Lockdown Ends

Another lockdown is behind us and as a guild, we continue to progress through Naxxramas, at a phenomenal speed. We are now 9/15 through the infamous raid dungeon and this is where it is beginning to be most rewarding for me, as a raid leader; the satisfaction of seeing new raiders bring down the bosses, succeed so well in our tactics and the smiles when they win the rolls for cool new gear. To be honest, there is no better feeling for me.

So far it has been a healer boulevard on gear, with other caster and few tank pieces. Congrats to all roll winners and to everyone, for a superb job on defeating the challenges of Naxxramas so far. We are also continuing to bring new people in and the group is growing. For Drennai (paladin healer), Driz (hunter dps), and Scorpion (warrior tank) welcome to the crew.

Soon we'll also have a fresh druid healer and our runs should become even smoother. Everyone feel free to check our web site for screenshots, as soon as our guild leader gets them uploaded. See you all for the next lock down :)

Assault on Utgarde Keep

A keep that inspires both awe and terror to anyone within miles. It can be seen from every corner of Howling Fjord and it is home to the elite of the vrykul, lead by King Ymiron and his blackguards. Today however, terror was delivered to the vrykul as our five brave heroes entered and laid waste to the over-confident defenders.

None of the three leaders would live up to their legends and in the end, even under the wrath of his master, even Ingvar the Plunderer fell to our swords & spells. Running instances does not get better than this. Crew of friends and fine people, plowing enemies and having a joy. Congratulations to all on a job well done for the benefit of the free people of Northrend and we will see you again, on assault to the pinnacles, where the king himself now await, enraged by the defeat of his trusted lieutenants.

Achn of the Holy Light

The time has come, yet again, to begin leveling a lower level. Nothing sounds less pleasing however, to once more be in the shoes of a weakling, before even my first mount and scratching together gear from quests and the few instances that you get a group for. I am in a slightly better position though, since I am leveling a holy priest; pretty much guaranteeing me a spot in any group.

But still, the numbness of reaching my level 80 on Durithim is still fresh in my memory, so I will opt a different method to rising up the ladders; instances. When running solo, quests are the single best way to level with reletive speed, but if you have a dedicated group, running instances is not only quicker but also more interesting. At least for me, since I have already seen most what the game has to offer between the level 1-80.

I am bring my girlfriend along to the Blade Edge for this purpose. As she takes the responsibility of tanking, I will begin to practice on healing, and for the other roles we are getting three dps terrors from Retribution itself. So it is us five low levels versus the world.

The poor world doesn't stand a chance.

The evening today has passed nicely in modifying my UI again. This time for the purpose of my healer, which calls for some additional pieces of software. Most important of these, of course, is Healbot. Aye, some can argue that it is not necessary for effective play but I found it very useful when last I played on my priest; the ability to point click all my healing spells and saving keyboard bindings for other tasks is extremely precious.

I also installed FuBar for more additional functionality and made modifications to my action buttons, since I have less of them on my priest than death knight. For scrutiny and pleasure of the eye, here is the latest screenshot.

Durithim of Ironforge

Seems blogging is kicking in within our guild, here at Retribution of Blade's Edge (EU), as another of our members has just started out his WoW blog. Naturally, since I don't want to be a second best, I'll follow on his footsteps and post a picture of my main character. For fair competition however, you can find Milas's blog my list as well.

I have to say I am pleased with this dwarf's progress; being my first max level character with relatively good Naxxramas level gear. Now just have to wait and help rest of my new guildies to gear up and we can all get to enjoy the perks of raiding.

But without further introductions, meet Durithim of Ironforge on his favorite place, overlooking the most fabled city in the world; Dalaran from high above Hero's Welcome.