Tuesday (1 Jun) - Mayhem in Icecrown Citadel

Tuesday (1 Jun) - Mayhem in Icecrown Citadel

[Note: It was pointed out to me that I had posted part 2 of the ICC when I hadn't posted part 1. Ooops. Here it is.]

For the second week in a row the MM guild had the happy problem of having too many raiders wanting in on the ICC10 raid. Last week we threw everyone into an ICC25 raid, which was fun, even though we did not get very far - as in, we got no where at all, failing at the first boss. Numbers alone do not a good raid make. We topped out at 29 raiders in game Tuesday night, but the decision this time was to field two ten mans. It took awhile to sort out who was going on what raid and getting the right mix together. Wild ended up in the Mf led raid. Bd, who Wild usually raids with, led the other raid. Both raids were underway before 7pm, which is progress of a sort as it usually takes longer. Someone actually suggested that raid invites be moved up to 530pm so we could get started earlier. It's not the scheduled start time that's the problem, it's that no one shows up on time, because of RL time issues (for some) and because no one insists on being on time.

Once we got started, the first wing of ICC fell, one boss after another. Lord Marrowgar collapsed in a pile of broken bones; Deathwhisper's curses were silenced; the Gunship raised it's flag in victory; and, after two miss-steps, even Saurfang succumbed. We learned on Saurfang that three healers were too many. Or, more accurately, that three healers made us one DPS short. On our third attempt we switched a healer to a DPS, and that made the difference.

We even had time for one attempt on Festergut in the second wing, which most of the raiders had yet to defeat. It was a very good attempt, too, getting Festergut to 26% before wiping. I'm pretty sure we'll get him down Wednesday night.

The best news for Wild was that he was finally able to get rid of the last piece of i232 gear on his healing set. [Soulcleave Pendant] dropped, an i251 necklace to replace the old one Wild has been forced to use for so long.