Mission accomplished, addendum

If you read the  post about our guild’s first LK kill a couple of weeks ago, you might remember that there were two of our raiders who had to step out for the most absurd reasons, like having to go to bed so they could go to work and, y’know, pay their bills and stuff.… Continue reading Mission accomplished, addendum

Virtuous pugging

Everyone (including me) has a million and one tales of horrible pug experiences, whether they’re via the dungeon finder (aptly nicknamed Sanity Tap a lifetime or two ago) or the via the joys of pug raiding and everyone’s favourite “Link GS and achivs” tradechat ads. Bad players, mad players, afk-ers, stoners, the clinically depressed and… Continue reading Virtuous pugging

Things I’m (kinda) learning: Raid healing

PREFACE: I’ve discovered a collection of unpublished drafts from the past month or so and am gradually cleaning and releasing. Expect random jumps from subject to subject! Not too long ago, I attended one of our Thursday night raids instead of stumblingly mispronouncing bits of Japanese, but in an unusual (read: never before attempted) capacity.… Continue reading Things I’m (kinda) learning: Raid healing

Kingslayer

Do I need to write much more? Oh, ok then. At about half past midnight, on try number… 17? maybe, we made it. With the patch preloading, and various guildies about to be unavailable for a while, it looked like we had one last night. We tried hard. We didn’t make it. We were soooo… Continue reading Kingslayer

This explains a lot, “Arthas”

I’ve figured it out. You can all relax, because I’ve figured it out. Why that last shambling horror always spawns moments before the LK runs away to do his “ooh, chilly” phase transition. Why the valks ALWAYS pick a healer when infest is coming. You can blame every wipe on this. Let’s just take a… Continue reading This explains a lot, “Arthas”