Dungeon Crawling with Leadlitt

With the passing of level 15, the dungeon finder had now been unlocked. This tool allows you to automatically assemble a random group for a dungeon. Dungeons in World of Warcraft require groups of players in order to complete because the enemies found within them are classified as elites, which means that they hit harder and pack a lot more health. However, the loot is typically much more rewarding than that of what you would find doing main world quests, so this makes them worthwhile to explore. Udderwin and I queued up for a dungeon immediately following our next login.

The first dungeon we were randomly assembled for was Ragefire Chasm, which is the lowest level dungeon in the game. I was designated as party leader for the group, while Udderwin was assigned as tank. We were joined by Allaunus the healer, and Pyraena and Killerice as damage inflicters. While running dungeons, it's important for different group members to follow their roles. As healer, Allaunus needs to make sure that he keeps the party alive with his healing spells. As tank, Udderwin needs to make sure that he keeps all the enemy attention on him so our weaker party members don't get hit. Following this strategy yields the most success while venturing into dungeons.

Ragefire Chasm

Everything was going smoothly for our first dungeon up until we defeated Taragaman the Hungerer. Once this boss was down, there were still two more to go, but our healer began to get careless. Udderwin started dying and the rest of our group would quickly follow suit. We still managed to take down the second boss, but then Pyraena decided to take a valuable cloth item for herself despite that she had no use for it. As a warrior, cloth doesn't offer enough armor nor any stats that are useful to her class. However, it was very useful to me as a mage, so I started to get angry with her.

Fighting Taragaman the Hungerer

Nonetheless, we continued onward, but Udderwin was continuing to die, and he started to get into an argument with Allaunus for failing to heal him. Eventually, Allaunus stopped providing resurrections for Udderwin, making him have to traverse the entire dungeon all the way back to our position. Luckily, he just barely managed to get back to us in time before the final boss had fallen, in large part due to the fact that I had stopped fighting with the group to slow them down and give Udderwin time to catch up. By this point both Udderwin and I were pretty disappointed with this group and were ready to move on.

Got Milk?

Pyraena and Allaunus quickly left, but Killerice remained with us. We decided to keep him for another dungeon since he was the only other person who was able to perform his group role properly. Now we found ourselves in the Deadmines, a dungeon located in the Westfall region of the Eastern Kingdoms continent. Udderwin was now healer while a new member of the group, Obscurez, was our tank.

The Deadmines

We battled our way through numerous bosses once more, including the "Lumbering Oaf" and his goblin companion, which ended up grabbing me and ramming me into a wall throughout the course of the fight. Udderwin was occasionally struggling to keep Obscurez healed up, but Obscurez was generally understanding of it since this was a much more difficult dungeon than the previous. On the second boss, Udderwin beat me on a roll for a valuable staff that dropped, but on the other hand I had already picked up some nice goods in this dungeon as well, so we were both pretty satisfied.

Carried by the Lumbering Oaf

On the way to the final boss, I got a surprise message from our old friend Jessicaloveu. She had now reached level 15 as well and was itching to join in on the fun. We dispatched of Admiral Ripsnarl without a hitch, but before I was about to start up another dungeon with Jessie, we got into a surprise fight with a silly mini-boss known as Captain Cookie, who began chucking rotten food all over the ground.

Admiral Ripsnarl

Captain Cookie

Another dungeon conquered, and another victory for Deedlitt and Udderwin. We weren't ready to stop just yet though. This time Obscurez decided to tag along with us while we grouped with Jessicaloveu for one more round. We returned to Ragefire Chasm once more, presenting me with another opportunity to snag that cloth robe I wanted from before. For the most part this time, the run went smoothly and I was able to receive my new robe, but then we ran into some snags. Jessie was killed, but she didn't know about Udderwin's ability to resurrect her on the spot, so she released her spirit and was now stuck in Orgrimmar, the capital city of the Orcs. She was unable to find her way back to the dungeon, and to make matters worse, Obscurez had suddenly disconnected from the game. With two party members down, we had to eventually give up on completing the dungeon. Having completed all the quests and gotten my robe already, this wasn't a big deal for me though.

However, Jessicaloveu was still lost in Orgrimmar and had no idea how far from Blood Elf lands she actually was. In addition, Udderwin and I couldn't get to her because if we tried to leave the dungeon it would teleport us far away and back to the Ghostlands where we originally came. We had no other choice if we were going to save her: we had to commit suicide, so we both jumped into the lava pits of Ragefire Chasm and watched ourselves die.

Finding Jessie

Releasing our spirits, we now found ourselves in Orgrimmar and immediately began hunting down Jessica. At last, we finally were able to catch up with her just outside of Orgrimmar's gates. After quick chat, we directed her back into Orgrimmar and traveled up to the zeppelin tower where we would have to wait for the airships to arrive.

Standing Outside Orgrimmar

The zeppelin took us to the Undercity, which is the Undead capital that is linked to Silvermoon via the Translocation Orb. Udderwin and I continued to guide Jessica until at last we found the Translocation Orb and used it to teleport us back to Silvermoon City.

Waiting for the Zeppelin

And once again Deedlitt's journies come to a close for the night. Many battles were fought and dungeons pillaged, but not everything went smoothly. This was the first time I encountered some friction with other players due to their inability to cooperate as a team. This is important to note, as the experience with other players can greatly affect the quality of the gameplay experience for World of Warcraft.