I sit and wait for him. Thankfully no one comes by, whew. He finally gets there. We got one shot at this, heroism has a 10-minute cooldown. He gives me earth shield, pops heroism, and I pull
Krush with a distracting shot + scorpid sting, then begin my taming macro (TBW+abandon+tame). He charges me, right in the middle of TBW. Nooooo! There go precious fear-immune seconds. But that's ok, we're doing this anyway. My brother's earth shield and heroism prove to be a HUGE help, as finally, the tame bar dwindles, dwindles, dwindles, and finally
KRUSH IS MINE!!! I'm still all shaky and ecstatic! Just funny how I just had this tugging to go check. Wow. So after thanking my brother a billion times (and him replying back that I'd better help when he wants Aotona, hehe), I log on my horde alt to thank the pally that didn't kill
Krush, unlike the allies that did a couple days ago. I offered him money, but he said he didn't want it. He said he was just glad I finally got him and that he's happy for me. Again, thanked him profusely, and logged. I have renamed
Krush Apollyon (the Destroyer). It seems a fitting name.
I know people say that when you see your tame sitting there, not to panic. But when that adrenaline is flowing and you realize that here sits the beast you've been looking for (even moreso when you've lost it once or more already), you can't help but be excited beyond words. Took three tries (five if you count the previous time), but it paid off. And calling off of work paid off, too (though I didn't call off specifically for
Krush, he was a fortunate by-product).
By the way, I am level 75. Probably very over-ambitious to try to tame him but I had decent gear so I figured I'd try it. Couldn't have done it without help, that's for sure.
Ok, enough yacking. Here's my pride and joy whom I shall never EVER get rid of.
