Raid Night Spawns Progression

Since joining the raiding ranks of my guild, very little “new” territory was forged. On a weekly basis we would go to Karazhan, kill the bosses, get some gear and loot our badges. Now, there is nothing wrong with this, especially since each week find ourselves becoming better, faster and more efficient. We are quickly closing in on clearing Karazhan in a single night now; but the thirst for more lingers.

This thirst has led us into the depths of Zul’Aman. For two weeks now we have gathered on Sunday night for something new…new trash, new bosses, new loot. For a second week now we have been able to defeat the Bear Avatar, Nalorakk and can safely say we have him on farm status now.

After our kill we decided to bypass boss #2 to avoid another embarrassing run of the gauntlet and went off to what we thought was boss #3. We ended up taking a wrong turn and came face to face with Halazzi, the Lynx Avatar. After three attempts the raid was called, but we found success in our defeat.

• We learned that you must walk up the MIDDLE of the stairs leading to Halazzi’s room after a wipe.
• We were able to hold our own without one piece of Tier 5 gear.
• We were able to get to through the first phase of the fight when Halazzi splits and spawns the Lynx.
• Most of all, we finally were able to wipe on a whole new set of trash.

Hopefully each week we will continue to find success in this dank Troll infested hole.

Good job guys!

Big Bad Mojo Time

Last night the guild went to test our mojo in Zul Aman. The main goal for the night was to get to Nalorakk and possibly kill him. Thanks to some good raid leadership we got to him rather quickly and if not for a misplaced tank and a one second to late heal, we would have gotten him down before the sacrifice. After the re-set we regrouped and took him down with relative ease. The drop was really nice...Fury for our enhancement shaman and everyone got there Tattered Hexcloth Sack from the "Promises, Promises..." quest.

After the buzz of our first kill we went to try our hand at the gauntlet to get to boss #2...and that is all I have to say about that.

We ended up going off and killing Nethspite and Illhoof (w/o warlock) for our second full Karazhan clear in the same number of weeks.

All in all it was a great night for the guild. It is nice to have a couple of really good weeks back to back. Now let’s hope we can get week three to be just as good.

Note: Apologies to the guildy we had to drop due to sign up priority. It was really hard to do and no one wanted to be the bad guy. It is just the first time we actually had more than 10 people signed up. I will make sure that we make it up to you.

Guild Communication

Vent has given guilds a leg up during raids. The ability to explain andcommunicate without having to type everything out allows for faster response time and faster raid runs. One of the side affects though of using vent is thehilarity of random things that people say during the length of the raid. I have compiled a small list of the more memorable vent moments from our raids.

Enjoy

• "Stop sucking so much!" During our 100th wipe on Nightbane.


• "Sorry, my fault, forgot to heal, (name) was talking dirty to me." - Another Nightbane wipe.


• "He talks all quiet like because he is masturbating." - On why our main tank starts whispering after 11pm."


• He tanks a lot better when high." - After our main tank took a couple of sleeping pills.


• "Damn...why is my ancestral recall button so close to rez...I'm gonna need a summon." - Me...my first kara run.


• "I wonder if I can chain lighting the whole audience." - During a conversation on how to get to the back door faster.

Who You Gonna Call?!

We came, we saw, we kicked its ass! - Dr. Peter Venkman

Last night was a good night for the Pen is Mightier. We cleared Kara for the first time in awhile; well, except for the beast bosses, but who even counts them. Per standard form we got the worst infernal drops ever on Prince, but did up getting some what lucky on run #4. We also went and one shoted Netherspite with some sweet beam blocking coordination and some nice dual tanking between our main and off tank.

This was also the first run with couple of our new recruits. They did very well and I am glad they are with us. One is a resto druid that rounds out our healing crew and the other is an elemental shaman that gives us a complete set of shaman talent builds. Hopefully in the next few runs we will be able to get a couple of more of the new people in with us and maybe, just maybe get a second Kara group going.

The Pen is Mightier than Nightbane!

After a few weeks of wipes, repair bills and Pink Bunny tabards the Pen has finally taken down the boney menace, Nightbane. Watching the fight unfold was a think of beauty. Everyone moving when required, fears controlled, heals criting at just the right time, perfect agro management and ZERO deaths made for one of the finest nights in the Pen's short history. A job well done guys and congrats too on the phat lewtz.

Robe of the Elder Scribes

Ferocious Swift-Kickers

W00t!

Recruiting Woes

As you have seen here, our guild is recruiting. We are not an uber guild, but we hold out own. We are that CasualCore guild. We don’t require raid attendance but have the core 7 to 9 people that raids weekly without a second thought. We normally raid after 9PM (CST) because of most of us have other commitments that keep us from logging on until later in the evening.

We are running Karazhan weekly. We offer plenty of opportunities for more people to come in, learn how to raid and gear up without a DKP system. But since we have started looking we haven’t been able to scrounge up even one recruit.

Why is this? Yes, we raid a little later than normal, but we can’t be the only 7 people out there that can only jump on after 9PM…are we? Seriously, I don’t know why there is such a drought on guild recruits. I wonder if other guilds are having the same problem.

If you have any thoughts or ideas I would be interested in hearing them.

/sigh

Pen vs. Prince

“I’ve been running Kara for a year and you guys have the worst infernal luck I have ever seen" -Atar

Finally after a couple of frustrating weeks we got Prince down again…it only took three attempts. It isn’t that hard of a fight and if things go well it is actually pretty easy. Unfortunately the fight is about 90% luck with the infernals. No matter what we would do, we just could never catch a break until this week.

Loot was pretty Rogue heavy…to bad we didn’t have one.

Helm of the Fallen Champion

Farstrider Wildercloak

Malchazeen

I did end up with the helm so that gives me 3/5 Tier 4 pieces. Now I am just missing the BP and the Legs but I think I will go for the better BoJ items that are available instead.

Again, good job guys and lets hope this changes our luck a little bit.

The Pen Wants You!

The Pen is Mightier on Hellscream (US) is recruiting. The time has come for some guild growth and we are in need of more people willing to come out after 9PM CST and have some fun, wipe a couple of times and pay off some hefty repair bills.

We currently are running Karazhan with much success with our normal crew but want to get a second kara group rolling. We also have the need to start thinking about bigger and better things that reside in the 25-man content realm.

So if your toon has what it takes we come on in and we will work you over a couple of times to see if you have what it takes to be one of the Pen.

As a side note, I personally am looking for another Rogue a Resto Druid and Shadow Priest. Three of the things that our guild needs a little of on a reqular basis.