Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all members (former and current) of the Cosa Nostra dynasty.

CN invites you to re-listen to your desires and to renew your hope; to see your world not as it is, but as it could be. 

Go ahead and wish, it's what makes this time of year the holidays. 

We started off nice, but found ourselves in a long and glitchy waves session.  But the real fun came when our Viceroy agro got wiped 3 times.  Somehow between the rezzes we managed to keep Viceroy engaged.  With as little as 1-2 channelers at times.  And finally, long past some of our bedtimes, he gave us FoFr, Red gem, and 2 rge weapons!  Great job guys! 

Congrats Cosa Nostra on another CazicThule main tank, the first we've had in 3 months.



Battlemaster kudos: Krieg, the only wall Cosa would need to see CazicThule to the dirt!

Hail Team Nuke: Low damage count, you guys still pulled through! Hail Darkwizzy, Equnox, and Surkillin!

Hail Cosa's Healers! It has always been said that Cosa's clerics are her backbone, way to prove that once again! Hail Imnottinker, Xkayleighx, Binzo, Crazstack, Xauron, Noreheal, Imseksi!

Congrats loot winners Brucecampbel, Xauron, and Faithwahl!

Congrat's Cosa on another (Almost) double dragon slaying. Business as usual until Talon despawned on us with 1 Red remaining.

Quite the epic finish as Zurcon and others took on Noroxus. Buffs are overated, Congrats guys!

Cosa Nostra has created a new Razeal Moloch spawner.  We are working behind the scenes to ensure our set up for Razeal will be as smooth as possible.  This kill yields some great loot items and can be spawned easily for multiple kills.  This should become a part of our normal raid schedule soon.

Some promising tatics for avoiding Rallos Zek glitching us, is under works as well.  We will be running tests to verify it works, and hopefully getting back to walking all over him.

These two kills should mix up our raid schedule, offering both a change in scenery and a variety of loot.

Cosa Nostra promised a more concentrated effort in obtaining ZP spells and gems this summer.... and so far, CN has delivered with 12 kills in four days!

Special thanks to Raidwiz, Xollbosh, Tubes and Andyaltz for leading the way!!



CN is actively recruiting!  If you feel Cosa might be a good fit for you, please contact Jaradox via in-game mail for more information!

Congratulations to everyone who attended Cosa Nostra's usual Saturday Night rendezvous as the team marched up once again to Zaoran Plateau's Rallos Zek for a beat down to remember!!

Pictures tell the story.  All Hail Fun!



Here were the stats:

Total kill timed at :41 minutes.

40 Toons: 2 Defenders, 3 Assassins, 1 Mercenary, 5 Minstrels, 3 Spellbinders, 1 Pyromancer, 2 Necromancers, 7 Channelers, 1 Transmuter, 2 Resist clerics, 11 Diviners, 1 Druid and 1 Mystic.

26 Players: Deftoness, Tubes, Fioria, Kuns, Tripp, Sounga, Pmurphy, Gralii, Shortandsasy, Onemanband, Shortdoc, Greenstone, Hiil, Vlayna, Rederick, Sabatoged, Nana, Darkmiztris, Raidwiz, Beowoulf, Xollbosh, Jaradox, Microphone, Aeryth, Twizzlerz and Wikedjug.

Promotions! Promotions! Promotions!
All Hail Raidwiz (Elder), Jaradox (Officer), Tubes (Officer), Shortandsasy (Officer) and Xollbosh (Officer)!!  Your gameplay and citizenship as CN members has been recognized and will be called upon even more as we head into Summer Madness 2009!!  Take the time, seek out your new ranked leaders and congratulate them, they deserve it!

All Hail Cosa Nostra!!

After downing Rallos Zek (RZ) two weeks ago, CN and her army of clerics ported up again for an encore performance that proved once again that practice does indeed make perfect!!

After ironing out all the wrinkles to the official RZ kill strategy, Cosa was able to dramatically improve our first kill time by 50% with a total back to back to back Main Tank (MT) timed at :29 minutes.  

Cosa Nostra's recent Rallos Zek success belongs to not just everyone at the kills, but also to anyone who was a part of our of the previous failed RZ attempts.  Those raids took alot out of Cosa.  Three players left the guild over it.  Tanking / stacking / nuking / powering for :60 to :90 minutes straight is not easy. The strain of each being compounded more by the late hours each Saturday started to require.  So thank you to all of Cosa Nostra for your efforts, attitudes and elite game play as CN has figured it out! 

Members can now look forward to exploring the rest of RZ's unlooted treasure chest as we await the release of more Zaoran Plateau gods!    

Battle Master Props!
Congratulations Level 60 Defender Epiphanyy on your complete MT versus all three of Rallos Zek's forms.  One shield, zero wipes.  'Nuff said yo.

