Unity Path Defeat Cho’gall Heroic! (Faction First)Compared to Al’Akir, this was a relative straightforward fight – except that it just didn’t go our way. There are some quite strict DPS requirements to get the phase transition right and power into Phase 2, and for one reason or another we were mired on 4% wipes for two weeks – which is even […] Unity Path Defeat Al’Akir Heroic! (Realm First)Two weeks to the day of the Nefarian Heroic kill, the next end-instance boss fell – Al’Akir. Al’Akir is very front-loaded in the brutal phase 1 – giving an almost vertical learning curve and the impression of very little progress. So much so, that you could have passed the razor blades out after 4 days […] Unity Path Defeat Nefarian Heroic! (Realm First)And Nefarian fell, for the second time. We’ll ignore the Cataclysm Normal version, we’re referring to the 40-man raid boss and now it’s revised Heroic version. The history of the group stretches back to 2005, and a great shout went up when the old fellow was put away again. The fight is best categorised as […] Unity Path Defeat The Conclave of Wind Heroic! (Realm First)We probably made a bit of a hash of this boss chasing at least two different strategies at various points during the learning phase, rather than rote-learning a single technique. This was never going to play to our strengths as a team, which is why we left it as long as we did in the […] Unity Path Defeat Valiona & Theralion Heroic! (Realm First)We elected to go an alternative route to the common wisdom, and went after the second boss in Bastion before finishing off Blackwing Descent – and were rewarded with this fine kill. After a fair bit of work and wipes we might add. A well-tuned fight, with the pressure very much biased to those in […] Unity Path Defeat Magmaw Heroic! (Realm First)A definite step-up in difficulty, this was highly tuned and deserved it’s reputation as a gear-check. It took us a little under two weeks to put this one behind us, and the kill was highly rewarding. Again, a Realm First to add to our first kill of Atramedes – however the 10 man campaign now […] Unity Path Defeat Atramedes Heroic! (Realm First)Similar to Maloriak in that the route forwards was quite obvious from the opening night of action, but the final execution took a few more evenings to perfect. However, most notable for us was our first Realm First since finishing Icecrown Citadel Heroic. Cataclysm saw the whole structure of the team change, and we’ve been […] Unity Path Defeat Putricide Heroic! (Faction First)Ugh. Putricide Heroic is now completed, which is the positive, but we made a real hash of this particular fight – using a strategy which was fundamentally flawed, but which looked initially promising. This took us down the wrong path for two weeks, and there was minimal euphoria on the kill – a two shot […] Unity Path Defeat Deathwhisper Heroic! (Faction First)This took a bit longer than it should have, largely due to using a questionable tactic which just didn’t offer enough stability in P3 and Earthen Ring deciding to take a vacation on two of our raiding nights during the previous weeks raiding. It’s certainly the most challenging fight of the opening 11 bosses in […] Unity Path Defeat Blood Princes Heroic! (Faction First)In truth, we should have taken this fight the week before, but we chose to go to Festergut and stay on it until it was dead. When we eventually went to the Princes, we found it to be a very straightforward fight in real terms and one which didn’t put up an awful lot of […] « go back — keep looking » |
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