We’re winding down now! You’ve got the gear, the enhancements and the consumables now. You’re just going to go in and just pwn everything in there, right? RIGHT?! Well, not necessarily. Raiding is very different from even heroic 5-man groups. In this post, I want to talk specifically what goes on in a raid, and what to generally expect.

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So far, we’ve covered the basics, and went over the topic of gear pretty heavily. What happens though if you get the best gear you can, but still need/want more? For this post, we’ll talk about improving your existing gear through enhancements.

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Welcome back to RAIDING!, where I’m going to talk about how to get started, improve, and master heroics and raiding in general. Prior, I talked about the very basics of what heroics/raids are. Today, we’re to talk about one of the most important factors of doing this end-game content: gear!

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Welcome all to a new series of posts I’m working on. For some people, they’ve only had a taste of instances, maybe never even got to touch a heroic, let alone level-70 raids like Karazhan. This series is for those people wanting to know more about how these things work, and how you can be better at it. Let’s go over some of the basics today…

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Even I had some doubts as to whether or not we’d even get to start this raid, let alone down the first boss. Never the less, we got 25 well-geared players and headed into Candy Mountain Gruul’s hole in the mountain. While we didn’t actually clear everything, we can damn-close and I’m very proud our guild was able to quickly learn from our mistakes and improve on every wipe. (Oh, there were many wipes to be had, too!) Read the rest of this entry »

Adam @ WoW Insider talked about raiding members needing to read about the boss fights, to get a better understanding of what needs to be done. (And, that his guild apparently has some consequences if they don’t.) They guild master apparently goes through the trouble of making a ‘test’ for his raiders to see if they have done their reading or not. If they haven’t, they’re not allowed to raid. I’m not sure if that would work with our guild or not. Let me go over the requirements we have. Read the rest of this entry »

Oh, how time flies sometimes! One minute our guild is cautiously exploring Karazhan, the next we’re working on two teams in one week. (With a few bumps along the way.) Last night, our guild had another first: Zul’Aman. Though of course, the team didn’t quite get the third boss down, but the fact that they went in as (almost) total n00bs and still managed to get as far as they did amazes me!

Hats-Off to Daynar, Laurowene, Vicsalve, Grimwold, Anarche, Cantara, Ronzily, Rhyer and Felidae! From what I heard, you guys (and gals) did a wonderful job working together! Special congratulations to our wonderful Raid Officer Celetaman (Kryjiana), for tireless leading all of us to new content! I doubt we’d even get there without your guidance!

We’ve had quite a few new members recently join up. I’d like to take a moment to welcome them, again, into our wonderful family! (Though, I’m sure some of them have already been showered with ‘welcomes!’.) I’m going to try not to turn this into an advertisement for our guild, but I really just wanted to talk about a few things… Read the rest of this entry »

So, you’ve just hit 70. After long-last, you’ve maxed out your level. You’re just chomping at the bit to get into heroics, and start your progressing all the way to Sunwell Plateau. The only thing stopping you (besides rep in many cases)? Gear, that’s what! You’ll quickly learn that you can’t just jump into Zul’Aman with any ordinary gear you’ve snagged from quests. How do you get help with it? Well, the Armory is always a good place to start, as it can certainly offer upgrade choices, but how do you know you’ll be ready for Karazhan/Gruul’s Lair/Serpentshrine Cavern/Tempest Keep etc? Enter: Be Imba! Read the rest of this entry »