The Burning Crusade is upon us. Demons are pouring out of the Dark Portal (good thing we raced there when it was still safe, eh?). Millions of subscribers are chomping at the bit to fork over the cash and race to 70, start new alts with new races, and generally disregard everything held sacred at 60.

So, it is with this in mind that I announce UBRS as the final FNF before the expansion. Although the loot may not matter in a few days, it will be the last time for months that more than 5 of our members will group in an “endgame” instance. Sure, we might be able to hit ZG along the way (if there are enough votes AND enough who sign up), but Zul’Gurub will no longer be an instance above us — we’ll actually have to come back to do it later. Same goes with the other 20- and 40-man content.

As a result, there are new instances added to the FNF Poll in the forums. Currently only the first couple of expansion content instances, but as our ranks advance in level, more instances will be added to the poll. To make room, other instances (anything below level 58) have been moved to the Mid-Night Poll… and to make room there, lower level instances have been removed altogether. They will still happen, but rather on an as necessary basis (or when the Blood Elf ranks demand it). In total, there are 15 (fifteen) new 5-man instances, all of which can be re-run again at 70 under heroic difficulty, making for 30 new 5-man instances, as well as 1 new 10-man, and 7 new 25-man raids. Our instance progress page has been updated to reflect this, splintering off a raid progress page as well.

Phew, that’s a lot, and makes for a long post… back to the FNF: UBRS. For those not familiar, Upper Blackrock Spire is a 10-man raid (so xp sucks) in Blackrock Mountain. Minimum level is 58. We have several more than 10 level 58+ members, so space is limited to signups! An additional run (or two?) may happen, and we can always swap out people if they really want in/out.

Click here to sign up for UBRS.
Click here to vote for the next FNF.
Click here to vote for the next Mid-Night.