I'm Back!!!!

Alrighty there, I'm back...
It has been awhile since I've posted anything and I thought it was time for an update.
RL has been crazy but hopefully it'll slow down some soon.

WoW - I'm no longer part of KotC due to difference in raiding philosophy. 
My RL friend and I left the guild and found a new home Crescendo.  It's an interesting progession raiding guild with an easy and laid back feel.  Currently we're running 10-man but the roster isn't set in stone.  So the team changes from week to week.  You might think how can that work... but it has... the guild is currently rank 5th on the server and is tied for 2nd on Alliance.  We're 6 of 7 in FL and Rag will be going down this week.
Here's what I enjoy about this guild...
People are there to raid and it's not just a mass ginvite to have the numbers.
When 1 group is working on progession, there's another group gearing people up in T11 content.
While working on a boss, there isn't any chatter in vent/mumble.
Raiders adapt and learn quickly.
There is no set 10-man team. . . we're progessing through content.
Goal is to raid 25-man content which we're coming close to it.

That is all for now.. until next time.

AFK

I know I haven't posted anything in ages... to be honest, there wasn't much going on in-game.

I do have an announcement to make... I'll be AFK for about a week.  I'll be flying back to Hawaii tomorrow morning, my mom took ill yesterday and ended up in the hospital.

Craziness

Alright, I must apologize... it has been A CRAZY WEEK in my household this week.
That has affect some of raid team members in trying to get them gear.

I'll be kicking into high gear and running heroics as much as a possible to get the ball moving.

Raid Roster Update

Line-up:
Tank - Nallah - DK alt
Tank - Leethal - Pally alt ***

Heal - Puka - Druid or Champange - Pally
Heal - Huggens - Druid
Heal - Krugg - Priest

RDPS - Lindssay - Shammy
RPDS - Skru - Lock
RPDS - Cryssannia - Mage
RDPS - Camari - Mage
MDPS - Bayonett - War

A few people needs gear either through heroics or crafted... that shouldn't be a problem.  I'm hoping to get everyone geared and ready in a week, two at the most.

Until my next post...

Holding pattern

Well the 2nd raid team is at a stand still.  We were suppose to step into our first raid this friday but, one of my healer, a new recruit left the guild yesterday to raid with a more progessive guild.  No ill feelings towards him, that's his $15 bucks.

I'm not sure how much longer my wife will be playing, the past 2 weeks I think she's been maybe a total of 2 hours.  She's not a person to login and farm, she wants to do stuff and at times we have to wait in queue in LFG and that's no fun for her.

I could bring in alts from the 1st team but that leads to a quick burn out in playing WoW and may cause family problems outside of the game... don't want to go that route.

I have a meeting tonight with those that were going to raid, I think I'll mention to them that I'll postpone our raid until I can find the 10 core people to start it up.

Looks like I'll be on Puka and let my alts get some rest while I try to recruit people that wants to commit to 2 night raid schedule.  I don't mind running heroics to get people geared up, it just more Justice/Valor points for me and I'll get a feel of each new recruit.  .  . sadly the pool of available good or even decent players on Garrosh is poor. 

I will just have to wait and see... any and all classes are welcome to apply or talk to me in-game.  As I mentioned it doesn't matter what your gear is, that can be taken care of by heroics and crafted items.  I'm just looking for dedicated people who wants to have fun and knock out some bosses.

Until my next post....

A date with Magmaw

Next Friday, we'll venture into BWD and hopefully dine on a giant fried worm known as Magmaw.

Raid Comp
T - DK
T - Pally

H - Druid
H - Druid
H - Shammy

RDPS - Druid
RDPS - Lock
RDPS - Mage
MDPS - Rogue

The two tanks and the rogue is alts of players from the first team.  I will also need to find another dps, maybe a hunter by next week.  I really would like to have a core 10-man and use the first raid team as a back-up for when someone from our group can't make it.  Hopefully I can get a core 10 within a week.

