Crimson Blades of Sargeras

So there we were.. storming the castle

Xillian — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:51:15 -0000

Posted 02/17/2010 11:51 PM by Xillian.

We've been knocking down bosses night after night. Here's a few of our recent kills.

Lanathal and Dreamwalker will fall this week!

Well there goes 10 man!

Xillian — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:02:25 -0000

Posted 01/21/2010 12:02 AM by Xillian.

Now let's pull for 25!

How to be a good raider

Xillian — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:40:26 -0000

Posted 01/14/2010 10:40 AM by Xillian.

This isn't something that's necessarily appropriate for the front page however I feel it's highly important.

We've approached a point in our guild where we're wiping lots. We didn't really have this issue with TOTC but to those new to progression, I think it's highly important to point out. We're going to wipe. Lots. No really, bring a helmet.

People will say "oh this game is easy" or "why are people being stupid and standing in X". Fact of the matter is, we're all learning in progression. In my opinion, Plagueworks shows that Blizzard isn't messing around and is quite harder than the first wing of ICC.

So how do we prepare? Bring flasks, have gold for repairs, research at sites like tankspot.com and bosskillers.com. Read up on your class at Elitist Jerks. Learn to not hit your vent button. By that I mean think twice before you open up your mic in vent. If someone asks the raid leader a question, it isn't directed at you. If the raid leader asks for input, that would be a great time to give it. If we're fighting and something isn't being called out that you think would be helpful, PST the raid leader and suggest it. Don't take it upon yourself to call them out. it isn't your job and while your intentions may be in the right place, it clutters vent chatter. Calling something out may be overlooked, or it may not be being said so people learn the fight the correct way.

If you don't want to take it from me, take it from lore...

Saurfang 25 = completed

Xillian — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:59:00 -0000

Posted 12/29/2009 01:59 AM by Xillian.

We pulled it out today and managed to knock out ICC25. Soon the door will open and we move on to the next 4 bosses

The Crimson Blades of Sargeras

Xillian — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:27:16 -0000

Posted 12/18/2009 01:27 AM by Xillian.

It's been an amazing year.. and we learned lots from Drak'Tharon but it was time to move on. We cleared ToTC25 and we were off.

If you are reading this and are wondering where we have gone, we invite you to join us. We're going to do great things. To those that raided with us and tagged along in our raids, we'll miss you and extend this offer to you as well.

It's time for new beginnings.. and to new progression.

First part of ICC 10 down

Xillian — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:00:32 -0000

Posted 12/12/2009 10:00 PM by Xillian.

Overall the first area of ICC was fairly easy in 10 man.. we'll see how 25 goes tomorrow

Destination: rusted protodrake

Xillian — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:10:28 -0000

Posted 11/24/2009 08:10 AM by Xillian.

We've been working with a group of core members to get our rusted protodrakes for the Glory of the Ulduar Raider achievement. It's been a long road but we're close. Along the line, Algalon is also going to die. Here's a few of the kills..

How to use grid for healers

Xillian — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:06:05 -0000

Posted 11/24/2009 02:06 AM by Xillian.

Billyjow and Gneisha put together a great set of screenshots on how to setup Grid to be a great way to detect debuffs, buffs and timers and such. I suggest all healers who use grid or are intrugued by it to take a look at the thread here

Holy 1 year batman...

Xillian — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:01:36 -0000

Posted 11/23/2009 12:01 AM by Xillian.

Well it's been an interesting year. We started as a leveling guild, built our way to a raiding guild. After several wipes, growth, turnover, we're now one year old.

I'd like to give a big thanks to all of the people that have helped us along the way. From Confusius in the beginning to giving me tips on how to lead our raids, to Kill That Donkey who we run 25s with now. It's been a hell of a run, and we're still not stopping!

As a celebration, we downed Anub on 25 man tonight. Thanks to all who stuck it out!

And for nostalgia's sake..

So this should have happened already

Xillian — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:53:35 -0000

Posted 10/30/2009 06:53 AM by Xillian.

Like other guilds we've been focused more on 25 man raids so this should have happened but better late than never right? Old toothy can take a nap.