TSS Heats Up

As predicted previously, Fury has rapidly clobbered the hot side of the TSS expansion.

Some of these events are fun and some aren't so fun.

Ashengate West!

Ambersnout kinda sucks:


Follow the leader was the shizzle in nursery school, but now that we don't crap our pants on a regular basis (at least most of us) we've had about enough of that.

Using our sekret floating gnome tactics, we vanquished him.


Congrats Ratath (Sharpening Stone of the Sky), Ilsidri (Hardened Coalstone of Purity), and Calidrin (Ambersnout's Snout).

The Attendants of Sothgar raid is a strange one. In a bizarre twist of events, it involved Rylak's thumb. If you've ever done it then you may know what I mean; if not, let your imagination go wild.

Dead Attendants:


Congrats Sabbu (Arcane Actuator) and Abgnomel (Etched Pearl of Ever-Ice).

To finish off Ashengate West, we had a go at this guy:


Dead first try!


Congrats Candaten (A Timeworn Glove Mold), Svetlanavera (A Timeworn Armguard Mold), Zraki (Crimson Mask of Triumph), and Lilbitbad (Cinderskin Buckler).

Now onto Ashengate East:

Stitch's Ambush is fun, controlled chaos:


And so is the momo himself:


Not too hard though!


Congrats to Omekax (A Timeworn Boot Mold), Drathkin (A Timeworn Glove Mold), Gestyn (Cloak of the Scarlet Legion) and Wani (Everflame Torch of Ashengate).

This leads us on to Ashengate North!

I don't have a screenshot of Dyn`Leth's army, but we toasted them fast. Followed by another mini event, Shade of Veldyn:


Congrats to Hamner (Clipped Griffon Wings) and Azeke (Pristine Granite Stone).

Now the good stuff starts!

Did somebody say they saw a dragon in here?


Not for long.


Congrats to Wani (A Timeworn Boot Mold and A Timeworn Glove Mold), Nilbog (Hoop of Elemental Mastery), and Tenamcex (Scaleguardian's Guise).


Dyn`Leth is one of the cooler looking mobs we've seen in a while:


And he keels over and dies nicely.


Congrats to Lashden (A Timeworn Skullcap Mold), Ravinor (A Timeworn Armguard Mold), Tinkas (Darkfell Fingerbone Necklace), Zasanil (Dyn`leth's Spy Glass), and Aredhiel (Serpent's Essence). Nice loot!

Finally, we come to the last encounter of TSS, the odd couple. There was much speculation about the mechanics of their, ahem, getting together. Well then one of them turned into a dragon and we let out a collective ahhh!

This encounter may take a few more tries:


Well that's a seriously long update, I'll just leave you with a little Ravinor abuse (why is it always the SK's?):

Stay Frosty, Part Deux

After the fun distraction that was Fableds 2008, Fury returned to progression with a mission: to complete the Frostcrypt 2 raid.

We had a lot of fun with the tricky Overseer:



He kept us busy for a while as we tried different things to try to kill him while his gremlins made general nuisances of themselves. (I don't have a kill pic but we toasted him.)

Congrats to Ljes (Iridescent Pearl of Icy Precision) and Sabbu (Fire-Runed Icepearl). These loots may be from an earlier event, my recordkeeping leaves something to be desired some nights.

Since I no longer watch Gladiator movies, I don't have a screenshot of Wulfnor's corpse either =( Rest assured, he wound up in a Turkish Prison (to his surprise). Congrats to Tenamcex, (A Timeworn Glove Mold), Garinus (A Timeworn Armguard Mold), Lashden (Runed Necklace of Living Bone), and Calidrin (Carved Blood Ice Choker).


The next night, we came up against this guy:


A few tries later (okay, several), Fridleif, Master Warcraft enjoyed a faceplant vacation:

Congrats to Lilbitbad (A Timeworn Bracer Mold), Shiftie (A Timeworn Glove Mold), Gestyn (Ice Enameled Gorget of Battle) and Lashden (Scorched Froststeel Ring).


That let us move into a strangely empty room with one momo cowering at the back. Not very kingly there, Beltron:


On our VERY FIRST attempt (and another jaw-dropper it was), we MADE HIM DEAD!



I've gotta say, that was damn unexpected. Lots of good tankage, healage, and of course the magic assling there in the foreground were the keys to our success. Along with a few kick-ass officers calling commands and the Fury machine functioning like the well-oiled machine that it can be when we really try.

WTF FURY!

(Pardon me, had to get that out).

