Last night CotF downed Void Reaver on our second attempt. It was third night we’d scuttled our way past the first boss in The Eye to have a go at the second (Void Reaver), who we defeated last week too, but only after about 5 goes, and we were much more impressive last night. I knew things were looking good for a serious attempt when I could barely get in the top 12 on the damage meters for much of the night, when usually I’m around the top 5-7 mark. We had 6 warlocks, 2 Shadow Priests and 2 Mages in our 25 man group, and boy, did we pump out the damage. We had a few hapless newcomers in our raid last night and they copped a hammering for either trying to talk over people who knew better or for neglecting their primary roles. Our raid leader was more brutal than usual in cutting them off – he was in a foul mood! When you’re new, you need to earn respect by deeds, not by asking how big everyone’s crits are. I realised last night that we are becoming a reasonably serious raiding guild now, and there are fewer and fewer laughs in the 25 man runs – people are afraid it flags them as flippant or not serious about it. 
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There’s not a lot to it when you’re tanking VR, or melee’ing – all the action is with the healers and ranged spellcaster-types, who have to run around avoiding Orbs that get cast their way. We rely on the healers keeping us topped up, and having a new Resto Shaman in our group made life very comfortable inside VR’s “Pound” range. Afterwards, we gathered next to his tiny head and took screenshots whilst people wondered if maybe we’d try something else, seeing as it was not even 10pm, whilst the New Zealanders made noises about it being great to have an early night.