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June 4, 2008 — Double your pleasure, double your fun

Hoping to stick to the precedent set by our first kill of Felmyst on a Wednesday night, Explicit hit up Sunwell this evening in full force, and we knew from the get-go that it was our evening.

After plowing through the first three bosses of Sunwell, including breezy one-shots of Brutallus and Felmyst, we raced up the gauntlet to Eredar Twins with about two hours left on our first raid night of the week.

Our previous few nights worth of attempts had taught us most of what we needed to know, and we were confident that all that we required was a bit more practice to push through the first phase and bring the fight home.

A quick series of attempts reiterated the point, and in no time at all Explicit witnessed phase 2 once and then twice. With our level of comfort in phase 1 steadily growing, we chose to stick it out for one last attempt at the close of the night with trash soon to respawn — and to great effect.

As it turned out, not even a phase 1 hunter death and a shadow priest disconnect could stand in the way of a good old fashioned twin spanking. Explicit downed Lady Sacrolash with little to-do before leaping from the balcony of accidental wipage to race the enrage timer. With mere seconds to go but almost the entire raid still standing, Grand Warlock Alythess fell at last, marking the two-thirds point of Explicit's trip through Sunwell.

Congratulations to Kjoldar on his Pauldrons of Perseverance and to Aikos on his Pauldrons of Perseverance=Pauldrons of Berserking. Still more congratulations to Assaberan on his Stanchion of Primal Instinct and to Dispute on his Book of Highborne Hymns. The random tier 6 token, Bracers of the Forgotten Protector, went to the lucky duck Kontomble (the third offspec protector bracers of the night), and Lintu took home our first PVP neck, Sin'dorei Pendant of Conquest.

Great work, everyone, on perfect execution for a truly challenging fight!

May 7, 2008 — And the T6 booties did abound

Following this evening's picture-perfect Brutallus kill (featuring 29.6K raid DPS and several seconds left on the enrage timer), Explicit turned its attention back to Felmyst, ready to continue last week's steady progress.

After one overhaul of group positioning proved interesting but less than ideal given everyone's tepid degree of comfort with the fight, a few last-minute switch-ups yielded the kind of results we were looking for, and all that remained was to practice, practice, and practice a bit more.

As the night wound down, the raid grew impatient but increasingly confident, culminating at last in an extremely solid attempt that found Felmyst entering the last flying phase with 8% health and landing after the buzzer with 5% to go.

 

Explicit raced the dragon's blistering post-enrage tirade, reaching 3% before we reengaged and finishing the job at long last with half the raid standing. (Sorry, Assaberan, you'll still be alive post-kill one of these days.)

Congratulations to Thorran on his Boots of the Forgotten Conqueror, to Assaberan on his Boots of the Forgotten Vanquisher, to Toeknee on his Boots of the Forgotten Protector, and to Bbpoodle <Rated G> (a.k.a. Bbhealer) on his Sword Breaker's Bulwark.

And congratulations to everyone for sticking it out for a truly memorable kill!

Those keeping score may or may not have noticed that this leaves two more nights this week on our three-night raiding schedule for a bit of Eredar Twins action. Bone up!

April 14, 2008 — The legions of mediocrity strike again

A night's worth of attempts last week against the big baddie Brutallus proved inconclusive, although Explicit became well-versed and built confidence in the fight.

Our return this evening capitalized on our previous experience, and then some. Almost immediately we discovered that we had brought enough DPS (complete lack of warglaives not withstanding) to get the job done.

 

By the end of the night, things had shaped up admirably. A somewhat shaky attempt culminating in a 4% wipe proved that a bit of solid execution was all that stood between us and another Sunwell victory, and the raid stepped up to the challenge.

Explicit's first kill of Brutallus took us a good several seconds into the enrage timer, but still with time enough to send the big guy packing after littering the ground with some fresh and delightful parting gifts.

Congratulations to Thorran and Bbhealer on a Belt of the Forgotten Conqueror apiece, to Cryingleaf on his Belt of the Forgotten Vanquisher, and to Toeknee on his Clutch of Demise.

Looking forward to more fun on Felmyst next week!