Hunters of Men

So this is a difficult and exciting time for us. It is also likely to be the last post made on here.

As you know our roster has undergone some changes recently and we have lost quite a few of the 'original' group that we initially selected for our 10 man team. We have been finding it increasingly difficult to recruit people with the experience and gear we need to keep up the progression we want.

Due to this we started looking for a new server to transfer to. Frostwhisper has such a low raiding pool that it makes recruiting so much harder. During this we came across a 25 man guild on Sylvanas called 'The Cult' who happened to be recruiting classes that matched the majority of the 'original' team that are left with us. We got in touch with them, found out quite alot about them and discussed the possibility of us joining them.

I would like to particularly apologise to Alizoren, Akcope and Garavi who are not included in this transfer. I know this must be disapointing for you, but i hope you understand why we are taking this opportunity and don't bear us too many hard feelings. I have enjoyed raiding with you all and i know you put in alot of effort to HoM. I wish you all the best of luck and have no doubt you will be a success in whatever guild you end up in.

There are a number of people transferring over with us to join the new guild as a social. So if anyone else wants to transfer and join us, i am certain you would be more than welcome.

On a personal note, it is very sad for me to leave the <Hunters of Men> tag behind. It has been something i have worn as a badge of honour for many years. HoM has been such a major part of my life and i am genuinly sad to leave it behind. However, i am also very excited at the prospect of joining The Cult. Its a new challenge and a return to 25 man raiding.

I'd also like to give a big thank you to everyone who has been in HoM over the years and made this guild as special as it has been.

Keep Hunting those Men!

Valerio <Hunters of Men>

Lord Rhyolith down on heroic!

A massive step up from Ragnaros and Shannox heroic and took us a while to get back into the 'groove' for hard bosses. But just as we thought we'd hit a brick wall, everything suddenly fell into place and the boss fell over!

Beth'tilac up next!

Thanks to everyone involved in the kill.

This was probably one of the most enjoyable raids we've had for some time, not only that but topped off with our first heroic kill in Firelands.

Particular credit goes to Dizzyizzle for learning how to tank (finally! :P).

But really, a big thanks to everyone involved (especially those on the bench) for the attitude they showed - guild first. This was truely a guild effort, not just the 10 people that were in the instance.

Grats to Nimaya, Valerio and Dizzyizzle for the phat lewtz. No doubt more will follow soon.

Well, it took us slightly longer than we anticipated but normal mode Firelands is now clear. Due to the extra week on normal modes than we wanted, we have fallen a little behind where we want to be on the server. But we start on heroic Shannox today, so lets see how quickly we can catch up!

Ramacon and Nimaya are going to be taking a step back from raiding in around a month or so due to IRL commitments (we all wish you the best of luck). We have now opened recruitment for tanks to try out potential replacements before they leave. We are also considering applications for a Resto Shaman and a caster DPS (Warlock, Shadow Priest, Balance Druid ideally).

PS Blizz should really add something cool to look at when a boss 'runs away', corpseless screenshots are boring.

So we just missed out a full normal clear in week 1, with Ragnaros on 19%. We also got a server second on Lord Rhyolith and are server 4th overall.

Its obviously frustrating that we will be a week behind the curve on heroics, but no doubt we'll catch up soon.

A big thanks to everyone for all your effort this week, we got damn close. Lets get Rag this week and we can on with the real content soon :)

Here are a few screenshots from the last week:

The glorious finale! Hunters of Men are now the Bane of the Blackwing!

After a few weeks of struggling to get a proper raid group together with the usual summer holidays taking their toll, we finally got a few nights dedicated to Nefarian after recruiting a few new members to HoMs raiding team. I must say that our roster now seems to be absolutly outstanding, as our progress on one of the hardest bosses in the game was very fast and very impressive. I'd like to thank everyone involved for all their efforts.

If we keep this up, i don't think the rest of the bosses will last very long. Lets get Sinestra before 4.2!

The phat lewtz went to:

Sårskorpan - Andoros, Fist of the Dragon King

Valerio - Lightning-Charged Headguard

Ahmeth - Reclaimed Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood

After 1 night of real progress on these guys we where close enough to kill it, but not close enough. So today we went in there again and finished the job ! Really nice and controlled kill tbh. Everyone alive at the end etc.

This bosskill puts our total kill score on 8/13 HC and means that we started on the end bosses to exterminate those aswell... let's see if we are able to finish it before 4.2 !

Grats to Nimaya and Puliakka with there pat loots!.

Defense system of Blackwing descent has been shut down ! Was a very nice boss kill, went very steady and controlled the whole fight although we got unlucky in the end and eventualy ended up with only dizzy, vinnië and duckylucky alive.

But dizzy's: "fast ticking hots", vinnie's: "destroying killshots" and ducky's: "penetrating Lava bursts" made this kill a fact.

This puts our total on 7/13 heroic and as we speak shared 2nd on the server with 4 other guilds... reaching for the top !.

Yes that's right we COOKED Valiona and Theralion or well Totemknight did! After a very controlled and easy boss kill mister Totemknight found out that he still had his COOKING head equiped. So yeah that is something he's going to hear for quite some time :P

But well this bosskill puts the total score on 6/13 atm with both conclave and omnitron close to be killed aswell, but more on that soon! Gratz to totemknight and myself tho with the new shiny loot.

We need you!

We are currently recruiting 3 high level raiders to help us further progress in 10 Man PvE Heroic content. We are looking for 1 Healer-Holy Paladin and 2 DPS-Deathknight and Warlock. We are interested in exceptional players and aim to clear all content before the next patch hits. We have currently cleared all normal content and have 5/13 HC with a couple more bosses close to a kill.

All applicants at this time will be considered. For more information you can whisper an officer in game or make an application now.