Halion25 Heroic died on Sunday 04th of July and with him this expansion is finally over. Movie here: 2 PoVs + vt, Ulti outter realm, Gemt inner realm
We killed Arthas25 Heroic on the last 15% buffed day, that put us on a #55 World rank all the slacky way til Cataclysm. Movies: Moonkin PoV and Warr PoV .
Flying Horsies: Soni-> Deffan-> Leony-> Gavstar-> Magrosa-> Chrysie-> Rhia-> Noldorimbor-> Ragnadriel-> Ultilol-> Ortsyd-> Asthenia->Dassem picked! ->Argo ->Gloomie
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So now if we look back, whats to be said? Probably the most painful and hard to cope with aspect lately was losing members. Ppl here mostly work and/or study and ofc our jobs, studies, families - in a word our IRL - will always have priority over a game, as much hardcore as we may be. We were unlucky enough to lose quite a number of old raiders in a short amount of time, due to such reasons. Some of those I miss dearly, and you know who you are
We also had few ppl on holidays that were planned a long time ago and nothing to do here as well.And well, we also had others. They got their shiny stuff and they kept raid spots closed and when we needed them to put all that on a good use, they left. Some simply didn’t give a crap, others wanted to make money from their top guild char, some decided to go for what they thought to be … better guilds.
The rest of us stayed. For the last months, this guild mostly functioned on everybody’s sense of loyalty, competition and team spirit. Except for a few raidaholics, we all hated it. We are tired, burnt out and weakened by this long and not very successful expansion.
So far, LK Heroic was an encounter where learning curve plays an overwhelming part. A fight of coordination, where you must produce big amounts of dps/healing and depend on CDs/abilities used at the exact right moments, so getting into the right rhythm is the key to this dance.
Unfortunatelly, we were forced to bring new ppl almost every ID - not to mention how hard is to find good ppl at this time! - and they needed time to learn and adjust. In the end, we went with 5 trialists, 2 brand new raiders, 1 tree who warmed the bench for the entire LK progress and we only took him in in this last ID and the infamous bird Alt who steals the first title from Ulti's main for the second time.
A sincere “Thank you!” to everyone in our roster for this kill and a special note to the few of us that had to stay on Standby for this damn boss without being able to participate. Usually end bosses ask for rigid setups and unbalanced configuration, it sucks and guilds end by having Alts, Casuals and new ppl in the raid, while having to bench maybe older, more skilled or more deserving raiders. I always hated this aspect of being a RL and there's nothing to do about, except making sure the ppl in your crew are mature, dedicated to the guild and with more team spirit than personal interest.
So what will happen from now on? Lets say it straight, WotLK wasn’t the best expansion, many ppl would say it was the worst. We hope Blizz learnt some from all the feedback on various channels and they will surprise us all in Cata. And Im not talking about breathtaking scenaries, amazing quest lines or other stuff, though I wont deny that’s very important to have too. But we play this game for competition and that’s what we expect to receive. Im not saying they should bring Vanilla or TBC spirit back, getting stuck in the past is usually not a good thing, we only want something worth playing. So .. bring it!
