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Maligned is currently looking for:
1 Restoration Shaman
We will however always consider an application from a super exceptional player from another class, but be warned that the chances of getting accepted are lower due to your class/role spots being considered "full".
If you wish to apply make sure you've checked out this post, and please use our Application Form for any public or private Applications.
For any questions, contact one of our officers in-game: Dhari, Electronicus, Enigmar, Greenpiggy, Ramuela or Zoey.
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| The Lich King dead, Icecrown Citadel normal cleared |
After many hours of trying and making a little progress every session we finally took down the Lich King on our first attempt this evening for one more server first (closely followed by Nature’s Wrath who also took him down this evening!), next week we (both) will unlock the heroic version where the fun will really begin.
The fight is basically a stand still and nuke effort. Ok, nearly. Four phases each very different with entertaining minute long transitions between the first three. The number of times we got to phase three only to slip up and have to repeat the first two again was a little frustrating, but yes it was totally worth the wait and perseverance to see the fourth!
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| Sindragosa |
Another week and another server first, this time Sindragosa the formerly the prime-consort of Malygos, now the servant of the Lich King and the defining feature of the current World of Warcraft logon screen. While still yet another normal mode encounter it was obviously enough of a challenge that it took us over ten attempts but finally it all made sense and we took her down.
Once again our experience in the ten man versions really helped out with two of our groups taking her down in that version so far this week. Without giving too much away if you can get the third phase sorted in your heads then you have yourself a kill with nasty stacking debuffs to take care of up until then it is just Sapphiron with a twist.
With Sindragosa down and the other wings cleared we found ourselves ready to take on the only thing between us and the availability of hard modes, the Lich King.
He is all nice and friendly until you start the encounter but then the fun begins. A multi phase fight where we did manage to reach the second but without much background reading and preparation I think we did very well to get that far and we are looking forward to seeing him again.
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| Blood-Queen Lana'thel |
We aren’t generally going to get into the habit of posting all of our first kills, but much like Putricide, Lana’thel was a boss that we were unable to take down the first week, but took down today achieving yet another server first, but this time in both 10 and 25 man versions.
Last week, after experiencing lag on every Wednesday since Icecrown became available, we launched three 10 man groups through Icecrown each having no issues taking down Lana’thel in each. The day afterwards in our 25 man run, we took down the princes with no issues, but obviously the queen was a little bit harder and we used 15 attempts coming very close but not quite getting there.
Nevertheless one week on, with much discussion, a few upgrades, several spreadsheets and we took her down on our first attempt of the evening.
We have either overlooked something, or this fight has a DPS requirement that makes Festergut look like a particularly friendly kitten that dies on physical contact, with flatulence – although as the Ashen Verdict give the raid buffs this will become easier but we are not at that stage yet.
Next week another section opens up and we are looking forward to it.
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| Professor Putricide |
So aside from two agonising months of not quite getting a Tribute to Insanity in the coliseum, we have also been working hard on new content since Icecrown became available.
Every week we have been running two 25man groups and up to six 10man groups in a huge effort to get all of our raiders every frost badge they can every week, so it really amazing we have still found the time to also clear the hard mode coliseum in the space of our four nights of raiding per week.
While the biggest challenge in Icecrown has been the crippling lag, there have been some interesting albeit easy encounters with the first section barely posing any kind of threat. The real fun started once the second section became available last week.
We took down the first two new encounters after a few attempts. Festergut is a straight up DPS race and we more than rose to the challenge, Rotface was a little different but still no challenge. With the fear of lag and limited attempts on a boss we thought was bugged we waited and on another night we used up our ten attempts on Putricide learning a little about the fight.
This week we ran three 10 man runs first to get everyone a little experience and ended up killing Putricide with each one with more 10 mans due later this week.
Tonight we quickly reached Putricide and after a few false starts we got him down with seven attempts still remaining for a server first kill with both plenty of time left before the enrage and much of the floor free of green blobs. A very satisfying kill and one worthy of being added to our front page news.
Next week yet another section becomes available and could well mean the start of a zone wide buff, so we are really pleased that we were able to take Putricide down before that and are looking forward to the new encounters.
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