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While most had rushed to take Halion down swiftly as possible in normal mode, we decided that the normal kill, which from recent history, was not going to be satisfying enough. We entered the Ruby Sanctum, and the first thing we did was test whether heroic mode was available or not. Sure enough, it was. Thousands of yells of "YES HELL YES" reverberated across the Ruby Sanctum when the question of "We want to take on the heroic Halion right off the bat, right?" (Ok, not really. I think it was just Kyppi who used those words).
The first session ended rather soon, with us playing with Phase 3 a little bit, with several different iterations of P1 and P2 strategy. Not being perfectly prepared for Ruby Sanctum release that night, we called it rather abruptly due to real life constraints.
The second session, we were prepared (with Amnerys filling the shoes of Rohonafailken once again). Scheduled for an hour earlier than our usual time to give ourselves more time, we logged on in excitement, to hear that one of our raid members will be late due to work. No problem. We'll try to replace him. The replacement was babysitting and the kids woke up! Alright, we'll wait. No problem. We can get some practice for tanking movements.
The raid member logs on, and we're well on our way. P3 first pull. Just where we left off the session before. Make a few adjustments, dealing with random death factors and refining our strategy. P3 came again, and everything is going so well... AND THEN... Akheron and Blackbeard falls offline simultaneously. They both can browse the web, but cannot connect to vent or WoW. Great. Two members gone, and we were JUST getting started! Fine. 10 minute break.
No progress on the disconnect issue, so we called for help from the guild. Hammerfell and Exedk stepped up to fill the holes. Awesome. Now we can get going. We set up the fight, explain the details of each role.
[Blackbeard] has come online.
[Akheron] has come online.
Great. We've locked two extra players, and the internet issue resolves right at the point we could move forward. Hammerfell and Exedk puts the raid ahead of themselves, and volunteers to give their spots up.
Ok. Slightly bitter after taste, but we can get mov-VENTCRASH. It's up now! No, it's down. "Can you guys hear me?" "Yes". *You have been disconnected*. "It's back up."
By this time, 2.5 hours had passed by with us raiding about 1hr of it.
Halion's deadliest ability? [Twilight Disconnector] - Wreaks havoc on your raid's internet connection to render players incapable of raiding in peace. Randomly target LA area and DarstarLLC. Guaranteed Crit on WoW connections and ventrilo relating to Risen members. This effect has a greater chance of proc'ing as the remaining health of Halion dwindles.
Qelix will cover the rest of Halion's abilities in a very efficient manner for you.
Invisible Orbs were especially fun. How many times did we lose people to it before we found out there was a bug? Too many. But once all of that was accounted for, this is what we get.
Halion 10 Man Heroic
Server First Kill
World 24th Kill
New content is always exciting. I am perfectly happy raiding hours and hours on new content because they are very stimulating. What makes the time spent worth it though, really are the people I do this with.
Amnerys, who tanks off spec without whining. Qelix, who adjusted to a Holy playstyle cold turkey. Nahid, who makes critical analytical points on strategy. Blackbeard, who forgets to turn on his raiding mods. Hammerfell and Exedk, who put the guild before themselves and was there to back us up. Kyppi, who watches raid buffs like a hawk and always enthusiastic about grind nights. Bishuk, who wakes up at 4am to raid and decided "Bishuk Consumption" did not have a good ring. Avendesora who stays up late any raid night without a peep. Akheron who performs better after a few drinks. Kailee and Rohonaken, pushing the DPS and my TPS to the limit (or plainly doesn't watch Omen). I'd name everyone who is in the guild, but that'll have to wait for our 25 man WotLK clear.
The Disconnector has been disconnected from his... rear end. Another addition to the cabinet.
-Parn
Server First Kill
World 24th Kill
New content is always exciting. I am perfectly happy raiding hours and hours on new content because they are very stimulating. What makes the time spent worth it though, really are the people I do this with.
Amnerys, who tanks off spec without whining. Qelix, who adjusted to a Holy playstyle cold turkey. Nahid, who makes critical analytical points on strategy. Blackbeard, who forgets to turn on his raiding mods. Hammerfell and Exedk, who put the guild before themselves and was there to back us up. Kyppi, who watches raid buffs like a hawk and always enthusiastic about grind nights. Bishuk, who wakes up at 4am to raid and decided "Bishuk Consumption" did not have a good ring. Avendesora who stays up late any raid night without a peep. Akheron who performs better after a few drinks. Kailee and Rohonaken, pushing the DPS and my TPS to the limit (or plainly doesn't watch Omen). I'd name everyone who is in the guild, but that'll have to wait for our 25 man WotLK clear.
The Disconnector has been disconnected from his... rear end. Another addition to the cabinet.
-Parn
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