Tuesday night was fantastic. We went through and cleared the third wing of flex in the one night. Malkorak went down in one shot, Treasures took a couple. Then, Thok, the big mighty dinosaur went down. There was much rejoicing. That means we have now downed 9 of the bosses in the raid. So now the test really begins... Wing 4.
Wednesday we fought Comca... err.. Blackfuse. He pretty much ate us alive. And not gently, he ripped our limbs off and slowly slurped them down a piece at a time. It was not a surprise, as we knew it would be a tough fight going in. It is definitely a mechanics fight and as soon as we get those down we will be golden. It didn't help that for the first hour of raid people got dropped by their internet provider (cough* Comcast * cough) in a pattern that moved across Utah. And hit a bit of Texas. It was one of those things that couldn't be avoided, and despite being cut an hour short we made some good progress on Blackfuse. He may still take us a bit to get down, but people were making progress every pull.
Belevina gets my cheerleader award this week. Despite the floor tanking fun of Blackfuse he managed to keep up a positive attitude and shared it liberally with the rest of the group. It is always a good thing to keep the happy vibes flowing. That fight is going to be work and I imagine it might even be a couple of weeks before we down him. I may switch that up with doing wings 1,2,3, alternatingly so we are still downing bosses and getting chances at loot. As it is, I'm happy with this week and I am looking forward to stepping back in next week.
That positive attitude is something that can not be spoken of well enough. We had thirteen people in raid last night, and despite the setbacks and internet frustration there was no swearing, anger, or negativity about the issues. We also didn't get the boss down below 65% but the vast majority of the feedback was constructive and everyone was trying to solve problems rather then tear other players down. There was a few points where we had almost too much information coming out from several sources, but I would rather have a lot of ideas to sift through then dead silence.
My next goal is to get the raid team on homework track. I want to get people to look up boss fights, information on raids etc... so that more then a couple folks are seeing the fights before we get whacked by them. Now we are looking at the last three bosses in this raid it is becoming very apparent that studying is needed. We have/had met our dps goal... let's get this goal down too. Most our dps are still maintaining the 125k dps average, a couple have dropped back down and I am working with them. At this point bosses health is dropping quickly enough that I'm not too worried about a couple stragglers as long as they are improving. And they are. Right now we are running 12-16 raiders, and I have been running with about 4 healers. (I figure with 10 you do 2-3 heals on a fight. If we have 3-5 more peeps another healer works.)
I feel we are finally making some good progress. I feel things are coming together. There is still some headbutting between people in the raid, but it's minor enough that I'm not to worried about it at this point. That being said, I have a minor eye on it. I have never been an aggressive raid leader, and people are working together in a manner where I don't have to step in often. Normally, I listen to the ideas... we make choices and roll. That being said starting next expansion I may look for a strategy master. We will see.
Epicness
Next week, we will see how Blackfuse fares. I am looking forward to pounding that little goblin into the ground.
Lag/Dizzty/Lazyeye.
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