In a stunning upset, the World of Warcraft guild known as "Finnish Brute Force" has claimed victory over the game's toughest raid boss - Raszageth the Storm-Eater on heroic mode.
The Finnish Brute Force, or FBF for short, had been quietly working on their strategy for months, determined to be the first guild to defeat
the infamous end boss. And despite the odds being against them, they succeeded.
"We knew we had something special when we formed this guild," said FBF's leader, a stoic Finnish gamer known only as "Matti"*. "
We have the brains, the brawn, and the Finnish sisu to take on any challenge."
The final battle was a grueling affair, with FBF members taking turns to heal, tank, and DPS their way through the boss's many phases.
There were moments of panic and chaos, but the guild held strong.
"We were like a well-oiled machine," said one FBF member. "Everyone knew their role and executed it perfectly. It was a thing of beauty."
The news of FBF's triumph has spread like wildfire throughout the WoW community, with players around the world celebrating the guild's achievement.
"Those Finns are crazy," said one player. "I don't know what they put in their coffee over there, but I want some."
The members of FBF, meanwhile, are already looking forward to their next challenge. "We're not satisfied with just one victory," said Matti*.
"We want to be the best. And we'll do whatever it takes to get there."^
* Name changed to protect identity
Raszageth the Storm-Eater Heroic
Desperate Invoker's Codex (Missionary)
Stormlash's Last Resort (Missionary)
Loathsome Thunderhosen (Felke)
Venerated Topaz Forgestone (Joukahainen)
Battle for Azeroth victory was guaranteed in the Ny’alotha raid, where the brave warriors (and other classes) of Finnish Brute Force fought their way through the gloomy corridors filled with a delightful mix of bugs and random tentacles poking out left, right and center. Some serious fashion design by The Old God ™, if you ask me!
Ny’alotha was fully cleared on heroic difficulty and we turned our gaze towards Shadowlands.
Death and despair awaits!
N'Zoth the Corruptor HC
Manifesto of Madness (Alfenster)
Pauldrons of the Great Convergence (Ruiti)
Last Vestige of Neltharion (Gerppo)
Another update for Battle for Azeroth expansion. Crucible of Storms mini-raid and The Eternal Palace have been cleared by FBF and swiftly forgotten while we getting prepared to bake some christmas cookies and restock consumables for next (and possibly also last) tier in BFA.
Both raid instances were cleared fully with heroic difficulty. Killshots and loot for each instance end boss follows:
Uu'nat, Harbinger of the Void HC
Stormglide Steps (Pawsoflife)
Void Stone (Missionary)
Malformed Herald's Legwraps (Missionary)
Queen Azshara HC
Gloves of Incomparable Beauty (Hufflegruff, Felke)
Cursed Lover's Ring (Gódivá)
Uldir and Battle of Dazar'alor are now history safe to say. Sum up the progress FBF hammered 3 Uldir bosses on mythic difficulty (Taloc, MOTHER and Zek'voz, Herald of N'zoth).
Next one up was Battle of Dazar'alor raid where we agreed only two mythic kills was sufficient for this tier (Champion of the Light and Jadefire Masters). Steamrolling on to our next target, The Eternal Palace. Sadly upcoming tier will be a summer release and therefore far away from ideal in the middle of holiday season.
Champion of the Light M
Crusade Pummelers (Diamondcrack)
Bracers of Zealous Calling (Pyrothion, Ithos)
Cowl of Righteous Resolve (Felke)
Divine Fury Raiment (Hituc)
Breastplate of Divine Purification (Richarderus)
Jadefire Masters M
Helm of Tempered Jade (Richarderus)
Cranedancer Leggings (Voltaxicrift, Gódivá)
Firecaller's Handwraps (Padregustav)
Band of Multi-Sided Strikes (Missionary)
By now you've already got the idea that posting news isn't excatly our core competence. No siree Bob. However, the voices outside the head (not to mention the ones inside too) gradually became so loud that now is the right moment to report about our current progress.
The great leader and his elixir of Jaloviina have boosted us near end of Uldir HC only G'huun still out there. As we reached recommended number of elixirs (5) Taloc, our latest kill, was easily drunk under the table on mythic mode. Unfortunately on the next day no killshot was found even everyone said they had one. After putting together our slim recollections from the kill we created a rough sketch from the boss, hope it serves you well!
Taloc Mythic
Crimson Colossus Armguards (Alfenster)
Bloodstorm Buckle (Faitlyen)
Gloves of Descending Madness (Hufflegruff)
Vigilant's Bloodshaper (Missionary)
Rubywrought Sparkguards (Victaella)
After clearing Xavius in HC, we hopped into the world of mythic creatures, first of which was an already pretty beat up looking dragon. But as they say, kick a dragon when it's down. In the almost legendary last pull of the night, we achieved what can only be described as great success. Nythendra mythic was killed on the same night as our first Xavius HC, putting us in the top 10 of Aszune/Shadowsong progression.
