We had something of a double session of instance group fun last Saturday night. As noted in the first post on the topic this week, we got on early and went to the Throne of Tides.
Previously on “The Instance Group”
By the time we finished that up and were back in Stormwind, we were just past the time when we would normally start playing, 9pm. So we decided to scout out the next destination, which according to the instances by level guide, was Blackrock Caverns.
In hindsight, I supposed if you had asked me where Blackrock Caverns was, without any preamble or other data, I would have placed it in Blackrock Mountain, that well known location between Searing Gorge and the Burning Steppes. Easy answer. We’ve been there before many times to visit Blackrock Depths, Blackrock Spire (upper and lower), and to assault Coren Direbrew during Brewfest any number of times.
However, it appears if you mix in a zone in a new(-ish) expansion that is nowhere near that location, add in a quest in that zone that some of the group isn’t sure they have, add in our usual disdain for any pre-run research of any sort, then the obvious can become the obscure.
And so it was that, on arriving back in Stormwind after the Throne of Tides, we headed off to the portal to the Mount Hyjal zone on Kalimdor to search for the next instance.
More after the cut.
The Ancient Gaming Noob 