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| Eredar Twins |
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Apr 17th, 2008, 2:24 AM - by Praetorian
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Intense fight, definitely the hardest in TBC so far. My only gripe is probably healer-stacking, though we did it with 10 and 1 spriest and I'm pretty sure we could swing 9 and 2 spriests without too much trouble, so maybe it's not too bad. It's been a long, long time since we've had a fight that we spent more than 1-2 full nights of wipes on and not come away with a kill. It's definitely an answer to the question, "Can Blizzard make a fight that will truly challenge top guilds but still be doable and not unfair?"
Congrats to all my guildmates on a job wonderfully done, and apologies to the many excellent folks that spent most of the past week on the sidelines due to the lack of DPS slots.
Edit: Just to clarify, I definitely do not think that this fight should be nerfed. We'll be doing this with 8 healers in a couple of months. We brought 10 healers to our first Shahraz kill, too, if I recall. It's fine. There's no real way to reduce the nature of this raid damage without just making the fight inherently much less dangerous.
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| Ok, now what? |
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Mar 31st, 2008, 1:15 AM - by Praetorian
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Really fun fight, kind of like fighting Sapphiron inside Heigan's room. I'd say it's about as tough as Brutallus, just in a very different way (execution, not numbers). Very well-tuned, too. Looking forward to seeing what's waiting on the other side of the gate.
Great job all, and condolences to Pachwa for having to replace the classic Illidan shield with an ugly POS.
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| Sunwell. |
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Mar 28th, 2008, 3:31 AM - by Praetorian
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Finally, some new content. As with Naxxramas almost two years ago, it's exciting to see Blizzard demonstrating a real understanding of the limits of high-end raiders, along with a willingness to push players to those limits. I suspect that what we've seen so far is just the beginning, and the steady progression and variety moving from Kalecgos to Brutallus to Felmyst bodes well for what is less well-known ahead. Looking forward to it.
Speaking of tightly-tuned fights, allow me to add my voice to the chorus asking for Brutallus to remain as he now stands. He is the essence of a "gear check" and changing him even a little would defeat the purpose of the fight. We did him with a completely ordinary raid composition (no stacking -- exactly the same sort of raid makeup we've routinely taken through BT and other zones), and in fact the only real difference between our series of single-digit wipes yesterday and our ten-seconds-before-berserk kill tonight was that we'd been trying to "stack" yesterday instead of running with a more natural setup to which we've been accustomed for a year now. Congrats and thanks to our hunters for defying the huntard reputation that plagues the class, our healers for a fantastic job on a stressful fight, and all the rest.
WWS parse, for the curious: Wow Web Stats
Obviously we killed Kalecgos on Tuesday too but I think everyone can live without seeing a screenshot of us standing around in an empty plaza.
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| We are recruiting... |
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Mar 17th, 2008, 11:19 AM - by Praetorian
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...nothing at all!
For reference, our application can be found here: http://elitistjerks.com/f15/t23094-w...g_one_warlock/
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| Random Loot is Random |
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Mar 12th, 2008, 1:15 AM - by Praetorian
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I read it on the WoW forums so it must be true, right?
First Illidan kill: July 29, 2007
First Warglaive set: March 11, 2008 (one OH and now one MH, no extras)
And the sad part is I know that we aren't even close to being the unluckiest guild in this regard. Condolences to those who have been waiting even longer.
On a happier note, major congrats to Khazal. It's a huge relief to be able to feel like we aren't letting down one of our best and most reliable players when we move on to Sunwell (hopefully soon!).
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