User:Atebash/Atebash

= Grand Marshal Atebash =

Created: 16.05.2005.

Server: Ragnaros-Europe

Class: Rogue

Race: Night Elf

Level: 80

Armory link: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/Ragnaros/Atebash

History
I've been a computer gamer ever since I could press a key on a keyboard or hold a joystick in my hand. I started with the good old Commodore 64 in the '80s, advanced to PC in the early nineties and played literally thousands of games! My favorite genres have always been adventures and role-playing games, but I would never say no to any GOOD game. However, World of Warcraft is my first MMORPG since I used dial-up until 2005. ADSL opened up some new possibilities and this is a brief description of the character I play in this game. Oh, and that rank up there... I am still very proud of it (and it reminds me of the time when I had a lot of free time!) and I will probably use that title for most of the time anyway.

I did some research on classes in World of Warcraft before my copy of the game arrived. I talked to some of my US friends who were already playing the game and they all pointed me into playing a rogue! What I wanted was a class that can kill but is also able to do some self healing when necessary so I almost picked a paladin. There were times when I was sorry I didn't pick a druid since even now I think that class would fit me the best, but at that time druid wasn't appealing at all. Anyway, I picked a rogue and I must admit that I still enjoy that class the most. I made several alts later, most of them are max leveled but rogue is simply number one. Forever.

Why Night Elf? A friend of mine started a few days before me, he played a Night Elf hunter. He told me to start at Teldrassil simply because we could help each other. "The other starting zones are so far away that you will need days to get to me!". Yeah, I know. We were amateurs! But I never regreted it. I never liked gnomes, humans are too "normal" and dwarves... I like dwarves but not as rogues!

After the initial 30 minutes of play, after learning the game mechanics and completing the first few quests, I joined:


Joined: 16.05.2005.

Officer. This was a casual, real-life friends' guild, from start of the game until I leveled up to 55. DvA disbanded as members reached level 60 and joined raiding guilds. At this time I had no idea what raiding is, I never even heard of Molten Core and I thought World of Warcraft ends on level 60!


Joined: 21.08.2005.

Joined as member, advanced to the rank of Officer. As the fastest growing guild on the realm at that time, EotH gathered 300+ players and prepared to raid Molten Core. I leveled up to 60 as member of EotH. Since quantity did not mean quality, the guild soon split in two -  that gathered "the elite" and  for <60 and casual players.


Joined: 20.09.2005.

Officer, since The Goodfellas was made from Enemy of the Horde. The guild was serious about raiding Molten Core but failed to make any notable progress. It soon collapsed and its members joined other realm guilds. Too bad, this guild had a great potential but failed to achieve much.


Created: 15.10.2005.

Guild Master. After a few disappointments with previous guilds and recent interest in PVP, I formed a guild that mainly focused on Battlegrounds. The guild grew fast, had a lot of success in Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin and soon decided to start some PVE raiding. Zul'Gurub sounded like a good start, but lack of interest asked for alliance with other guilds for PVE raiding. Soon PVP and PVE conflicted and Divinus started failing on both fronts.


Joined: 29.11.2005.

Joined as member, advanced to the rank of Officer and later to the occasional Guild Master. The Elite PVP guild. After the failure of Divinus in November 2005, I joined the PVP masters of Ragnaros - the mighty GodIike! Already having a rank of Marshal, I managed to finalize the rank race on 23.02.2006. after months of ruthless PVP combat. In the same time, GodIike, under the leadership of Angeles, successfully raided Molten Core, Onyxia's Lair and Blackwing Lair. After the summer and opening of the Ahn'Qiraj gates, GodIike started raids in two new 20 and 40 men dungeons. We managed to kill all but C'thun in Ahn'Qiraj, but failed to raid Naxxramas at all.


Joined: 27.05.2007.

The situation in GodIike got bad and after a few months of absence (busy with getting married and moving to a new place!) from the game, I left the guild (followed the other 80% of other guild members). After 19 months of being a part of the mighty GodIike, it was time to move on. Syndicate was a logical selection, the most suitable guild on server. Syndicate was about to start serious raiding at Magtheridon's Lair and Serpenshrine Cavern and I was more than happy to help!

Shortly after joining I became an officer and rogue leader. We managed to clear Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep after a long campaign, then moved straight into Battle of Mount Hyjal and Black Temple which took much less time. At that time we were 6th guild on realm and things looked very well and promising for the upcoming Sunwell Plateau.

Once we arrived to Northrend and leveled up through its frozen areas, we started and successfully completed campaigns in Naxxramas, Obsidian Sanctum and later managed to neutralize Malygos. We had some trouble but still enjoyed killing Sartharion with 3 dragons in both 25 and 10 men versions. Soon, the gates of Ulduar opened and Yogg-Saron was waiting for us. He didn't last long. And he supplied our dear Yeellow with

Trial of the Crusader was more of a casual raid instance and was cleared quickly. We geared up ourselves in normal and hard mode versions of it, preparing for the Icecrown Citadel. The eternal saga continues...