Thank you to everyone who was there (30)!  
All Hail Wiked, Imnotandyaltz, Aeryth, Calgar, Shortdoc, Beowoulf, Broitzo, Jaradox, Pmurphy, Kunswizzy, Idano, Onceortwice, Shortandsasy, Deftoness, Travelocitie, Humpotz, Raidwiz, Tukufu, Greenstone, Esprez, Xollbosh, Fatuhiva, Landoria, Rederick, Nana, Darkmiztris, Gralii, Gracie, Sounga and Piojo!!  

                             All Hail Castle Lightwolf!!

Great job Cosa Nostra (CN)!  In two days, CN was able to navigate through Tallon Zek's (TZ) castle, find his location, spawn him and then gameplan a strategy to wrap up Cosa's defeat of all three Zaoran Plateau Zek Gods. 

Super effort by all of Cosa's members as we had a blast battling through Dragons, Black Widows, Unnamed Golems, Zek Captains and Zek Archers while traversing every hallway, room and dead-end before finally reaching TZ's main room.  



The highly publicized bow and arrow Orc was no match for the strength and will of CN's army.  Tallon Zek owned x 2!!  Congratulations to Ronson, Gralii, Holy, Murphy, Surkilla and Wiked on the drops!



It's official, all three of Zaoran Plateau's Zeks (Vallon, Rallos, Tallon) have been downed by CN.  Awesome stuff team, way to go!

In the coming months as we await the release of more ZP Gods, Cosa Nostra will revisit Rallos Zek while returning to old school raid monsters like CazicThule, Bertoxxulous, Plane of Sky's Twin Dragons, Lord Nagafen and Khal Viceroy. 

Cosa Nostra is actively recruiting Shadowknights, Enchanters, Bards and Clerics.  If you think CN might be a good fit for you, please contact Murphyp via in-game mail.

YOU did it! YOU did it!

All Hail Cosa Nostra! ... what a night!  Mega-Congratulations to everyone who attended tonight's historic achievement! Five Saturdays (two of which were bugged) of losing, researching, recruiting and game planning has finally culminated in the server-wide first back to back to back Main Tank of Rallos Zek!!  

Rallos Zek version One was officially timed at :23min.
Rallos Zek version Two was officially timed at :19 min.
Rallos Zek version Three was officially timed at :17min.
Total MT officially timed at :59 minutes.                         

Official Raid Headcount = 42 toons
1 Warrior, 1 Shadowknight, 4 Bards, 5 Rogues, 1 Ranger, 1 Magician, 3 Enchanters, 2 Alchemists, 7 Wizards, 1 Necromancer, 2 Shamans, 3 Druids, 11 Clerics (one Faithful, two Resist, 8 Diviners)  

All Hail the Players (29) - Rederick, Imnotandyaltz, Hatty, Aeryth, Pmurphy, Wikedjug, Houserules, Calgar, Xollbosh, Holysieg, Tubes, Greenstone, Krieg, Kunswizzy, Raidwiz, Celesta, Ronson, Gralii, Abnusen, Adrenaline, Nana, Darkmiztris, Chromosomes, Humpotz, Idano, Twelvepack, Powerofmagic, Picalow and Ansen --- Officially a part of Cosa's Elite History. 

The following are individual videos of all three Rallos Zek versions ... from the Main Tank's perspective!  Thanks Red!!

Battle-Master Congratulations!!
Thank you Level 60 Defender Rederick for putting in the hard work (and tunar!) to equip your character with the necessary gear and statistics to tank this beast down.  The videos tell the story, so CN will leave it at that.  Bravo.

Battle-Mind Kudos!!
All Hail Wikedjug for developing RZ's debuff table which was the key in understanding how to attack Rallos Zek!  Huge ups for bringing the bat... definitely a game changer. Brilliant.

Next up, Tallon Zek... Anyone NOT ready?

All Hail Cosa Nostra!!  Thank you to everyone who joined in on the usual Saturday night run last night as CN did what we do best .... have FUN!!  Khal Viceroy downed again -  Fingers of Thunder, Blue Gem!  Enjoy the video!   

New mob sightings!! 
Stories and rumors earlier this month about the return of Rallos Zek (RZ) & Tallon Zek (TZ) and a new Vallos Zek (VZ) 3.0 have been confirmed by Cosa Nostra team members.  Different accounts continue to stream in regarding the impossible nature of the new encounters, massive pet group kills and game code malfunctions!  Stay tuned as CN continues to explore, learn and fight her way through these late breaking events! 