While trying to recruit ppl for the raid team, I've been leveling my priest which is currently at 71.  I'm also trying to gear up my pally, so we won't have 3 druid healers... I don't even want to think about that!

Until my next post...

Knights of the Citadel

Putting together a 2nd 10-man raid team.
Raid on Friday & Saturday 8:30 pm - 11:30 pm server time.

Looking for:
2 Tanks
1 Boomkin
1 Healer - pally or priest
1 Melee or Range

Please feel free to message either Tastia, Serribus or Puka in-game for more information or fill out an app at http://www.knightsofthecitadel.com.
                               

AFK

Sorry I have been absent from here... life has been keeping me busy!

This is more of an recruitment post.  I'll be starting a 2nd 10-man raid team and looking for anyone who's interested.

If gear is a problem, the guild can get items crafted and run heroics which a bunch of us do nightly anyways.
The guild supplies food, flasks and repairs for the raid.  The raid times will be Tues & Thurs 8:30 - 11:30 pm.   Days and times are not set in stone and can be adjusted to fit the teams needs.

If you're interested, contact me in-game.  If I'm not on Puka, check Champange or Imaheal.

Halfus down again

Went into BoT again last night... with the reset, we got a different set-up on the drakes as last week.
It took us some time but after about 90 mins of wipes, we were able to take down Halfus.

We went onto the twin dragons and was able to make some progess but time expired for us... hopefully the Monday group will be able to take them down.

On a side note, we're recruiting for a 2nd team... if you're interested let me know.
If you need gear, the guild can craft them or we can run heroics which is done nightly.

If certain people are interested, I'll be willing to move that 2nd team... *hint* *hint*

Halfus on a stick

Halfus is DEAD!

We had a few wipes before Halfus fell to KotC!
Did a hand full of attempts on the second boss and was able to get it to the 2nd phase.

I have a feeling the group will down the 2nd boss on Monday.

Congrats to KotC... will post pics of Halfus kill later.

Halfus wins

Got my update from Skru this morning that the raid didn't do so well last night.  Halfus is still standing and is laughing at us.  He wasn't sure what the problem was, aside from one of the tank dying farily quickly after the fight started.  Since I was in attendance, I can't give my input and it's not fair for my to even give my thoughts about it.

Thursday I'm up to bat and so is my wife.  Hopefully we'll get a new set of drakes since this is Tuesday. . . I do need to get some crafted gear made for me, hard part is obtaining those stupid orbs that you can't trade!

Anyways, I'll be running some heroics on Puka and a couple of regulars on my pally until Thursday.

If you're interested in joining the KotC, here's the link to post an app:  Knight of the Citadel
Just let me know you posted an app so I can let the GM know.  They are a great group and everything is laid out on the table so there's no surprises and everyone is so willing to help one another.

Interested

Okay, not much has change... just been doing heroics.  Leveled up my alt shammy to 40 something and starting to run some instances on my pally.

Last night we had another raid meeting... due to our RL schedule, wife and I will only be raiding on Thursday night and that is fine with us, we appreciate it.  We have a set group with back-up's and rotation for myself and lindsay.

The guild would like to recruit more people so we can start 2 10-man or run a 25-man raid... *hint* *hint* a couple of mages would be nice!!!!

Anyways, I wish my guild luck tonight on Halfus... I sure hope to hear they got him down by the time I login around 9 pm.

Hmm....

After trying to down Halfus last night, it be came even more apprent that us resto druids do not have any "oh shit" heals that other healing classes has.  I did everything I could think of and then some but the over-all damage was killing us healers in regards to our mana.  DPS were doing their job, putting out awesome dps and our tanks was great as well.  Don't get me wrong, I think that our healers are great as well but the composition isn't the best.

I honestly believe if there was a holy pally there instead of me, the guild would've gotten the kill.  If there was a pally, a beacon would be up and he/she could heal both tanks and have one of the other healer spot healing while concentrating on the raid with the 3rd healer.

