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Huntsman Altimor. Heroic.

Did you know that in the heroic version of this encounter, there are TWO Shades of Barghast? Good times! We technically had eight pulls, but the first one Hads was afk outside the room (virtually & IRL) getting a peach smoothie (I wish I were joking) and the encounter was reset when he was targeted by the boss. Laughs were had by all. This makes 2/10H overall since we didn’t kill Hungering Destroyer after 5 pulls.

I have to admit, though, I didn’t think all these posts in the last seven days would happen. I say that because one of the more active, consistent people decided to leave the guild to play with some friends from WoW Classic. He went from not knowing if there would be a raid to clearing Castle Nathria on Normal in one day (not to mention a couple heroic bosses). How could I blame him? I wouldn’t (and don’t), but as the Jordan meme says:

I’ve always taken things personally, though, and I have to deal with it. This won’t be the last time someone quits the game or the group unexpectedly. It also won’t be the last time I take it personally. What I am doing is watching their new guild’s progress in Castle Nathria. They are now 6/10H (though he is only 2/10H… just like us). I have issues, man, ok?

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Sire Denathrius. Normal.

10 out of 10 would be the official count for us on the Normalist of modes. This fight was weird y’all and we wiped four times because of it. Ok, ok… it’s not that it was weird so much as Nerv couldn’t figure out how to go through the mirror. GO INTO THE LIGHT CAROL ANNE. Thankfully Sanka & I focused our inner <Force of Will> to keep some adds from spawning.

A special thanks to everyone who has been consistent the last couple weeks. It’s been pretty fun to slay foes again. My hope is that it continues as we adjust to the additional difficulty. It would be fun to be a Sinbreaker before the next content release.

raider.io for posterity

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Stone Legion Generals. Normal.

This fight was a lot like the Sun King’s Salvation. We sort of talked about what we could remember from the guide and decided “aight let’s just pull once and see the mechanics for ourselves.”

One pull. One kill. Easy peasy.

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Sludgefist. Normal.

One down, three to go. That is true for both the amount of posts I have to make this morning (go team) and also the number of times we have to fully clear up to Sludgefist on Normal before we can just farm the last bosses.

When Katnuss said Sludgefist & Stone Legion Generals (on Normal) were easier than some of the fights we had already completed, I have to admit I was skeptical. She was right, though. Since no one will ever really read this, I feel ok admitting that.

Three wipes, one kill. Interesting. My OCD is happy.

Side note and true story: we joked that Sanka & crew (on Illidan) should rename their guild Kinetic so our screenshots looked better. Katnuss said “I’ll do it for $20” and I couldn’t pull up Venmo fast enough. Now we just need to work on Sorcia…

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Council of Blood. Normal.

Hurray – we qualify for another Great Vault reward due to being 7/10 Normal. In all seriousness (or at least somewhat serious), last night was a good night. We breezed through the first 6 bosses and tweaked this encounter to our liking. We went ahead and killed Heroic Shriekwing as a reward in advance of more progress tonight.

The biggest realization from the evening was that we don’t really need most of the loot that has been dropping from these bosses. The “skip mechanic” will be very welcomed after 4 Sludgefist kills as we begin to push Heroic… and dare I say… eventually… soonish… Mythic.

Casual in time only? Possibly becoming real.

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