My last 3: Keep in mind I'm a newb & up until last night had not defeated any dragon in DAMP
3rd from last
Jumped in a PuG on FC Frost Dragon. I was using a Lvl 17 Hunter sub-par gear. Party consisted of Lvl 14-ish Reaver, Lvl 16-ish Katari, & Lvl 6-ish Alchemist. The Alchemist was getting wiped every zone & the Reaver got wiped on the 2nd, the Katari hits the gong on the 3rd. The 4th zone starts the Alchemist gets wiped immediately and goes into the fade. The 3 of us are fighting it out doing a decent job. I got wiped by a dragon ball sniper shot. Get picked up by a Keeper that joined the game after the Alchemist dropped out. I'm thinking, hmmm with this Keeper joining the party we may have a shot to get my first dragon kill. So we make to the dragon, fight valiantly, I think the Reaver was the only one that didn't survive. Match end I see there are 2 blue cards our of the 3 item cards in the stack...could it be something great??? A new powerful bow perhaps??? The excitement was running through my veins...oh wait, what is this?...disconnected from server and thrown straight into the main menu.
2nd from last
Well that was depressing. This time I decide to craft a dragon hammer and call the dragon myself. This time the Party consists of myself Lvl 18 Hunter, a Lvl 18 Elementalist (friend who just started playing as well), a Lvl 19 Elementalist, and a Lvl 9-ish Duelist. Rolling through the game I think only one person went down prior to clearing zone 3. I'm like oh yea, this is it. Use my dragon hammer, call in the dragon like Sisqo. We make it to the dragon fight, and wreck his face. I'm all stoked can't wait to see if I got a good drop from the dragon...oh wait...what is this???...black screen of death...you've got to be kidding me. I ask my friend (after rebooting my PS3) when we lobby up again if he black screened...nope...and to make things sting a little more, he got the Avvar card so he unlocked the Avvar before me. Awesome. He feels bad and says he will create a dragon call.
The last game
Party consists of myself Lvl 18 Hunter, my friend Lvl 19 Elementalist, a Lvl 14-ish AW, and a Lvl 11-ish Assassin. Right away when we start I'm like, dude, if these guys are getting wiped, don't even bother with calling the dragon. We start the match, the Assassin gets wiped in the 2nd & 3rd Zone. I'm like don't even waste it, he says, eh we will find a way. I'm like ok. So we start the 4th the Assassin get's wiped and goes straight to the fade. I tell him, that actually might be a good thing, maybe he will drop out and we can get someone new by the time the dragon fight starts. Nope, he stuck it out. I get wiped at the door going from zone 4 to zone 5 by a perfectly placed 1hk dragon fireball. So the 4 of us take on the dragon. The Assassin gets wiped early. The 3 of us finish off the dragon. The game didn't lock up. A festivus miracle. Nothing good at all on the drop, but you'll have that. Also, this was the best round I've played so far.