Struggling with numbers our 25m raiding is a bit under strain and thus our progression through 25m content slowed down. Nonetheless when we did get all our ranks and members aligned we managed to deal with Deathwing's spine. Switch target galore and "what a nice camera angle" this fight is all about control and the proper execution of it. As we've seen in the past regarding the tuning of certain fights in 10 vs 25 settings this fight is the new fandral fight with the 10m tuning being way off and low vs it's 25m counterpart. Once we managed to have everyone focused and use burst dps on the tendons this fight finally to start making sense and soon after we pried off his last plate and welcomed the thought of trying to overcome the madness fight on normal mode.



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We're getting near to dealing with Deathwing himself as we managed to kill his last lieutenant, warmaster Blackhorn. This encounter is really a helter-skelter fight as movement and target switching is constantly thrown at you in an endless barrage of spells and adds. The fight was a nice change versus the Ultraxion encounter as that simply is a gearcheck. This fight however keeps you constantly under pressure and stress levels are high during the entire encounter which makes a kill feel extra rewarding. This gunship battle really feels like an aerial fight with the cloud formations swooping by a success compared to the previous incarnation of a gunship battle within the icecrown citadel. Next up, we face Deathwing's immune system as we pry his armor loose.



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The 5th boss in the Dragon soul raid was next on our to kill list. Ultraxion is a relatively simple fight with only 2 mechanics both of which are countered in the same way, by hitting the extra button on your UI. Failing to do so at the appropriate moment spells instant death. That being said this fight is a true gearcheck as the real challenge is being able to pump out the numbers in the dps department and to a lesser extent in the healing department. After some stressing to assure everyone fully understood when to click their button we managed to bring him down with 5 seconds to spare until the enrage. We then got to enjoy Thrall going all power ranger on us as he fired up his power morpher and screamed "Tyrannosaurus Rex". He didn't :?: all right, no he didn't it was merely the freshly charged dragon soul which made Deathwing plow into the horde gunship. Go us \o/ alliance and take that horde and your zeppelin based design. Next up we will be revisiting a gunship, no lootship although.



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So far we got to enjoy the new raid and all of it's new design and artwork. A complete new raid instance, oh wait no wyrmrest temple I seem to remember from that previous expansion. Elemental giants and old god minions I seem to recall stumbling into them before surely Hagara will bring something new and fresh. Some roleplay between the aspects and soon to be aspect thrall and we have to go where ? The eye of eternity... didn't we used to go there as well oh well the absence of a certain butterfly winged goatee dragon spamming "I give you one chance. Pledge fealty to me, and perhaps I won't slaughter you for your insolence!" can certainly be seen as something positive. Hagara is a mix between quite some elements and it's mainly an execution fight as the dps nor healing threshold don't seem that severe. Getting the right ppl to block the ice lance spam and getting people to notice that they were about to be turned into an iceblock was the main challenge. Apart from that it was kumbaya hold my hand and we form a human chain and down Hagara went quite quickly. So we say goodbye to this unimaginative looking female orc wearing tier 2 shaman armor and onwards we go to Ultraxion aka mr patchwe... err gearcheck.



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We were a bit cautious of this fight as we figured it would be more taxing than Zon'ozz given the amount of adds and all of their abilities. We proved that to be a misconception as the ooze colors were quick to learn and understand. Overall this fight turned out to be quite straightforward with just 2 major challenges, being able to pump out the hps during a yellow ooze and to refrain from direct heals on the main raid during a purple one. That said we made quick work of Yor'sahj and her oozelings. I just wonder what heroic Yor'sahj will bring, perhaps a tripple rainbow and btw did you notice "the oozes have faces".



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