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Live Stream Raid Tonight: 25-Man Trial of the Crusader

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 - 3 Comments

So far we’ve cleared the regular version of Trial of the Crusader on 25-man and the heroic version on 10-man. Tonight The Totally Rad Guild will be trying the 25-man version of the instance tonight starting at 7pm PDT/10pm EDT. Once we get through Anub’arak, ... More

Trial of the Crusader, So Far…

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 - 4 Comments

Trial of the Crusader has been something of a test-bed for Blizzard’s raid experimentation. There’s no trash, there are four different versions to complete, (almost) all of the fights take place in the same room, and you can choose from three different levels of tiered ... More

Live 10-Man Anub’arak and Trial of the Grand Crusader Stream Tonight

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 - 4 Comments

With the entirety of Trial of the Crusader finally unlocked, The Totally Rad Guild will be trying the 10-man version of the instance tonight starting in about an hour at  7pm PDT/10pm EDT. Once we get through Anub’arak, we will be starting on hard modes ... More

10-Man Trial of the Crusader Live Tonight, 25-Man Tomorrow

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 - 16 Comments

This week we get access to boss encounter number four of five in Trial of the Crusader, and tonight at around 7pm PDT/10pm EDT (that means soon!), The Totally Rad Guild will be trying the 10-man version of the instance. Once we get through the ... More

Ulduar Second Look: The Antechamber

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 - 18 Comments

It’s amazing how time flies! With a new dungeon on the horizon and boss testing already underway, I figured I better get my ass in gear on these second looks! It’s been a few weeks since the first article, which covered the Siege area of ... More

A Look At Blizzard’s Raid Philosophy

Friday, July 10th, 2009 - 22 Comments

As we enter the end of the 3rd ’set’ of raid instances in the current expansion, I think it is a good time to take a look at Blizzard’s new raid philosophy which made another dramatic change in WotLK, not unlike the change from 40 ... More

Downsizing Dungeons

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 - 29 Comments

Blizzard’s raiding model has seen its share of changes over the years. First, it was raids that catered to 10-man, 20-man, and even 40-man groups. Then, with Burning Crusade, a curious mix of 10s and the new 25-man raids. And now, with Wrath of the ... More

More Changes for Ulduar

Friday, June 12th, 2009 - 31 Comments

The changes (or nerfs as some of us raiders like to describe them as) for Ulduar keep rolling in. All of the changes should be live, but some may require a realm restart. The first significant change comes to the “end boss” of Ulduar, Yogg-Saron ... More

So Much Raiding, So Little Time

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 - 23 Comments

While I’ve always considered myself a strong raider, I’ve always done my best to keep a handle on the amount of time I dedicate to the game. It is after all, just a game, and it is very important to not spend too much time ... More

Malygos and His Big Blue…

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 - 14 Comments

Wings.  What did you think I was getting at? Malygos, being a Dragon Aspect, is a fight that I would expect to be quite epic.  Not only in its general gameplay design, but its overall presentation.  After running it for the first time last night, I ... More