Guess who's back?!... back again! .... Nana's back, tell a friend!
Cosa Nostra hails the return of her beloved Level 60 Spellbinding Webmistress, Nana!  Although mostly renowned for her work in designing Cosa's website and trademarks, those who are close know her as a Day One gamer and member of the original Cosa Nostra.

New members!
Hearty welcomes to CN's newest members Level 60 Stormcaller Calgar, Level 60 Metabolist Gnomsis, Level 60 Ninja Elbuddah, Level 60 Minstrel Lalaa, Level 60 Guardian Robotrip and Level 60 Deathknight Chukchuk!  Thanks for joining up... you won't be disappointed.


Cosa Nostra is Recruiting!!!
CN has turned the in-game recruitment hotline back on and is actively seeking Clerics, Melees and Enchanters who enjoy exploring, raiding and having fun!  If you think Cosa might be a good fit and would like more information on how you can join, please send an in-game mail to Murphyp.  

All Hail Cosa Nostra!  The last 1.5 weeks have been very very busy!  Thanks to all who have participated! 

Goodbye CazicThule x 3!
Goodbye Noroxus!
Goodbye Razeal Moloch x 2!
Goodbye Aeyinar x 4!
Goodbye Bulwark x 1!
Goodbye Bertoxxulous x 1!
Goodbye Uzrathixius!
Goodbye Poxathixius!

A big part of being in Castle Lightwolf's oldest active guild is maintaining a healthy balance with (R)eal (L)ife and EQOA.  Thank you for finding a way to make the time team... WooT!

Please share in Level 60 Defender Sounga's first Bertoxxulous Main Tank (Saturday March 21)!  Congratz Knucklehead!  And while you're at it, please enjoy another Cosa spank with CazicThule!  CGs to the loot winners!  Hail Fun!

Thanks to every one of Cosa Nostra's team members for their efforts and patience the past four weeks as we have spent all of our raid days on Zauron's Plateau.  What started out as four unique and strong strategies has now been narrowed down to two that will actually work.  Anticipate the continuing practice of the same gameplan from here on out Cosa.  You are getting closer .... Vallon Zek 2.0 will go down.

Sprinkled in throughout have been multiple Epic Bosses, PoS Dragons, Razeal Moloch and several Cazic Thule kills.  CN may have bigger fish to fry, but in the end - it's all about the people you spend time and raid with!  All Hail Cosa Nostra!

Here are a couple of recent and fun Epic Boss runs courtesy of RonsonEQOA, Productions.

Thanks to all who participated and supported our guild's added raid day every Thursday night!  CN has now gone back to the good ol'days of raiding twice a week so that her members can now have increased opportunities to see the end of this game.  It's going to be alot of fun...

All Hail Cosa Nostra!  The pictures tell the story this time.  Just another old fashioned Dragon Hunt.  Good stuff, congratulations to the winners!  All Hail Thursdays!!!





Cosa Nostra is actively recruiting all classes!  Looking for unselfish, friendly and adult gamers!  Please visit our recruitment section to learn more about how you can apply! 

"Vallon Zek (VZ) is a master tactician better known as the Governor of War.  Together with his alter-ego Tallon Zek (TZ), he roams Zauron's Plateau (ZP) under the tutelage of Rallos Zek (RZ).  Vallon's EQOA manifestation is that of an older and physically overpowering male Orc with plated armor.  His power is derived from torn elements of the Essence of Warfare that Rallos had previously split up between both Vallon and Tallon."

Sunday - February 15, 2009, 12:25pm PST
Congratulations Cosa Nostra on your first four Vallon Zek kills!  It was a tremendous effort by everyone as the limited space (Hail Adds!) and severe lag required all of Cosa's focus and experience to pull it off.  At no time did the raid ever wipe as each of the four kills happened on the first attempt!  Way to officially own Vallon Zek CN!

Here are raid videos of Kill #1 and Kill #4, respectively .... courtesty of RonsonEQOA, Productions.





BattleMaster Recognition!
All Hail 60 Defender Epiphanyy for the effort displayed while Main Tanking Vallon Zek!  Toss in the fact you were also dual boxing your MT group's Bard (Wikedlyrics) makes the feat even more impressive.  Good work today Wiked! 

BattleMana Spanks!
All Hail 60 Spellbinder Piojo and 60 Spellbinder Tuck for powering our healers during the long battle(s)!  Without question, an important crux and invaluable key to today's success.  Great job knuckleheads!

BattleMedic Shout Outs to CN's Clerical Army!
Due to the incredible game play by some of CLW's best stack clerics, Cosa Nostra is extremely privileged in calling the Cleric Class a true position of strength for CN.  All Hail Aeryth, Stackasaurus, Fatuhiva, Healingtanks, Grace, Kellie, Ebonyheal, Clashheal, Alastaria and Trojans!