Ok lots to update here and yes, we all know I am a slacker.

First up was an awesome Iron Council: Steelbreaker kill. We persevered, we strained, we tweaked and damnit we beat it. Well done to everyone.



Next up - Hodir Hard mode. We spent considerable time trying out various methods and when we beat it boy was it close....1 sec to spare and I'll admit I thought I screwed it up and we were going to miss the kill through dots ticking after the cache was destroyed. Was an amazing thing to see those achievements roll past personally.



Also mention to the 10 man team who went in and decimated most of ToC hard modes. Was an awesome night and we got some great learning in on Anub'arak - it won't be long

So :-

First night of proper hard mode focus, first hard mode down! Was a fantastic effort and some good work followed on Steelbreaker. Keep up the improvement and we'll whomp our way through everything in our path.

An update needed to display our continued progress week on week in the Trial of the Crusader.
All 4 bosses available have gone down, some certainly harder than others but all very doable. A shift in focus slightly ahead for the guild with an all out drive towards hard modes. Will require application and dedication and we will beat them all. Bring it on!

Not gonna say much, the learning was great, people responded when they needed to and we got better with each attempt. Well done all of you.

This week I made the conscious effort to skip most hard modes and to focus on getting the Yogg Saron encounter beat on 10-man. Last night we went in and we did it. We tweaked some tactics, adjusted the way we approached it and everyone there worked on getting everything and were duely rewarded when the old God capitulated. Fantastic effort guys. We followed it up with some tidying up and with an Iron Council hard mode victory. Awesome night folks. Well done.

Well Adrenaline is famous. After articles on Larisa's blog 'The Pink Pigtail Inn' we found our exploits mentioned at wow.com (formerly Wowinsider). How's that for making a name for ourselves!! I am not going to go into specifics of the event, that has been done in the blogs and the forum posts, instead I am going to take my chance to say a few words about you lot. You're great, the lot of you and you joined in with the spirit in a fashion that we really hoped for. We're one year old as a guild and We show all the signs of a guild that can go from strength to strength. I have to single out my officers team, Sylvara, Zavyah, Thib, Arime, Zhaxs, Engli, Tordark and Antimon - you guys rock and I couldn't do it without you.

Here's to another successful year to come!

Ok, we have a selection of screenshots to update with 25-man kills of Thorim, Mimiron and Vezax and also a 10-man Undying team from some time ago. Some great progress folks.

We've come a long way in a year, from the raiding side of Raging Fire that formed the backdrop for a big number of us, to being one of the top 10 alliance guilds on a very competitive server. There have been trials and tests for us along the way, highs and lows and through all of that we are still fighting, still winning. I have to say thanks to my awesome team of officers without whom I certainly couldn't do this. And to the rest of you, you're a great bunch and lets push on and make it another year to remember!!

Freya was next on the agenda and on Sunday, after slapping Ignis about, we went and started the long-winded trash clearance. Once that was eventually done we got to her and set about learning the fight. After some learning and wiping and adjusting and wiping, we decided to put her out of her misery. Some nice adjustment guys especially with the raiding changes we implemented.
Mimiron and Thorim await!!

as usual, congratulations due to the following folks;

Zavyah on shiny The Lifebinder
Thibbledorf got a new dress - Conqueror's Aegis Legguards
Nemezis also picked up T8.5 legs - Conqueror's Darkruned Legguards

People got the movement under control and managed threat via movement too and Hodir folded sharpish after very few attempts. Nice effort from all.

Congratulations to;

Shogun - Frozen Loop
Claymore - Breastplate of the Wayward Conqueror which he exchanged for Conqueror's Aegis Battleplate
Ostey - Breastplate of the Wayward Conqueror which he exchanged for Conqueror's Robe of Sanctification