During my off nights, I'm going to get my pally geared up as holy with a prot off-spec.  So if we're in a situation like this again, I can suggest to bring in my pally for a few tries to determine if it's better.

Anyways, looking forward to stepping in again on next Thursday....

Bashton of Twilight

We went into Baston of Twilight tonight with the hopes of taking down Halfus.

The closest we got him down was 47%,  We had a shammy, priest and myself healing... not the best composition imo.  All in all, we did really well and I had a blast wiping.  The group goes back in on Monday night and I have a feeling they'll get him down.

Sorry no pics... wanting to wait for a boss down first....

Latest update

Been running heroics, getting people geared up.
Our raid schedule will be Monday and Thursday evenings 8 - 11 pm.  Lindsay and I already have a standing commitment on Monday's so there will be 2 people going in our place on those nights.

We're going to start out in Baston of Twilight... so from now until Thursday, more heroics.

Hard night and great news for Resto

WoW... last night was a hard night.  One of our tank wanted to run a heroic but on his lock... I was asked to heal.  Since he's been helping us going with heroic runs and obtaining gear I said lets go.  We wented up with 4 guildmembers, pugging a tank.. about 20 mins in queue we got HoO.
You're probably thinking, easy right... wrong, a freshly heroic geared warrior as a tank.  Wipe and Wipe again and then he bales before the first boss.  Then we get a pally that's isn't geared any better but at least knows some of his/her limitation.  We got done with HoO without finishing it because the tank wasn't able to grab all of the adds on the last boss and we had enough of him, we called it.

Then I queue up with Skru to do a random, we got Stonecore... my nightmare as a resto.  It was painful with me deal more times than I care to but we cleared it.

On an up note... this is from the 4.1 PTR patch notes:
Efflorescence has been redesigned. It creates a healing zone at the feet of a Swiftmend  target, but this healing zone now restores health equal to 4/8/12% of the amount healed by Swiftmend to the three most injured targets within 8 yards, every 1 second for 7 seconds. This periodic effect now also benefits from spell haste, but the individual ticks cannot be critical effects.

We now have a smart heal.  This is a greal heal for 25-man content due to people won't be as spread out as much... I'll have to see how it goes in 10-man.... either way, I am happy with what they did with Efflorescence.

Until my next post...
Glyphs

Welcome

To my WoW family - you know who you are... =)

If you're still having fun playing WoW or would like to come back to the game, I strongly suggest you app with the guild we're in now.  We (meaning myself, wife and skru) would love to be in the same guild and play with you again.

We never had to pug for a heroic, okay maybe once for a tank but it was an off night for most.  The guild will be starting a 10-man progession team with back-up members, currently we have 14 people wanting to raid.  The guild would like to run a 25-man team if there's enough interested.  There's a group of senior members that runs older Wrath raid to get titles, ach and mounts.

If you have any questions about the guild, let me know and I'll answer any doubts or questions.
Post a reply here or catch me in-game.  =)

Until my next post...

Rinse and Repeat

More heroics tonight and more to come tomorrow.
Raid leader informed me that he wants to run me through whatever heroics I need to up my gear.

Shouldn't be too bad, the gear that I can upgrade comes from Lost City, Halls and Throne...

Until my next post...

Quick update

There was no cata raid this past weekend... although we do have the numbers for a 10-man group with back-ups, just need to make sure we have the right raid composition.

All is not lost, Lindsay got her Kingslayer title on Friday night I think.  I ran a few heroics over the weekend and I was able to get Of the Nightfall title last night...  let me tell you that clearing the trash took longer.

More heroics during the week and I'll be going into ICC on Friday night to get my Kingslayer title.

Until my next post...

Another great night

It was another good night for WoW.  Logged on to do the random heroic, was going as dps but ended up healing.  It has been some time since I healed on Puka and let me just say I had fun. 

It was confirmed tonight that I'll be healing in raids, I am looking forward to the challenges.

Until my next post.... wish me luck tomorrow night in our first raid.