Recent Updates with tag "raiding" (Page 5)
Did you think WoW Esports were winding down this season with a new expansion on the horizon? Think again! We are thrilled to announce the new Xy'mox Charity Cache (XCC) event coming September 10th and 11th, where two of the world's top guilds, Echo and Liquid, will be facing off in a Raid Race event to raise money for two incredible causes: Direct Relief and AbleGamers. In this segment, learn more about this special event, Liquid, and AbleGamers!
Did you think WoW Esports were winding down this season with a new expansion on the horizon? Think again! We are thrilled to announce the new Xy'mox Charity Cache (XCC) event coming September 10th and 11th, where two of the world's top guilds, Echo and Liquid, will be facing off in a Raid Race event to raise money for two incredible causes: Direct Relief and AbleGamers. In this segment, learn more about this special event, Echo, and Direct Relief!
Back in May, the WoW community received some unfortunate news: Midwinter, one of the longest-running raiding guilds in the game and a regular contender in the high-end PVE raiding scene, officially called it quits. Today, we take a trip down memory lane with the Midwinter crew, exploring their history, best moments, and the secrets to their many years of success.
Today, we delve into the background of the “Unsung Heroes” of the RWF — the individuals who worked tirelessly behind-the-scenes to help make the race of Sepulcher as special as it was. The Unsung Heroes contributed to the guilds’ successes in ways you might not even know about! Want to learn about what goes into producing, analyzing, and competing in the RWF? Read on!
The Sepulcher of the First Ones was the longest RWF in modern history. It was a three-week-long race that saw many guilds get exhausted, take breaks, and switch to only evening raids. Today, we chat with the back-to-back World Champions, Echo, to find the answers to many of our questions. Curious what they thought of this RWF? Read on!
Raider.IO proudly presents the inaugural Race to World First Awards! Read on to see the Awards categories and Nominees, and vote for your favourites!
This week's Raider.IO Riddle featured a Mists of Pandaria raid, Heart of Fear! Want to crack the code to our most difficult riddle to date? Hint: The biggest key to the puzzle lies in a bit of wordplay! Read on to learn more about Heart of Fear and for the full solution to our riddle.
The final Race to World First of Shadowlands is upon us! Check out all the details for the RWF Events taking place around the globe for what is set to be an exciting and difficult raid!
As Sepulcher of the First Ones opened on Normal and Heroic difficulties this past week, we chose to connect our first Raider.IO “Raid” Riddle to a very special Wrath of the Lich King raid: Ulduar! As we face the mystical constellar boss, Rygelon of Sepulcher, we can't help but remember Algalon of Ulduar. What was the secret to cracking this week's riddle? Hint #1: We like homonyms! Read on for the full breakdown.
With tier set bonuses being so crucial to the RWF of Sepulcher of the First Ones, many top guilds have been offering increasingly obscene amounts of gold to outside helpers in order to obtain competitive gear through their split raids. Today, we chat with Penkek from SK Pieces about the "cost of entry" into the RWF, gold management, solutions for bringing prices in future tiers, and more!
The RWF of Sepulcher of the First Ones is sure to be a special tier with the final 3 bosses not receiving PTR testing, one boss being substantially reworked after PTR testing concluded, and the untested bosses being unavailable until Mythic difficulty opens. Based on responses from top raiders, this article analyzes and predicts the trajectory of this RWF in regard to tuning and balancing, and the challenges that await competitors when approaching the 3 untested bosses for the very first time.
While preparations are in full effect for the upcoming Race to World First of Sepulcher of the First Ones, we spoke to players from 6 of the top world raiding guilds about their expectations, hopes, and concerns for this new tier. Today, we chat about their thoughts on having 3 untested bosses in Sepulcher, the impact the untested bosses had on their preparations, the divide between NA and EU, and more!
Today’s Community Spotlight celebrates Jason Docton, the founder and CEO of Rise Above the Disorder (RAD). RAD is a non-profit charity organization that provides mental health support by covering the financial burden of care. RAD began as a WoW guild called Anxiety Gaming and has grown to become a leader of mental health care and awareness. Want to learn more about RAD and Jason's inspirational journey from gamer to a globally recognized mental health advocate? Read on!
Raising money for charity has been a big part of the Race to World First for many years now, and the guilds and organizations involved in upcoming RWF events for Sepulcher of the First Ones are proudly continuing the trend! Read on to learn about all of the worthy causes being supported by the RWF, and make sure to spread the word!
Ever wanted to learn more about Aversion, the German-language raiding guild that has consistently achieved top world ranks? We've got some of the inside scoop on their RWF prep, secrets to their success, and more! (German translation available.)
If you’ve spent any amount of time on any WoW-related social media, Discord channels, or Twitch streams, you’ve probably noticed that disliking tier lists is not an uncommon opinion in the community. So, what are tier lists and how are they used? Today, we'll break down some of the main reasons for the complaints and propose solutions that may lead to less polarizing viewpoints in the future.
With Patch 9.2 right around the corner, there are many exciting new developments coming to raiding and Mythic+, such as double legendaries, tier set bonuses, a new seasonal Mythic+ affix, two new Mythic+ dungeons, and more. How do we obtain double legendaries, and how will they affect the Race to World First? What gear is worth farming from Tazavesh? Read on for our inside look!
It's that time again! Now that we're heading into Patch 9.2, and with it Season 3, it's time to take a look back at everything you accomplished in Season 2. Curious to see what you got up to in Mythic+ and Raiding over the last 7 and a half months? Create your very own personalized Shadowlands Season 2 Recap today!
The public beta of the Raider.IO Recruitment System launched 2 weeks ago to the date. Since then we've welcomed and received a ton of great feedback, much of which we've used to make improvements and fixes to the System already. We're also proud to announce the addition of Mythic+ Team Recruitment! Read on to learn all about the changes, updates, and fixes we've made to the Recruitment System.
One of the hottest topics throughout the ages is finally becoming a reality in Patch 9.2.5: Cross-faction Instances! Today, we’ll be taking a look at some implications of this new feature in endgame content and why it is likely to be a huge gamechanger.