I love it when a plan comes together. — John “Hannibal” Smith

Another weekend, another Zul’Aman run. I know, I know, when will we ever learn, right?

Things did not start well. Something like 5 wipes on Nalorakk? I was about ready to just cut and run. For whatever reason, starting stumbles made for a rock-solid finish. We rolled up to Akil’zon and dropped him in two and did the same thing to Halazzi! The guild first Halazzi kill is in the books!

Shitty loot though. I’m cursed. We’ve seen either a Fury or the Bloodstained Elven Battlevest (or both) the last 3 runs. Still no sword. :sigh:

edit: Fixed the ItemStats link above. No idea why it can’t find the thing by name when it’s a) correct and b) obviously available.
edit 2:ItemStats is buggy and no longer in dev. Ret-conned everything to the powered-by-wowhead stuffs. What a pain in the ass.

edit 2: The great image re-do of ’08… Pic #2 of Halazzi 1st

Before the holiday break I managed to herd enough kittens together to drop Akil’zon for the first time. A few days later we managed to do it a second time. Unfortunately that’s where shit takes a bit of a turn. I had arguably the top 5 DPS in the guild and we just got mauled over the weekend.

Oh well, just further proof that the fight is about doing the right thing, no matter how hard you can hit.

PS: We’ve been on a roll vs Gruul lately – had a 1-shot this week and should continue to carry that through going forward. Grats us and whatnot.

Yeah, forgot to mention this last week, but my raid dropped Netherspite for the first time. This marked our first complete Karazhan clear, so go us or somesuch.

For a fist-kill the loot was bleh. I got lucky on our first Nightbane kill to walk away with my BP, but no such luck on mah pants! It really chaps my ass that the Spiteblade isn’t an upgrade. Damn you Blizzard! Where are the goddamned swords?!

Oh, wait. They’re in the next 2 tiers of content up. GG, assholes. If I keep pounding away at zee PvP I might get a new pair of swords sometime right before the expansion hits.

note: I don’t think I mentioned it in other wow-posts, but I’m the wtfpwn rogue in the middle with the mongoosed daggers.

A last-minute run last night yielded our guild-first Prince Malchezaar kill. So-so loots, but a win is a win is a win. Sadly I can’t claim the win as my own but we wouldn’t be standing there without my work so my ego stands just fine.

We’re back on my raids this week so the true test of any encounter is if you can repeat. Progress, generally, has been swift. Curator is on farm and the “new” Aran fight has been cracked without issue. It bothers me that we didn’t finish it before the nerf, but such is life in a casual guild.

Oh, we did swing by the terrace afterwards and throw a few bodies at Nightbane. That’ll be a fun one to learn. I haven’t decided if I’m going to run that this week or re-focus to the middle optionals first. Illhoof has some great gear and would clear a running path to the chess board for post-raid funzies.