We like a little drama with our final-boss takedowns. We cleared Dreadmaster Styrak with only 3 players left standing at the end, and we cleared the Terror with only 2 players left standing … the healers! The killing blow was undoubtedly delivered via Double Strike!
All the 224 gear we’ve obtained thanks to the “Featured Hardmode” scheme should make these Hardmodes quick and easy next time they come around.
While JWI marched through Nightmare modes in Dread Fortress and Dread Palace, a reformed Honeybadgers squad cut its teeth on Nightmare TFB. Welcoming Toombs and Eldirar to their ranks, the team got as close to earning Parthena an Ancient Hypergate as 14% on the final boss, but we would get no closer before the release of 3.0.
We’ll never forget our Night 2 one-shot of the Dread Masters, or Monkey’s Last Stand on Night 3, or that first Operator IX kill. This was also a tribute to Delusion’s unity across raid groups, as special honors go out to a Starstryderz-led Team Revan for their aid and success clearing the first few bosses for a few weeks to give HB more time on the Terror. Maybe sometime we’ll go back on a lark and finish off the hentai horror once and for all!
With a population of members in that sweet spot of age between “students on summer vacation” and “parents with kids on summer vacation,” our summer time progression hasn’t slowed down as much as normal. This is two separate progression teams with TFB HM under their belt at level 55. More greatness to come!
With big thanks to Spiffa and Taru for stepping in and lending their experience, we managed to down this ugly hentai beast in just a few hours of attempts. And for the first hour I was playing 1-handed while holding an infant (in case you guys were wondering why Mayalena kept dying over and over at the beginning). After the way we pwnt Op IX and Bigass Kephess, I think we’re close to rocking this place in one night.
Since the last news update, there’s been a lot going on. The guild is more than double the size it was then, we have three progression teams, we’ve cleared EV/KP Nightmare mode (better late than never!), Nightmare Pilgrim with no puggers, Terror From Beyond Storymode is cleared, and we’re even 1 down in Hardmode. Whew!
And all that just feels like a warm up …