Arch Magus Vangl proved himself to be quite the adversary, especially faced against a
raidforce in deep contemplation of what unheard of strategy to apply against
this particular encounter. Several intricate battleplans were made, and all found unworthy.
During our last attempt of the evening, as our initial plan was on the brink of failure
once again, a rather blunt statement was uttered in our raidchannels; Merely zerg the lummox...
Somewhat baffled that our medieval approach of brute force was the key to winning, potential
corpseshots all but eluded me, and hopefully the screenshots of Mata Muram will suffice for now,
despite their limited quality. As the first quote below will clearly outline, we were somewhat
uncertain whether or not the nemesis of Anguish himself was initially aggro, or triggered through
a brief display of exquisite lore, thus we sent our blithely unaware monk Karde in to investigate with
the clear instruction of merely checking if the mob was indeed triggered.
After receiving our general go ahead, Karde immersed himself in the lure of Mata Muram, and
seconds after asking "What worlds" a totally unaware raidforce found themselves quite Dead. Several petitions were
made that night though, and hopefully Karde will adorn himself with a new title within the week;
Karde the Illiterate
Mayong Mistmoore transcended into full divinity tonight as his earthly form was slain in the Demi-Plane of Blood.
Many nights have been spent amid Mayong's most trusted council, and despite making continous progress on the event, many of
us could not hide our frustration when we wiped with the master of dreadspire at 2% nearing midnight.
Motivation was paragon however, and every single member remained online to make one final attempt, despite the fact that
most of them were already dreading the morning thereafter. Euphoria is hardly adequate when attempting to define the seconds
following our victory, but considering the effort our guild has put into the latest expansion, I think the feeling was ubiquitous. Never
before have I received such a barrage of tells, fairly certain the number exceeded hundreds, most demanding that the aftermath
of the encounter was included in the webpage update, namely the lore.
Supposedly the effects of Mayongs elaborate scheme should be evident in every zone of the game, though sadly this aspect of the
encounter appeared broken. Action screenshots are all but lacking unfortunately, as I was rather preoccupied during the encounter,
hopefully we can ameliorate on this in the future.
Back from being MIA, so I better make the update I promised everyone. I can only agree with what Damide said on the Tide page. Not even the best movie director could have staged a better finish
than we saw on finishing TSS on Antonius Bayle. It was really a close race.
Raging Fury chose a different path when it came to priorities in regards to Ashengate vs Frostcrypt. It is always a tough decision. How long can you keep working on one specific mob when there is a whole other branch to explore and conquer? With the risk of
falling behind, we chose to stay in Ashengate and finish Lethar 2 before starting a new progression path. Luckily it paid off. With hard work from the RF team, we beat Lethar in early December and started working on Frostcrypt access. We entered Frostcrypt just
before our x-mas break and ended up clearing the first instance in a few days, but getting stuck on not receiving the flag we were supposed to on Lorekeeper Grenwald
After our holiday break, we came out with all guns blazing. People eager to raid, with renewed energy after being pushed hard to finish FC flagging. Finally we could do what we do best instead of doing weird quests. It was time to kill some big bad guys. We redid
the first FC instance on a Tuesday, got the first 4 events in FC2 down on Wednesday and Thursday and faced Beltron the Shadeking on the Friday. Impressive job from all our members. So we start from scratch on Shadeking and 2 first attempts get him to 70% and then
60%. Time runs out and we go back to the drawing board and rethink the tactics needed for the fight. After clearing re-popped events for a few days, we get back to Shadeking...only to have the event crash the zone and having to end the night because clearing back
will take too long. This happens a couple times and we end up having to do re-popped events again. Yay! In the meanwhile, Tide kills Shadeking and although I would have loved to be first on him, I will be the first one to congratulate Tide on the accomplishment
and my gratz tell was sent not because it was the right thing to do, but because we know what it takes to do it. Every guild that kill end zone bosses among the first 5 or 10 guilds have busted their asses off to reach that point and deserve recognition
We think we found out why the instance has been crashing on us and we get to try out our new tactics. Each try getting him lower and lower. We are aware that Tide is working on Lethar at the same time and while I prefer to focus on our own performance and not on other
guilds, I would be lying if I said its not a motivation to me to have a goal and some friendly competition in reaching that goal, in this case being the first guild on AB to finish The Serpents Spine expansion. We go again, getting him below 40%, losing people along the
way...getting him to 30% and things start getting scary....20% and things are out of control. With Beltron at 3% and desperately trying to squeeze out the last DPS we need, we realize we need one more minor adjustment and we have to take the wipe. But instead of pointing
fingers and blaming each other, we can see how close we are and everyone gets that extra boost they need to go again even though its starting to get late and we know it will probably be the last attempt of the night. We can't let him stay up!
Last try.....We get Beltron the Shadeking down. And not only did we get him down, we destroyed him! You get the feeling that everything is going smooth and when you see the Main Tank still standing proud with Beltron at 20% and below, while not seeing people spamming raid
say with names of those who died, you know its a done deal. The best feeling there is and a nice adrenaline rush. With this last kill done, I'm proud to say that Raging Fury is one of the still very few guilds that have finished The Serpents Spine expansion completely.
Thanks to the competition for keeping us on our toes and pushing us to continuously improve and give our best. And big gratz on Lethar guys.
Last I am proud to say that with the help of DeIllusional our Raging Fury Item Database is now up to date and includes TSS loots as well. Enjoy!
We are progressing nicely in the hellzone known as Meldrath's Majestic Mansion and I wouldnt be surprised to see some kills this week. Unfortunately, reallife has claimed a few of our members and we are looking for a couple of dedicated players, especially clerics, to help with the final push on the path to Crystallos.
Our full recruiting needs can be seen here: Recruiting status
It has been a while since we had open spots and I expect them to be filled fast, so do not hesitate to contact either Illandra or an officer in game for further info
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