November 29, 2007 
Scythe So today, after a leisurely SSC clear (sans Vashj since we’re saving her for Sunday), we took our first steps into Mt. Hyjal.
We intended to learn how to do the trash. We had about an hour before our raid was finished, so we figured we’d wipe a couple times learning the trash. We talked over the basics, fully expecting to die painfully and then started the pulls. One wave died….then another…and another. After 8 such waves, Rage Winterchill graced us with his presence.
We lost 5 melee right off the bat due to a “chain distract” fiasco as we tried to buy time to prepare for him. We also didn’t have a chance to change into the right gear for him, since we never got out of combat after the last wave. When he was at 25%, we had 8 people up and things looked a bit grim. We fought hard though, and still took him to 1% on our first ever attempt before wiping on the enrage timer.
We couldn’t let that be the end of it and picked ourselves up, fought back through the waves, and easily dismantled him. This guy is a pushover, which was a great change of pace after the difficulty of Lady Vashj and Kael’thas Sunstrider. Many people have told us that we’ll be ripping through Hyjal at a rapid pace and based on tonight’s festivities, they may well be right!
