T'was the Night Before Expac...

About the Author:
Hantevirus has been team lead of Sellswords since Black Rock Foundry days. This is what she does when she’s procrastinating.

‘Twas the night before Expac and all through the guild
The raiders were studying their covenants and builds
Alts had been planned with forethought and care
To prepare for nerfs that might come to bear

Guidewriters writing revisions as they came
So swift and so frequent, in beta is the game?
They updated Wowhead and the Veins of Ice
“Yo Blizzard these changes they really aren’t nice”

And I at my desktop, with cats perched nearby
“Venthyr or Necro?” I mused with a sigh
Bags had been emptied, food had been stocked
All for the push to get Torghast unlocked

When what to my horror filled eyes did appear
Another covenant nerf! Ack! My plan for the tier!
But all will soon settle
Til then we will cope
Castle Nathria awaits,
It’s gonna be dope!

Team Highlight: Fate

History:

Fate is a HORDE Mythic team on AREA 52 that formed up in mid Ny’alotha. It started when a few members of the heroic team, Reckoning, wanted to do mythic progression. From there, they grew their team by pugging and heavily recruiting. Near the end of the tier, they welcomed a guild merger to round off the roster. Their first week as a full team they cleared five mythic bosses and nearly a sixth.

Achievements:

BFA – Ny’alotha 12/12H, 5/12M

Mythic Hivemind – Ziro missed 1 PULL and they killed it.

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Team Highlight: Reckoning

History:

Reckoning is a heroic team in the Eternal Kingdom HORDE guild on AREA 52. Some of the horde members decided they wanted to build a team capable of achieving Heroic AotC, so in Ny’alotha, they began pulling in PUGs and built a stable roster of players they wanted to casually progress and have fun with.

Achievements:

BFA – Ny’alotha 12/12H

Reckoning Kills Heroic N’zoth (AotC)

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Team Highlight: Empire

History

Empire is a mythic team that debuted in Ny’alotha. Their first tier, they were able to build a Mythic Cutting Edge team that finished US Top 200. With all that extra time, they were able to farm mounts for their team.

Achievements

BFANy’alotha 12/12M

Tier Video & Blooper Reel (Bloopers NSFW): Mythic Cutting Edge N’Zoth (US 198)

 

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Team Highlight: Quarion

History

Quarion started raiding at the beginning of Ny’alotha as an early 2-night mythic progression team. They spent the tier creating an atmosphere of positive, fun people that are dedicated to working together to reach their goals. In Shadowlands, they are adding a 3rd day to really push their progression forward.

Achievements

BFA – Ny’alotha 6/12M

Mythic Xanesh Kill

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Team Highlight: Valiant

History:

Valiant formed in Battle of Dazar’alor as a mythic progression team. They cleared heroic AotC each tier plus a few mythic bosses as expected, but they really had a chance to shine in Ny’alotha. At 10 Mythic kills, they proved they had built a capable team with a solid foundation.

Achievements:

BFA:  Battle of Dazar’alor 9/9H, 3/9M

            Crucible of Storms 2/2H

            Eternal Palace 8/8H, 3/8M

            Ny’alotha 12/12H, 10/12M

Mythic Il’gynoth, Ny’alotha – Where’d everybody go?

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Team Highlight: Gravity

History

Gravity joined the Eternal Kingdom family as a guild merger during the Battle of Dazal’alor (BoD) raid tier. Their former server <Medivh> had seen a decline in raider population, and they hoped to find a new home where they could thrive and make a return to Mythic Cutting Edge. 

The road is not an easy one and there were many setbacks along the way to rebuilding. The team speaks of a “Gravity curse” due to sudden technical issues and real life complications that plague the team at the most inconvenient of times. But the team has pressed on and accomplished their goal of earning Cutting Edge by killing Mythic N’Zoth.

Achievements

BFA –   Battle of Dazal’alor   4/9 M

             Eternal Palace   6/8 M 

             Ny’alotha 12/12M

Cutting Edge N’Zoth – Ny’alotha during COVID-19 and wildfire evacuations

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Team Highlight: Benediction

History:

Benediction was born at the start of Battle for Azeroth. They are a heroic team dedicated to clearing heroic AotC every tier. For fun, they might take a stab at a mythic boss, but they’d prefer to keep it more casual and focus on other fun things.

Achievements:

BFA – Uldir 8/8H              Uldir AotC Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O69rM7kT8Mc&start=10s

            BoD 9/9H

            Eternal Palace 8/8H

            Ny’alotha 12/12H

AotC Ny’alotha – N’zoth Kill

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Team Highlight: Gallant

History

Gallant was first introduced during Tomb of Sargeras as a heroic team, however that label didn’t really fit as Gallant has ventured into mythic every tier since their inception.

At only 4 hours a week, Gallant has a casual and relaxed atmosphere. They are capable of pushing further progression, but choose to keep things fun and light instead. They don’t actively enforce attendance and like to keep an open door policy so players can leave to pursue other goals and return to the team later. This has allowed Gallant to acquire a very large circle of friends and a nearly unlimited bench.

Achievements

Legion – Tomb of Sargeras 9/9H, 2/9M

                Antorus 11/11H, 2/11M

BFA –     Uldir 8/8H, 2/8M

                BoD 9/9H, 1/9M     

               Crucible 2/2H

               Eternal Palace 8/8H, 2/8M

               Ny’alotha 12/12H, 4/12M

Mythic Champions – Battle of Dazar’alor

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Horde Mythic Jaina Mount Run Complete!

Thank you to all of you that came and helped this run be a success. Without you, we wouldn’t have been able to get everyone their mounts!! Listed are those that showed up week after week to help everyone get their mounts. You are all amazing!! (I apologize in advance if I forgot to mention anyone. I went off the spreadsheets and information that I had, but please know that your help was appreciated and noticed and any omission was purely by accident!!)