Noble Knights Guild of Bloodscalp

Omega Squad Punishes Attumen, Takes the Fight to Moroes

Vaemyr — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:33:39 +0000

In their debut as a self-contained group, the Omega Squad: Karazhan easily toppled Attumen the Huntsman and moved swiftly to engage Moroes. Though they didn’t take down the motley group of undead, they learned to work together as a team and will try again soon. Congratulations to Scrpslady for winning [Spectral Band of Innervation] and Blendar for winning [Vambraces of Courage]. Blueice looted [Ring of Unrelenting Storms] from a trash mob. Good luck to them on their next run!

Full raid statistics for the December 18, 2007 raid (courtesy of WOW Web Stats)
Guild member list for the Alpha Squad and Omega Squad (updated regularly)

Noble Knights Complete Wizard of Oz Opera Event!

Vaemyr — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:28:14 +0000

After numerous tries, the Noble Knights rallied and floored all the characters of the Wizard of Oz event. Each player suffered heavy repair bills, but in the end victory was sweet. Congratulations to Gajahmada for winning [Wicked Witch's Hat] and Helelady for winning [Ribbon of Sacrifice]. The fight was long and drawn out, but extremely exciting! The Crone herself fell hard after the Noble Knights cut down the first five mobs. Curator, here we come!

Full raid statistics from December 16, 2007 (courtesy of WOW Web Stats)
Low-resolution video of the Wizard of Oz fight (YouTube, coming soon)
High-resolution video of the Wizard of Oz fight (Divx, coming soon)
Screenshots

Noble Knights Sweep Karazhan up to Opera Event

Vaemyr — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:31:24 +0000

The Noble Knights powered their way through Karazhan all the way to the Opera Event, where the Wizard of Oz gang finally stopped them. Congratulations to Gajahmada for winning [Spectral Band of Innervation] and [Shadow-Cloak of Dalaran], and Mierra won [Bracers of the White Stag] and [Moroes' Lucky Pocket Watch]. In addition, Mierra made off like a bandit, winning [Ring of Unrelenting Storms] off a trash mob. After the victory over Maiden, Bluedevils won [Gloves of Quickening] and Jeriarterd won [Bracers of Justice]. UPDATE: Screenshots now available!

Full raid statistics for the December 15, 2007 raid (courtesy of WOW Web Stats)
Screenshots from the raid
Full strategy for Wizard of Oz fight with video (Flash and Divx, courtesy of uber.com)
Full Karazhan boss strategy audio (MP3, courtesy of WOW Radio, The DungeonMaster show)

Karazhan Squads Now Forming

Vaemyr — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:03:14 +0000

In order to ramp the progress of the Noble Knights guild members, the Karazhan raid has been split into two groups: Alpha Squad Karazhan and Omega Squad Karazhan. Though managing both groups will be initially difficult, it will give everyone a chance to gain experience and gear up, and will allow those in the Omega Squad to run on an alternate schedule. The list of guild members assigned (and not currently assigned) is available on the Karazhan Attunement List page. Note that the list will be changed periodically and members may be moved around based on role, need, and availability. Guild members that are approaching level 70, be sure to ask your fellow guildies for help to get you attuned for Karazhan. With so many members becoming attuned, we look forward to forming a third Karazhan Raid Team real soon.It is also important to note that at a future date members from each squad will be swapped between groups to help balance the skill sets and share experience and strategies.

Guild site update: Good and Bad News

Vaemyr — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:08:01 +0000

I did a major upgrade on the forums and core blog systems earlier this evening, right after the Saturday night Karazhan run. Brought the forums up to phpBB 3.0 RC8 and pushed a huge update for Wordpress from 2.2 to 2.3.1. The latter was the easy part, and with it comes a lot of optimization, tagging features, and a cleaned up news-posting workflow. The forums, however, suffered a HUGE problem… long story short, all the user-accounts are gone as well as the (few) posts that existed. All guild members should re-register their forum accounts (do not click Lost Password; you must create a brand new account). FORUMS HAVE BEEN MOVED! I really apologize! The good news is that I was able to salvage all the forum categories, including the new raid discussion forums for Karazhan! Each person can now create a custom signature that is updated (live!) from the Armory. See below for an example. Again, I’m sorry that the accounts needed to be purged… in the long term this shouldn’t be a problem; it actually helps smooth out the system on the blog end (does that make much sense?) UPDATE:FORUMS HAVE BEEN MOVED! Sorry, but without the WP-United mod, managing passwords would have been a nightmare. You can now save your password for each domain. New forums link is here.

