So my guild has been progressing well. We are not taking down Gruul's fairly well, back streak last week due to missing raiders, but for the most part we have been downing him regularly for the past 6 attempts or so. We try to encourage attendance and keep everyone's hope up for new loot and chance at gear even if they are upgrading from old blues or even some greens.

Then comes my problem. I have attended every Kara raid I can, run heroics when I am not raiding or farming for mats,...

So we made our second trip to Tempest Keep, and started out great. Clearing the groups with no deaths unlike our first trip here. I bad pull on my part, we get 2 of the big phoenix kill 1 before as many as possible run out. We get that out of the way and start clearing up to VR. Once inside the VR's room, we find it a little more difficult than last time before the last patch. Not sure if something changed via patch or we just had a different group. Takes us 3 groups to get in the rhythm.
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So I went over my exciting trip to Serpentshrine Caverns the other day, now for my first trip to Tempest Keep the Eye. I actually ran this first a week or so ago.

We had the same issue here. We ran Gruul's Lair with a full raid leaving people behind. Went through the cave, and wiped it clear off all opposition and took all the loot with us. The big boss laying at our feet as we prepare to move on to Tempest Keep, then the fun starts. People have to leave of course. So we end up with...

So, we made out first trip to Tempest Keep the Eye two weeks ago, and our first trip to Serpentshrine Cavern last night. We worked on all the appropriate resists, read all the strats, well some of us read them anyways. Get the groups together, kind of. Head off to the instances for a learning experience.

To start things, we can get 41 people to show up for Gruul's Lair looking for invites from every class and spec. Raid to a new 25 man instance? Hmm, wait around 30 hour past start...

To start off, I just wanted to take a look at how to not approach a possible conflict with a real life co-worker involving gear in an online game. This is a true story, but the names of the parties involved are hidden to protect their identity.

So, we are trying to get ready for our first venture into the depths of SSC. My guild was helping collect some of the primals that I was farming for the frost resistant gear. Everything was going smooth, I had one whole piece built before the...