So we did it. We cleared all of Kara in one night. One 'wipe' on chess and a few close calls brought on by Relapse. I'm filled with a sense of pride. Isn't that stupid? I'm not exaggerating either. I'm actually proud of what we've done.
I think there are a few reasons why we were able to run through the whole thing last night. First and foremost, we had all of our players focused and relatively undistracted (except for Angelo during the Prince fight). Given the focus we had fewer wipes, fewer calls for breaks, and faster pulls. It was great.
The second reason things went so well was that by virtue of our growing guild we didn't have to spend all night waiting for people to jump on. Sadly, while our growth has addressed one issue it also brings new baggage. With only 10 spots open we had beloved guildies sitting on the sidelines waiting for a chance to jump in. I hope everyone will be patient as we try to adapt to our new circumstances. Keep in mind that GM2 was built on the concept of good times and fairness. We'll all do everything we can to make our group work.
-Jutah
4 comments:
I don't think it's stupid to feel a little pride for what we accomplished. We weren't pushing for speed or for a full clear. It just turned out that the success we were having was exciting. I personally enjoyed being in there with focused guildies (and Gink).
I fully agree with your points on why we were able to run through the whole thing. Some of the things I noticed were:
1-I almost forgot about the possibility of dying. It seemed like the healing rotation was insane and Juts didn't have a chance to go down. Props to the healers.
2-DPS was fun to watch. I know, I know. I am a warlock and should be competing for dps. I just dot down on myself for being affliction and things died too damn fast for my DoTs to be effective.
3-Minimal downtime. I know you mentioned this Juts but keeping a pace was monstrous. I hope we are able to just turn you loose on pulling and the rest of us in the group can manage to keep up.
After weeks of Kara, we can see we know how to dominate the place. I look forward to next week's run. Without Kara to do, I find myself playing on alts.
So, in the meantime, please prepare for the next run. I'm going to grind out 60 or so super mana pots for the guild. Run some heroics. Work on small things. Get your dailies done.
Concerning the guild growth, we are growing and progressing. Beloved guildies did sit on the sidelines for the first time. It is kind of strange to have more than 10 people on to go. All I can say is, we can roll with it and let the people that are ready to go at Kara call time, go. Or, grab another 8-10 peeps and start Kara 2. I really don't know about a Kara 2 group but that would be interesting. I'm just throwing that idea out there. But FYI, my shadow priest hasn't touched Kara this week and is now open to a full, brand new run (pending wife aggro).
I'm happy to see the progress. I welcome it. At this pace, growing pains happen. We'll learn to deal with it.
im not so sure about a second group either, sure get me two is the best guild no one's heard of, but the people that make them good are pretty much just enough for one group, I only NEED a cape from Kara, and wouldn't mind the spell hit wand off shade, so i can sit out on kara for someone.
Also if we get 2 kara groups, we should consider getting 5 more so we can do 25 mans, gruul's is EASYY, and with the coordination we had on netherspite the other night, im sure we can do mag. The only hard part about mag is clicking the cubes at the right time. I say we try to get mel and ginkei to join GM2, and find a few other mages.
And if we get brave, we can go to the eye and kill voidreaver, me angelo and ginkei all have more DPS than imho had when i use to go with them. And a few other well geared mages will make it easy sauce.
Just a few ideas.
Wouldn't it be freaky if a guild no one has ever heard of crept up on the server top 10?
But remember, im only available past 11:30 pm server time m-th, so try to let me take part in your glory<3
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