A note on frustration

I've been told you're on your third week of Karazhan. I mention this because the other night we rolled in and 1 shot prince. Frankly that's extremely impressive and it's a rate of first kills thats simply impossible to maintain now matter how good the group is. Truthfully, this week the run was as fast as any guild that farms it with almost every boss other than the 2 optionals going down in 1 shot (and some rather hilarious attempts on the big bad wolf).

What happened tonight was part of raiding. It sucks, it's frustrating, and it's the only reason why raid guilds break up. If all fights were easy, everyone would be in Black Temple rolling around in plum coloured gear. It's the reason why Altimate (my guild) stopped raiding. We had slowed to a crawl and things weren't dying fast enough. I'll throw out an example for you though.

At the rate you were going (we'll say 3 bosses a week, that's rounding down by alot) look at how far you'd be: Gruul and mag would be down in 1 week (3 bosses with maulgar), SSC cleared in 2 weeks, Eye clear in roughly 1 week. If you look at that, you'd be rolling in mount hyjal in 1 month. It's simply not possible no matter who's playing. It's not a slight against you by any means.

I don't say this to disappoint you. On the contrary, I say it because one of the most exciting things I've ever done in this game is bashed up against a single boss for WEEKS straight, and then finally watched his death throws. It's a thrill and a half (downing Hydross is THE SINGLE most exciting thing I've done in the since the expansion came out by far). But of course, the other half of that coin is the slamming into that boss full force and coming out with nothing but a repair bill. It's something I've come to accept, and you'll never see me bail because after 5 attempts a boss still isn't dead. I'm the first to join the raid, and last to leave.

Of course I would love nothing more than to down every boss on the first try. But it's not going to happen. I can only say that if you stick with it, you'll be rewarded not only with phat purpz, but the smug sense of accomplishment that goes along with killing someone who was sitting in a room minding their own business. And in all seriousness, you guys are doing a fantastic job.

(update: Ilhoof dead and Netherspite will definitely go down soon, grats) :)