Tumblr raid #1: The Burning Crusade
Sorry I’m only just now posting this, I haven’t been able to log on to Tumblr for several hours now >_<
Tomorrow, Friday Feb 3, 7pm PST will be the first official Tumblraid!
The plan is to knock out as many BC raids as we can in a 2 or 3 hour period. Check your Outland Raider achievement and see what you need!
We will attempt to clear the “big five”:
- Sunwell Plateau
- The Battle for Mount Hyjal
- Tempest Keep
- Black Temple
- Karazhan
If there’s time, we will finish off the achievement with:
- Serpentshrine Cavern
- Magtheridon’s Lair
- Gruul’s Lair
I will not be reserving loot for anyone unless you are a 70 twink and legitimately need a BiS piece or have signed up for a legendary. Twinks: please message me BEFORE THE RAID BEGINS if there is a piece you NEED so that I may make a note of it.
If you only need one piece to complete a set [final tier piece, etc] we can maybe work something out. I’d like to keep loot as fair as possible during these runs, so I’d prefer to not have almost everything on reserve!
Please reply to this post to sign up for the raid. Since I cannot do cross-realm calendar invites, this is the only way I know who to expect, so I need you guys to reply! If you have not yet sent me your real id info, please make sure I have it! Read this post for formatting your ask.
Also, please bring your favorite outfit to wear for the screenshot! I’ll be taking pictures of our inaugural run to make a banner for this blog!
In the future I will try to post raid announcements more than 24 hours in advance. Optimally I’ll be posting them on Tuesdays so everyone can save their lockouts accordingly. Sorry this first week was a little wonky!
Cross-realm raid farming… Team Tumblr, are you ready?
With the next patch, scheduled to roll out tomorrow, you can now form groups cross-realm to raid old content [MC through ICC]. I have trouble consistently filling raids with *competent* players via pugging on my own server and thought maybe with this new feature, the players of Tumblr could band together and we could form our own regular raid group.
I am looking for people who are also interested in farming old content that is difficult to pug sometimes. You do not need to have raided this content at level, you just need to have basic knowledge of fight mechanics and I expect you to know how to play your class well enough to function in a 25m raiding environment. I do not care how much DPS, HPS, or TPS you can pull. All I care about is that you do not stand in fire or void zones or chain ice-block the raid and kill everyone.
I intend to run both 10 and 25m groups to get ALL the meta achievements done and farm mounts for everyone who participates in my groups. If you are the sort of person who stops coming once you win your mount/gear/whatever, please do not sign up. On raids like OS3D where the mount is a GUARANTEED drop, I want you to keep showing up even after you’ve won the prize to help get the mount for those who helped you get yours.
Not all of these achievements—particularly the later wrath ones—can just be muscled through with Dragon Soul geared players. You will need to actually make an effort and do fight mechanics. I am not looking to carry anyone. Anyone is welcome to come on a level appropriate character [level 60s can come to Molten Core, level 70s are welcome in Sunwell, 80s in ICC, etc] but if you’re coming on a lowbie/twink, you MUST do work or you will be removed from the group and not invited back.
Note: I’m aware classic and BC content can be soloed, but it’s way faster, easier, and more fun to do in a group. Plus, I get a full set of Paladin T1 every time I run MC. I’m not a Paladin. Maybe your Paladin might want that gear.
Raid content I am interested in farming [and why]:
- Molten Core — Thunderfury bindings, Rep
- AQ — Rep
- Tempest Keep — Ashes mount, transmog gear
- Black Temple — Transmog gear, Warglaives
- Sunwell Plateau — Thoridal
- Naxx 10/25 — Achievements, transmog gear
- Ulduar 10/25 — Achievements, transmog gear, Mimiron heads
- Obsidian Sanctum 10/25 — Achievement/title, drake mounts
- Onyxia 10/25 — Achievements/title, drake mounts
- Eye of Eternity 10/25 — Drake mounts
- TOC/TOGC 10/12 — Achievements, transmog gear
- Icecrown Citadel 10/25 — Achievements, transmog gear, Shadowmourne, Invincible
- Ruby Sanctum HEROIC — Achievement
- T11 and T12, if possible [not sure how this group system works as of yet] — Achievements, mounts, gear, reputation, etc.
Nagrand <333
I legitimately love this raid so, so much.
Flying through the Nagrand sunrise <3
30 Day WoW Challenge [Day 13]
13. Your favorite Burning Crusade instance?
Obviously my answer is Heroic Magister’s Terrace. Because you get a chance to win a HAWKSTRIDER! I actually have KT’s speech memorized from being in there so damn much farming that mount on my hunter T_T
Don’t look so smug. I know what you’re thinking… but Tempest Keep was merely a setback! Did you honestly believe I would trust the future to some blind, half-night elf mongrel? He was merely an instrument, a stepping stone to a much larger plan. It has all led to this…. and this time, you will not interfere!
VENGEANCE BURNS!
I’ll turn your world upside down!
MY DEMISE ACCOMPLISHES NOTHING! THE MASTER WILL HAVE YOUUUU! YOU WILL DROWN IN YOUR OWN BLOOD! THE WORLD SHALL BURN!!!! YEARRRGHHHHH!!!!!
