https://www.paragon.fi/taxonomy/term/236/all en https://www.paragon.fi/news/raid-observer-week-3-weekend-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Some interesting developments over the weekend so far, most notable being our very first 7/8 kill, thus providing a small bit of movement to a race that's got more and more guilds queueing up at the 6/8 stage and even more joining the overall heroic race. Read on!</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer</li></ul></div> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:30:45 +0000 Ladan 978 at https://www.paragon.fi https://www.paragon.fi/news/raid-observer-week-3-back-normalheroic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Week 3 has started off and it looks like guilds that had been affected by the widespread suspensions are working on catching up. Also something interesting is *still* happening with Yor'sahj on heroic mode. Talk about a drama king.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer</li></ul></div> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:02:13 +0000 Ladan 977 at https://www.paragon.fi https://www.paragon.fi/news/raid-observer-week-2-wind-down <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Week 2 starts to wind down... heroic-mode catch up afoot, and some performance art!<br /> So if you'd not had a chance to yet, do check out the podcast from yesterday. You can skip ahead to 07:20 to get to the start of the interview!</p> <p>So we're at the end of Week 2 now for the US server guilds and the banned guilds will be trying to plan their "catch up" if they want to get back into the ...</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer</li></ul></div> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:13:14 +0000 Ladan 975 at https://www.paragon.fi https://www.paragon.fi/news/raid-observer-special-sunday-round-table-podcast <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In this very special issue of The Raid Observer, Ladan meets up with members from four of the top raiding guilds to discuss the current race, the LFR ban drama, and the alleged US/EU guild tension! So I sat down today with eight members of four of the top tier raiding guilds to discuss the recent LFR ban, the current tier 13 raiding race, and the so-called conflict between the US and EU guilds. The guilds and members that participated are:</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">podcast</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-4">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer&#039;s Round Table</li></ul></div> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:55:44 +0000 Ladan 972 at https://www.paragon.fi https://www.paragon.fi/news/raid-observer-week-2-68-pile <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Good morning, fine people! Here's the Raid Observer back with a brief update for you to start us off for the weekend. I've got a general race update and some observations on a few recent things... read on!</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer</li></ul></div> Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:20:38 +0000 Ladan 971 at https://www.paragon.fi https://www.paragon.fi/news/raid-observer-week-2-day-2-update-and-special-interview <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Today's update is a bit different, as I've decided my fingers are tired from so much typing and I thought you might like to listen to me giving an update. And guess what? I've also got two very special guests who agreed to be interviewed!</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">podcast</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-4">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer</li></ul></div> Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:38:45 +0000 Ladan 970 at https://www.paragon.fi https://www.paragon.fi/news/raid-observer-week-2-heroics-begin-more-morchok <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>And here we are at the outset of heroic modes and the race is showing evidence of the aftermath of the Great LFR Ban of Patch 4.3.<br /> So far a few predictable elements and some possibly surprising aspects are showing up as we hit the heroic modes. Read on!</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer</li></ul></div> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:38:23 +0000 Ladan 968 at https://www.paragon.fi https://www.paragon.fi/news/raid-observer-week-1-day-it-hit-fan <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>So... things went a bit pear-shaped today. And I'm talking pears the size of 8-days!<br /> And I will reveal the spookiest fact of this raiding race so far... read on to find out! I was supposed to be minding my own business, writing up my thesis, and adding a few wee raid observations every day on how things were going. It was supposed to be calm. But noooooo, it went all Titanic on ...</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer</li></ul></div> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:42:07 +0000 Ladan 966 at https://www.paragon.fi https://www.paragon.fi/news/raid-observer-week-1-weekend-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Yet another Raid Observer update from the Guest Contributor, Ladan, on the raiding race. This time I'll give you an update on what (may not have) happened over the weekend: continued concern over the LFR situation and more guilds join the raiding fray!</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer</li></ul></div> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:48:13 +0000 Ladan 963 at https://www.paragon.fi https://www.paragon.fi/news/dragon-soul-raiding-progress-week-1-day-4 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Yet another Raid Observer update from the Guest Contributor, Ladan, on how the raiding race is (not) going so far! Life post-LFR, the emergence of trolls, and more...!</p> <p>And my usual disclaimer: I am not a member of DREAM Paragon, I have just been asked to provide a regular update on my observations of the raiding race for Patch 4.3 as it unfolds. All typos, misunderstandings, and opinions are my own (though my cat may cause the typos if she walks on my keyboard) and may or may not represent the views of Paragon and its actual members ...</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer</li></ul></div> Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:05:28 +0000 Ladan 962 at https://www.paragon.fi https://www.paragon.fi/news/dragon-soul-raiding-progress-your-day-3-4-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Hello! Guest Contributor Ladan reporting in, giving you some of the highlights of Day 3. It's been a fairly dramatic week considering it's "just" Week 1. Curious? Read on!</p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> <em>The opinions and typos expressed in this and all of my Daily Updates are my own. I am not a member of DREAM Paragon, just an invited guest contributor to their site. If you're interested in learning more about my research and work into raiding and raiding culture, please check out my research blog, <a href="http://www.raidingresearch.co.uk">http://www.raidingresearch.co.uk</a>.</em></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer</li></ul></div> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:04:15 +0000 Ladan 961 at https://www.paragon.fi https://www.paragon.fi/articles/raid-observer-day-2-or-day-5-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Well, not much to report really, mostly just a bit of news on the overall attack of the normal modes by guilds everywhere and a bit of news on what's (not) happening with the elite race so far.</p> <p>The progress sites continue to be a bit wonky, which I realise will continue until the guild scans and whatnot are complete. Kruf explained this to me last night and while I tried to look (textually speaking) like I had a clue what he was talking about ...</p> </div></div></div><div class="clearfix"></div> <ul class="prevnext clearfix"> <li class="next"><a href="/articles/raid-observer-new-year-new-line#main-content">‹ next</a></li> <li class="previous"><a href="/articles/raid-observer-dragon-soul-raiding-progress-your-day-1-update#main-content">previous ›</a></li> </ul> <hr class="space" /> <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer</li></ul></div> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:59:05 +0000 Ladan 959 at https://www.paragon.fi https://www.paragon.fi/articles/raid-observer-dragon-soul-raiding-progress-your-day-1-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>So I'll be posting some basic observations on progress each day during the race itself. In fact Paragon asked me to not just provide updates to interested readers on their progress but also track the race in general. Since raiding began yesterday on the American servers, I'll start off with a short update today and then keep adding information, at least daily and sometimes even more as the race heats up. Yes, yes, I know the "real" race begins next week with the heroic modes, but I think how we're moving through the normal modes can be quite informative ...</p> </div></div></div><div class="clearfix"></div> <ul class="prevnext clearfix"> <li class="next"><a href="/articles/raid-observer-day-2-or-day-5-update#main-content">‹ next</a></li> <li class="previous"><a href="/articles/mists-paragonia#main-content">previous ›</a></li> </ul> <hr class="space" /> <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">dragon soul</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1">patch 4.3</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2">progress</li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3">raid observer</li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Category: </h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0">The Raid Observer</li></ul></div> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:45:46 +0000 Ladan 957 at https://www.paragon.fi