Does it really matter how many attempts it took us? Does it matter who got what loot? Does it matter that ret pallies are over powered? No.
What matters is that we’ve stuck together, picked up new friends along the way and beat many odds getting to where we are now. That’s right, after killing Illidan, we volunteered to become infected and we turned Darkshire into the ghoul infested hell that it always should have been.
What’s next? Well, before the ghoul fun last night we cleared the alliance camp in Hyjal in preparation for another Archimonde hat run. After that we’ll poke our way into Sunwell, to see what its like. The next few weeks will provide us with more opportunities to get some guildies a chance to don tier 6 gear.
The Steel Legion steam roller continues.
Mother Shahraz in two tries. Illidari Council in three. We made about seven attempts on Illidan and got him to phase four. Prognosticators and magic eight ball say signs point to Yes about us getting Illidan this week.
OK, first up. These fights were fun. They certainly felt easier, but we also came prepared knowing the strats. Starting with a fresh instance we carved our way through Naj’entus, Supremus and Akama. Then we faced new territory going on to two shotting Reliquary of Souls, one shotting Teron Gorefiend and Bloodboil. Only Mother Stopped us (although we did get her to 49%). You know, that shadow gear might actually help out!
On our fourth attempt, we got it.
The effect of the patch was significant. We did more dps, Archi had less health, we had more mana, even our fear wards came up sooner. Some things didn’t change though. Fires can still kill, and they did. People still could land in trees, or get separated. Last night 25 people finally got their game together and broke a bit of a dry streak for us.
Now we head back to Black Temple. Reliquary of Souls is our next target.
We close this chapter on content with a successful bear mount run. I believe we did it with about two minutes to spare. Grats to Mistborn for the actual mount! Grats to the rest of us for padding our slacker resumes! On the last day possible we score one for the guild.
Like other successful ventures this was a big group effort. Over the past six weeks or so, we have really started honing our ZA runs and developed a crew of about 12-18 regulars who would run the event and learn the speed pulls. It wasn’t until about 3 tries ago, that we were in actual striking distance though.
We were basically hyped up today, knowing this would be our last chance to get the event accomplished. Other people not pictured here who deserve some acknowledgement include Gabe, who was excited about getting us back in here after we basically ignored the place. Eriolanna, Otome and Ronnin, and Jazira who have provided a steady stream of heals, and additional thanks to Delroy for leading the final successful raid.
Tomorrow brings lots of fun stuff with the pre-expansion last patch. We have Black Temple and Hyjal to clear! Hurry up Blizz and get the patch done!
This is where we stand. In Hyjal we have the first two bosses down. We are very capable of more Archimonde attempts this evening. Our biggest challenge, however, will be getting past the number of epic real life challenges that have been thrown our way.
On a side note, there will be at least one if not two groups this evening making their final attempts for Zul’Aman bear mounts. ZA has never been a big content priority for us given that it is 10, not 25 man content. But over the last two weeks a group of ours has come within seconds of rescuing all hostages in the instance. It could very well be that some of us will be leveling to 80 on the back of a bear.
Other than that, we’re looking forward to the new talents, Inscription, and making a killing at the auction house. Wednesday brings us new hope for major progress into Black Temple with our new abilities and nerfed bosses.
As the time for this Burning Crusade chapter of WOW and Steel Legion draws to a close, we realize that our time is running short. We have fewer than 18 raiding days left until WotLK changes the game again.
Gratefully we have been making solid efforts towards new content for us. In Black Temple we are well on our way to vanquishing the Reliquary of Souls. And we are close to getting Archimonde. The placement of our efforts is often dictated by our roster at the beginning of the raiding week. Last night we plowed through the first four bosses on Hyjal.
After several, no, a plethora, of attempts this past Monday, we did not expect to be facing Archimonde again, so soon. This fight has officially gone past its due date. Past the ripe stage. But with our efficient four boss take down last night, we are set up once again to face Archi.
Tonight is another chance to do what we know we can do. We’ve been in the spot of facing a boss that has brutalized us before. We’ve been in these spots where progression seems to halt. Each and every time, we keep going. “Your resistance is insignificant!” and “This world will burn!” have been marks of our doom for a long stretch of time. But tonight will be different.