For most people, we chase one thing. It doesn’t really matter what you do, or how large or small it is. As humans we chase one thing. It could be something as small as opening a drawer and finding clean clothes in the morning, finding that extra hash brown in your McDonald’s bag, or winning a gold medal.

The thrill of victory drives us.

There is something that is required to know this feeling however. The agony of defeat. You can not have light without dark, good without evil, victory without defeat.

Last night as we approached Leotheras the Blind, we talked about the strat videos that we have watched, all the reading we have done, we were truly prepared for this fight. We can already see the Tier 5 gloves on our toons. The hunters are drooling over their set bonus and we don’t even have it yet. To say we were over confidant would be stupid, we weren’t. There was just no doubt that we were getting our 2nd Tier 5 boss kill.

Our first attempt and wipe was just to feel the fight out and to stretch our legs. The inner demons come and our main tank is mind controlled so we wipe it. Now we have seen first hand what happens and are ready.

Attempt 2 (ever):

Flawless pull. Leotheras is released from his banished state. Our inner demons come out and are no match for the wrath that is Defiant. We pass the 50% mark as the anticipation builds. We pass 30% and people’s voices are starting to get a little more excited on vent. We pass 20% and people start dreaming of T5 and start playing sloppy but we hold it together. We pass 15% and the split happens. Our warlock picks up the demon. We pass 10% as the main tank calls burn him. The DPS does just that; and things take a directional turn unexpected. He does his whirlwind and we forget about the agro dump. The DPS is taking so much damage the healers forget about the warlock; he dies. We are now at 3% with almost everyone dead. The DPS doesn’t let up, we are killing this guy. The 1% mark comes and all the healers are dead. Its one druid tank and a mage left; he’s going down. Leotheras decides it’s time to remind us that he owns this chamber and will not be passing out gifts tonight.

I have wondered several times if the 1% wipe is written into the game. I am sure that it is not, we create it ourselves. We do it over and over again. Without the 1% wipe the final victory would not be nearly as sweet.