Lord Marrowgar

Two tanks together with the boss in the middle of the room facing the boss away from the rest of the raid. Avoid flames. Ranged DPS break players out of Bonespike Graveyard as soon as possible. Melee assist if nearby.

Lady Deathwhisper

Phase 1
Ranged DPS down boss’ mana shield. Tanks & melee take care of adds.

Phase 2
Interrupt frost bolts (40k damage). Tanks taunt at 2 stacks of threat debuff

Gunship Battle (easy encounter)

Everyone pick up jetpack, equip and add to your action bar.

2 DPS players man the cannons. Build-up heat with first ability to 90% and then hit second ability for maximum damage.

All DPS & 1 Tank use jetpacks to jump over to other ship. Tank picks up the enemy leader (Meridon Bronzebeard) while the DPS take down the sorcerer. Tank should tank enemy leader at the closest edge to our ship, so healers on our ship can reach him. Once sorcerer is killed, jump back to our ship.

Enemy NPCs appear through portal on our ship. 2nd tank pick them up and DPS them down when you can but this should be considered a secondary priority.

Deathbringer Saurfang

Two healers either side of the walkway where the teleport is located. Ranged DPS spread out at 10 yard increments from there. Slow/stun/trap Bloodbeast adds and DPS them down fast while melee and tank focus on boss. When boss casts Boiling Blood, use damage immunity effect on them, such as ice block or divine shield.

When boss casts Rune of blood on Tank, other tank taunt and take agro.

Healers heal through raid member marked with Mark of the Fallen Champion.

Firstly, Rainingmilk has dinged 80! Congrats mate!!

Secondly, there have been some incredible new additions to the game in patch 3.2.2, including brilliant changes to BGs, some great weapons added to Trial of the Champion 5-Man Heroic and the much vaunted Onyxia 10 and 25 man raid!

Thirdly, is there anything we can do about ninja looters?

I was invited to Onyxia 10 man this morning and, since it was only released on Wednesday, this was the first attempt at the raid for all of us. Luckily we were prepared, everyone knew the tactics and we downed Onyxia on our first try without too much difficulty.

Now here’s where it turns nasty… The 10-man raid was filled with six people from a certain guild on Al’Akir. As soon as Onyxia was down, we all immediately saw the master looter handing out the loot to their guild mates and then all six disappeared from the group. It happened so fast and the four of us left were a little shocked. There were a few “lol”s followed by many expletives before we finally left to get on with other things.

Then I was in VoA 25 later, which was lead by a rogue. As soon as we downed Koralon the Flamewatcher, he dropped [Garona's Legplates of Triumph] (ilvl245 leather rogue item). He asked us to roll, so we all rolled: he rolled 8, another rogue rolled 26 and I rolled 43. He then stole the item for himself and tried to continue with the raid, but no one would continue till he passed them to me and he decided to leave the raid instead.

I would be less annoyed if it weren’t for the fact that he had some of the best gear/weapons in the game and this would have been a minor upgrade for him but a rather major upgrade for me.

My response to this is torn. WoW is a game and it’s stupid to get upset about a game. However, WoW takes a certain level of investment of time and effort and the goal is to experience as much content as we can and we gain access to that content by improving our gear.

Anyway, this could turn into a long post with my thoughts on the matter, but suffice to say: that sucks.

I also took the time to create Jeeves and leveled my cooking (so that I can make Fish Feasts) recently. As a rogue, I have little to offer a raid except raw damage, interrupts and some crowd control. So it’s great that Blizzard have given us professions, which allow us to create items that benefit raids and therefore make us more valuable to the group. Jeeves not only offers repair, but he also sells the most commonly used poisons, reagents and items for all classes (as well as bank access for grand master engineers). While the Fish Feast gives all raid members +80 Attack Power, +46 Spell Power and +40 Stamina. They’re both a couple of very nice items to bring into any raid and are very clever additions to the game.

I also got the ‘Champion of the Frozen Wastes’ achievement/title on Wednesday after taking down Sartharion in Obsidian Sanctum, which was a nice surprise and is my first title on this new character.

Another week, another set of raid achievements.  

Britnèy, Pfabergè and Dansgirldans helped Maniusmauler and I take down Flame Leviathan with 5 men on our first try! They earned themselves the Flame Leviathan: Shutout achievement in the process. Pretty impressive considering a couple had never attempted this before.

Congratulations also to everyone who took part in killing Malygos in Eye of Eternity tonight! It was very smooth and we even gained a new member out of it: Welcome Psyx!

A few of us also took on the new boss in Vault or Archavon: Koralon The Flame Watcher. It’s well worth doing the three bosses in VoA 25-Man each week for the six Emblems of Triumph you’ll get!

Thanks everyone, good luck and have fun!

