Com by  rondonu

I killed the boss and rushed over to the portal out... I beat it by 14 seconds. I had beaten it before any of the truly op skills had been unlocked for everyone, and it was one of the most satisfying moments in 9½ years of playing WoW.

Later that day, the first op skill was unlocked, which as said in part 1 was why I tried so hard to beat it before I unlocked it. It said on the tooltip that it "Increases your chance to find Sands of Time from killing enemies by 100%". Which I interpreted as it just having twice as big a chance to drop... what I DIDN'T count on was that it literally dropped double the SoT from every single mob and that quest you grab at the start give SIX sands instead of three! I did a casual run with it, and beat the scenario with 5 minutes to spare WITHOUT the time bonuses! Now, having unlocked all of the skills, I can beat the scenario in just 10 minutes without skipping any shrines or time portals.

Then I tried it out with my newly capped mage... I COULD NOT kill ANYTHING! I had to pop everything I had on the satyr boss in the emerald shrine, and no matter what I did, I just could not kill the voidwalker boss in the azure shrine. Even on Redictor this early I was able to kill the bosses, albeit I wouldn't make the timer even by a fraction. After about 45 minutes on the mage, I ragequitted and haven't touched the scenario with it since.

Oh and oh my god, those 45 minutes I spent trying to kill that one, single boss on the mage... I haven't been that angry in YEARS!