(WoW) Final Raid of Wrath of the Lich King
That's not to say we'll never set foot in Icecrown Citadel or anything else again, but Tuesday marks the release of Cataclysm. With that comes new content, new levels, new gear that will quickly (though perhaps not immediately) outstrip the old. It's going to be different, and it's going to be a while before we have 10+ guild members geared up to tackle the new raids. I imagine for a several weeks, there will be more focus on 5-man dungeons, which are said to be more tactically challenging than Wrath's (though, in fairness, Wrath 5-mans weren't so horribly easy when they were new either). Roles, positions, and dynamics may change along the way. We'll just have to see how things go.
So we ducked into Obsidian Sanctum and, after some differing opinions, decided to try with three drakes up. We've done it before. And it worked this time about as I remember before. A couple wipes with us getting better and one accidental face-pull (somehow, that almost always happens once, though this time only a couple people died) before a successful attempt. No biggie.
Then we stomped through Vault of Archaevon, since we had the opportunity. It wasn't perfectly smooth, but it was simple enough to down all four bosses. We weren't in any serious danger of wiping. After that, we almost geared up for an ICC run, but due to some bizarre lockout issues, one person being genuinely locked out, and a couple people having to go with little notice, we wound down for the night there.
Tonight was worse than we have been in a while as far as mid-run delays, and that's always been a bit of a weakness for us. During our serious ICC progression, we were more on the ball with wipe-recovery, but we seem to have lost our edge a little there. Sitting idle does bother me a little at the time, but it's not something I'm going to dwell on after the fact.
Then I offered myself up as tank for a couple heroic 5-man runs. Utgarde Pinnacle and Halls of Lightning came up. Both went fast and smooth for the most part, though the mage was pulling aggro off me on occasion. All-in-all, not a bad evening, but the climax for the expansion was still the Lich King kill. ;)
So we ducked into Obsidian Sanctum and, after some differing opinions, decided to try with three drakes up. We've done it before. And it worked this time about as I remember before. A couple wipes with us getting better and one accidental face-pull (somehow, that almost always happens once, though this time only a couple people died) before a successful attempt. No biggie.
Then we stomped through Vault of Archaevon, since we had the opportunity. It wasn't perfectly smooth, but it was simple enough to down all four bosses. We weren't in any serious danger of wiping. After that, we almost geared up for an ICC run, but due to some bizarre lockout issues, one person being genuinely locked out, and a couple people having to go with little notice, we wound down for the night there.
Tonight was worse than we have been in a while as far as mid-run delays, and that's always been a bit of a weakness for us. During our serious ICC progression, we were more on the ball with wipe-recovery, but we seem to have lost our edge a little there. Sitting idle does bother me a little at the time, but it's not something I'm going to dwell on after the fact.
Then I offered myself up as tank for a couple heroic 5-man runs. Utgarde Pinnacle and Halls of Lightning came up. Both went fast and smooth for the most part, though the mage was pulling aggro off me on occasion. All-in-all, not a bad evening, but the climax for the expansion was still the Lich King kill. ;)
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