Introducing your final Tier 7 raid boss: Tom Chilton.

Tier one's endboss was Ragnaros.
Tier two was finalized by Lord Victor Nefarius.
Tier three was finished by Kel'thuzad, with C'thun playing a supporting role.
Tier four is a pair - Prince Malchezaar and Magtheridon.
Tier five, again a pair - Kael'thas and Lady Vashj.
Tier six? A pair, yet again - Archimonde and Illidan Stormrage.

I have seen into WoW's endgame - an endgame that is being spun around us as we speak.

I have seen tier seven. It is finalized by Tom Chilton.

Yes, the man they know as Kalgan is already making his steps towards the destruction of this game. Mirshalak has touched on this far more eloquently than I can in my state of mind. Blizzard has deleted the last relic of my most beloved Hunter idol, Howitzer. The one person who brought hope to Marksmanship Hunters everywhere, he did what we could not - raided the top-end dungeons of this game as MM. He, as I, never professed MM to be better, and decried its weakness in the raid environment.

However, that environment is not the one that will be a focus in this game.

I have played this game from beta. I have been a Hunter that entire time (I was a Priest before Hunters were added in Closed Beta), and love the class with every fiber of me that plays this game. I was part of some great firsts on my previous server - I had a pretty bad reputation from its community, so I won't name the server or the character, but I had one of our first Core Marksman Rifles, our first Blessed Qiraji Musket, had the Scepter of the Sands in my hands (but the Gong was rung while I was at work! Horde BASTARDS!), and played with my wonderful guild until 1.12 and the last three bosses of Naxxrammus Necropolis. At that time, I was still in college, and my devotion to raiding and my guild was interfering with college - at that time, it became "quit WoW" or "drop out of college". I chose the former, and much to my benefit today.

Now I have a fantastic career with a company that I love, and I have free time and free money to use towards a pursuit like WoW. I hoped to come back to the class and game that I loved and pick up where I left off - to go from 1-70 on a new Hunter, find a friendly, wonderful guild, and go about scoring triumphs in new raid content. This, however, is not panning out to be.

World of Warcraft was changed dramatically between 1.12 and 2.3 when I returned. The game has been gutted and the mantra and world have changed. Yes, Outland is a wonderful, mystical place, but for all the ill that has befallen all of WoW for its coming, I'd rather not have it at all.

I speak of the Arena. Mirshalak was the first one to compare it to Ultima Online's Dungeon Doom, and the more I see what Arena is doing to WoW and the more I look at UO's history, the more the signs make sense. This game is dying, I think.

Now, I bet you're asking "where's your proof?" My proof is in the pudding, and again, Mirshalak lined it out better than I can in my irate state right now.

Today, Spirestone went "down" for over three minutes. The server did not disconnect, but no actions were recognized for that time. It was interesting seeing three minutes of /2 spam condensed into a single moment - it was like looking into the heart of a neutron star. It's happening more and more, too, but I bet if I complained on the forums, my topic would be deleted.

I've been in this game since closed beta. I was around for launch day. I see more problems in the here and now than I did on launch day, and that, IMO, says something.

Gather your T6 loots, my friends. If we wish to preserve this game as a PVE game, then we must take the raid to the one destroying the raid scene - we must take it to Tom Chilton. Kalgan must perish, or the game will perish around him.

(Disclaimer: I am not advocating physical violence towards Tom Chilton. Please do not make death threats towards his person. Please do not inflict physical violence upon him. And for the love of god, don't quote Stabilized Effort Scope as your incitor if you do.)