Premonition Conquers ToC Hard Mode
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Amatera on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 10 Comments Tags: a tribute to mad skill, achievement, anub'arak, delia, heroic, premonition, trial of the crusader, yogg
Amatera on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 10 Comments Tags: a tribute to mad skill, achievement, anub'arak, delia, heroic, premonition, trial of the crusader, yogg
Word on the street is that Blizzard was running an in-house pool to bet on whether or not anyone would complete the Heroic version of Trial of the Crusader released today. Well... it looks like at least one employee owes everyone else some money! Why? Because Premonition, what can now be considered the premiere U.S.-based raiding guild, has brought down the house.
Not only did they clear the challenge on 10-man within a few hours of its release, but they also did it in less than five attempts. That earns them the A Tribute To Mad Skill achievement, which is rewarded to players who defeat all of the bosses, up through Anub'Arak, with 45 tries left on their counter. Just check Delia's Armory profile to see it for yourself!
If you aren't familiar with the mechanic, Heroic runs through Trial of the Crusader allow you to obtain extra rewards depending on how many attempts you have left by the end. The total starts at 50 and dwindles, with each wipe, from there.
I can tell you from first-hand experience that it's quite a feat. Is it harder than Yogg + 0? Perhaps not. But even after my guild one-shot Anub'Arak on Normal (not as surprising as you might think), we wiped for a good hour-and-a-half on Heroic Northrend Beasts. By the end of our scheduled raid time tonight, we were down to 35 attempts for the week. So for those of you who feared that ToC would be a cakewalk, worry no longer. This is the way it should've been all along (we'll bring you impressions in a forthcoming post)!
But as far as we know right now, the World First for Heroic 25-man Trial of the Crusader is still fair game.
So what do you guys think about this Premonition's achievement? I know speed kills like this can be discouraging to some people out there, but remember that this was done by one of the top guilds in the world. And hey, remember, they still wiped to Hogger at BlizzCon!
Not only did they clear the challenge on 10-man within a few hours of its release, but they also did it in less than five attempts. That earns them the A Tribute To Mad Skill achievement, which is rewarded to players who defeat all of the bosses, up through Anub'Arak, with 45 tries left on their counter. Just check Delia's Armory profile to see it for yourself!If you aren't familiar with the mechanic, Heroic runs through Trial of the Crusader allow you to obtain extra rewards depending on how many attempts you have left by the end. The total starts at 50 and dwindles, with each wipe, from there.
I can tell you from first-hand experience that it's quite a feat. Is it harder than Yogg + 0? Perhaps not. But even after my guild one-shot Anub'Arak on Normal (not as surprising as you might think), we wiped for a good hour-and-a-half on Heroic Northrend Beasts. By the end of our scheduled raid time tonight, we were down to 35 attempts for the week. So for those of you who feared that ToC would be a cakewalk, worry no longer. This is the way it should've been all along (we'll bring you impressions in a forthcoming post)!
But as far as we know right now, the World First for Heroic 25-man Trial of the Crusader is still fair game.
So what do you guys think about this Premonition's achievement? I know speed kills like this can be discouraging to some people out there, but remember that this was done by one of the top guilds in the world. And hey, remember, they still wiped to Hogger at BlizzCon!
Reader Comments (10)
at least blizz doesn't have to nerf this one
Good on 'em for doing it. Most of those wipes probably happened on Anub'Arak.
reppin Sen'Jin :)
I wonder if blizz would ever lower the number of possible attempts if it seems people are progressing too easily. I personally thought 50 was quite a lot, thinking something more like 30ish would be better. But hey I haven't seen it for myself, maybe normal guilds will use all 50 attempts for a couple weeks.
PROJECT LORE MAKE NEW VIDS PLEASE ITS KILLIN ME AND WHEN I SAY NEW VIDS I DON"T MEAN THOSE FREAKIN Dorkins Dose Dailys!!!! COZ THEY ARE JUST AS FUN AS WATCHING GRASS GROW ON A TV AND THEN PLAYED IN SLOW MOTION!!!!!!!!!
/agree with Dksev
Now lets see if Ensidia can clear it with more than 45 attempts left shall we ^^.
My guild can't even get past the Faction champions at the moment. The retridin champion gets us everytime. We can handle all the others with ease, but the retridin just pastes us.
same here dyra.
I still laugh at the memory of the Hogger fight. That was absolutely epic.
Kudos to Premonition for getting those speed kill achievements. I honestly don't know how they manage to keep from being bored, burning through content the way they do...
she dinged 80 2 days after WotLK released :OOOOO