Wow that was a toughy. That kill was very nerve-wracking. Normally when we get a first kill I'm jumping with excitement. For this kill I could do nothing but stare at the screen with my mouth agape.
"Did I really just see that? Did we really just beat him with one person standing?"
I thought for sure it was a wipe. But sure enough Rotface had fallen and Katrini has now been dubbed the "Sole Survivor." (No award of $1 million dollars will be given, however.)
Great work everyone. This kill is dedicated to the handful of folks that were at most of the Rotface wipes nights and yet missed the kill for various reasons: Barnwick, Andro, Haladrin, Int I'm sure I'm missing one or two, but you know who you are. Sorry you missed the kill and thanks for being there on the tough nights.
Three new bosses in one week! Great job folks. We've now cleared all of the current ICC content and are looking to farm these bosses for a few weeks before more become available.
Thanks to Beo and Andro for suggesting a strategy change that lead to yet another kill on the very last attempt of the night.
So after a harrowing few nights of attempts, the big bone lord fell to TAC on the very last attempt of the night. Is it healthy to have your blood pressure rising steadily from 8:30pm until 11:30pm each night?
Well as frustrating as some of our attempts were, it was satisfying to get him down. In a strange way, it's a bit more rewarding to work on a boss for a few nights rather than steamroll over them like we did with TOC.
Great job to everyone and thanks to those who had to sit out.
So Sarth with 3 drakes up is dead. Cross another one off the bucket list. Sure folks were beating this 10 months ago, but it was still a lot of fun to go in there, work on it and get it down.
Gratz to Taiia on the drake mount. Perhaps we can do this a few more times before patch 3.3 hits.
There's one every expansion. That one boss kill that eludes you for months. The one boss that I can't let go of. The one boss kill that feels better than all of the others when you finally defeat it. In BC, it was Kael'thas. In WotLK, it was Yogg-Saron.
Frustration, morale and apathy become the real obstacles to overcome after a boss becomes a roadblock. Well I'm really glad the guild came together to make a second push at getting this boss down. Once folks got into the spirit of wanting to see the Old God of Death die, we made short work of him in just over 2 raid nights of work.
The guild should be very pleased with this accomplishment. I want to thank all of the folks that cleared a 10-man Ulduar instance with me so we could train on Yogg-Saron there. That was instrumental in getting this kill. I also want to thank all of the folks that showed up (including those who sat out) on the various Yogg even though there was no good loot to be had.
And it may seem lame, but I want to dedicate this kill to Reorix. He and I have been talking about Yogg for months, talking about strategy and getting excited for our return to Ulduar. Unfortunately, his work schedule changed this week and he wasn't able to participate in the kill. So this one is for you, Reo.
Gratz to the guild. Last night was awesome!
I'm very proud to lead this group of men and women.
So we took out Onyxia......again. We had a blast going back in time a few years and fighting this legendary black dragon. We wiped a few times, but overall it's not a tough fight. It did feel a lot like the classic encounter which was good.
Oh and if I recall correctly I think Dwarn, Flo and Rissa all get a 50 DKP minus for getting flung into the whelps. I don't even see how that is even remotely possible. :P
Resto/Elemental Shaman
