Aphorism goes 10m

Aphorism has converted it's 25man raiding team into two 10man teams, as the carrot from raiding 25man simply isn't big enough any more. Back in TBC, the 25man raiding size was applauded for making it easier to manage a guild and raiding team, and the 10man raids in WotLK were a great alternative for casual raiders. But now the lines between 10man and 25man are blurry and the only noticeable difference is that 10man is simply less raider inside the raid instance.

From here on though, we expect a higher quality of raiding and compete for server firsts again and hopefully this is the change, that will again yield just that. And in the meanwhile we hope for blizzard to make 25man more attractive in the future, so that it doesn't die out completely.

Baleroc HM down!

Without doubt the hardest fight before Ragnaros, I imagine many guilds look forward to the nerf of this baddie. With a fuckup tolerance near zero, this boss took us some tries of tweaking shard tanks and healing setup. Grats guys on the kill and now it's time to bang our heads against the wall on Ragnaros.

Majordomo Staghelm HM down!

Sadly we didn't try this pushover of a fight earlier, he died within an hour of the first try ever on him. Not much harder than Shannox to be honest!

Alysrazor HM down!

Who ordered their chicken well done?

Beth'tilac HM down!

The gluttonous she-spider didn't take us that many tries to kill, and after refining our tactics (aka not having her eat any spiderlings after descending to P2), we downed her after a handful tries.

Lord Rhyolith HM down!

Lord RNG: Shit boss is shit. We never got our usual 1% wipe but a 2% wipe earlier this week, would have to suffice. Onwards to the heroic spiderweb!

Normal mode cleared

So far we had only killed Ragnaros on 10man, so after getting Shannox HC down, we paid Ragnaros a visit and he gave us some fat loot, which included our 29th and 30th bow from Firelands. Blizzard is not holding back on ranged weapons this patch and soon we can gear up our social's hunter alts.