They told me that the hardest part of the run wasn't the ice imps but the wurms that burrowed underground and popped out of nowhere. With some careful preparations, I managed to get past the ice imps but came upon these so called "wurms" that knocked me down every 5 steps I took. Being unprepared once again, I died like the noob I was. My repeated attempts at bringing Balanced Stance without having the elite skill "Charge" was only more humiliating.
After going through the game and capturing Charge, I learned the Drok's run the RIGHT way by loading a proper build and asking other W/Mo's their setup and skills. I learned that the proper equipment setup was a Lieutenant's Helm that reduced hex time by 50% (was such a great helmet but the effect was too powerful, so ANet modified its properties), a shield with -2 damage while in a stance and +30 HP always, Superior Vigor, Superior Absorption (was 100K at the time... lol [I bought Major Absorption until I could afford the Superior for 100K]), and Knight's Boots (they absorbed -2 damage globally at the time and stacked with the absorption rune and shield set). One warrior I met, Cassandra Dark, was extremely helpful and would be the one who got me into Heroes' Ascent. However, I'll save that for another blog post. Eventually, I got the run down and completed my first run to Camp Rankor! You can see the picture of my first successful run to this outpost below.
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After some more practice, I began to charge for runs. 3K per run per person was the going rate at that time and I made a steady income out of it.
I've met many nice people running Drok's, including one of my best friends, Princess Of Glaxx, who just happened to be running Drok's for free. I was bored at the time so I decided to join his run and help him out. We had a lot of fun during that run and I found a new running partner. He would later introduce me to "Guild Cast" and his Guild Wars podcast, which was totally cool.
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