Naxxramas ten man is cleared. There are thirty two 80s in the guild. Many are within a few quests of reaching max level. We’ve done the Wintergrasp boss and had an evening’s attempts at Malygos.
Tomorrow night will most likely be our first attempt at 25 man content. Having seen the fights in 10 man will help a lot. More to report soon.
Our first 80 was Kaimelan, followed minutes later by Butchone. Followed hours and days later by the rest of the paladins…
But we did manage a 10 man in Naxx and cleared out the Spider Wing and one shotted Noth. Grats to Delroy, Erilolanna, Butchone, Astaraell, Hugeone, Eliwar, Rudolpho, Kaimelan, Mosious, and Dira for those first 10 man kills.
As we progress along, carving out heroics, professional levels, and practically have “grats” macro’d for our new 80s and fresh dings, we all have our eyes set upon one thing: 25 man raids. We were nearly there this week. Next week for sure.
It’s Friday evening and we have breached the shores of Northrend. At the moment we have 21 people level 71 or higher. Our Paladin CO, Butchone, leads the pack at level 74. About 10 of us are level 72 and the rest 71. After this weekend we will have a good idea of who the first Legionnaires capable of 25 man raid content will be.
So far our T6 gear is holding up remarkably well. No quest reward or drop has proven yet to surpass the gear we wear now. Many of the mana drinks go untouched, for as of yet, in dungeons or questing, mana is not a problem. It seems that the only deaths are caused by Horde, and we manage to hand out the stick beatings just as good.
Next Monday we’ll see what dungeons we’re capable of running. One thing about Northrend, the scenery is absolutely stunning. There is so much to see and do. And we’re doing it, all the while focusing on gaining levels.
This was our last Burning Crusade raid night. More than the loot, or bragging rights, we wanted this boss down, to show ourselves, the only audience that really matters to us, what we can do. The recent patch has definitely accelerated our pace. Hyjal and Black Temple are cleared in single nights, but even with such a fast pace, our guild can acquire only so much gear in a week. The instances just can’t be reset fast enough for us.
Brutallus last week was brought to 55%. Before we stepped back and rethought things, the best we could do this evening was about 38%. We knew our tanks were getting stomped and needed a bit more gear. Or did they?
So we huddled up and rethought the fight. What if we did this, what if we did that? It wasn’t a let down not to get this boss at this point, no one was complaining, but, why not give it a go using one last change to our strat?
And so we did. The strat used is not important. What is important is that we have the fortitude for these kinds of fights. We adapt. We held it together and two attempts later took Brutallus.
Our next raid is somewhere in Northrend next Monday. We’ll be splitting up into five and ten man teams looking for the next level of gear and encounters.
Grats to Superboo on the first official legendary nab for Steel Legion. While we’ve all handled legendary weapons from the Kael’thas fight, none of us except a server transfer to our guild, have had a permanent weapon.
Getting a Warglaive of Azzinoth was a fitting reward for our last Black Temple run in the Burning Crusade era. The fight began with less than the full compliment of Centurion and Legionnaire raiders. But our new recruits learned the fight quickly, and after about 5-6 tries, we had Illidan down for the third time in three weeks.
Next week, we’ll try Brutallus, and then get in line for the expansion. Woohooo!
Kalecgos was freed last night by our steadfast crew of raiders. That was after we took Illidan for the second time. We went on in the evening to bring Brutallus down to 55%.
It’s been quite a journey from piecing 5 mans together for Black Morass and Karazhan atunement runs, through the halls of the haunted tower in Deadwind Pass, into Gruul’s Lair and Magtheridon’s keep. Struggling through Serpentshrine Caverns and Tempest Keep only made us stronger for Hyjal Summit and Black Temple. We are very much looking forward to the expansion and the new challenges that lie ahead.
