There 
                wasn't a whole lot left standing in Time 
                after last weeks sterling effort. So we formed up, crushed Tier 
                One and headed straight up to Tier Five. I had this feeling that 
                Cazic 
                Thule was going to drop the Wand 
                of Impenetrable Force tonight. Why you ask and why would I 
                care?.
Well I dunno why I had the feeling, but the reason I cared 
                is that in Time every Class gets a classic specific item, with 
                two exceptions. The Necromancer and Wizard class share an item. 
                
That 
                item is the Wand of Impenetrable Force. So far we have had 3 drop 
                and I was quite interested in the possibility of a 4th. The major 
                reason for that (apart from its my Class item duh) is that with 
                the upgrade of my Robe (WOOT!) the effect on my Wand 
                of the Firestorm has become superfluous, the same goes with 
                my Pus 
                Covered Beetle Carapace in my offhand. So now I am looking 
                for main and offhand items that I can upgrade and there is none 
                better than the Force Wand.
So 
                we pulled Mr Thule put him in a corner and sure enough, that feeling 
                in my Water was correct. He dropped the wand!. I sent in a tell 
                and then actually walked away to watch Sopranos (Christopher was 
                about to get his head blown off by Tony!)
There 
                were only 4 tells sent so it didn't seem to be a popular item. 
                I kept an eye on the screen and when I started to see green spam 
                I walked back. I actually had to page up to confirm but there 
                it was!. Woot one Wand of Impenetrable Force! Thank you! Thank 
                you! Thank you!
This 
                is a screen shot of Ulaa in her Haute Couture. The Red 
                robe of Miragul, The Wand 
                of Impenetrable Force and the Pus 
                Covered Beetle Carapace. As you can tell the shield sticks 
                out like an off the rack!, it will be replaced!.
Ahem 
                anyway, next up was Inny. 
                We pulled him, he died, it was all good. At this point in the 
                night I actually started to lag really badly. I don't know why 
                but out of the blue my packet loss went from 0% to spiking between 
                25-50%. Just before we moved up to the Quarm prep room I went 
                LD.
The 
                problem was definitely on Prexus or close to it. All of my local 
                IPs were responding promptly but as soon as I hit the west coast 
                of the US I started to loose connections.
So 
                I got back in and rejoined the raid just as they ported up to 
                Quarm. 
                We spent a few minutes sorting tactics and Quarm was inc, I started 
                to move down to get in behind the Clerics and..... went LD. I 
                hate that. Moving when Link Dead is so annoying as you just know 
                you are going to die and there is nothing you can do about it. 
                Sure enough I came back to a log on screen that indicated I was 
                nekkid in the plane of Tranquility.
So 
                I ran back into Time, but as we didn't have an anchor and the 
                raid was engaged I couldn't get back to TimeB. So I sat and medded 
                and watched GU for any signs of what was going on. Wouldn't you 
                know it, LD again. I came back just in time to see the Death call. 
                God damnit.
Ah 
                well, Shit happens. I'm not quite going to say he is on the farm 
                list, but we started the fight with 70 and ended it with 62 in 
                zone. So one more kill like that and he is definitely farmable.
Xardan 
                The Brown
We 
                did a fast clear down to Rondo and an equally fast kill.
SA 
                went on to kill a few named's in Ferubi but I decided I would 
                take the rare opportunity to have an early night and headed for 
                bed just after 1:00am. Thursday will be a big night with all of 
                1,2,3,4, RZ and Bert up.
Fast 
                Update as I am buggered after last nights raid. I have pickies, 
                will update Monday.
Tier 
                One
                Tier Two
Tier Three
Terris Thule
Saryrn
Tallon Zek
Vallon Zek
Bertoxxulous
Rallos Zek
Tier Three
Terris Thule
Saryrn
Tallon Zek
Vallon Zek
Bertoxxulous
Rallos Zek
The 
                officers very politely described our progress through Tier One 
                as "Shaky". I actually thought it was close to a complete 
                cock up. We eventually decided to pull our heads out of our collective 
                asses (I was as guiulty as anyone) and get our shit together.
To 
                paraphrase Wolfestar "We backed up the truck, loaded up our 
                PhatLewtz and pissed off home". Eloquently put and a good description I thought Wolfe.
Time 
                is now Pharmable and Im sure we will learn to absolutely loathe 
                it eventually, but right now I am still having a blast. There 
                is no thrill as good in EQ as dropping a God, except maybe dropping 
                that God for the first time.
Thats 
                pretty much it really.






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