Tonight Maniusmauler, Arencye, Optimusprime, Snikers and myself 5-manned Flame Leviathan in 10-man Ulduar. What’s more impressive is that a most of the other members in the raid didn’t have full epic gear, but every member of the group played a integral part in not only downing Flame Leviathan, but earning the ‘Shut Out’ achievement in the process.

Ulduar is one of the most enjoyable raids in the game, in my opinion, and it’s even more fun taking the challenge of 5-manning the siege vehicle part of the dungeon. Everyone had a great time and I look forward to doing the same with you all again when the raid resets!

If anyone else in the guild wants to do the same, let me know and I’ll give you full details and tactics.

I was also lucky enough to be part of a great group for Naxxramas 25-Man today: we cleared all four quarters and Kel’Thuzad. There wasn’t a single drop that I could benefit from, but hey, it was fun!

It’s nights like tonight that remind me just how important it is to have a good group of guild friends to raid with. You end up having a lot more fun with people you regularly raid with. You know how they’re going to behave and react in a boss encounter and vice versa. You play together, learn together and you become a cohesive group that can trust each other and take on anything thrown at you. Most importantly: if you wipe (and everyone wipes, especially on new encounters) you can laugh it off and get straight back into the raid to try again.

Anyway, my evening started off quite well …

We couldn’t quite get a 25-man guild run together for Naxx so I ended up in a 10 man Naxx group with some great guys I’ve raided with before. The leader and I posted bullet-point tactics before each boss and we had an awesome tank and a couple of great healers, so we completely cleared the construct quarter without a wipe and all was going very nicely indeed…

Then we started the arachnid quarter and wiped because a couple of geniuses decided to fight the first boss while the main tank and main healer were taking a short break after the first quarter and were AFK at the entrance.

After a perfect run of the construct quarter, the very people who wanted to fight the boss without the main tank and main healer get upset and leave after one single wipe!  

Later on I was invited to a 25 man Trial of the Crusader run. The raid which currently offers the best rewards in the game and also consequently some of the most difficult challenges.

After the first attempt at the first boss encounter, which we nearly complete but unfortunately wiped in phase 3, the raid leader starts shouting at the lowest DPS (who weren’t too low) and kicking them all. We wait 15 minutes for him to get new people and start again.

This time, late into phase 2, it’s clear that the person who was healing myself and a few others has died, so we’re literally all running to the edge of the room just trying not to die, but without any heals, of course we do eventually die. Then the rest wipe on Icehowl purely because we don’t have enough people to take him down.

At this point we’re all subjected to a long CAPS-FILLED lecture from the raid leader about exactly what we all did wrong, right before he kicks everyone who died just before phase 3, myself included.

Half an hour later a couple of friends who were in the group tell me that after replacing us in the raid, the third attempt was even worse than the first two and then the raid fell apart.

The moral in this evening’s events is this: Raid with people you enjoy playing with and don’t get upset when you wipe, especially when you’re attempting more challenging end-game raids. The boss encounters have been designed to be challenging and unique and that’s why the rewards are so great. Also, you shouldn’t kick people after the first attempt unless they are truly abysmal, because generally they will learn from their mistakes and do better next time.

Playing with people you know, like and trust is always so much more fun and even one rude person can ruin the fun in a raid.

So here’s to growing the guild further… Cheers!  

Let’s face it, Blizzard had to do something about giving the Alliance a virtually brand new – and exciting – race to play with in the next expansion, while giving the Horde… Goblins.

So it’s great to know that Blizzard have given Goblins one of the coolest mounts in the game:

The Worgen Mount:

Plus, Goblins get some of the coolest racial abilities I’ve seen in the game:

* Rocket Jump – Activate your rocket belt to jump up to 20 yards, every 2 min
* Rocket Barrage – Fire your belt rockets at an enemy within 30 yards, every 2 min. (Shared cooldown with Rocket Jump)
* Time is money – Cash in on a 1% increase to attack and casting speed.
* Best Deals Anywhere – Best possible gold discount, regardless of reputation.
* Pack Hobgoblin – Calls in your personal servent, allowing you bank access every 30 min.
* Better Living Through Chemistry – Alchemy skill +15, Your potions give more health / mana

Can’t wait!

Well, the new expansion World of Warcraft: Cataclysm has been announced and all of the information is very interesting indeed! Rumors are that we may be seeing a release as early as next summer, but I’d predict we’ll see it closer towards Christmas. Whenever it comes out though, I have to admit that I’m even more excited by this expansion than I was with WotLK.

The new guild forum is live!

Let me know if there are any new categories you’d like to see.

Hi everyone and welcome to our new guild website.

We are a group of friendly/mature old school Warcraft players who are looking to have fun while enjoying end-game content and gearing up together.

Find out more about us in the about section.

Good luck and have fun!