Entered into the first heroic encounter Shannox and dispatched him rather easily. I actually find the idea of the first boss spawning based on the initial trash clear as a decent concept. It's also a straight forward boss so I encourage those of you hesitant to start heroics to go throttle this guy and collect your loot.
And then...
The second tier of content released last week and welcomed back and old friend. The good ole firelord is back and all angry and what not. We had some folks do some public testing which coupled with our gear level made for a very quick and painless normal mode clear.
This week starts heroics, fiery tornadoes, lava everywhere, and all other sorts of fun new ways to play with fire which all raiders enjoy.
Happy Hunting!
Bottom Line: Where's my title Blizzard? I recommend Salty Sirah the Awesome.
We are 1 of 4 guilds 25 man US who have accomplished this feat.
Any game, any content, and regardless of the circumstances a FLAWLESS VICTORY is no simple feat. Let alone on the final encounter of tier and with freaking alts in the comp. This isn't an achievement we were gunning for we just happened to raid like a bunch of professional badasses. The achievement calls for a kill with no deaths on the first pull. We're ready for Firelands so bring your "A" game.
At long last Alsbeth the Discordant is dead, sent back to the Abyss like she so deserved.
And with that, River of Souls is clear. Alsbitch, as we fondly refer to her as, has been a pain in our ass since the beginning of the game, to say killing her was satisfying would be a massive understatement. For someone so obsessed with the dead, she sure didn't want to join their ranks again, even the power of Regulos couldn't save her this time. The fight was interesting to say the least, but in the end we ended up victorious. Great work to everyone that helped in this kill.
Next up.... Hammerknell!
"I'm soooo hungry"
Hearing these words night after night as we ran attempts at this dragon was about to drive us all insane. This dragon apparantly wants to eat more than Dravin at an all you can eat buffet. Well we finally gave him something to chew on, and down he went. (rumor is he choked to death after eating Hateweaver)
All kidding aside, great work to the team on getting this fatass dead on a incredibly smooth run, all of you made the team look amazing.
Apparently my trusted raid team feels I've become jaded in my critique of Blizzard's raid encounter design. I stand by my opinion that this encounter again needs some work. Overall it was a very good kill for us around 60 attempts. They throw several different add mehcanics at you, don't stand in the bad stuff, interrupt here here and here, stop this mind control every so often and play some game called, "Mages mutate and kill the boss for us!" Special thanks to Aev and Tmf who set the bar very high for mages server wide with an exceptional performance.
That poor dragon you see in the background is Sinestra, apparently Deathwing did bad things to her and she's angry. We'll be putting her out of her misery in short order.
Generally enjoyed this encounter. Well designed in that comp didn't make or break your success, simple execution won out, which is how it should be. This kill propelled us to US 14th for Tier 11 (25) man progression. Job well done to all of our raid team new and old.
We've gained and lost some members as is usually the case during any progression push. We're still recruiting a few players who will mesh well with our raid team. Follow the recruitment link if you're interested in applying or contact Kurkis in game and he'd be happy to assist you. If you're generally looking for some good conversation try and get in touch with Rollins our Public Affairs executive assistant. Happy Hunting.
