At last ICC has coughed up a worthwhile fight! Professor Putricide has provided the first real challenge of the instance - while others might end up being hard on heroic this one has an increased degree of difficulty on normal. Never having seen Futurama I understand much of the humour was lost on me so i was forced to focus solely on the encounter itself. Like most good fights it works on a simple initial encounter and builds on it. Never having been a fan of one mob encounters I always rejoice at seeing adds - all the great fights thus far have had superb add phases (C’thun, Neffy, Vashj) and while this is not at the same level it is an added level of complexity which makes the encounter work.

Mass movement is never the strongest point in this guild but previous experience has stood people in good stead and there was focus from the raid - after narrowly missing the kill last week we were looking for a good solid kill, preferably within a few tries to enable us some playtime in the new wing. Fortunately this is exactly what we got and after a single wipe he was put to rest. Phase 3, as well as causing flashbacks to Vashj, provided a welcome feeling of excitement and a feeling of achievement for having killed him. This also meant that the trash had caused more wipes than the first 7 bosses, one day i will learn that “yeah pull whatever when you’re ready” leads to a legion of rampaging mobs coming from all directions. At least it isn’t boring!

The new wing has certainly provided more fun in ICC and showed that Blizzard has not lost its touch with raid encounters, it has also proved to me that I understand girls even less than i used to. I was vaguely able to understand the attraction of tentacles (well not really but i was able to nod along and pretend they were not insane) however I am not sure i can get on board with ooze worship. Still whatever keeps them happy……….

Still it is nice to see they remain moral and practical as well.

The delights of a new wing await us and we look forward to the Blood Princes - generally speaking those types of encounter have always provided amusement (and wipes) especially the Illidari Council. A few slots remain open, please visit the recruitment page (or glance slightly left and up!) in order to check what they are.