On my rogue I had a chance to step into the Emerald Nightmare on Heroic. She has stepped over the guild "Screaming for Vengeance" on Zangarmarsh/Hellscream realm. I am keeping the Horde side Fear Itself guild intact, but as no one has really logged onto it recently and there are no resources in the bank I'm holding it for the name only. I might do something with it in the future, but have debated deleting it completely.
I had the opportunity with this guild, as I had the week off of school after passing my Security+, to go in and fight a few bosses. We downed the Nythendra fight, then the Dragon's of Nightmare, and ended on Ursoc, but not without getting him down to 10%. We were running the dungeon on Heroic, and while I haven't talked a lot to this guild yet, they do seem to be starting their raid team so I am happy with what was done. So far they seem a group of nice folks, and I look forward to hopping into things with them here and there.
My own performance was somewhat lacking.... I could see some of the rust on me as I died more than once to stupid mistakes. My DPS was good, I actually placed closer to the top of the charts than to the bottom. As it is said though, dead DPS do no DPS, and I went down more than I should have.
What else would one expect though after not raiding for a while, and not DPSing for an even longer period of time.
Otherwise, life is good but slow. I am still logging in sporadically and enjoying the game at my own pace. I am learning and working at my new job with inContact and loving it here. I am a IT Asset Tech. Which means I am in charge of ordering and maintaining equipment and I do some good helpdesk/IT crossover. Kids are healthy and energetic and my wife as always is wonderful. Oh, and I have officially graduated from DATC. Next it's on to work towards my Bachelor's degree.
There is also Fear Itself. I am happy that when I log in there are still some familiar faces online. Some don't see often either. I knew there were all sorts of possibilities when I stepped down. I knew there might be a mass exodus from the guild, or that things might fall apart. I hoped they wouldn't, and so far things look like they are mostly together, but time will tell if things will still be there when I am ready to full time raid again.
Of course, I'm pretty sure I don't want to go back to being a raid leader at this point. I am done with that part of my Wow experience. I leave it open to anyone in Fear Itself who wants to raid lead and rebuild things in that area, but it won't be me. I just don't have a time and energy for the stress anymore. Even were I to finish school tomorrow I don't think I would go back to it. I will raid, I will participate as much as I am able, but I am done being the raid leader.
I still love this game, I still love my guild and my guildies. It's just time for me to do something else. The major part of my heart is still in Fear Itself and I plan on always having a presence there. Objectively though, I don't have the time and effort in me to push raiding or guild events at the moment. If others do, let me or Gwyndolynn know. We will give you the resources and support to build your own raid team etc... More than happy to.
See you in Azeroth,
Lag
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