On the Move

For the past month and a half I've been very happy with Savage Desire. Ever since Crisis' computer lost it's magic smoke and Median took over Raid Leader duties I've had nothing but fun. The problem is, and many in the guild feel the same way, is that we are not progressing as much as we'd like to be. The last few weeks we've geared people out from Kara and then the bounce to a guild that is farming Gruuls or SSC.

A few nights ago Dezzi and I were running Heroic Steamvaults with a rogue from Strange Brew. He asked me if we were looking for a new guild and for the first time that I can remember I didn't give a firm "no" answer. Other then progression in instances a major problem with Savage Desire is the GM. We found out through a third party that she is taking a voluntary leave of absence until the middle of November. That's all well and good except that even the top officers have minimal control on the Admin side of things. Leaving your guild without clear directions or interim leadership is just wrong.

We haven't decided to leave Savage Desire just yet, but we did put in an Application with Strange Brew in case we do. They've already welcomed us with open arms and even offered to let us form and lead Kara Group 3. The only person in Savage Desire that I've told about this is Median. He's told me that he is fed up with SD as well and is considering forming a guild of his own. No plans are set in stone just yet but it's quickly becoming apparent that that SD will be losing a good bulk of it's raiding force if things don't start to change.

Upgrades!

For three nights Lleu has been trying his hardest to get into a Heroic, any heroic, to get one of the three Primal Nethers that he needs to make his Ebon belt and his Boots of the Crimson Hawk. Last night we finally found a group for Mech. But the mage wasn't keyed and the Rogue had already ran it. Lleu was the only one in need of the Nether and it slipped though his fingers.

Then we found a Slave Pens group that was looking for DPS and Heals. Dezzi and I joined. A rogue was also in need of the Nether and wouldn't let me buy it should he win a /roll. Lucky for us He DC'd and we replaced him with a Mage from Savage Desire. So now Lleu has his belt and a 101 hit rating. All we need now is the ring off of Curator and we'll be close enough to the 142 hit rating that we'll stop looking for hit gear.

Tonight we're spaming LFG for a Mech group. If we win the Nether there and down all five bosses we'll have the Honor badges to buy the final Nether. Then we'll burn some cash to get the 10 Primal Airs needed and do a little dance in our brand new shoes.

Kara is not going according to plan this week. Aran didn't want to die on Tuesday and we won't be back until Sunday. The plan is Nightbane if our tank isn't squishy, Aran, Chess, and Prince. Prince will die. Prince will drop our bow. The masses will cheer because we'll stop QQing all over /g every night.

Group 1 SNAFU

This week Group 1 decided to burn through to Prince as quickly as possible on Tuesday night. In about 30 minutes we were at the door for Opera. It won't open. Barnes (is that his name?) says that Mr. Moroes won't allow the show to start..... sh!t. Backtrack to Moroes we go. I'm not sure what happened this week. Most weeks he's an easy one shot. This week it took us four attempts.

Back to Opera. Big Bad Wolf was a one shot. Curator was a two shot because the last ball wasn't killed and was allowed to sit on top of our melee DPS AEing them to death. Aran barely had a chance to sheep us. With much embarrassment I tell you that we lost chess the first round. After chess we called the raid because three people had to get some of that "sleep" that I've been hearing so much about lately.

The second raid night was much worse. We started with Nightbane. Four attempts later we got him to 75%. Our tank was to squishy, our Hunter MD'd (that Lleu guy is such a n00b at times!) to the fury warrior on the second attempt. Then our Healadin DC'd and never returned. We decided to go take down Attunmen. On the first attempt the MT missed Attunmen and our tree got chopped in half. For the second attempt the first horse had respawned so he had to kill it before the Midnight dropped to 95%. Easy kill, Lleu gets the Crossbow.

After that we thought we'd go try to down the animal boss. After wasting 45 minutes killing the trash we finally got the Bat to spawn and it kicked our butts three times before we called the raid.

Not the worst week yet, but certainly not the best. Our MT can't raid the rest of the week so we may just take the next few nights off and start fresh on Tuesday.

On a side note I was looking at BRK's armory and realized that My DPS is higher then his..... wow. He has more crit and hit then I do so he'd still beat me on the Damage Meters. For someone that admittedly sucked before reading BRK though it's a huge accomplishment that I've caught up to him.

