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Iron Edge Flex Raiding
Iron Edge will be doing flex raiding in the Siege of Orgrimmar every Sunday evening.
What was formerly known as the Alt-raid wil now be the Iron Edge Flex raid. Attending these raids is not mandatory, but definitely advised. The gear will be better than LFR, and all the mechanics in the flex raid will also be in normal mode, so it's great practise. But for this reason, pugging it might not be a good idea
Keep in mind that there are limited spots on a flex raid, so make sure you're on time and ready to go at 20:00. Make sure you know tactics, so we can do it as smoothly as possible. The raid will end around 24:00, or when everything is down.
The raid leader will be Safire, and of course I will be in the raid as well for the foreseeable future. You will be allowed to bring alts to the Flex raiding, but keep in mind that it might also be worth doing on your main. Social members and PvPers are also allowed to attend. except for cojche
If you have any questions about the raid or Flex raiding in general, you can post them in this thread, or talk to Graxlos, Doomslay, Safire, Aretum, Auja or myself.
Hope to see many of you there!
Let's raid slackers !
Uhm i for one do not like that... Imo alt raid is cappable of doing 10man, which provides better gear and better atmosphere than flex. What is the reason of fkkn us up if we got enough ppl for 10man raid??
I'll most likely drop out of it, since in my eyes we have no reason to be doing flex, but yeah that is just my oppinion also i'd like to hear what other alt raiders want. Have you talked to others about it?
Cojche if you face roll flex I think you should consider going normal. But currently as far as I can see you have Raiders with very low gear even for killing lei shen. Flex will grant Ilvl 540 gear and will be a nice boost for moving in to normal soo if you skip tot.
Count me in! Yes! This guy right here!
Quote from: Cojche on September 06, 2013, 07:21:37 PM
Uhm i for one do not like that... Imo alt raid is cappable of doing 10man, which provides better gear and better atmosphere than flex. What is the reason of fkkn us up if we got enough ppl for 10man raid??
I'll most likely drop out of it, since in my eyes we have no reason to be doing flex, but yeah that is just my oppinion also i'd like to hear what other alt raiders want. Have you talked to others about it?
The flex raiding wont be going on forever. It's for the start of SoO, and also gives the chance to main raiders (alt raiders on their mains instead) to get some extra gear and experience in SoO.
I've been wondering if we are able to go straight into this new raid with most people on low gear still. But now, this here, gives the alt raiders a good start. We don't have to continue in ToT for longer than necessary. We can get some gear from flex, SoO and then continue on with our normal 10 man group eventually.
I will obviously prioritize all the core alt raiders, either on Main or Alt, guess it'll depend on your current gear.
But ofc if most alt raiders think this is a bad idea we'll have to reconsider what we're going to do. But imo this sounds like a great idea to start the new raid off, for both main raid and alt raid :)
Hmmm that's a fair point you've made, i still have my doubts about all of this. Let's just hope it works out how u planned and doesn't backfire. Time will tell, i'll tag along to see where this is going.
PS: Don't know if this will be now go to thread for missing raids but i'll post here anyways. Will miss out this sunday coz of Blackwhale. :D So don't blame me, blame negrowhale he is comming for a visit. Will keep u posted with pictures.
Also remember that Flex raid has a similar loot system as LFR. So loot amounts scale pr. player, since its personal loot.
I'm up for it as tank :D
hey, does flex raiding share same lockout with normal/heroic?.
They're on separate lock outs.
Right so the Flex Raid is starting on Sunday! (15 sep)
As it has been said, if you do Flex SoO, you wont be saved in Normal SoO. So if you're interested in joining, getting some extra loot (noone will take each others loot as it's similar loot system as LFR.) and experience, please be online 20:00 Server time.
id be up to tank this :)
İ am in but with which char not sure. :)
im up for flex raiding dps(hunter)
Not sure if ill be home for sunday, but if i am, and allowed to id love to come flexing! And since its so early in ill be joining with Sathanka in that case, if you´ll have me?
I found icy veins to be a very good site (in general) for wow stuff. Sooooo... here's something for y'all!
http://www.icy-veins.com/siege-of-orgrimmar-raid-wow
Things are starting to settle down a bit, or at least getting into a decent rythme, at home. Having said that raiding 2 nights a week still isn't a viable option for me, but I would be interested in joining for a once week flex raid.
Quote from: Achellis on September 10, 2013, 07:49:19 AM
Safire how many tanks we have? And how much of them dont wanna be dps or even dont have any dps item?(like me :D ).
(Responding in this thread instead because I feel like it's more related to the whole flex raid)
With you and Auja I have atm about 4-5 tanks I think. But the reason I'd prefer you 2 being the tanks is because I want you to gear up for our future 10 man.