Joined: 24.04.2010.

Syndicate merged with Idlewild to form a brand new, stronger guild. Collusion soon attracted a lot of new members and shortly after managed to down The Lich King. The guild started preparing for the Cataclysm, hoping to be the leading force in the fight against Deathwing


Joined: 20.10.2010.

Important Dates
16.05.2005. Started the game as a weak level 1 Night Elf rogue and joined Drachen von Azeroth

02.09.2005. Reached Level 60 while killing the elite Dragonkin in Burning Steppes

15.10.2005. Created Divinus with help of Skybar (rogue) and Moonshade (druid)

02.11.2005. Obtained the rank of Commander and finally mounted the Black War Tiger

23.11.2005. Obtained the rank of Marshal

29.11.2005. Joined GodIike

01.12.2005. First Onyxia kill

04.12.2005. First Ragnaros kill

01.02.2006. Obtained the rank of Field Marshal

14.02.2006. First Nefarian kill

22.02.2006. Obtained the rank of Grand Marshal

19.01.2007. Entered Outland

28.01.2007. Won the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza and gained

01.02.2007. Reached Level 70 doing the quests in Blade's Edge Mountains; purchased Swift Blue Gryphon after learning Riding skill of 300

27.05.2007. Joined Syndicate

29.05.2007. First Magtheridon kill

30.05.2007. First Gruul kill

05.11.2007. First Lady Vashj kill

26.11.2007. First Kael'Thas Sunstrider kill

20.01.2008. First Archimonde kill

13.04.2008. First Illidan kill

14.07.2008. Equipped, guild first!

28.08.2008. Equipped, completing the most incredible set of weapons ever!

02.11.2008. First Kil'jaeden kill

12.11.2008. Entered Northrend at Borean Tundra

24.11.2008. Reached Level 80 while questing in Zul'Drak

29.11.2008. First Archavon the Stone Watcher kill

30.11.2008. First Sartharion kill

10.12.2008. First Kel'Thuzad kill

28.12.2008. First Malygos kill

18.01.2009. Saddest day in my WoW life - my dear friends from the  guild migrated to Agamaggan realm. I never thought something could hit me this bad in a game, but it did. Too many dear people are now simply... gone. Farewell old friends, all the best to you at your new home.

18.02.2009. First Sartharion kill with all 3 drakes still alive.

09.03.2009. While on my way to The Sons of Hodir base in Storm Peaks I encountered the Time-Lost Proto Drake and killed it. I have to admit I've been very lucky in this game so far!

11.06.2009. First Yogg-Saron kill

27.06.2009. The birth of my son, in real life of course. Raiding in the game will never be the same!

01.09.2009. Firefighter (10 player) achieved. I must admit that this was the most fun encounter so far. And the thrill when we did it...

23.09.2009. First Anub'arak kill

24.04.2010. Created Collusion and merged Syndicate with Idlewild

04.07.2010. First The Lich King kill

Preferences
I fell in love with swords from day one. Or axes if you want, since now we can use them as well. I often wondered if I was supposed to be a warrior because of my play style, but I simply preferred the true hand-to-hand combat over backstabbing. Rogue styles have been changing a lot in this game (backstab/ambush, true combat, hemorrhage, mutilate...) and I always had a hard time adjusting from my "natural" spec. So, to make it short, if I am free to pick a weapon that I like the most it would most definitely be (in order of priority): sword, axe, fist weapon, mace, dagger.

World of Warcraft Classic


Zul'Gurub: Cleared

Onyxia's Lair: Cleared

Molten Core: Cleared

Blackwing Lair: Cleared

Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj: Cleared

Temple of Ahn'Qiraj: Up to C'thun, phase 2

Naxxramas: -

I joined GodIike right before the first Ragnaros kill so I never experienced the excitement of clearing the fire instance as most other people did. However, Blackwing Lair was more than exciting. When we first entered the instance and saw Razorgore we thought he was unkillable. Especially after the initial few wipes and observing all those mobs running around, killing the guild that had no trouble with Ragnaros and his minions!

45 days later we cleared the instance and thought nothing could stop us. Our storm through the instance was noted on the server as we did it in the record short time. We joined the server-wide epic quest to open the gates of Ahn'Qiraj and looked forward to the new instance.

Then the summer came... And raids stopped. It was really hard to get enough people online for serious raiding in Ahn'Qiraj. We spent a LOT of time trying to reach C'thun and when we finally did - we failed at killing him. We were simply unable to create a raid that would clear the instance, once and for all. We could get to him in one night and then simply fail at killing him before the reset. After a few weeks of futile tries, we turned over to Naxxramas. Needless to say, the overall morale of the guild members was simply too low to deal with the superior creatures of the Scourge.

