Blackwing Lair cleared

It's been a very satisfying week of raiding. Thursday was the start of our third week in Blackwing Lair and we managed to down the Broodlord to Chromaggus on our first attempt at each. This was particularly satisfying for Flamegor after all the trouble he gave us last week, and Chromaggus given it was our first proper attempt. We finished the evening with a "let's take a look" wipe on Nefarian.

Last night we downed Nefarian on our first, very clean, attempt. I got completely stomped by the constructs at the start of phase 3 but fortunately we bring a lot of druids these days so I was able to get a Rebirth and participate with the climax of the fight.

We then split the raid into two groups which each downed Onyxia.

All in all a very satisfying couple of raid nights.

End of an experiment?

Last night, ahead of my second and the guild's fourth venture into Blackwing Lair, I was asked to respec to restoration, probably for the medium term. Our feral druid also respecced so I'm not seeing this as a lack of faith in moonkins but more that the new raid needs a higher proportion of healers than was the case in Molten Core. I'd much rather be raiding and healing than have the spot go to someone else, so I'm now a rather rushed Moonglow spec which I must tweak when I can face the cost of changing it!

I haven't been at the last two raids due to family commitments so have missed the guild's first kill of Broodlord Lashlayer, a much improved performance on Razorgore and quite a lot of wiping.

Wiping was how we started out on Firemaw as well, but with a clear sense of progression on most of the attempts so, while it was a relief to finally get him down, it never felt like it would be a wipe night. We then downed Ebonroc on our first attempt and Flamegor on our second before finishing with a "let's take a look" wipe on Chromaggus.

All in all a satisfactory night of progression raiding in a casual-ish guild.