Hunt for Tier Gear: Tier 4, Week 1

Tier 4 tokens drop from three different raids:
Head: Prince Malchezaar, Karazhan
Shoulders: Maulgar, Gruul's Lair
Chest: Magtheridon, Magtheridon's Lair
Hands: The Curator, Karazhan
Legs: Gruul, Gruul's Lair

The Tier 4 druid set for balance is the Malorne Regalia:

Courtesy of Wowpedia

I like the pale colours of this set, and the blue on the shoulders. It's a little unusual as druid tier sets go!

Last week one of my guildies put out a call in gchat for people to run Karazhan and for once, I wasn't busy. A chance at two Tier 4 tokens? Sign me up! I've also wanted to see inside Karazhan for ages because everyone who played in TBC times (no exceptions) absolutely raves about that raid. We did it with three of us - balance druid, blood DK and resto shaman. The chess event was an education for a first-timer like me! It's a beautiful place and I can imagine some fights were great fun back in the day.

Tier 4 tokens drop from three different raids:
Head: Prince Malchezaar, Karazhan
Shoulders: Maulgar, Gruul's Lair
Chest: Magtheridon, Magtheridon's Lair
Hands: The Curator, Karazhan
Legs: Gruul, Gruul's Lair

I was lucky enough to get both the tier tokens from Karazhan, as there's no Tier 4 for Death Knights! I figured that since we were on a roll, we'd go and do Gruul's Lair too. For that we had four of us - balance druid, resto shaman, unholy DK and shadow priest. I missed out on the shoulder token but won the leg token there. At that point, 3 pieces out of 5 felt pretty good! I persuaded the DK and priest to join me in Magtheridon's Lair, where I proceeded to pull a complete Leeroy and trap our priest outside the room...

/facepalm

Watching a DK solo Magtheridon slowly down through 3M HP was a hilarious experience, but I'll be waiting until we're all ready next time! Our priest scored a really pretty staff and passed the chest token to me in return, so that was 4 pieces out of 5 in a couple of hours. I'll be heading back to Gruul's Lair this week to try and pick up that shoulder token - it would be my first complete Tier set from the days of yore :D

Guys, go hunting for this older gear if you like the look of it. It's not hard to get your hands on and there are plenty of laughs to be had if you take some friends! Have you been back to any of the Tier 4 raids yet?