Note: I did, however, clear both Temple of Ahn'Qiraj and Naxxramas on level 70, when doing that was like a walk in the park.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade


Karazhan: Cleared

Zul'Aman: Cleared

Gruul's Lair: Cleared

Magtheridon's Lair: Cleared

Serpentshrine Cavern: Cleared

The Eye: Cleared

Battle for Mount Hyjal: Cleared

Black Temple: Cleared

Sunwell Plateau: Cleared

Once the expansion was released on 16.01.2007. I had a clear goal - reach level 70. I decided to do it slowly, to enjoy the content of the "new world". Unfortunately, my guild and non-guild mates were all in rush for some reason. By the time I reached level 64 most of them were already done and were getting attuned to Karazhan. In the same time I was preparing for the epic journey - getting married! I was on a crossroad - I didn't know how active I could be in WoW any more, what would I do and when I could play. I decided to get to level 70, get attuned to Karazhan and see what happens. During that time I managed to clear most of Karazhan with my dear GodIike. The raids were not as successful as expected but it could have been worse.

March 2007. Preparations for wedding and moving to our new place were under way. I stopped active playing until it was all over, simply had no time for everything. When I got back in May 2007 I was shocked - GodIike was falling apart! The guild I loved the most was no longer the guild I knew. It was time to move on, but I still wasn't sure about what I would be doing in the game. I left GodIike after 19 months of active membership.

Syndicate approached me. The only guild I liked, aside from GodIike. I was offered a membership "with no questions asked". I was still unsure about my future role in World of Warcraft and I openly told that to the officers in Syndicate. They didn't care much, they would let me join the guild and take my time to see if I can raid or not. I started slowly with some Karazhan raids while the guild was focused on killing Magtheridon.

Magtheridon died quickly and the gates of Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep were opened. Hydross, The Lurker, Void Reaver... fell one after another but it took some time before both Lady Vashj and Kael'Thas were dead. The journey through these 2 instances was long and hard, we faced many obstacles in dungeons but also in our own ranks. Many of our members couldn't take the pressure and gave up, but we, the leaders, did not! We got the vials that were needed to gain permission to take part in The Battle of Mount Hyjal and continued our epic journey in The Caverns of Time and Black Temple. I feel obliged to give a special credit to our Raid leader and Guild master at that time, Warlock Abraxus, for superior leadership and will to keep raiding until it was finally complete. Great achievements should never be forgotten and ignored.

Hyjal and Illidan's lair wasn't nearly as difficult as we expected. After a really long campaign with Vashj and Kael'Thas we needed something like this. Both these dungeons were completely cleared and we had enough time to gear ourselves up while waiting for the summer.

Sunwell. Ah, Sunwell. Finally a worthy dungeon! We geared ourselves up in Black Temple and went in as soon as the gate was open. Each boss was quite entertaining and hard in the same time, but no matter how hard some of them were, we never gave up. One by one, the mighty monsters of Sunwell Plateau fell under our swords and spells, clearing the way to Kil'jaeden. He died just 10 days before the Northrend expansion, completing our amazing campaign in Outland.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Vault of Archavon: Cleared

Obsidian Sanctum: Cleared

Naxxramas: Cleared

The Eye of Eternity: Cleared

Ulduar: Cleared

Trial of the Crusader: Cleared

Icecrown Citadel: Cleared

Professions
Jewelcrafting: 450/450

Leatherworking: 450/450

Fishing: 450/450

Cooking: 450/450

First Aid: 450/450

Memorable Gear/Loot
During the adventures in World of Warcraft I've seen a LOT of items. I've changed a lot of gear and weapons, most of it never lasted long and was replaced by better. However, some items have been very dear to me and I'd like to mention them in this section. I will mention only the VERY special gear, not the best or coolest as some other players might.

World of Warcraft Classic

 * My first real weapon! During my long campaign in Warcraft battlegrounds I used this wonderful mace (in combination with ) for months! I bought it in September 2005 and replaced it with Brutality Blade in January 2006! It did wonders with mace specialization, those extra stuns were very efficient and quite satisfying. As for the dagger, I got it while questing in Felwood - it dropped off from one of the Satyr's in the northern area.


 * Say what you want, but this is a real epic loot! The "key" to Upper Blackrock Spire is rare as it required a lot of visits to the Lower part of the dungeon and a lot of luck. Another one of the items I will never get rid of.


 * Ah, the good old Lobo! The only real reason why I farmed Alterac Valley reputation like a maniac. It took me one month to get to exalted from revered (entire October 2005, as this was the time of server-only battlegrounds and reputation gains were very, very slow) but it was well worth it. I am not big fan of daggers in general, but I always loved this dagger and I still have it in my bank - safely stored for eternity!