Example sigs:

Moroes Blown Away!

Vaemyr — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:03:55 +0000

The Noble Knights dug in their heels today and hammered Moroes and his evil bunch. Congrats to Gajahmada for winning [Nethershard Girdle] and [Emerald Ripper] was disenchanted! The raid attacked Maiden of Virtue but was unsuccessful. However, they did realize that the raid composition must be switched from heavy-dps to heaving-healing to tackle Maiden in the future. Update: High-resolution video now available below!

Raid statistics from November 25, 2007
High-resolution raid video (Divx, 14.7 MB)
Low-resolution raid video (YouTube, or see below)

WPvideo 1.10

Attumen Crushed! Almost Downed Moroes!

Vaemyr — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:20:36 +0000

The Noble Knights and special guest Llavitz (from Lost forever) smashed Attumen the Huntsman easily and continued on to Moroes. Congrats to Bristel for winning [Gloves of Dexterous Manipulation] and the group disenchanted [Whirlwind Bracers]. Unfortunately bad luck struck again hard as the raid faced– once again– a three paladin and one warrior ghost combo that accompanied Moroes. After six tries, the raid was unable to take Moroes down, though on one try the Knights and Llavitz had Moroes down to 5% health. Good luck on the next attempt, guys!

Full raid statistics from November 24, 2007
High-resolution video from the raid (Divx, 31.6 MB)
Low-resolution video from the raid (YouTube, or see below)
Strategy page for Moroes fight (with video tips)
Screenshots from the raid (coming soon)

WPvideo 1.10

Attumen Down Again! Knights Attempt Moroes…

Vaemyr — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:17:33 +0000

Congratulations to Kelina for snatching [Worgen Claw Necklace] from Attumen and Drlooney for winning [Harbinger Bands]! The Noble Knights have Attumen the Huntsman on full farm status, that’s for sure! Moroes, however, proved to be a tough boss as the Knights were unable to take him down after four attempts. To be fair, Moroes was accompanied by three paladin ghosts and a warrior, which makes the fight extremely difficult.

Full Raid Statistics from November 18, 2007
Screenshots (coming soon)

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Noble Knights crush Maiden and Big Bad Wolf!

Vaemyr — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:29:38 +0000

Today was a solid day for the Noble Knights! With a strong group of heroes, the Knights took down Maiden of Virtue on their third try and took out the Big Bad Wolf at the opera event on their second try. Even more impressive, this is the first time most of the raid members have seen this boss encounter. Congratulations to Bristel for winning [Grips of Deftness] off a trash mob and [Big Bad Wolf's Paw] from Big Bad Wolf. More details coming soon.

Full raid statistics from October 20, 2007
Screenshots from the raid (coming soon)

Moroes Down! Noble Knights and Divine Empire attempt Maiden

Vaemyr — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:10:52 +0000

After a tough and bloody fight, Moroes was taken down by the Noble Knights and Divine Empire. Congrats to Bristel for winning [Emerald Ripper], and Kinzy for winning [Crimson Girdle of the Indomitable]. In addition, the raid managed to crush Attumen the Huntsman easily. Congratulations to Xater for winning [Whirlwind Bracers] AND [Worgen Claw Necklace]. Unfortunately, the raid was unable to take down Maiden of Virtue. However the team learned a lot from the encounter and vow to take her on again. Thanks again to Divine Empire (Slavepiston/Shuxster) for their help.

Full statistics from the raid (from Moroes until Maiden)
Maiden of Virtue video strategy from uber.com (Divx, 27.4 MB)
Maiden full page strategy, text and movies from uber.com
Maiden strategy from bosskillers.com
Maiden strategy from wowhead.com
Screenshots from the raid (coming soon)