Another EE raid on HoT to farm armor. Plenty of people showing for a 7pm start time. That worked for me, I didn't even get on until 5:30pm, after dropping off the boys. I spent the time before the raid prepping dinner and running around buying up the pieces and doing the turn-ins for an Earring of the Solstice, my first FT item. Cost a little under 4K pp, financed completely from the INT caster haste robe I won on a Trakanon kill as cash loot (Tolapumj's Robe).

Bianca had to work, but would be home about 7:30pm. Unlikely we would even have moved to the ledge by then, so I dual boxed her over to ToV. Gave rides to Inyiin and Nanbkek who were patient with the gimp dual boxer. As predicted, she got home and took right as groups started being assigned. While everything was getting sorted out, I served up dinner. She was quite happy, home from work, hooked up on the raid and fed hot food.

This one had a pretty good turn out, 24 people at it's height, I think. We plowed through the dragons getting the usual assortment of plate armor with the occassional silk or leather drop. Spindley got a silk robe, so be looking for him to want to leave the dragon faction soon.

A glimmer drake gated on us and summoned the MA and his cleric. While that happened, we had a spawn in camp. Then the drake returned, with a friend. Sigh, wipe, back to level 54. I need to get more exp on my level. Since leveling up, I have died 6 times on raids. We should have survived this one though, but all the clerics died immediately to the pop and we were a little disorganized, not everyone fighting the same mob, etc. Well, food for thought, no lasting harm done.

After that, chain boots dropped. Our token chain drop, but I already had them so they defaulted to a shaman. I am not sure how many more times I can got to Hot and not kill myself. At least we are seeing chain drop on the last two raids. So, either the RNG is evening things out or setting me up for another 7 raid dry spell...