2.28 - http://eightyearsinazeroth.blogspot.com/2013/02/2-28.html
Patch 2.3 had landed, and with it came the addition of Guild Banks, and a new 10-Man instance known as Zul’Aman, a instance nestled in the north eastern section of the Ghostlands, where Blood Elves began their journey into World of Warcraft.
A bit run on, maybe a full stop after “Zul’Aman” and then “This was an instance…”
A speed run, as it would be called, would be a challenge for players to push themselves to hit, making their way through a series of bosses in a given time-limit.
This does flow very well how about "A speed run, as it would be called, was a challenge for players to push themselves, making their way through a series of bosses in a given time-limit.
The timer was aggressive – the only way to hit it was play flawlessly
“…was by playing flawlessly”
The encounter unforgiving, and the fiery phoenix rained down a burning death on each successive pull.
“The encounter was unforgiving…”. Also remove “a” as I think it reads better without.
Handling Phase One alone was a nightmare of timing – as each tank had to leap frog one another from position a, then to b, then c, then d and finishing with e.
Since you are listing the procedure here how about a colon instead: “…a nightmare of timing: each tank had to leapfrog…”
leap frog
While we’re on the subject, it looks like it is always one word, leapfrog.
Four was the target, in order to deliver the DPS necessary to kill the Phoenix God.
Don’t think this needs a comma.
This diminished my health pool and it brought Zanjina’s death on in a much more humorous fashion.
Redundant from the previous sentence. “This diminished my health pool and ensured Zanjina’s death in a much more humorous fashion.”
Like Hydross the Unstable and his tendency to smash the face in of a healer with poor timing
Remove “in” or move it just after “smash”.
Even in the face of such obvious facts as my class being the very core of the holy trinity. Dropping out of Shadowform to toss up a Renew or a Power Word: Shield wouldn’t save me.
I think this actually works better as one sentence, change the period after “trinity” to a comma.