And who said raiding was repetative.

Well many months have passed since the last update and during that time we have delved deep into the bowels of Icecrown and cleared through on normal modes. Icecrown has provided numerous fights - some have lived up to their promise, others have been disappointing. One of the main aims for WotLK was “pick the player not the class” however some fights have failed spectacularly at that, to the point of absurdity shown by Paragon.

It was 10man which first felt our wrath - while we place a much lower premium on this size of raids it gave a valuable insight into the encounter. Although it didn’t really seem worth it when the loot dropped. Got to love random loot tables.

Progress on 25 man followed, first clearing out the Blood Queen. The wing became a firm favourite as her trash brought back memories of Neffy with healers spamming tanks to see how high they can get the ticking debuff caused by direct healing spells. The two dragons provided a far more entertaining time, both providing a little twist on normal encounters - Valithria providing a healing race (omg healers looking at hps charts!) and Sindy providing unstable magic to liven things up. In time these two were sent to their graves and only the Lich King remained. Much as we appreciated the long intro after 20 times it was too much and we became rather serious about killing him. The fight itself is not made up of complex elements - but combined it is a superb encounter. Death was inevitable, for both us and him but in the end the little pally finally pulled his ass out of the tomb and help out. Result = One dead boss

Heroic encounters beckoned and the past few weeks have seen us push through them, picking off the easier ones and learning the harder ones. With over half of them down we are faced with the challenging ones and we look forward to defeating them. We still have a few slots open for recruitment if you wish to be  a part of this. We are happy to accept recruits from all walks of life (even ex-gnomes). Even people from RP servers can move and embrace new opportunities!

As mentioned we welcome all classes and races but if you are a tauren you might like to beware - raid breaks can lead to some worrying conversations.

Elsewhere it is nice to know that some of the old school mobs are still doing their part for wow.

I’ll leave you with some words of wisdom which were shared with us. Possibly an overshare.