Tale of a Wolf, a Spider, and some really nice strangers.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:58 pm
I have to say... I am still in shock. I've been off and on hunting for Deth for some time now... mostly half-heartedly, knowing that if I ever found the beast, she would elude me yet. I'm an arachnophobe in real life, and the normal WoW spiders send chills down my spine. But something about the lava spiders, they don't bother me as much.
Today however, I found Kirix up and went for him instead... me and a guildie worked at it until I had 0% durability left... no luck, no spider.
About 7 hours later, I got this gut feeling to go check one more time. I used eagle eye to see onto the ledge, and... nothing. I sighed and went to click away when war drums went off. Deth spawned right there!
I raced over to the spire, and wished for the best, pulling out my sacrifice spider I'd been keeping, just for the occasion. I died. I died again. Deth was getting the best of me. I finally, finally managed to kite her around the spire to the main bit there... where a group of other players were standing. My palms were sweating... my heart racing... I was afraid I was going to die again, or worse, Deth would die. I turn back to find a druid entangling her, and a shadow priest draining her; both slowing the spider's movement. Suddenly, there was hope again. I brought my sacrifice back and sent him in, along with another ice trap or two. Soon I noticed as we were kiting Deth around, that her health was getting low. I stowed my sacrifice away and shot off a few arcane shots to make sure I had aggro and prayed that the others would let me tame. <Kill Shot> flashed across my screen, the tame button turned from red to white. Deth was closing in on me. Slowed by the ice trap and with a good amount of distance I hit the tame button. I waited for possibly the longest 10 seconds... and with a flash of blue the spider shrunk down and raced to my side!! I yelled out in chat, "OMG!! Thank you, Thank you!!" I jumped up and down and finally remembered to breathe. I promptly hearthed out to Stormwind to recover from the near heart-attack.
Myself and Deth, awaiting her new name and place of honor in my stables.
I want to extend a special thank you to those of you who made this possible if you happen across this... I really, really appreciate your help in taming this magnificent beast. Thank you so much!! =D
Today however, I found Kirix up and went for him instead... me and a guildie worked at it until I had 0% durability left... no luck, no spider.
About 7 hours later, I got this gut feeling to go check one more time. I used eagle eye to see onto the ledge, and... nothing. I sighed and went to click away when war drums went off. Deth spawned right there!
I raced over to the spire, and wished for the best, pulling out my sacrifice spider I'd been keeping, just for the occasion. I died. I died again. Deth was getting the best of me. I finally, finally managed to kite her around the spire to the main bit there... where a group of other players were standing. My palms were sweating... my heart racing... I was afraid I was going to die again, or worse, Deth would die. I turn back to find a druid entangling her, and a shadow priest draining her; both slowing the spider's movement. Suddenly, there was hope again. I brought my sacrifice back and sent him in, along with another ice trap or two. Soon I noticed as we were kiting Deth around, that her health was getting low. I stowed my sacrifice away and shot off a few arcane shots to make sure I had aggro and prayed that the others would let me tame. <Kill Shot> flashed across my screen, the tame button turned from red to white. Deth was closing in on me. Slowed by the ice trap and with a good amount of distance I hit the tame button. I waited for possibly the longest 10 seconds... and with a flash of blue the spider shrunk down and raced to my side!! I yelled out in chat, "OMG!! Thank you, Thank you!!" I jumped up and down and finally remembered to breathe. I promptly hearthed out to Stormwind to recover from the near heart-attack.
Myself and Deth, awaiting her new name and place of honor in my stables.
I want to extend a special thank you to those of you who made this possible if you happen across this... I really, really appreciate your help in taming this magnificent beast. Thank you so much!! =D
