| Maligned is currently looking for: |
Maligned is currently looking for:
A Protection Warrior
A Holy Paladin
A Retribution Paladin
A Feral Druid(tank or dps considered)
A 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 or Ramuela.
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| Lich King 10man heroic |
So it has been over two months since our last progress update but do not mistake silence for inactivity and we have been working hard to complete the encounters that Blizzard throws our way.
Tonight we completed one of those remaining challenges as we took the Lich King down on ten man heroic, once again a server first, earning us new non-unique title – Bane of the Fallen King.
Lich King Heroic
We haven’t actually been working on the fight that long in this format, but our two months experience with the twenty five man version definately helped, with two tanks and only two healers the fight was definately a challenge with us finishing the fight in what felt like an eternity after the enrage timer.
Elsewhere. Even during the summer and the World Cup progress continues and we are slowly making progress on the twenty five man version of the Lich King encounter and the inevitable gear up that clearing all the encounters up to it in heroic, part of that includes yet another Shadowmourne with a third well over half way to completion.
Both the ten man and twenty five man heroic Lich King encounters are definately a step up from all the others in the instance and I am frankly terrified of how the third phase in the twenty five man encounter is going to go down.
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| Professor Putricide heroic |
So after Sindragosa last week we had a few goes on Putricide and while we didn't quite reach phase three on our first night we pretty much had the first two phases beaten. The following Sunday we effectively nailed the strategy and had quite a few sub-ten percent goes, so close. This week we quickly cleared everything else and started our attempts with a few tweaks. We literally had attempts where the boss was under one percent only to hear after the raid that quite a few people were experiencing latency. What? So we returned and smashed him for yet another server first.
Professor Putricide Heroic
Certainly an energetic encounter and I remember thinking how only a few weeks ago, we were struggling to cope with goo balls and now here we are dancing around with not only goo balls, but diseases and multiple oozes. With several attempts still remaining, it made sense to take a look at the Lich King on heroic to secure our world third equal (right?) position. We didn't quite make phase two or indeed the first transition but we did make a little progress (low eighties) and give us a little look into what lies ahead.
Elsewhere, ten man progress remains strong with more drakes appearing each week. I am fairly sure we will start looking at the Lich King on heroic there shortly. We are also closing in on our first guild [Shadowmourne] with Ramuela being 82% of the way there (and Dhari 2% of the way there) which will give raids a bit of extra DPS and some extra loot from the Lich King. Super.
Recruitment is still open and you can see our available spots here, in addition we are also looking at expanding into the PVP side of the game and are accepting high level applicants, you can view more on that here, many of the details are still be worked out.
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| Sindragosa heroic and more |
Progress has been good in the last five weeks although with thirty two active raiders our roster has never been smaller. Fortunately many of those that raid with us have great attendance and we have been able to take down ten of the Icecrown Citadel hard mode encounters, most recently Sindragosa last night during which we had all four of our current trials present.
Sindragosa Heroic
Even with the ten percent zone wide buff this encounter is no walkover and once some last moment changes were made to our phase three strategy things came together nicely and we were able to take her down with minimal fuss for another server first, our second in the heroic encounters with a first on Saurfang also being achieved with only the five percent buff.
All the fights, with the exception of the Gunship Battle, have added interesting twists to the encounter and certainly stepped up the difficulty level although we beat many this week on our first attempt, with others that frankly should have been – beating nine of the hard mode encounters in a single four hour session.
All that remains is both Putricide and the Lich King with the former looking feasible (forty five percent on our learning attempts tonight) and an accidental pull on the latter where our tank was hit for over sixty thousand. Ouch.
Elsewhere, our ten man team has earnt the realms first Frostwyrm mounts with more to come as the various irritating stages of the meta are completed, currently only the Lich King heroic remains which of course is going to be quite a challenge.
Lastly, it is somewhat sad to see our main competition on Arathor, Natures Wrath, possibly disband or stop raiding (that or the worst April fools gag we have seen). It was fun having something to keep the pressure on since the Algalon race and I hope its members find happiness in a new home. On an unrelated note, be sure to check out our class vacancies.
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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 Lich King
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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