I think we’ll keep doing this – clear farm bosses and progress on whatever’s left before the end boss. We’ll probably focus on Bastion now to get to Cho’gall, then decide who to try first, Cho’gall or Nefarian.

Also, on Chimaeron (feel free to ignore me, but I’m giddy since we finally killed him and found a strat that worked): if you have people (even DPS) *not* healing on Feud, tell them to. We failed miserably on the first night (always dying on the first Feud) and killed him within 2 hours on the second. We timed our big cooldowns (priest’s hymn on first Feud, my Tranq on the second, moonkin’s Tranq on the third), the enh shammy used Healing Rain and Chain Heal, everyone used their self-healing or bandages. I tried out a spec with 3/3 Nature’s Bounty (and no Furor), and despite the mana issues those fast Nourishes were amazing. It felt so, so much better than before. Good luck!

(Oh, and after Chimaeron, Atramedes is such a breeze to heal! I got so relaxed I kept forgetting to run out of the sounds waves.)

Also, sometime when we’re feeling frustrated and discouraged, we should give Al’Akir a go just for kicks. ‘Flame walls’ plus wind blast should totally be good for some laughs.

We are really good about changing instances fast – it rarely takes more than 5 minutes to get from Bastion to Blackwing, or vice versa. So maybe we won’t be as wedded to one raid per raid night.

We all know that it’s “possible” to take down the end game bosses without the best gear, but then we should also know that we’re not Vodka/Paragon/etc. So, typically every piece of gear we can get our hands on is worth it.

Our goal is to (hopefully) kill Sinestra while she’s relevent. We raid 9 hours a week, so here’s how we split our time.

W – 4/6 in BWD for trash epics (pays for our raiding) and the few upgrades we need off those bosses. Shards also help, since we’re getting a lot of BiS gear now that needs epic enchants. After BWD it’s over to BoT for 2 hours of H-Halfus.

Th – Start with Halfus for 1 hour, then clear BoT and Vortex for the shards.

Sat – H-Chim for 1 hour, then Nef (only 2 kills on him, neither one clean).

For you, I’d suggest the schedule that our casual group runs. They are laid back and about where you are with progression.

1) Everything farm
2) Anything new

Killing bosses keeps morale up, gets upgrades into the group (especially if you don’t have a set roster), and helps give the feeling that the train is moving. Bashing your head until you hear a squishy sound is a recipie for disaster IMO.

Good luck with it! I’d personally try Atramedes, as the fisght is fairly straightforward, and I personally love the mechanics of it.