Since our first group vanquished Sartharion and his little minions we have searched for ways to keep the fight interesting. At a time when all the 25 man raid instances fail to fill a night the chances to explore some entertaining 10 man combinations have come about. One of the ideas was to take very stacked groups to Sartharion to see how the two sets of classes compared. Consequently to mirror an earlier caster group a melee group was selected (blackmailed/coerced) to see how they would get along.

We envisaged the melee group might find it harder than most groups due to the crowding around the mobs and the additional damage from the lava striking numerous people at the same time. To add to the fun we maintained our tactic of only taking two healers (being a healer in this guild is simply fantastic!). As with all fights relearning and tweaking tactics inevitably leads to a few wipes and despite their shiny blue colour a few fishy issues.

Wipe

Wipe

noes ……

At first it seemed like the only happy person would be the little goblin (who is distinctly cheekier than his predecessor the bot).

One of the great things to see is that when something hard comes up the people having the issues perservere and instead of taking an easy route or giving up they pull together and work through the problems. Tactics changed and were altered to adapt to the unique nature of the group. Some aspects of the fight became easier while other it became apparent would be trickier (whelp ae - hmmm). Preparations were made for more tries - although some people too the motto of “Be Prepared” a little too seriously. Ever the optimist our rogue prepared for the worst the following day.

Although the effect of 100 wipes on our fluffy tank would have been amusing to see I am glad to say that barely an hour was needed last night for the group to get it right and dance about happily on his corpse. There was a tearful moment as our little bear realised that she would not get to tank anymore for the rest of the week.

A special thanks to our very patient fluffy bear who loved this fight and mourned its death.

In other news we’d like to welcome our new trials many of whom have crossed the void to join us (also known as risking Blizzard server transferring). This has left us almost at capacity with only two slots now available - a turkey and a rug (Boomkin and enhancement shammie) and while we will consider a good dps deathknight our raiding roster looks set for Ulduar. If you are interested in joining us and play another class feel free to come over for a chat but be aware that only exceptional candidates would be considered.

So until Ulduar we will entertain ourselves with more bizzare group setups in order to keep our skills honed and see how few healers we can get away with on fights (current record 3 on Malygos and 4 on Sarth 25). The temptation to try all melee KT is also growing, I am sure a pretty 22man ice tomb chain would make a great screenshot……..