Getting it right.

I have long been at odds with the loot system blizzard has in place. Everyone knows that loot that drops from bosses in the game have a table of items they can drop. Everyone knows there is a percentage that has been given for any certain item on that boss's table to drop.

Which for me the Red Sword of Courage had an 18% chance to drop. Or roughly 1 in 6. So in theory 6 or 7 runs and the sword would be mine right? No. It took 15 runs get my hands on it. It's one of the few tanking weapons out there that's obtainable before Naxx, the entry level raid for Wrath.

As a warrior tank I felt that blizzard was screwing me over for denying me the weapon so many times, as it drops off the last boss in the encounter Utgarde Pinnacle. However, I think I was put into my position to learn a few things:

1. Paitence and Persistance. By having those I was able to harvest a lot of badges from the enoucnter which lead to me obtaining my Tier 7 chest. At the cost of 80 badges had I not went after the sword so much, I would have never had the badges. I would have probably went for something close to it that dropped somewhere else. The 80th badge and the sword both came in the same instance.

2. Learning the ropes. With the gauntlet event as the toughest part, it really allowed me to get a real grasp on AOE tanking. With that, I don't panic and spam buttons as bad as I used to. (Tclap, Shockwave, and Cleave all while tabbbing, vs Tclap, shockwave, tab,devastate, tab, heroic strike, tab whatever, tab, omg one is heading for the healer, omg im rooted,omg,tab, tclap, out of range, omg) Charging the peeled mobs pulls me from the rooted effect and the pack runs to me and behold they are packed up nice and tight for more tclap and shockwave goodness. Also huddling into the room at the end of the hallway is another plus.

3. The guildies. Farming a heroic means guildies always want in. I have to say, they are always welcomed to join. I'm new the guild Knights of Utopia, but I have no qualms whatsoever about the ability and awesomeness they bring to a group. Over the 15 run course I have seen what they are capable of doing, and let me tell you, thats probably the biggest reason why I kept going for the sword...I had a great group of people that pledged to always help and never hinder. With that behind a tank I think the sky is the limit as to what they can do.

When it rains it pours right? So after a 3 week peroid of no luck at all, I get the sword, the Chest, and for the 2 peice tier 7 bonus, my leggings drop in a Vault of Archovon run the following night.

Super.

So for the love a sword, a tank got more than just a weapon.