Promotion!

Last night Lleu was promoted to Hunter Class Officer. We take this very seriously and have already made a list of changes that our hunters will make. There will be complaining, there will be crying. Then there will be Mass Quantities of Sustained DPS. I am not going to require anyone to change their spec right away. If you can pull off the DPS with your 1/40/20 build, then by all means DO EET!!! But know that the Guild officers and Guild Leader have given me the power to change your spec if you can't hold it down. The one exception is Combat Retardedness..... er Experience. If you have this talent, you better have the 10g to respec out of it. Put those points anywhere else. If you need help, ask me and I'll help you decide where they could be better used.

Gear is another issue. I will be a gear nazi. Things I've seen wrong already include pure stam gems and STR enchants. These will change. If they don't then feel free to find another guild. Savage Desires leadership wants us to transform into a raiding guild. It's my job to make sure the hunters pull their weight. If you look bad, I look bad. Lleu doesn't like looking bad. Horrible things happen when Lleu looks bad.

Weekend Ramblings

Leather working from 350-375 is stupidly hard. 4 Primal mana and 4 Primal waters for one point? You're kidding right Blizzard?

If your gear has sockets and you don't have gems in them, you are wrong.

4 of 10 hunters in SD are wrong. This will be resolved tonight.

This is why SD needs class officers.

Lleu is going to need more stam gear if he's going to tame the first boss in Zul'aman. First reports are that he hits chain for 10k and bleeds you for 3k a tick. Ouch.

When you're in an instance with people that wear plate, cloth, and mail; leather will drop. Blizzard should pay you for the inconvenience. We will accept primal nethers and honor badges.

To all the Horde on Spinebreaker that are selling Knothide leather for 10g per stack, eff you.

To the guy that put his up for 50s last night. Thank you. we're 351 LW thanks to your generous contribution.

Prince down. No bow.

Late night raid last night. We said "hi" to nightbane and Slappy got a nice big leg bone to sharpen his teeth on after a quick one shot. Curator, Aran, and Chess were also one shots. Phat lewt for our off tank and mage on all of them. We *almost* got the one shot on Prince. 1% again.... infernals all around up and then the last one decided to drop in and say hello. We lost our Off tank/MS warrior on the second enfeeble though so we knew we could do better.

Round two. Lleu beat a hole in his [Drums of War] OT/MS warrior stayed up a bit longer. Prince took a nice long dirt nap. Mage got her T4 helm (and T4 gloves off of Curator) she also picked up a cloak. The warrior snagged a dagger for his Fury set and we hearthed out.

I'm a bit disappointed that my bow didn't drop. The fact that nothing was sharded tonight makes it worth it though. I'm so proud of Savage Desire right now. We've made vast improvements the last three weeks. We've gone from running Kara 4-5 nights a week to being so confident of a full clear that we're taking the weekend off for farming and heroics. Group 1 is quickly becoming a cohesive unit.

This is the first week for Group 2. They made it to Curator at my last check. After a bumpy start on Tuesday they seem to be pulling together nicely. At this rate we'll be ready for a serious Gruuls attempt in a matter of weeks.

Bittersweet week

Savage Desire has made three trips into Karazhan this week. Day 1 Attunmen, Moroes, and Maiden fell. Opera was Oz. We wiped twice and called it a night. Day 2 Opera, Curator, Aran, Chess, and Illihoof dropped. With the exception of Opera the first night and a small bit of miscommunication on Attumen we one shotted everything. Day three was Prince. We had a ton of problems with Prince. Rogues were pulling aggro, mages were pulling aggro, I pulled aggro..... twice. And these were the pulls that we had good infernal drops. We had him down below 10% on three occasions and couldn't drop him. The closest was 1%!

On that attempt every single infernal made range team 1, range team 2, or the tank move. Finally the infernals push us to the far wall, surrounded the DPS teams then the last one dropped right on top of us. I think I saw Malchezaar wave Sunfury at me. He's such an @$$.

Loot? It was a Hunters week again. Beastmaw Pauldrons from Oz (LEGACY dropped too but we already have it.) Demon Stalker Gauntlets from Curator, and Sky-Hunter Swift Boots from the first boss in Sethekk Halls to replace my last green. All and all it was a fun week of raids but now we're burnt out until Tuesday when we'll do it all over again.