Scarlet Monastery Library and Armory – Mostly Uneventful

While leveling various toons to 70 (including my first hunter), it’s been my habit to skip most instances along the way. I’ve generally felt that instances can be a lot of fun, but typically don’t help in the leveling process. After all, the main benefit of instance runs seems to be the loot, and that gets outgrown quickly if your play schedule is sufficiently heavy.

For the short time I was an Alliance player, I noticed that instances were an even bigger headache. The larger pool of available players meant that it was more likely I would be grouped with bozos. This isn’t a knock on Alliance players in general, just a fact of life based on the popularity of that faction.

But, since I’ve decided to take Hynjoku through as much content as possible, that means doing as many instance runs as I can. So, typically, I log in and join the LFG channel. A few nights ago I hooked up with a group that was planning to do Scarlet Monastery Library.

The group was fairly successful considering our shaky line-up: two-handed sword wielding tank, decent hunter, DPS druid, low-level paladin, and myself. We downed Houndmaster Loksey for the Into The Scarlet Monastery quest and I won the Dog Whistle. I haven’t tried it out yet, but it sounds like it could be a lot of fun in the future.

We managed to get through the Scarlet Monastery Library and downed Arcanist Doan with no trouble. He dropped the Illusionary Rod which the druid and paladin both rolled for. I must be pretty dumb, because I leveled a paladin all the way into the 60s and don’t remember being able to use a staff any of that time.

Oh well. I grabbed The Scarlet Key and didn’t worry too much about it.

The group decided to give Scarlet Monastery Armory a go. This was much more difficult for us (we felt the need to pull constantly rather than taking our time and pulling deliberately). Still, it wasn’t the end of the world and we only wiped once. Herod went down with little trouble and dropped the Raging Berserker’s Helm. During the mad rush of Scarlet Trainees after Herod’s death, two Tabards of the Scarlet Crusade dropped. I was lucky enough to win one. Check out my victory lap!