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Wow, WoW, you're going too fast for me! It seems like only yesterday that the Plagueworks opened, and now today we'll get the blood-thirsty minions within The Crimson Hall for our stabbing pleasure. But are we ready?

It seems like most groups venturing within Icecrown Citadel have started to get a feel down for defeating the first four bosses in the instance. But with only a couple of weeks under our belt for the three bosses in Plagueworks, I know there are still many groups struggling with these new encounters. My personal raid group has nearly gotten Rotface down, had an epic wipe the one and only time we faced Festergut, and has yet to see the face behind that ever-amusing voice of Professor Putricide that echoes within the hall.

We're progressing, which is a start, but I would hardly say that the encounters have become routine yet for anyone. So this is why I'm somewhat torn.

The vampire bosses within the Crimson Hall definitely deserve what's coming to them, and I can't wait to deliver it. The DPS race against the Blood-Queen Lana'thel sounds like a bloody-good time (especially becoming a vampire and frenzy-biting my raid group - should make for an interesting battle). But at the same time, I feel like I'm not quite ready to see that wing. Maybe that's how all soldiers feel as they head into what certainly will be a difficult battle.

In a way, I guess the game may take care of the issue for us -- if we're not prepared (through gear, coordination or otherwise), we shouldn't be able to get to that point of the raid regardless. Even though the Crimson Hall is open, it may not necessarily be played through by many raid groups until they are ready. And if the Frostwing Halls and the Frozen Throne also open at the same pace -- and it sounds like they will -- it will be one heck of a race for those realm-first completion achievements.

How prepared do you think your raid group is for the new encounters? And how quickly will you be venturing in to the Crimson Hall?