Steamvault Conquered

We finally conquered Steamvault tonight. Sounds easy enough, but our last visit there had the Hydromancer sending us packing. Her cyclone-like stun plus the lightning storm kept eating our healer. Tonight we blew all three bosses up with no wipes. We had only one death the entire time, and that was when our seed-of-corruption-loving lock went dot-crazy and pulled way more aggro than his siphon/drain life could handle.

The rewards:
Hydromancer: Cloak of Whispering Shells

Mekgineer: Earth Mantle Handwraps

Warlord: Vermillion Robes of the Dominant
Warlord: Gauntlets of the Bold

No phatty Beastlord drops, and of course, our first boss down, Hydromancer, further gears out our Pally healer. The running belief is that 75% of all items that drop for us in instances are for her.

Impressive jump in progress in this run versus last. First go was Pally (tank), Pally (healer), Hunter, Hunter (me), and Warlock. Same group this time but sub in a Shadow Priest for the other Hunter. I'm not sure the DPS was any different, but I know the extra heals from vampiric embrace helped some. Maybe it was just bad luck the first time. But from 3 wipes on Hydro plus several other deaths to a full clear with only one death is a big improvement.