Ensidia downs Yogg-Saron
by Lesley Smith 
Apr 16th 2009 at 10:30AM
While it came as no surprise that someone killed him, what surprised me was that it was Ensidia. I was betting on Vodka (can I get a 'for the Alliance!' from anyone?) and that they managed to do it while many of the EU realms were having stability issues. Of course, it should be noted that Ensidia was the same guild that cleared all Wrath content three days after its release (they hadn't decided on a name yet).
Boubouille over at MMO Champion has a full raid list and info on some of the loot that dropped, including a rather nice cloak and a piece of that legendary healer mace.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
Bardo Apr 16th 2009 10:35AM
Dammit, I was just gonna send this in to you guys.
Grats to Ensidia!
outlier Apr 16th 2009 10:53AM
Grats to them and on side note WOOOT!!!! TURTLE!!!!!
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-achievements.xml?r=Skywall&cn=Outlier&gn=Darkness+Incarnate
The fishing node was a Dragonfin on the east of Dragonblight. Way to wake up :D
Beldoro Apr 16th 2009 11:13AM
Grats to them! However... why is it that all the top guild's servers are stable enough for these attempts to happen? On my server, Deathwing US, we only managed to zone once into Ulduar, and before we even started the instance broke leaving our toons stuck for an hour or so. Same with the Vault in WG.
If Ensidia's server was in the state mine was, then they wouldn't have got this achievement.
Lab Monkey Apr 16th 2009 11:23AM
Yeah, with unpredictable server stability and extensive access to the raid via the PTR pre-patch, is this really much of an achievement?
I mean grats to them and all, but it seems to be more a matter of chance than a display of uberness.
Docp Apr 16th 2009 12:00PM
They did say on their website that at one time there was a 7hour downtime and the reason they got this is because they persevered. Most guilds would give up after 7 hours but they didn't. I wouldn't call that luck.
Kevin Apr 16th 2009 12:28PM
I wouldn't use the word preserve - save that for an actual accomplishment - not staying up super later past your bed time to play a video game.
Eudeyrn Apr 16th 2009 12:51PM
He didn't use the word preserve. He used the word persevere.
vinniedcleaner Apr 16th 2009 9:48PM
Rather fitting that the guild who did thid first sounds like the name of an erectile dysfunction medicine.
Ensidia: the #1 cure for a flaccid epeen.
Iceveiled Apr 16th 2009 10:37AM
Grats to them. Nice DK palette swap cloak.
So much for Ulduar ramping up the difficulty.
smiley Apr 16th 2009 10:40AM
it did ramp up the difficulty... by leaps and bounds, but most of the hardcoe guild were on the test realms learning the figts and geting thier strategies for the bosses down befre 3.1 even came out...
plus you're talkign abotu groups of the best players in the world. take the best player in your guild on thier best day and they still probly wouldn't be playing on one of these players lvls on thier worst day.
Video Games Blog Apr 16th 2009 10:45AM
Yeah. It CLEARLY ramped up in difficulty if somebody already cleared it in 1 day.
:-\
The only reason I see for trash wipes and what not is because people become autonomous after doing naxx for the last few months, instead of staying sharp.
Clbull Apr 16th 2009 10:59AM
They haven't taken out Algalon yet, plus those were all attemps without the Hard modes.
But I do sort of agree that if they took out Yogg Saron in less than 24 hours even on the normal mode, then it does seem a bit easy.
Balius Apr 16th 2009 10:59AM
It DID ramp up the difficulty. Most guilds are wiping on the second boss, everyone's struggling, and only the best guilds are clearing Ulduar to any significant degree yet.
But Ulduar isn't impossible. It was designed to be beaten, and a guild in all the best pre-Ulduar gear with all the best players wasn't liable to be STOPPED by the easy modes of bosses, especially since they were almost all already beaten on test realms (by the same guilds getting world firsts, no less).
If the best players, in gear that's at least competitive, were NOT able to beat the easy modes of bosses they already knew the strategy to and had fought before, that would indicate a significant problem in Blizzard's design.
As it is, all we know is that the new raid isn't at an improper difficulty.
Lord Negatron Apr 16th 2009 11:01AM
Oops, it seems you have confused the accomplishment of someone else for your own...
:P
So from what i hear, yes...
Yes it is difficult...
Lish Apr 16th 2009 11:29AM
"and only the best guilds are clearing Ulduar to any significant degree yet."
Correction: few guilds are clearing Ulduar to any degree at all since the instance servers are still screwed up on a lot of realms making any serious attempts nearly impossible.
Para Apr 16th 2009 11:40AM
I havent seen ulduar yet but from what i hear everyone is saying that it is alot harder .... not impossible they never said it was going to be very tough on normal mode .... just harder, however i think hard mode this time around will be much much much tougher for end game guild.
Oh and btw for those of you who dont know who Ensidia are they are the result of the 2 best european guilds (nihilum and sk gaming) merging just remember that, there were normally the only 2 guilds that fought each other for worlds firsts in tbc if i remember correctly (americans might have got a few cant really remember).
If anyone is going to get world firsts my bet is on these guys.
Pzychotix Apr 16th 2009 11:43AM
Protip: Normal modes aren't supposed to be hard.
That's what hard mode is for. Hence the name: hard mode.
/facepalm.
The Claw Apr 16th 2009 7:11PM
Any content which is too hard for the best guild in the world to clear in a day, will be too hard for the vast majority of guilds to clear EVER.
That's why Ensidia cleared this in a day.
Khadan Apr 16th 2009 10:39AM
That cloak is pretty meh. Good to see that the true hard encounters will have rewards with really good gear. I guess this opens up the game a bit for those who dont have loads of time to spend raiding - you can still see and defeat the boss, but the true encounters are in the hard modes.
skreeran Apr 16th 2009 10:41AM
FOR THE HORDE!
And grats to Ensidia, doesn't surprise me one bit.