 * The original reason for PVP rank farming. I thought I would never collect enough gold to purchase the mount, so I started a campaign with a clear goal - achieve rank 11 and get the epic mount for free. I never purchased any of the "regular" race mounts after I got this. After I got this mount I decided to go on with the ranks and actually go to the very top and get all those amazing weapons as well!


 * I honestly do not remember when I got these (or when I got exalted with League of Arathor). They were every leather-wearing character's dream come true! Huge armor, bonus stamina and agility as well as extra attack power! I used it throughout the entire Classic campaign (for PVP) and replaced it while leveling in Outland.


 * and Right after getting the final rank of Grand Marshal I bought ALL the available weapons and enchanted them. But these two were special. For no special reason I picked them over all other weapons and actually used them for almost one full year! I guess I wanted to be a bit different since most other rogues used daggers or swords, so I picked fist weapons. They are stored in the bank, right next to the entire Grand Marshal set of weapons and armor.


 * Before joining GodIike I spent 80% of my time in battlegrounds and 20% completing the remaining quests from the quest log. I didn't care much for any of the end-game content. Molten Core seemed like a place I will never enter since, at that time, only 2 or 3 guilds were actually doing something in it. But after joining the guild that actually raided something, I had my eyes set to just ONE thing and it was this sword. I wasn't sure if I would survive the pressure of non-stop honor farming and if I'd quit the race to Rank 14, so this weapon seemed like a wonderful replacement for Grand Marshal weapons I might never get. I was incredibly lucky as it dropped on my very first visit to Molten Core!


 * This trinket has a special place in my heart, seriously. We farmed Blackwing Lair for months and it never dropped. At first I wasn't too interested in it, there were people in the guild who wanted this more than anything in the world. I didn't want to ruin their dreams, I was more than happy to pass the loot for them... but it refused to drop. Much later in the game, when we had a hard time with getting enough people to form a raid, it finally dropped and none of those who really really wanted it were there. I took it and, believe it or not, used it 24/7 for TWO full years! I replaced it in April 2008 with but I will never sell or destroy it. It's a relic from the past, a friendly companion who was with me for a long, long time.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

 * What to say... Most guilds do not even raid during summertime, but somehow we managed to put up a decent raid and tried to have fun. The raid on Monday didn't even seem possible at one point, but as soon as we had both "fire tanks" online we went to Illidan't fortress. We didn't even get to him in the last 45 days or so, but with our great fresh recruits we made it possible on this legendary week. Illidan put up a good fight but had to lay down his weapons at the end of the night... literally! He dropped one of the Glaives and a dagger, along with the usual Tier 6 tokens, starting a mass whisper party on our entire guild! Thank you  for making this a memorable evening! And special thank to Niny of  for offering and enchanting a free Mongoose enchant on this beauty!


 * After getting the first glaive, I've become kinda obsessed with a single piece of loot! For the first time after the neverending race to the rank of Grand Marshal, I've been excited about getting something. And it didn't take long - it was one of those strange raids where we managed to kill all bosses but with some big problems and a lot of recovery skills. My special thanks to the entire  guild for helping me get these two beauties!

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

 * The best crafted belt of all times, I simply love this thing! The pattern for it dropped one day in Ulduar, I had all the materials ready and within minutes it was ready and gemmed.

= Other Characters =

Shaah, Druid
Race: Night Elf

Level: 80

Armory link: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/Ragnaros/Shaah

Professions:/ Skinning, Herbalism

Derwish, Shaman
Race: Draenei

Level: 80

Armory link: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/Ragnaros/Derwish

Professions:/ Skinning, Mining

Shammar, Priest
Race: Night Elf

Level: 80

Armory link: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/Ragnaros/Shammar

Professions:/ Herbalism, Alchemy

Atebax, Warlock
Race: Human

Level: 80

Armory link: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/Ragnaros/Atebax

Professions:/ Tailoring, Enchanting

Amaralan, Warrior
Race: Night Elf

Level: 80

Armory link: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/Ragnaros/Amaralan

Professions:/ Mining, Blacksmithing

Bismillah, Paladin
Race: Dwarf

Level: 80

Armory link: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/Ragnaros/Bismillah

Professions:/ Mining, Skinning

Jehennem, Death Knight
Race: Human

Level: 80

Armory link: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/Ragnaros/Jehennem

Professions:/ Herbalism, Inscription

Qiyamah, Hunter
Race: Night Elf

Level: 71

Armory link: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/Ragnaros/Qiyamah

Professions:/ Mining, Engineering

Ramash, Mage
Race: Human

Level: 60

Armory link: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/Ragnaros/Ramash

Professions:/ Enchanting, Tailoring