We'll slide these raids onto our farm list. Time to turn our attention to Ashengate. Expect to see us burning through those ASAP!

Now for something completely different!

Mistells are our bread and butter.


Abif keeps us in stitches.





Kire is... Kire.


Let's just pile it on.


That's it for this update! Remember, Veeshan's Fury is accepting applications for most classes from great players. Visit our messageboard at the link on the right and check out our Recruits Applications forum if you're interested in joining us!

Falbed Fun!

Fury has had a great time killing Fabled mobs in the last month! Planes of Power was a favorite expansion of many of us, so revisiting those zones to get new gear was great fun.

Even when a dev got a bit careless with their typing:


Congrats to Cheyennethunder, Oglops and Leezaard (Fabled Scintillating Feather Mask) - okay so she only had one loot.

Plane of Fire gave up tons of goodies. Our friend, old tight-ass Blazzax was a chump:


Congrats to Calidrin, Ilsidri and Nilbog on Fabled Cape of Flames!

We had a couple of exciting, low numbers kills on the Rainman himself, Agnarr the Stormlord. Seen here, he appears to be sexually harassing Mystere even in death.


Congrats to Tumblenikki and Zemm (Fabled Amulet of the Rain), as well as Kylerion (Fabled Longbow of the Stormcaller).

The Fabled Aerin `Dar was a fun fight, with that lovely fear making the raid run around like Rylak in pursuit of a Vienna Sausage. Our knights really shined on this one:


Congrats to Glaum and Slithern (Fabled Valorous Quarterstaff) and Subash (Fabled Ring of Nobility).

Everyone knows and loves the bird that shadowsteps the entire raid constantly, The Fabled Quavonis Firetail:


Congrats to Leante, Prisella and Sabbu (Fabled Cloak of Combustion).

Moving into Sol Ro's Tower, the minis were hard to find up due to pickup raids going on while most of us were at work or school. Once in a while we did manage to kill firepants himself:


Congrats to Beornie, Faeggas and Lashden on Fabled Gauntlets of the Burning Prince.

Finally the big badass himself, the crowd favorite The Fabled Warlord, Rallos Zek! His event was somewhat challenging due to one of the Zek brothers being fabled (with no loot tho) and his own ass-beatery. We did manage to smoke him a few times:


Congrats to Debanie and Solsticemoon (Fabled War Charm of Crossed Blades), as well as Mystere (Fabled Red Eyed Mask of Rage). Oh, and yours truly managed to score a Fabled Blade of War in one truly epic, jaw-dropping win! I will love him and call him George.

Not pictured here, but we also killed the following Fableds:
Fabled Terris Thule, Fabled Rinturion Windblade, Fabled Saryrn (Plane of Time), Fabled Criare Sunmane, Fabled Babnoxis, Fabled Pyronis, Fabled Magmaton, Fabled Chancellor Traxom, Fabled Mithaniel Marr, Fabled Reaxnous the Chaoslord, Fabled Azobian the Darklord, Fabled Hebabbilys the Ragelord, Fabled Javonn the Overlord, Fabled Chancellor Kirtra, Fabled Omni Magus Crato, Fabled Warlord Prollaz, Fabled Bertoxxulous, Fabled Arch Magus Yozanni, Fabled Jaxoliz Dawneyes, Fabled Criare Sunmane, Fabled Xuzl, Fabled Arlyxir, Fabled Rizlona, Fabled Protector of Dresolik, Fabled General Reparm, Fabled Jiva, Fabled Grioihin, Fabled Hydrotha, Fabled Krziik the Mighty, Fabled Vallon Zek, Fabled Peregrin Rockskull, Fabled Perfected Warder of Earth, Fabled Monstrous Mudwalker, and Fabled Grummus.

Now that was a hell of a month! According to the auditing team at Arthur Anderson, we scored approximately 337 fabled loots! And in one final Fabled orgy on the last night of Fabled mobs, we managed to knock out fourteen mobs in a four-hour marathon! (Amended - Fableds were extended one more night in which Fury downed another ten mobs.) Many thanks to SoE for giving us this brief change of pace and all of the good upgrades to help us move along.

Now back to progression!

Stay Frosty

Fury has been working Frostcrypt raids the last few weeks!

Hearol is a fan favorite:


Especially when he bites the dust.


He's died several times now, but on our first kill congrats to Dolgar (Torn Shawl of the Ice Priest), Khromm (Tattered Cryptrobber's Cloak), Abgnomel (A Timeworn Glove Mold), and Comatos (A Timeworn Bracer Mold).

