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5/5 EV & KP, 4/5 HM EV, 1/5 HM KP |
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Written by Mojo
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 10:39 |
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A few days late with this update, but let's just say the yeller bus is kickin arse and taking numbers. The day after our last update, we went back into Karagga's joint and put the wupp on the big fatty himself. In this gifted sniper's opinion, the final fight is easier than the 4th boss, but a good time none-the-less. Screenshot of the boss swimmin with da fishes below =)
Hardly satisfied with just one boss, we decided to jump over to hardmode Eternity Vault and push through to SOA himself. The encounters were different in HM, but primarily in the total hitpoints and/or small nuances of the fights - definitely not too challenging for the ROC raid crew; but in fairness, the only one-shot on hardmode was the council... Buuuuuuuuut, then came SOA, and he promptly deflated the boosted egos with a serious wuppin of the yeller bus, again and again. The Phase 2 lightning orb extravaganza proved too much and after MANY attempts, we all decided we needed more, uhm, something. Good times had by all! And I blame Hadus for not being able to pick up more lightning orbs - yes yes, I DONT CARE that the latest patch made that impossible. Hadus slacks!
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Written by Mojo
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012 10:53 |
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SOA, the last boss in SWTOR's Eternity Vault, was finally downed by ROC last night. Sure, the Munk had to log on and bribe/beg/plead for people to join the OPS group; however, when we finally got the required 8 raiders, the group proved pretty determined. After a few mishaps (like people missing a platform... Sok & Soul) and some other raiding rustiness, the big alien finally ate some dirt at the hands of the big yeller bus. No loot aside (WTF???!!!), the group then went over to the newly expanded Karagga's Palace and downed the first two bosses. Good stuff all around!
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What have YOU done while waiting for SWTOR? |
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Written by Mojo
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Sunday, 30 October 2011 19:33 |
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So I am pretty sure many have been taking some breaks from the MMO grind for a good potion of this year. With that in mind, and since this was really the first summer in a LONG time since I have had this much no-gaming time, it has inspired a need to share!
*** DISCLAIMER: this is NOT just to add some fresh content to the front page, and all the events described are real (but some names have been changed to protect the innocent... ehem) ***
To state the obvious, with a full-time job + wife + 2 kids, we are not really talking about a LOT of spare time here... but as you will see, fun things can happen even while not playing! Seriously!
June - October 2011:
Work conference in Palm Springs (3 days), but me and 2 colleagues decide to arrive a day early and drive from LA to Sin City, arriving just after midnight (we ate dinner at a Greek [wtf??!!] diner somewhere in the desert). Yeah, it was "Hangover" revisited, and this with two of the three who never drink - "Ram" and "Yogi" made an exception for the night. We hit every casino / club, caught an AMAZING British band (A Silent Film) playing for free at the Cosmopolitan, and somehow stumbled back to the room around 5 am. Getting up 2 hours later, we headed to our conference in Palm Springs, driving the rental car at speeds just below airborne.
Ok so back home and now it's time to prepare for the first of 4 concerts lined up during this summer of slacktitude (aka no gaming)!!!
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Last Updated on Sunday, 30 October 2011 20:23 |
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Written by Mojo
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 08:48 |
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After having a flawless clearing of a fresh Eternity Vault the night before (including a textbook SOA kill... seriously, it was flawless AND we got loots!), we decided to go back into Karagga's Palace to learn some new bosses. It was an amazing adventure, with some truly devious boss tactics (G4-BC... are you kidding me??!!). Anyhoo, we 1-shot the first 2 bosses, and quickly move on to the 3rd boss, a cuddly dood by the name of Foreman Crusher. After lulling some of us into being locked out by a surprise laser barrier, Crusher feasted on our two tanks + uber DPS sniper, ehem. Ok ok, take two! This time Crusher got a taste of yeller bus' true power and was soon sleeping with da fishes.
Ok, so now onto the 4th boss, a nice big robot with a truly inspired name: G4-BC. Yeah. Uhm, you gotta wonder if pretty soon the droid union in SWTOR is gonna file a lawsuit against the devs for naming slackage? Well, the names may be uninspired, but the fight was C R A Z Y! The amount of coordination and puzzle-solving genius required here baffles even this intellectual. Not to spoil the fun for anyone, and after COUNTLESS link-dead encounters with various raid members (pretty sure Soul nerd-raged on his cable company), we finally figured this sucka out and dropped him. There is something VERY rewarding droppping a boss after so many attempts, and major kudos to the team for sticking with it until the wee hours. My only beef is that our loot-wh*r3 main tank Hadus claimed he had to go to bed after, instead of pushing on to the final boss in here.... oh well, I guess we will deal with the fatty some other night.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 February 2012 10:38 |
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Written by Mojo
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Sunday, 30 October 2011 16:07 |
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Official Notice!
ROCin SWTOR is just around the corner... get yer energy drinks & porta-potties ready! This one is gonna be a biggun, and in all likelihood, a full-blown ROC reunion. Yeah kids, time to put the carebearin aside and join the big yeller bus back in a single MMO-land again. We have had plenty of beta testers in this one, and it is shall deliver.
If you haven't already, hop over to the SWTOR ROC page and get yourself app'ed (http://www.swtor.com/guilds/107013/roc)... then come back to our message boards here for all the latest gossip. |
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How Cliffy continues to HAX the ROC Fantasy Football |
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Written by Mojo
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Sunday, 30 October 2011 20:25 |
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Yeah, the maestro of fantasy football hax continues!
Last year it was the anonymous rescheduling of the draft day / time... I don't wanna hear how anyone could have seen the new time on our league home page!
This year, he somehow stacks the deck and ends up with Tom Brady (again)... and does secret trades with "his wife's" team in the back door alleys of yahoo trade land. Not so bad you say? Well, maybe not (and no, I am not bitter the hax is about to go 8-0 this season already), but at least he planned well and put as much distance as possible between us regular folk and his scheeming ways - yeah, CliffHAX has setup fantasy football haxing HQ down under! Hmph.
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