And so another chapter comes to a close in the long history of Ascent. Kil'jaeden was defeated today after a long and arduous week that included a heart-breaking 1% wipe. The guild as it is today is much different than the Ascent of old, but the attitude, determination, and companionship remain the same. The Sunwell turned out to be much more than I thought it would be in terms of difficulty when it was first released. In fact, most of the encounters were tuned so tightly that one person going offline would almost certainly result in a wipe. Eredar Twins, M'uru, and Kil'jaeden were especially frustrating thanks to massive amounts of crit errors and link-deads mid attempt. The encounters were hard enough to begin with having a full raid of 25, let alone trying to complete them with anything less.

A huge thanks goes out to all of those that stuck it out through Sunwell through all of the ridiculous wipes, all the b****ing, the quitters, and those that thought we never stood a chance. PvE server handicap all the way, but we refused to quit and came out on top.

Congratulations to Zeavor on Thalassian Ranger Gauntlets, Beatricx on Cloak of Unforgivable Sin, Unspokenfor on Crux of the Apocalypse, and yours truly on Sunflare.

See you in Wrath of the Lich King.

Kill video (Unspokenfor (rogue)/Rotsuj (mage): Ascent vs. Kil'jaeden

...Finally. Should have been dead a couple weeks ago, but unfortunately there isn't much you can do when Blizzard decides to release a boss when three-quarters of your guild has finals on the horizon. Throw that into the mix with crit errors, disconnects, instant raid-wipes on behalf of our good friends the Dark Fiends, and the ever present recruitment monster, and you end up a few weeks down the road. All that aside though, I have to give Blizzard props once again for tuning their encounters in Sunwell. One person offline for any prolonged period of time and you're pretty much guaranteed a wipe (I can assure you that 5% phase 2 wipe with a warlock offline for the duration of phase 2 was quite enjoyable). Ironically enough though, I hope Kil'jaden is tuned the exact same way.

Grats to Glayde on Bladed Chaos Tunic, Fourwalls on Garments of Serene Shores, Nodozz on Shadowed Gauntlets of Paroxysm, and Fayes on Sin'dorei Band of Dominance.

Kill video by Rotsuj (mage) - Ascent vs. M'uru

Recruitment Update (July 1): Recruitment is always open for great players, however currently we are looking for the following classes slightly more than others to supplement our roster.

- Ret Paladin - High
- Priest - High

- Hunter - Medium

Well, it took more than a day for this one, but Felmyst finally went down. I don't think I've ever fought against a more tightly tuned mob in all of my time playing this game. The 10 minute enrage timer is really deceiving after killing Brutallus, but I'd honestly say Felmyst's 7 million hitpoints were harder to take down in 10 minutes, than Brutallus' 10 million in 6.

Grats Aldaric on 8/8 T6, Thurstie on the Vanquisher boots, Samadi on the Conqueror boots, and Ugen on Leggings of the Immortal Beast.

Now to wait for the twins.

Recruitment update 04-09:
We're currently looking to add the following classes to our roster-

-Hunter - High
-Resto Shaman - High
-Holy Priest - Medium
-Prot Warrior - Low

If you're interested, please read the post found here and fill out an application to the left.