Disappointment.. in Kael

Been a while since I posted to the blog. The new job has had me busy throughout the day and i've had very little time to sit down and post. Working 10-14 hours a day then raiding 4-5 hours a night is rough :-/

Anyway, I ended up sticking with the guild. We got our prot pally to come back, worked with our other prot pally to bump his threat up just a tad, and also told him he was no longer leading the raids that require accurate leadership and precise execution of strategy. After doing so, the very next time (last Thursday) led to our Vashj downing. We had spent 3-4 nights of attempts on her and had to rework strategies a few times, but eventually got it down. This week, we went back and downed him on our third attempt. (We woulda got her first try but the raid leader ...the prot pally who was not to be leading the raid... called out wipe it when one person was dead with 1 strider up, 1-2 nagas up, and the last core spawning. The strider had JUST spawned.) Alot of people had said we wouldnt down her the first time...then they claimed we couldnt repeat it. Now we have lurched forward ahead of them in progression and I do not think they like it.

(No screenshot available I forgot to upload it.)

After downing Vashj, we decided it was time to go back and finish what we started. Kaz'rogal's time had come to an end. It really is an easy fight. DPS is what wins this fight and fortunately this guild has some amazing dps. Even with 4 tanks in the group, we downed him rather easily. (Please disregard the fact that I already have his shield in the screen shot. It was looted to me right away and I put it on because it was sexy! That or this was from our second downing of him. I cannot remember)



Then last week was met with nothing but farm status as we started our attempts on Kael. We were a bit relaxed going in this time to everything we had on farm. We even managed to have 3 tanks die on Lurker in the same encounter. Basically what happened...Our prot pally wanted to tank. I stepped down and of course started spacing out when I wasnt MTing. Well, he got hit by spout, but we on the lip so instead of getting knocked back he just got insta-gibbed. By this point i was busting up laughing and managed to get agro after almost all the melee dps died. Me and this prot pally always give each other hell about how bad the other is and it keeps people laughing throughout the night. Well, sure enough, I ate the next spout. I wasnt paying full attention and literally the split second our raid leader called out "Everyone in" i was already flying across the water. I got back before the spout ended, but our feral druid also ate the spout and died as well. We all managed to get put on detention for that lol. It was worth it.

Last week we started our attempts on Kael, with the final attempt on Thursday being all weapons down with 6 seconds left in phase 2 and all advisors down with 10 seconds in phase 3... to us wiping at 79% because they failed to give me yet another staff buff. We had progressed. We went in last Night, fully confident of what was to come, and one shot Kael. This placed us as one of 16 guilds on our server to down both Vashj and Kael. Granted, it was with newer gear, but it was without any black temple gear.



Yay for being a "Hand of Ad'al" now. The ring is sexy o.O and after our next run in Hyjal, I will have the exalted ring! All in all, I was disappointed in the ease at which Kael became once you learned the strat. It was simply a DPS race and people paying attention. We only had one phoenix rebirth on us, but I did not eat a single pyroblast... The dps were on their game! Nice job guys!

With 4 hours being left on our raid schedule after dealing with loot, dealing with loot drama, and everyone going to get their smexy new rings... our guild leaders finally agreed to letting us step foot into BT. We deserved to be there, and it was our reward for doing what so many guilds on our server (including one that is 5/9 in BT and 5/5 in mh) have not been able to achieve even with the fight being 'easier with new gear' as many put it. The difficulty of the trash was laughable compared to MH, as were the bosses. Najentus was somewhat difficult due to some people having barely over the 8.5K hp mark (go go EH gear amirite?) but sadly it took us three attempts to down him. (I got to wipe the raid by throwing the spear at the shield after a wipe was called! I told them I was going to purposely do it.)



The loot was meh! Though I didnt expect any tanking gear to drop anyway. The paladin got his boots, so hopfully the bracers will drop this coming week and I'll get them.

From here we decided to push further to Supremus...and you really do not understand or cannot fathom how big he really is until you see him. Here I thought Gruul at growth 22 was big =-O

The trash in the area is fun too. We learned who the idiots in our raid were...and it took us yet another three attempts to down Supremus. (My guild has problems with the easy fights as you can see.)



This is my most favorite screenshot of the night I love the angle of it.

As of last night, that puts us at 6/6 4/4 3/5 2/9 after going on our fourth week of raiding. I am very pleased with this guild, and I am 100% enthused about seeing what BT holds in store for us. We're going back tonight to knock out Akama and maybe even Teron....then from there... we'll just have to see!