Tuesday, we marched in and took down Blackfuse in a little over an hour. I am very happy because while this isn't the first time we have beat him, it's the first time we have done so without a couple of extra heavy hitters. Now I know Flex compensates for extra players, but there is a difference between bringing in someone who does about 150k dps and a lock (al la Amelmi) who has topped the chart at 350k plus. The fact is everyone there where members that have normally been raiding with us. So when we downed Blackfuse we can say we did it under our own steam. That is a great feeling.
Wednesday once again was defeated by the attendance boss. We ended up destroying Tempest keep and Black Temple for fun instead. I'm not going to go over attendance, my feelings on this etc.. again. I have beat that particular horse into the group and I'm tired of rehashing it. I'm sure I'll discuss it again, but for now I'm resting that demon.
I am holding this save for now. We have another month, month and a half before 6.0 drops if Blizzard holds to it's normal schedule. I honestly think we will see it the last week of September, while Magilla was betting on the first week of October. I think if they are doing an in game event that any later then mid-October is going to be to late to give us any real time with the introduction to the new content. I am hoping for another pre-Wrath or pre-Cata type event. I still maintain it was a mistake to not do any more then a scenerio to open up Pandaria with. I think that the opening events to different expansions actually gives the players an attachment to the new happenings. How cool was the Zombie invasion before Wrath? Love or hate it people still remember that event for the city invasions, and the ability to jump around and defend different areas from the scourge invasion.
The lead into Cataclysm was good as well. While it didn't have the resonance of the zombie invasion, it was cool to go infiltrate the cult of the damned and work your way into the story before the world got shattered and Deathwing rose. While that expansion had it's issues, the story at least made you feel involved with everything that was happening.
If we keep playing we have several more expansions ahead of us. Blizzard had already stated they are working on the expansion that comes after Warlords of Draenor, and have up to five more after that in the works. So, for all those who think Wow is dying, be assured, there is a plan. Do I know if I'll be playing several expansions from now? No, I don't. In another ten years my youngest will be nineteen. I am fairly certain my life will be looking very different at that point in many wonderful ways. I won't be sad if I'm still a resident of Azeroth in my spare time, but if I'm not longer there that is just the way time works.
Wow, I walked off into a tangent.
Anyway, next week we will start on Paragons. I feel we have a good chance of downing them before the night is through. Then onto Garrosh. We will try and plant an axe into the face of good old Gary Hellscream. (Well, an arrow in my place) If things work out correctly we may have a chance of beating him before 6.0 drops. At this point I wasn't expecting to get him down this expansion. I am happy to have some of that hope back.
NSFW on this video.
So folks, sharpen your swords, shine your armor. Make sure your mana is full and your arrows fly true. For next week we move on, and our foe to go down, is Paragon.
Lag/Dizzty/Lazyeye.
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