It came to a point where we were having trouble filling raids; morale was shot, people's dedication to the time requirement of PVE raiding waning, and worst of all, the leadership burning out with their own real life obligations coupled with the stress of pushing the guild over this hump. Indeed, no less than two weeks ago we were on the verge of throwing in the towel, and it looked as though the days of Spike Flail progression would be at an end. Ultimately however, we decided to push on, and push we did. We reorganized, pushed recruitment, and by a miracle, a plethora of intelligent and dedicated applications streamed in. Slowly, we began to rebuild and reorganize our roster; teaching new apps our strategies and the way we work, familiarizing both new and old members with each other and allowing them time to grow accustomed to playing with each other, and pushing on with our progression.
Did it ever pay off, what a week we've had. Last Sunday, we tackled Lady Vashj once again, nearly a month after we had last visited her at the peak of our decline. By Monday night, she lay dead at our feet.
[item]Helm of the Vanquished Hero[/item] - Payload
[item]Helm of the Vanquished Champion[/item] - Kens
[item]Lightfathom Scepter[/item] - Arteria
[item]Fang of Vashj[/item] - Ammonz
We entered again this week with a goal, to repeat our kill and prove to ourselves it wasn't a fluke. We started tonight with Vashj, with a slightly fresh crew(including myself) to maximize our Vial output. Unsure of what we were getting into, we proceeded to one-shot her with a near perfect second-kill.
[item]Helm of the Vanquished Defender[/item] - Hirokal
[item]Helm of the Vanquished Hero[/item] - Spoatacus
[item]Lightfathom Scepter[/item] - Summonlight
[item]Prism of Inner Calm[/item] - Hotblooded
Later that night, as the farming of TK was dying down, we decided to hit up an after-hour High Astromancer Solarian attempt to test our mettle. Two pulls later she too lay at our feet.
[item]Heartrazor[/item] - Rozier
[item]Boots of the Resilient[/item] Tamahome
[item]Greaves of the Bloodwarder[/item] - Tamahome
And so here we are, at the steps of Kael'thas, the destroyer of guilds, and we've already pushed past our hurdle. We stand in front of him as a changed guild; there's a lot of fresh faces yes, but there also is a strong attitude and burning desire for progression and dedication that wasn't there before. We're almost at an end to adding to and fine-tuning the core raid group that will push us through BT and Hyjal, and we're confident in our current member-base, both new and old. Perhaps we won't 2-day shot him to carry on the tradition, perhaps it'll be another month or two before we make a kill shot post, but thats ok. We're happy to have a stable raider-base in which we can rely on to give it their all and be there at the end, enjoying the ride with each other along the way.
To end this lengthy monologue, the leadership really wants to thank everyone who stood by us in our darkest hours and helped pushed us along. Thank you to the old members who stepped up to help out our stressed leadership by taking burdens off of them. Thank you to the guys who continued to show up day after day even when raids were canceled. And thank you to the new apps and recruits who proved to be so amazing and dedicated, we really hit gold with a lot of you, and appreciate your decision to join us. We're glad this week we were able to show you what we're truly capable of and that you didn't make the wrong decision.
If you need us, you can find us being farmed by a fat Blood Elf and his cronies. Until then~
-Ushas
