Cory Taylor

Whose idea was it to add tornadoes to the Mythic version of the Sennarth fight???? I’m not mad, I just want to talk.

This is one of those examples of a relatively tiny addition to making a fight ready for Mythic difficulty that has the effect of making me dislike the original fight even more! I already wasn’t the biggest fan of the Sennarth encounter, but now? Oh boy is it my least favorite in the Vault.

While I cross my fingers that we can squash the spider soon, it’s time for — The Queue!

Last night was my favorite raid of the season — we got our Glory of the Vault Raider achievements!

There were some pretty good ones in this raid tier. I like the call back to the Lurker Below and the name of Raszageth’s achievement. I also liked how none of them were personal achievements, it felt good to all succeed together as a raid team, and not have to wait for everyone in the group to be able to dodge all of the mechanics flawlessly in a fight.

I will say though that I have reached my limit of appreciating achievements where you get bounced into the air in a fight and have to collect orbs. I could do without those going forward. They’re always the most awkward achievement to get out of the run, and usually, the solution is to just throw Demon Hunters and Evokers at the problem. I would accept having to use Chrashin Thrashin toys, or the Eye of Kilrog style toys where you control a smaller vehicle and have to drive that through things as a replacement for the next bounced up for orbs achieve.

While I figure out who to submit that idea to on the Warcraft team, it’s time for — The Queue!

After not killing Terros again this week(6% wipe) — I decided to try my luck at getting Invincible.

Wouldn’t you know it, I was also not lucky there either! Someday I’ll finally be able to see that stupid undead winged horse. Someday…

While I try and figure out if I’m interrupting a private moment between Arthas and Tirion, it’s time for — The Queue.

We just spent our first night on Mythic Terros progression, and woof there’s a lot of damage happening in that fight!

It’s not that hard mechanically, but the numbers checks are pretty rough. Not to mention the; can your Demon Hunter avoid falling into the big hole in the middle of the room, check. He couldn’t — at least not until the end of the night. We were able to get to 35% but that was always at about half strength and out of gas. Maybe next time we get to him we’ll be able to avoid all of the rocky bits and chisel out a victory.

While I work on getting the gravel out from between my claws, it’s time for — The Queue!

I have been swamped at my day job for a while, so I could use a spa day.

I just hope this masseuse knows what they’re doing. I have so many knots for them to work out!

While I come up with more massage-related tree puns, it’s time for — The Queue.

Every time I think I’ve found the last of these Explorers League flags on top of mountains another one will randomly pop up. I haven’t checked any sort of list to see how many there are, it just feels like surely I’ve climbed enough mountains by now. Or, more accurately, spent minutes circling around the peak trying to get my dragon to land on a three-pixel landing spot.

I do appreciate the little nod to the Assassins Creed series with the little camera move around your character to take in the vista though. I think it would’ve been cooler if there had been an animation to do the “perched like a gargoyle” pose though.

While I hope there’s a bushel of hay to break my fall, it’s time for — The Queue.

Still no Heroic Raszageth for me, but I did get this nice consolation prize from our Normal Raszageth kill!

I was surprised at how much our first night of Heroic progression on her mirrored our Normal progression. All of the pain points were the same basically. She doesn’t have massively different mechanics from what we’ve seen so far. I did notice that it’s possible we’re going to be running into a tough slog through the final platform if our performance on the second platform and breaking her shield was any indication.

Still, more practice, and we’ll get it I’m sure! In the meantime, I’ll enjoy my new extra shiny-looking dragon. I wonder how the other dragons feel about seeing all these stormy proto-drakes rolling around Valdrakken. Probably better than a Draenei who sees Shackled Ur’zul’s do…

While I look into the moral and ethical ramifications of some of our mounts, it’s time for — The Queue.

Otto the Ottuk -- an otter so cool it has its own pair of sunglasses -- is one of the many new mounts added in Dragonflight, and it can be yours with just a little bit of fishing.

Hey, we did it! Then we did it again! My guild has taken its first slightly shaky steps into the Mythic Vault of the Incarnates. Managing to one-shot Mythic Eggnog right as we walked in, and then spending the rest of the night getting beat up by the Primal Council. Who are basically the same fight as they are on Heroic, but all of the usual everything hurts more does, y’know, hurt more. We had one really close wipe with two of the council dead, and the other two at 1-2% health left each, and then we spent the next forty minutes trying to recreate that for our kill.

But we did it! Now we’re 2/8 Mythic and the top guild on the server cluster! I’m not sure who our third target will be, likely Terros, but I’m already not looking forward to that one. Too many rocks.

While I work on sharpening my claws to cut through rock, it’s time for — The Queue!

Gentle readers, I dearly wanted this to be a triumphant picture of a bear next to a downed Eranog. However Mythic difficulty proved to be a bit out of our reach the first night we attempted it. I’m sure that the next time we go in we’ll be able to break the line of elementals that spelled our doom but tonight was not that night…

While I try and find more gear with fire resist on it, it’s time for — the Queue.