Death of a Fire Mage

http://www.thedailyblink.com/2010/03/naxx-is-the-hardest-raid-to-pug/

Seeing as how I’m going to be looking into the LFD system to do most of my raids, this article hits the heart. I say that because I probably won’t have the time to get into a scheduled, organized and efficient group like one my guild would offer.

For the most part, please don’t be a dick. That’s all I ask. I’m one of those people who doesn’t care if we wipe 20x. If you’re a douche about it, then it’ll upset me. If everyone’s friendly and supportive, then I see it as a learning opportunity.

Storytime:
We took down the sunwell. Not back in the day, but roughly half a year ago. We had a LOT of people because they either wanted the outfits for RP, they wanted to see the oldschool content or they had an alt that could survive and get an upgrade. There’s a fight with a Feldragon about half way in whose breath weapon is a green mind controlling mist. The mind control lasts until you die. She picks one of three areas to infest with the mist at random. If everyone gets mind controlled, the whole raid just autodies.

Even though we were all horribly overgeared, we had troubles getting past this point because there was always someone who got stuck in the breath. The guild leader who was leading the raid eventually found a way to rally everyone at points in the field and was able to call out where exactly to be with no deviation or doubt.

The rest of the fights were cake, but that was just redonculous. Proper communication, leadership and the acceptance to try, try again won us the day. And, as someone who is a sucker for lore, what a tasty day it was.