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Starcalls and One Light in the Darkness

Posted: Ushas @ Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:48 am

These past few weeks following our spree of Hard Mode kills, we've been focusing on a few different things. On the 10 man front, after nabbing server first Glory of the Ulduar Raider in Normal difficulty last month, we've been playing around with Algalon as well. While not a difficult fight mechanics-wise, the tank gibs are unforgiving to say the least, and the lockout timer is quite frustrating when you know you're close to a kill. Lucky last week we pushed him down in the nick of time, on our last attempt with only seconds before the Berserk. Grats to the server first Starcallers!

We also have another group who finished Mim/Yogg Hard modes in 10 man last week, and will be nabbing their Drakes in the coming days. Big grats to them, and expect another Algalon killshot picture soon!

On the 25 man front, we've been playing around with Yogg and Freya's Hard modes, nabbing a 2 Light in the Darkness and 2 Elder Freya kill in the past few weeks since the last update. This week we decided to focus our efforts on Yogg's Meta-Hard mode, One Light in the Darkness, after a brutal 2% enrage last week. After some struggles getting back to the point we were at the previous week, we got our heads on straight and managed to not do anything dumb long enough to pull out a kill, just in the nick of time.

Big grats to everyone and thanks as always for your dedication. That fight sucks hard in the random RNG factor, and we got very lucky with our kill, so let's make sure not to slack off on it next week and get some farming in!

Mimiron and Freya are all that stand in our way to Algalon, and with the recent nerfs, we have no excuse not to be killing them within the next week or two. Let's keep pushing more server firsts Spike Flail. Shortened raid weeks await us!

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Orbituary - Four for Four

Posted: Ushas @ Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:58 am

We walked into Ulduar tonight not really planning on hitting up 4 Tower Leviathan, originally deciding to wait another week in order to ensure time to work on the Hard modes we downed last week and pull off quick repeat kills. However we had heard that the changes made to the encounter earlier last week had made it significantly easier, so we decided to test the waters and see how much was actually different. I'm glad we did. An hour later:

Nice job gang, and thank you for convincing me to go for it. I'd like to think our experiences in the 10 man helped us with this kill as well as good coordination, though we have to give some credit to the nerfs as well, which I didn't feel were entirely needed (bug fixes would have been welcome however). Either which way, big congrats and thanks again for the dedication, and great job all around.

Four Hard Modes in four raid nights. Pretty damn impressive. Wink

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I Love the Smell of Progression in the Morning(Evening?)

Posted: Ushas @ Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:49 am

Three Hard Mode kills in three nights... Amazing job Spike Flail. Once again our persistence and dedication to keeping at Progression attempts pays off.

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WoL

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I can't thank you guys enough for the sheer amount of willpower and dedication you've shown this week. Once again I can't be but amazed at how bipolar we can be; the two previous weeks before this we were not performing very well, and were wiping on things that we should not have been. This week we walk in after losing a raid day to the patch and get a Hard mode kill each day. Simply amazing and awesome.

I have to thank you guys who showed up every night for your consistency at learning this new content, and to everyone for quickly adapting to the changes we made in our strategy or the new facets these encounters threw at us. You guys learned how to handle the new mechanics of these Hard modes in very impressive time, giving us the stability we needed to push. Most of all though, thank you for the dedication and willingness to stay there wipe after wipe and learn this stuff. You guys knew we could do it with time, and your patience was noted, appreciated, and rewarded.

Let's keep the momentum up. But for now, take the time to pat yourselves on the back and congratulate each other. After an amazing week like this, you've all earned it.

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My Pokemons

Posted: Ushas @ Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:03 am

We suck at giving up on failed strats.

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WoL

Big thank you to everyone for sticking it out and powering through this one, and once again my apologies for not changing our strategy up sooner and recognizing the stability that would come from. Very big thank you for your patience and determination.

Two Hard Modes in one week, let's keep the momentum going! Vezax awaits!

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Heartbreaker!

Posted: Ushas @ Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:30 am

Spike Flail has spent the last few weeks poking around the other Hard Modes Ulduar has to offer, refining strategies and getting a feel for what we can do easier than others. Lately we've made good progress and working towards Freya +2, Steelbreaker last, and Vezax Hard mode, and expect to have those down shortly within the coming weeks. We also nabbed a kill of Three Lights in the Darkness a few weeks back, not much to write home about however. Wink

Tonight we went into Ulduar after missing the abomination of the 3.1.2 patch day, and put some time into XT's Hard mode, Heartbreaker. Previous weeks we had not the logistical raid setup to make good, consistent attempts on this Hard mode, but tonight we seemed to have what we needed, and made good headway early on. A few hours later, we pushed him down for a very stable, no death kill.

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Nice job everyone, should be a very repeatable kill in the following weeks. Thank you for the time you put in and a great job all around.

On a side note, Summer attrition sucks balls, and we're recruiting quality apps of the following classes:

- Elemental Shaman
- Resto Shaman
- Feral Druid
- Rogue
- Moonkin Druid
- Warlock
- Holy Paladin
- Hunter
- Mage

We're looking for quality applications with strong raiding experience with their class, including in Ulduar. You must have a strong grasp of your classes' theorycraft and be competitive with your min/maxing to the highest level. We're not looking for apps who "wing it" when it comes to their performance, you should know the ins and outs of your class's numbers and mechanics, and be able to utilizing that knowledge to maximize every bit of DPS/HPS you can.

To app please head over to our app forum here.

Be on the lookout for more Hard mode kills soon! Great job again everyone, keep it up![/quote]

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