Not an hour had passed after the last news item in ages was posted, and it's already outdated! The drooling steroid junkie was smacked up pretty good after we unloaded a can of brute force on it. Some raid members paid the price and went insane (in-game and in real life?), but now we are ahead of the curve in today's parlance.
We are not just very good at writing news items. What has happened meanwhile?
In WoD we got
T18: 2/7 Mythic Highmaul, 1/10 Mythic Blackrock Foundry
T19: 8/13 Mythic Hellfire Citadel
As of this date, we are progressing on HC Xavius and soon Mythicbound in Emerald Nightmare as well. We have been running EN HC with two 20+ person raid groups since the raids opened, and the future looks bright. If you're interested in joining, check the sidebar and/or shoot a whisper at any of our officers in-game.
Oct 27nd
19:00 Our troops have been gathering strength the last few weeks while we have continued our siege and weakened our foes. Today is the day we will finally confront Garrosh himself.
21:15 The fight is now over. I have mixed feelings about the result. We managed to counter all his nasty mind control tricks and bring him down, but just when we were about to finish him off, all those "leaders" interfered. Cowards I would say, let us to do all the hard work, take all the risks, and then they have the guts to intervene and save that rapid dog's life. I understand the concept of this Trial thing, to prevent him from gaining martyr status, but I still think this is a grave mistake...
23:00 I just returned from a meeting with the King. As every civilian has already escaped from Orgrimmar and there are only a few random warriors loyal to Garrosh on the loose, we have been given permission to keep the city closed, clear it up from any remaining enemies and keep whatever we find from the city. Maybe I'll get that Throne transported to Azeroth...
Garrosh Hellscream
Oct 2nd
19:00 We are currently holding ten of fourteen city blocks. We have been pushing our troops hard to end this siege fast. Instead of pushing even further to town we decided to clear up the first 10 blocks we are holding in our tight grip from any remaining hostile forces and check if there might still be some useful battle equipment hidden around. and indeed we found some. To be honest, we found a lot more than I anticipated.
Oct 6th
18:00 It's time to continue deeper into the town. First we went to check the block named "Zoo" in our maps. As we entered the previously mentioned block, it became apparent that this "Zoo" was not created for recreational purposes. Instead it was a place where Garrosh's troops trained their "Beastly" forces...
Not many beasts left though, maybe our siege has done it's work and most of them would have already been eaten. One stupid beast running it's head to a wall, few animal keepers around and a huge captured Dinosaur in the middle. Of course we felt the urge to set the dinosaur free and slaughtered the animal keepers.
But that bastard, instead of being grateful for us, tried to eat us. On the other hand it's kinda normal that towns under siege have some minor problems to keep everyone fed up... Lots of running away from a really hungry dinosaur, we also freed some of Garrosh's prisoners while doing it. Poor souls were so weakened by their captivity that they ended up getting eaten... Well, there is some truth behind the saying: Survival of the fittest...
After some running we got bored playing with that poor Dinosaur and decided we could use it to fill our meat wagons instead. Now we at least have huge Dinosaur Burgers to feed our troops. Maybe we'll name those burgers "Kauppuri"...
Thok the Bloodthirsty
Icy Blood Chestplate (Manniz)
Gleaming Eye of the Devilsaur (Kosto)
Helm of the Cursed Vanquisher (Puttimo)
Helm of the Cursed Conqueror (Cabbus)
Helm of the Cursed Protector (Manniz)
20:30 We left our cooks behind to chop that Dino and continued our journey. Soon after we found their Siege weapon factory, which to our surprise was still operational.
Just can't understand what use siege weapons can have inside of a town being sieged... Siegecrafter Helix Blackfuse, who was in charge of the factory didn't like the idea of shutting the operations down. Well, we kinda had to make him see the point. Warfare inside of towns is better suited to smaller and more agile units than siegeweapons...
Siegecrafter Blackfuse
Shoulders of the Cursed Conqueror (Kemistra, Alfenster)
Shoulders of the Cursed Vanquisher (Eomi)
Powder-Stained Totemic Treads (Joukahainen)
Dysmorphic Samophlange of Discontinuity (Alfenster)
We offered them a chance to join us against Garrosh but instead they chose to try and kill us (maybe they thought we would have some shinies with us?).
After a fierce battle against a battle hardened mercenary group we finally shoved them that we were not first timers either.
22:40 Perfect time to let our troops get some well earned rest and refreshments. Now we have Orgrimmar tightly in our grip and Garrosh has only one block of town left to himself. We occupy the other thirteen!
Paragons of Klaxxi
Korven's Crimson Crescent (Bandah)
Gauntlets of Insane Calculations (Punis)
Leggings of the Cursed Vanquisher (Eomi)
Kil'ruk's Band of Ascendancy (Puttimo)
Leggings of the Cursed Conqueror (Nerfmeplz)
Leggings of the Cursed Protector (Illyria)
