Run Little Girl! - 01/24/07 - 9:50 PM - Bert
 

Keep checking here for Karazhan and other Burning Crusade raiding updates. Our goal earlier was to get at least one Tier 4 boss down during this reset, now we're laughing at ourselves 'cause we're playing with The Curator as we speak.

Opera House - The Big Bad Wolf down! Hilarious fight that exemplifies Blizzard's use of gaming/pop culture sense of humor far beyond what's done in any other MMO. Also below (12am'ish) we took down The Curator in a few rounds. The trash was kinda annoying, as the trash repops are pretty unforgiving in general - it respawns within 3 or less wipes on this and Moroes - but we made it through painlessly.



  
Orcette, disenchant 




  
Foof, Twin


To end out the night we took on Terestian Illhoof. We're starting to see that some of these bosses could get really nasty without certain classes present. Which brings up the interesting question of what lock we're gonna bring in the next day or two!




  
Jason, Tape


Some answers to frequently asked questions people have been asking that you may find interesting:
We've had Shadow Priests, MS warriors, Enhance Shamans, Feral Druids, and had absolutely no problems with them accomplishing what tasks they previously sucked at in pre-TBC raiding. A bear has MTed every single boss. Once again as in the days of UBRS we're jam packed with Shamans (just who decided to level and key the quickest) but Bloodlust is indispensible for encounters that put a premium on both sustained and rapid DPS. The size of the place? Epic. You'll be blown away by how much actual ground there is to cover, as this zone already seems larger in surface area than Naxxramas.

Basically, Escher would be proud.

Some of the trash and most of the encounters have left us scratching our heads at the idea that casuals will be able to prosper here. I'm not quite sure if it's that ridiculous but gear is highly necessary. Most bosses and trash hit harder than anything in Naxx so I'd surmise that everyone needs at least level 70 blue replacements for every non-AQ40+ item they're using. While these blues aren't that hard to get from Shadowmoon and Netherstorm quest chains, along with the 70 5-mans, it make take them more time to get up to snuff gear wise.
 

 
Contributing to Science - 01/24/07 - 3:31 AM - Bert
 

We recently participated in a massive science experiment. No sleep, high power high volume caffeine, and 20 hours of repetitive tasks with no breaks were among our best friends this past week. 70 after 70 is pouring into our roster and we're earning key after key, rep after rep.

Unprecedented by any of its predecessors, the expansion launched flawlessly and has a huge amount of amazingly rich content. Over 9 years of MMO expansions, this could be the greatest ever.

We've got some done so far, server first, of course.




  
Grats Fira and Orcette!




   
Grats Subuccus and Tape!




  
Grats Tape and Void Crystal!!

We have tapped into the ultimate formula for intarweb guild news reports and thought to share it with any interested reader. Maybe we'll incorporate it into our own site and blow the whole of WoW guilds away!!!

		  1a) statement of how long it's been since the last update
1b) complaint concerning how difficult it is to write updates
1c) assertion that everyone loves such updates

2a) screenshot of new boss
2b) screenshot of azuregos
2c) screenshot of magmadar
2d) screenshot of teremus the devourer
2e) another screenshot of magmadar but from a different angle
2f) screenshot of razorgore

3a) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3b) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3c) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3d) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3e) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3f) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3g) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3h) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3i) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3j) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3k) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3l) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3m) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3n) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3o) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3p) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3q) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3r) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3s) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3t) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3u) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3v) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3w) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3x) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3y) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3z) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3aa) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ab) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ac) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ad) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ae) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3af) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ag) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ah) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ai) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3aj) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ak) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3al) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3am) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3an) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ao) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ap) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ar) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3aq) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3as) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3at) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3au) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3av) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3aw) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ax) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ay) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3az) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3ba) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3bb) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3bc) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3bd) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3be) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3bf) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item
3bg) "congratulations to [name] for [item]," followed by screenshot of said person wearing said item

4a) complaint concerning how difficult it is to write updates
4b) unsuccessful attempt to combine a well-known saying and a game concept into an unfunny quip
		  

Things are going great, more tomorrow, peace :p