I was starting to think this wasn?t going to happen. We have been grinding hard towards this goal for 2 weeks, trying to squeeze in some exp time around the raids here and there. Last week was really busy and we had to end one exp session at 3:30am while still 8% or so away. Monday night we had a sweet exp group in the castle of PoD when the guild decided that they wanted come and do Grummas. 2% from level, gah! Some after two wipes, we are 3% away and it?s 1:30am. Time to pack it in.

Tuesday night we got an early start because it is guild night and we are committed to doing that. So Bi begins the pickup group creation while I whip up some grub. The group goes together pretty quick and since the top of the castle is PoD is camped, we head to the factory in PoI. Aurore just wiped on the Behemoth, but the factory is open. You need a feign death puller to do the golems. It is a must. Best we could do though was a GoB 53rd level SK. That didn?t work so well. She died on every pull. Then, we tried pulling with a 62 druid, that didn?t work either.

After a shuffle of personnel, we find the castle is open and we are ready to give that a try. I am vibrating in place because I can see this not working either, it is taking a while to get everything lined up and guild night raid hour is approaching. Finally, the people are in place and we run out to the castle, pull it clear and run in. Then Irislilly (cleric extraordinaire) comes by and buffs us. Virtue sure makes this camp a little easier especially when the cleric is a little on the low side. So, we get started in earnest about 9pm, still 2% from level with a lot of static in guildchat about raiding. We are going to level before any raiding.

Three uneventful hours later, we have made 15% into 58, plenty of padding to secure the level. Woot.