I’m a bit behind on posting this, but I wanted to say “grats” to our raid team for finishing up the last regular mode boss in the first tier of raiding – Cho’gall. It was a bit of a coin toss as to whether we were going to work on Nefarian or Cho’gall first, and ultimately decided on Nef. After getting him down last Sunday, it free’d us … [More...]
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Nefarian Down
Well, we finally got Nefarian down last night. It took us 3-4 separate nights over the past few weeks and a lot of tweaking along the way. The nature of the encounter is quite unforgiving and getting everyone situated to take care of their piece of the pie without sacrificing some other aspect of dps/healing/tanking was a challenge. So, a special thanks … [More...]
Entry-level raiding In Cataclysm pt.2
Seriously, being situationally aware and controlling encounters is going to land you kills on the vast majority of the current content. Certainly people could argue the same for past content… and even if this only serves as a public service announcement, it needs to be stated and re-stated. PUG raids became very common in Wrath… and with many larger … [More...]
Entry-level raiding in Cataclysm pt.1
This will be a two part segment. Part one will just be my feelings about the current state of affairs in this entry-level raiding tier. And part two will focus on what people need to be doing in order to be successful in the current raiding tier. I don’t hide the fact that I’m quite pleased with the raid development for the first round of Cataclysm. … [More...]
Hey, your tabard sucks (just like everyone’s)
It escapes me why the tabard graphics are mostly terrible. Certainly it’s a matter of opinion… and you may think there are some really cool/awesome/nifty emblems for guilds in there, but I’m going to have to give Blizz two thumbs down. With Cataclysm, they’ve added in another 15 or 20 emblems… which I guess is awfully thoughtful. I mean… … [More...]
Cataclysm Raid Guides
I’ve been populating a new sub-forum on so9k forums with strats for Cataclysm raid bosses. I have a lot more things I still need to write for the forum, but I’m also content with how it’s gotten off the ground so far. I have many tweaks and additions I’d like to add to some of the strats that are on there. In particular, I’d like develop a … [More...]
New Dungeons and (oh noes!) Difficulty
The new 5-person dungeons in Cataclysm have been under fire due to their pug-able feasibility. To be honest, I’m glad that Blizzard has (seemingly) been drawn back to dungeon development that presents a higher level of difficulty than what we’ve been experiencing for a few years. Moreover, I’m glad Blizz hasn’t buckled and given in to the complaints. … [More...]
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