Thoroughly Thrall is the guild newsletter blog for Disciples of Thrall on the Moon Guard server. If your not a member, this nonsense will bore you to tears.
So I read up on the fights we have coming in BoT and BwD. We should have minimal problems until the end boss in each raid. I also pugged into a Throne of the Four Winds, and the first fight, while hectic, is easily within our grasps to down. Especially with our raid comp. The big difference between Wrath and Cataclysm however, is that we now have multiple raids that we can bounce between. This is a good thing. As more and more bosses come into farm territory we can mow through them one by one to get at the tasty gooey lewt filled center of each boss. More loot means more deeps means more heals means less tank dead. I'm all for it, and I think you guys are too.
The thing we need to avoid is farming too much. We reset ICC for months (no seriously, months) because a few people wanted gear that wouldn't drop from earlier bosses. As a result we were behind the curve and got to the later parts of ICC when most guilds had already downed Sinestra. Not now. Not this band of manly men and even manlier women. We are in a position to have all non-heroic raid content down well within this tier of raiding, with some work that is.
So what needs to happen? We need to do the Rain Raid Dance. We need to find the effective balance between gearing players, and downing new content. I unfortunately have no idea what that is yet. Me, the Jimmer, and Darkie poo will be weighing options each week on where we need to be. At this point all raids we be reset for us on Tuesdays, but soon we will have to push further than we have before, and that means extensions.
Last Note From Thrall's Hand:
The reason behind this is, as always, to keep you guys in the loop about where the guild is headed, and to give you the chance to put in your 2 cents in. Apparently next week will be sunny with a slight chance of Sezmra, so here is something she, and you, will really like:
After a rough start on Omnitron Defense System last night we finally smashed them in their retarded golem clown-shoe faces. Then, for shits, we decided to run Magmaw and proceeded to smash his face, er, beak as well. I would like to thank Moo and Bobby for stepping up and healing in a non-conventional raid comp, and Jimbo for taking point on Dark with wonderful tank heals. The weird thing is we spent so much time on Omnitron that Magmaw actually sent me strat to beat him, but I didn't get the letter until way after the fight. Seems as thought the big guy got lonely. I've left a copy of said letter here:
Feels great to get those bosses down and feels a little like the floodgates have been opened for the mighty DoT. What now you ask? We will reset next week as we do not have Omnitron on farm just yet (Magmaw might be a different story). This week we will delve deeper into Blackwing Descent and try some of the other bosses available. We may even run into Bastion of Twilight to beat Halfus Wrymbreaker down a bit.
Until we have scheduling down to a science we will still have somewhat random raid nights. We still have more people that want to raid then we have slots, so I would like to see if anyone would like to step up and be a Recruitment Officer. Please inform me of interest by in game mail.
Last Note From Thrall's Hand:
We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but I think the boss kills will come more quickly here on out. Speaking of not that, who doesn't enjoy fat guy techno?