But atm I don't think that's what I'm going to do.
I think I'll take the tanks from the main raid. Because I feel like we should get this going a few times and feel comfortable enough as a raid, to then have alt tanks, tanking. So if you and Auja wants to just go dps on your alts, and hopefully get gear that way instead for your tanking specs that'd be great, but as you say, you have no dps gear. I'm guessing the best choice would be you coming on your main. But it's up to you.
If you decide to come on your mains then please make sure you keep your alt gears updated, with LFR, at least.
If this sounds like a bad idea to you, or anyone please let me know.
Remember that Flex raid is using the LFR personal loot system. So as long as they have loot set to tanking, they will be gearing up for that :)
I don't mind dpsing if they want to tank or whatever , I have pretty decent dps gear. 523ish
Well if main raid tanks wanna join flex raid for sure i will come with my main for lvling up my items and getting ready for main raid :) Their tank gear is for sure better than us. It will be better.
On the other hand as you said Safire, i will lvl up my alts ilvl with LFR.
I am ready for any duty.
AUJA!! as we talk at phone, i will go on as arcane until i get better fire items. Or if everything goes fine with arcane, you know what i mean....
1 DAY i will be the main tank! AND that day PROCOW will kiss my .... :D:D
But Abyiss will still rule over all .. Salron style.
How about we see who actually turns up on sunday and just balance the raid then :P
Since everyone can get loot for the spec they want, it wont matter that much.
Yeah we'll see who turns up and then go from that :P
so we are not raiding on thursday? After patch only Sunday is raid day? Whats the total plan? Iam confused.. ::)
The flex raid plans have nothing to do with the normal iron edge 25man casual raid. We will raid on thursday and monday as usual.
nice detail I didnt know about :
While Flexible mode will never scale in difficultly below 10 players, you can still queue up and begin clearing the instance with as few as 7 players in the raid.
QuoteExample: You have 9 guild members and friends who are online and ready to rock Flexible mode, but the other 5 members of the raid are running a bit behind. You can still form a raid group and queue for Flexible Siege of Orgrimmar, and then head inside to begin taking down trash as you wait for the others to log in.
That's pretty damned cool.
A new change!
The leader of the flex group will decide what bosses are up. Anyone with more progress will have to kill the bosses again and vice versa.
And people with less progress will miss those bosses.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/09/13/flex-raiding-lockouts-changed-in-hotfix/
Great :)
What time is this kicking off ? 20:00 tomorrow?
Yes, 20:00 server time. Just like the main raid :)
Will two groups run if we have enough people?
Not so much if we have enough, if we have more than 25 people we will make two groups. There is no point making two 10man groups if we have 20 f.ex.
The loot is personal like lfr.
going to have to work today/tonight, good luck with the flex raid
Quote from: Abyiss on September 15, 2013, 12:18:42 PM
going to have to work today/tonight, good luck with the flex raid
Nice try Abyiss! I never assumed you were coming anyway!
dam real life !
Fkkn Abyiss!
Fkkn Abyiss's job :P
I might not be able to participate in Flex Raid tonight.
Kids are in bed and ready to rock!!
Fkkn queues!!! 14min atm...
112 mins for the realm queue.
36mins que, fuck me i forgot about this shit now... Sorry for being laaaaaate!
Fkkn Cojay
Just back from protests. There happened to be a sudden attack by the police tonite so i couldn't make it to raid. Inhaled lots of fucking gas again... Sorry about missing the flex. Cya tomorrow i hope.
Think flex raid went good, same thing next week! Hope to see you all there then. I don't know this yet, but if new bosses are relesed then please read up on those.
And I hope you're okey Auja, hope you can make it next time instead :)
This is the most updated raid schedule. Yes, there is a new flex wing wednesday and LFR opens the first wing on wednesday. Then there is a two week break before wing 3 and a two week break before wing 4.
QuoteThis is our current schedule based on the planned patch release date of September 10. If we determine any changes are needed, we'll update this article.
September 10 – Patch 5.4 Release
Normal
Flex Wing 1 "Vale of Eternal Sorrows"
September 17
Heroic (Normal Garrosh kill required)
Flex Wing 2 "Gates of Retribution"
Raid Finder Wing 1 "Vale of Eternal Sorrows"
September 24
Raid Finder Wing 2 "Gates of Retribution"
October 1
Flex Wing 3 "The Underhold"
October 8
Raid Finder Wing 3 "The Underhold"
October 15
Flex Wing 4 "Downfall"
October 22
Raid Finder Wing 4 "Downfall"
Flex raid really went good. Thanks for making 2 raids :) Because of que i thought i miss it.
And YOICA thanks for alt run with 10 man flex raid. It seems i really miss playing with you :) If you need a little crapy ilvl tank, i will be ready for flex.
