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Self Improvement… It’s really that important

February 16th, 2010 upyursh 2 comments

Without naming names or going into specifics, I have recently had discussions with a reliable raider who’s performance is not up to scratch. I thought that I would cover off my processes for identifying and improving my own performances and maybe you can take something from it.
As a raider it is imperative that you are [...]

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Making Those Debuffs Work For You – SBF

December 21st, 2009 upyursh No comments

One of the most important things when raiding is awareness, you can not and should not rely on DBM/Marks to know when to move, when to stand still, when to jump out of green shit on the ground etc. There is a number of ways you can increase your awareness but one of the most [...]

Applying and Trialing with a Raiding Guild

December 4th, 2009 upyursh No comments

As an officer (and now GM) of a raiding guild I have seen the good, the bad, the downright lazy in terms of applications and also trials so I thought I would write this article to outline what is really expected of you as a applicant and trialist.

Applying to a Guild
The most important thing to [...]

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Addon Highlight: DXE

November 5th, 2009 upyursh 1 comment

Also known as Deus Vox Encounter is the new Boss Mods on the street and I have to say I was bloody impressed with it so far

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Healing Assigns.. How do you do it?

September 3rd, 2009 upyursh No comments

I am interested to hear how you guys go about managing your healing assigns. I have tried several modules but have not been able to really find one that suits me.

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Coliseum – Lord Jaraxxus

August 13th, 2009 upyursh No comments

Well we had our first look at Lord Jaraxxus and I think this fight is all about Add Management, we all had a chuckle as the little gnome was smashed by Jaraxxus.

Colliseum – Beasts

August 6th, 2009 upyursh 2 comments

So we had our first look at Colliseum: Beasts last night. As I said earlier it was my first go at Raid Leading!

Ulduar – Yogg

July 6th, 2009 upyursh No comments

Well our guild got our first kill for Yogg last night and I thought I would outline the fundamentals of our strategy. I will focus on the healing side of things and touch on some of the key differences between our strat and the one posted on Bosskillers.
Our healing makeup was not ideal for the [...]

Ulduar Quick Tips Continued

May 13th, 2009 upyursh No comments

This is my Quick Tips Continued
Ignis the Furnace Master
Prior to the nerfs this fight was pretty tough, we now tank Ignis in the water and the adds are tanked off to the sides and the raid stacks up behind Ignis. The priority here is on speed and timing. We usually have 2 Pally’s [...]

Ulduar Quick Tips

April 20th, 2009 upyursh 2 comments

Well I have spent a fair bit of time in Ulduar over the last week and have to say I’m impressed! Bliz has pulled out some tough content and interesting fights.
I thought I would post some quick tips for people out there;
Razorscale
Make sure you have your camera zoomed out as far as you can handle, [...]