I only wish I could have been there to help!  Bridgar gave me a play by play of the encounter, though, and more than another other boss/mob in the game I wanna DESTROY this guy!

As far as the comments you made on strat, they sound like sound ideas.  If you were indeed a little short, Brid didn't say anything about that and I hope nobody's upset over it.  As I've said before, learning from these experiences with bosses before they're on &quot;easy mode&quot; is right up my alley - I love that part of the game.  Coming in after it's all &quot;old hat&quot; is fun and all, but it's just not the same.  I'm not in it for the l33t lootz but rather for the comradery and the accomplishment of goals.  (I'm certainly not saying I'd give up any phat lootz though! :)  )