Cya all tonights RAID!
(ARCANE ARCANE ARCANE!!!)
Won't be making it to flex tonight. relative morning after a very long day
Posting this here in case anyone wasn't aware of it yet:
There will be no scheduled flex raid this upcoming sunday (03-11-13). Instead, there will be Safire's alt raid. If you want to come to this alt raid, you will need to have a properly prepared alt. Unfortunately, there are only 10 spots available in this raid, so not everyone might have a chance at joining this event. If you want to secure a spot for this raid, make sure you let Safire know as soon as possible.
If people still need to do flex for whatever reasons, or is unhappy with the above arrangement, feel free to post that here as well.
With the big turn out in flex, it might be relevant if someone wants to run a weekly flex raid. Since afaik we had a lot more than 10 people attending every sunday.
Yeah considering the amount of ppl we have each week I don't see there can't be a normal alt raid and main/alt flex raid
Ok, i got a dk and a monk... both tanks, but they kinda suck xD would love flex too.
I'm working I my dps dk at the moment, only 500ilvl right now, but should be geared up soon :)
Hope your going DW frost!!!
course i is !
http://forums.elitistjerks.com/index.php?/topic/132005-death-knight-cooldown-usage-spreadsheet/
You might find that useful for siege :P if your ever not gimp enough to do flex/normal that is ;)
Next weeks flex raid (17-11-13) might be converted into a flex-raid achievement group where we get the galakras-model mount.
There will only be room for 25 people, so as soon as it's definitive I will make a post where you can sign up for this event.
God damn you! I thought I would never have to do another flex raid ever.
Also can you not go so its not bad?
I will be there every step of the way to insure quality control, and giving Sinafey all the shit jobs to undermine his DPS.
Then I suggest a group discussion post-raid to reflect upon Sinafey's shit dps.
Waaaat. the achievements can be done in flex. Fucking hell.
Lets do this on saturday 22nd, then you will have my claws!
Quote from: Therash on November 05, 2013, 02:57:50 PM
I will be there every step of the way to insure quality control, and giving Sinafey all the shit jobs to undermine his DPS.
Then I suggest a group discussion post-raid to reflect upon Sinafey's shit dps.
I'll just pass them off to someone else!
Anyway I will have my cloak by then so my dps is gonna be ubar.
Quote from: Gaeios(Graxlos) on November 05, 2013, 03:10:05 PM
Lets do this on saturday 22nd, then you will have my claws!
Saturday the 23rd, or Friday the 22nd?
23rd!
I'd be up for an achievement run
Quote from: Therash on November 05, 2013, 02:37:28 PM
Next weeks flex raid (17-11-13) might be converted into a flex-raid achievement group where we get the galakras-model mount.
There will only be room for 25 people, so as soon as it's definitive I will make a post where you can sign up for this event.
not MIGHT ! IT MUST !
pretty sure i can make this .. but saturday is always an unknown :D
Quote from: Therash on November 05, 2013, 02:37:28 PM
Next weeks flex raid (17-11-13) might be converted into a flex-raid achievement group where we get the galakras-model mount.
There will only be room for 25 people, so as soon as it's definitive I will make a post where you can sign up for this event.
I want this, God damn it! I've been begging you guys since they announced it was possible xD
That would be amazing just hope i can wake up before it starts :P My sleeping Schedule got kinda of fucked up xD
Signup thread for the flex raid achievement run on the 17th of November can be found here. (http://www.iron-edge.co.uk/index.php?topic=7527.0)
Quote from: Therash on November 06, 2013, 03:32:20 PM
Signup thread for the flex raid achievement run on the 17th of November can be found here. (http://www.iron-edge.co.uk/index.php?topic=7527.0)
Meh why do u have to do it sunday when altraid is :( tell me if u change the date of it!
Quote from: shaabi on November 06, 2013, 03:36:24 PM
Quote from: Therash on November 06, 2013, 03:32:20 PM
Signup thread for the flex raid achievement run on the 17th of November can be found here. (http://www.iron-edge.co.uk/index.php?topic=7527.0)
Meh why do u have to do it sunday when altraid is :( tell me if u change the date of it!
The Alt raid will be cancelled on Sunday the 17th. So everyone in the Alt raid can also attend the flex achievementrun. Safire will post a message in the Alt raid thread later today to confirm.
I want to sign up on the achievement raid. Is there still a spot ?
Setri
I'm signing on my priest for the alt run, he's item lvl 547! and grufle also want to come on one of he's alts!
Tell him to post himself. We expect guildmembers to use the forum.
im signing up for the alt / flex raids
Quote from: Grufle on November 10, 2013, 03:18:58 PM
im signing up for the alt / flex raids
Pleased to see the fast respond tbh ;)