Dark Clouds Gather

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You are right, we haven't downed Onyxia.  And we've begun dipping our toes into MC.  IIRC, when you left you predicted we wouldn't be at this point by the end of summer.  It has been extremely hard with 30 marginally dressed toons to do what IA does with 40 well dressed.  Seeing 3 or 5 or 10 of your best prepared and most experienced accounts jump to the sure thing, rather than aid your friends get there as well feels like abandonment, and if the exodus continues there will be no way that the 10 remaining will ever get it done.

When i left the Lurkers to go to In Aeternum, they had not yet defeated Magmadar or Lucifron the beginning two bosses in Molten Core.  I had the priviledge of doing these encounters in a fresh and unique way.  Also, it was 3 weeks before we attempted Onyxia because in March we did not have 40 raiders blooded yet.  Magmadar, Lucifron and Onyxia are beatable with blues and greens, i know, i have done it.  Really people shouldn't be attempting these areas until they have the majority of their class sets.  I had full Devout within a month of being 60 so i know its possible to upgrade your gear that fast.

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"My prediction is that you will wait in line in the IA system and get your Tier II equipment, play a little while longer grousing that Blizzard hasn't offered any more Tier III phat lewts zones and eventually tire of the game.  Yep, you win.  You get to get bored of the game by burning through all the high end content in 12 months from release."[/quote]

Actually we see 30 or so Epic tier one or tier 2 items drop a week.  So your chance of getting something weekly is quite high.    The problem with WoW is the same as any other its brand new and what they promised they did not deliver. 


There seems to be an inherent bias in the Lurkers towards loot and i think thats a fundamental misunderstanding of what a MMO is all about.  You must have the loot to progress, there is no way around that.    Your blaming the player when you really should be blaming the game designers.  They have tuned all the new stuff to what gear you wear.  Tigole (Quest and raid developer for Blizzard) himself said Blackwing Lair was not for the casual, it was for high end raiding guilds.

[/quote]Yeah, IA offers you the shorter road to the phat lewts and after 60 getting better items does seem to be one of the goals.  A different one is helping your guild to build a group of people up to encounter and overcome these obstacles together.  I'm with GG or Quark when I say I'm just as excited to see others get a nice item, or complete a quest series.  I'm not one of those people that skips midway through a good book to read the last chapter.
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That will not be happening for Rylea, Flyndar and Arethor. They are seeing with In Aeternum, Blackwing Lair for the first time. It costs me 20 gold on Saturday in repairs for our attempts in Blackwing Lair. We are learning these encounters with our own strategy and ideas. There are 6 to 8 bosses in Blackwing Lair so there is plenty of fun to be had yet. By the time Blackwing Lair is farmable, Zul'gurub will be out and possibly Silithius. I also expect an expansion announcement in the next 6 months. There will always be content to do and explore. Its a little light now but i foresee that changing.