We've also defeated the Three Brothers, Shadow Selves, Overwhelming Numbers, and Shades of Calm events.

Then we came up on this momo:


He has some friends.



He took us several tries... but of course now he regularly looks like this:


He's on farm status now - on the first kill congrats to Abif (A Timeworn Glove Mold), Froggyaid (A Timeworn Bracer Mold), Madkanki (Iceweave Cloak of Blackest Night), and Yokozuno (Polished Pauldrons of Pearlescent Ice).

This means Fury is flagged for Frostcrypt 2; we'll come back to that in the next update.


Now for the favorite fun quotes!








Fury is still recruiting exceptional players of all classes! Please visit our messageboard's New Recruits Applications forum for details.

Come On' Ride the Train...

All Aboard!!!


Well, we're approaching the end of January, and the VF locomotive is definitely at full steam. Since our last update, we have stayed entirely focused on TSS when we aren't farming DPoB and DK, and it has paid off with some rapid successes.

Last week, we returned to Valdeholm to have a few words with King Odeen. After chasing him all over the zone and dispatching the various roadblocks he put up, he finally came to his senses and granted us access to the raid instances of Frostcrypt.


Congrats to Ilsidri on (Robe of the Driving Rains), Rylak on (Gefia's Gift), and Zemm on (Lute of Longing).

Then just last night, the call was made to give the Vergalid raid a shot. We had previously tried this event many months ago, with it ending in a mass corpse summoning after Nurtha Frazzlesprocket and her clockwork machines proceeded to lay a severe beatdown on our raid force. Well obviously last night was much different. In a show of force that caught even us off guard, her clockwork minions were sent to the junkyard and Nurtha became a nice streak of floor paste on the cavern ground.

Congrats to Desh on (Vermin Model IV's Diseased Bauble), Yokozuno on (Gnomework Model XVII's Experimental Plate Backing), and Lashden on (Vermin Model IV's Diseased Harness).

We quickly marched on and dispatched Goru Uldrock the Reincarnate with ease.

Congrats to Kire and Jerras on (Goru's Girdle of the Deceased).

And in wrapping up the night, we moved into the lair of the corrupted dragon, Vergalid. The fight started off a bit shaky as we were figuring out what to do, but quickly turned into a show of domination. In the end, we lay over his corpse, celebrating our newly acquired access to the raids of Ashengate. These three "Fury Firsts" wrapped up an exciting night. I think it will be safe to say that Vergalid will continue to be a nice farm raid as we move into the end zones of the TSS expansion.


Congrats to Rosary on (Spaulders of Dooming Exile), and Vangarth on (Vergalid's Infectious Cloak).

In SoF expansion news, the majority of the guild is now 80. When not working on TSS faction, a good chunk of the guild is now keyed for Meldrath's Majestic Mansion and Crystallos. These zones should provide for some nice upgrades during off-raid hours.

VF is still recruiting all classes. If you are interested in joining one of the elite guilds on Bristlebane, please visit our forums to learn more about level and AA requirements and post your application today! We're looking forward to meeting you!

A couple quotes to tide you over 'til next time:

Something Old, Something New

Fury has begun working flagging events for The Serpent's Spine expansion (TSS) the last few weeks. Between Demiplane and Deathknell farm sessions we've already had some success.

After finally getting most of the raid to the instance (because of a random teleport bug - Absor finally acknowledged and got it fixed - don't ask), we took out High Lorekeeper Udengar Dergon (feet in the corner yada yada):


Congrats to Faeggas (Warbound Leggings), Lilbitbad (High Lorekeeper Necklace of Office), Terranis (Loyalist Coat of Icemail), and Gitz (Illegible Diary of Lorekeeper Baeldon).

And speaking of Lilbitbad, please congratulate her on her promotion to officer of Veeshan's Fury! We have a lot of confidence in her. Plus the newbie gets to do DKP updating =p


In other progression news, we're working our way through the King Odeen event, expect to see an win for this immediately if not sooner. We love figuring out challenging events as we go!


And now for something completely different: Last weekend Sir Khromm the Savior (aren't those Mayong titles a hoot?) ran our last official Citadel of Anguish raid before it's knocked off our raid point listing. The objective was to avoid leaving loose ends such as expansion final bosses. So, read it and weep:


Even at ten levels over the Omens of War limit, he was no walk in the park. But it gives you a little, shall we say, breathing room for mistakes. Congrats to Rifer (Hammer of Rancorous Thoughts), Kire (Shroud of Eternal Agony), and Lashden (Jayruk's Vest). Drathkin was also awarded his Epic 2.0 globe.

