Archive for January, 2008

While I really don’t mean to push the AQ/Race post below the fold… Prince Malchezaar is dead!

Congratulations Paed on the first HFC Tier 4 Helm, and to Arnithall and Skykomish for the other first drops from Prince. Great job everyone, especially the healers.

Sign up for the 1/29 Pre-clear of Karazhan.
Sign up for the 2/1 Friday Night Fight.

This year the calendar has granted us an extra day in February. Lets not waste it. I propose that we Run AQ20. There are no keys required; there is no attunement process; there was how ever a very long War Effort to open the gates on our server. But the war effort is over and the gates are open, so I will not be requiring you to bring any cloth, fish or ore. Now, I hear you asking, “Well gee wiz, what is the price for admission?”

Simple.

One Human.

Easy

To achieve this goal, I am initiating The Great Race, part II, Elwynn Forest to the Gates of AQ.

So, how will it work? I want to stick with the same framework as last time, with a few additions.

First, [ Sign Up ] we need to know how many people are interested in participating. Please sign up with the character you intend to bring, and note in the comments whether you would be willing to roll one of the two Level 1 characters. Then, we wait until the night of the event…

Once gathered outside the the Humans stating area, those interested in rolling the level 1 characters will /roll. The winner and runner-up choose their team captains from the pool of participating members, winner first. The runner-up then chooses his captain and determines the teams: Team Romulo will accompany the level 1 Male Human (class is up to the level 1 character), and Team Julianne will accompany the level 1 Female Human. The winner and runner-up then log off to create their little agg-magnets. In the meantime, the captains choose their teams, taking turns selecting one member at a time until everyone has been selected. Members must stick with the character they bring (which should be who they signed up with). Changing to a different alt would upset the team selection process. Any odd-man out will join the runner-up’s team.
When the Level 1 characters log in, and the teams are formed, the race begins!

After the race, be sure to stick around for the HFC Inaugural AQ 20 run. [ Sign Up ]

Any questions, please visit the forums Race to AQ 20

We’ve made it through Prince’s Phase 2; we’ve seen horrible infernal drops; we’ve seen enfeeble cripple melee. What does it all mean?

This week, Prince meets his doom.

Sign up for the 1/22 pre-clear.
Sign up for the 1/25 DEATH of Prince Malchezaar!

Congrats Arnithall on T4 Gloves… Oddly not much competition there. =]

Down to 37% I hear. Good job! One-shotting everything else (except the evading Curator adds issue), excellent!

The signups are posted, but as a reminder to everyone, there isn’t a permanent signup list that just says you’re always available. You must sign up for each run you would like to attend. The roster selected from the signups is random based on role (tank/heal/dps) so it doesn’t matter if you’re first to sign up, or well over the limit. Please see our forums for more information.

Sign up for the 1/15 Tuesday Pre-clear.
Sign up for the 1/18 Friday Night Fight.

The holidays are over. We’re stuffed. We’re partied out. We’ve seen more relatives than we’d like to remember. You know what that means… time to get back to bid-niz.

Sign up for the 1/8 Karazhan Pre-clear.
Sign up for the 1/11 Karazhan FNF.

For those who are new, or unfamiliar, Karazhan is a 10-man raid instance left open for a week (resets at realm downtime Tuesday mornings). On Tuesday night, 11pm Greymane Time (9pm Pacific), we head in to take care of the first few bosses over the course of a few hours. This is a great time for our newer members to meet the rest of the team, the encounters, and get some phat epix. Then, on Friday night, the second half of Karazhan is run going as deep as possible.

It is highly suggested that anyone interested in raiding have Omen (or another compatible threatmeter) and TeamSpeak (at least to listen), and bring any consumables or reagents possible (food, elixirs, sharpening stones or mana oils, candles, etc). These are not absolute requirements, but they will help.

See you soon!