Tonight was a big bear night! The bf and I got into our first bear run of the five-man ZA era - FINALLY. We've been so close and not made it, just due to silly mistakes or one person not giving it their all. This was hardcore; we only had a pug tank (whose only error was dying to the bombs after the dragonhawk boss died....oops - he was wonderful otherwise). Hardcore runs are when the pally healer puts up ret aura and aura masteries it on the lynx boss! I rolled with Psyche for sunder, since we were actually missing a lot of buffs; she seemed to be the right one for the job.
Our friends already had bears, so it was really between three of us for the mount. I beat the dk tank's 91 with a 92. Apparently, Amani bears love me, since Ursa Major came home with a 98 on my very first bear run. The bf hadn't gotten one of the real bears back in the day, though he'd done successful bear runs, so I happily passed the bear along to him. I've been obsessed with getting that mount for months, but this was far better.
And now, a few hours later, my rare sense kicked me in the shin. I've been keeping an eye out for Arcturis for a friend for a long time now. I haven't been camping hardcore or anything, but have been driving by when I could. Yesterday, the hunter whose Loque tame made me cry managed to pick up Arcturis in the middle of the day and gave me the spawn timer. I didn't catch the next spawn or the spawn after that, but when my rare sense went off a few minutes ago, I had a feeling I was going to be checking in the right range....and so I was!
This entire post has been written while I've been waiting for my friend's ZG run to end. I have also learned not to tab with the toxic wasteling out, since the muffled combat sounds are extremely unnerving when you're watching a pet for someone!
Sadly, a goblin shaman turned up before my friend did and took out Arc. :/ Cheeky jerk resed underneath Arcturis, so I couldn't kill him fast enough without risking one-shotting Arc myself (glowbear only has 15k hp). Camped him a good while on principle.
Not quite the happy ending I was looking for for this story, but at least we have another glowbear sighting.
EDIT:
Arcturis tamed!