And the traditional randomness:


We all love Christmas time, when Abif waxes poetic:


Love, Oppressor Bulbous the Emancipator

2 Up, 2 Down

Fury has closed out two expansions in as many weeks.

Shortly after my last post, Ayonae Ro fell to our might, allowing us to finish out Prophecy of Ro:


Not real sure what Rylak is saying there, he appears to be trying to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.

I've gotta say, that's a pretty darn easy final expansion boss. Congrats to loot winners Silvs (Harpstring Hair Choker), Rylak (Glass Orb of Consonance), and Comatos (Symbol of Energic). We're gonna hit it every time it's up.

And one of the most fabled mobs of all Everquest, Mayong Mistmoore, bit the dust this week. Here he is being tanked by a dwarf, which is as it should be.



But they always end up as a couple of feet sticking out of a corner.


More congrats to Vangarth (Forgotten Artist's Mesh Wristwraps), Leezaard (Wristguards of the Vampire Hunter), Karua (Dometrius, the Master's Burden), and Lashden (Invocation of Night).

That finishes Depths of Darkhollow. It's pretty cool to finally see a lockout list that looks like this:


Now that we've finished these two expansions and are farming them, we're moving on to working the next one, The Serpent's Spine (TSS). Expect to see some win updates soon.

In addition, Secrets of Faydwer came out a couple of weeks ago, so everyone has been busy leveling to 80 and exploring the new content. We'll see how the new mudflated gear affects older raiding grounds; but for the moment we plan to farm the hell out of what we've beaten.

Now for random foolishness.

On The Verge

As predicted in the last update, we did indeed smoke the second Deathknell event, Vertigo, the following week:


Fun event, a bit frantic but that's what coffee and Stadium Pal are for. Congrats to loot winners Mulel (Golden Mothdust Necklace), Lilbitbad (Symbol of Expressivo) and Abif (Mayong's Buckled Girdle). That naughty Mayong Mistmoore... always leaving his stuff lying around.

I like the backflag drops on each event here too, although the lack of a fetter kinda bites.

Continuing on our roll, just a few days later... another VF first kill, Deathknell Event three: Unwelcome Guests!


More congratulations to Terranis (Conductor's Suede Gloves), Calib (Marble-Soled Boots), and Gestyn (Tear-Soaked Lanyard).

That's three out of four. After evaluating our fetter inventory, I believe it's about time to go ahead and visit the annoying silencing woman herself.



You're next, cutie.


Oh, yeah. Weekly farms of tier 1 and tier 2 of Demi-Plane of Blood continue, except for Mayong. The bane weapons are building up, and we plan to attempt him asap. Check back here to see a corpse shot very soon!

Moving Right Along

Fury's been hitting Demiplane hard the last few weeks and continues to plow ahead.

We defeated the last event before Mayong, the Performer:

At first I wasn't sure about this event, but it's grown on me. Watching the whole guild do karaoke while beating on tons of mobs is a sight to see. And if you sing off-key, everyone knows it.

Fury has also knocked off the first event in Deathknell, Tolling of the Bells. I don't have a screenshot of that (there's not really anything to shoot) so here's a funny bell picture.

Came close to winning the second event as well, we'll get it next week.

And now, since I don't have any new chat funnies, here are some random oldies-but-goodies.

See ya in-game.

VF in Summer

Recruiting plug, we always are, and we could use a few more good Enchanters and Druids among other things. All classes are open, check the boards for more information.

VF had a very solid couple of months to end the summer, quite a few Fury Firsts. We’re pushing through the last bits of Demiplane and looking forward to getting Deathknell into the rotation.
We learned Hatchet in early July,

and knocked him out later that month.

We hadn’t attempted Redfang for a long time,

and we bloodied him up early in our August campaign.

The very next night we met Devlin’s Spirit (means we won).

A couple weeks later in August we met Tris’ Spirit.

And just two nights ago, Adrianna’s Spirit and Roley’s spirit.

Here’s to a solid Fall campaign and some levelling in Winter.

First time in Deathknell.

She fell faster than an Atlanta Falcons QB.

Desh is dead.

I have no words.

I’m looking forward to the coming months, both for what VF will do and because the NFL spawns next week. The VFFFL is up again for the 4th straight year. Past winners Gert, Kwark and Morrbidd will attempt to repeat. I’ll attempt to not finish in 5th place for the 4th straight year.

Until next time, go VF and go Seahawks.