So a lot of people have been asking me for invites to mount runs.  While I appreciate and will likely eventually need the support of all those that have asked, I wanted to take a moment to clarify some points on how these operate.

I have a running list of regulars and regular fill-ins that I have approached in-game to do these runs.  The list more or less looks like this:

Tanks:
 - Pudolski
 - Nuitarin

Healers:
 - Caliroll
 - Vössa (ALT+0246 for ö)
 - *Coretwo (was a regular pre-quitting)
 - *Cisper (university claimed her)
 - *Nhia (already has a bear, would love the periodic support though!)

DPS:
 - Shihli
 - Disrupter
 - Saedo
 - Luminaire
 - Kybosh
 - Keisjaa
 - *Antiquite (when Keis can't make it)
 - *Pkmaster (when Kybosh can't make it)
 - *Karlizeth (when any random person can't make it)
 - *Shinzwei (when we need moar rogues)

The reason that I have approached these people is because of four points.  Point A is because they have a solid stock of MH/BT T6 and equivalent gear, which ultimately trivializes this instance.  Point B is because I have personally witnessed their skills and knowledge and feel that they would be a strong asset towards getting a bear.  Point C is because bear runs require a somewhat specific group balance that is not condusive to all 10-man class combinations (at least not until we have it on mega-farm).  Point D is a combination of familiarity with the people I have asked (I've been raiding with Epat and Nuit forever) and familiarity with Lava Crab instancing and the instance by-and-large.

Little rough on finding some players on Thursday, Let's Finish up ZA Friday

Another ZA Run for Nap Time! Take Note that Regulars have priority before whispering me or Casecold that you don't get in.

So right now we've only got 5 "reliable" (read: there everynight, on time, ready to rock, with stable connections) healers in Hamfist.  That's right, only five.

Garreth
Vulk
Katibug
Closer
Caliroll

In many circumstances and on a number of boss fights, we need no fewer than eight (8) to make it a smooth kill.  Of our "less reliable" healers, we have:

Alydis
Clos
Cisper (only recently due to university)

So basically, if the stars align and we butcher a holy goat we can expect to have a smooth raid.  Otherwise, we will be dragging our feet and praying to whatever gods might be listening that we can actually kill something on a given night.

Off-spec, limited-attendance, and alt healer options are also limited:

Luchs (T4 geared w/ some experience)
Turth (T4+ geared w/ some good experience)
Irnub (T4 geared w/ little healing experience)
Antiquite ON CORETWO or CISPER
Magieck
Warion (when LF1M isn't raiding)
Captnopants (when LF1M isn't raiding)

Basically, what I'm posting this for is this:

I'm begging that any guildie that is a qualified healer, that has run with us in the past, consider the option of helping out as often as they can.  We want to kill Illidan.  At our current pace and rate, we won't.  It's that simple.  At our current pace we cannot kill him.  We're losing so many healers and bleeding so much loot because of it, that it's going to become a festering boil of raid non-progression that will be hard to shed, without a little help from our guildies.