On June 5th 2007, European guild Nihilum ended what might be the most impressive progress run in the History of World of Warcraft by defeating Illidan Stormrage, the final Boss of the mighty Black Temple.

This performance was trully insane because for the first time ever, a guild managed to secure every single World first kill in a single raid. Nihilum was so ahead at the time, that they managed to confirm the kill the week after, before any of its opponents got the chance to pull it.

At the time, this achievement was seen as the end of the Burning Crusade's progress, Illidan Stormrage was considered as the final Boss of the extension. The iconic Warcraft character was the main antagonist of the storyline, appearing on both the Burning Crusade cinematic and on the game cover. However, Blizzard introduced the Sunwell Plateau almost a year later, making Kil'jaeden the final Boss of TBC.



Nihilum WF Kill video is still one of the most epic PVE video of all time.

The World first PVE race was quiet different from nowadays. Most guilds couldn't test a lot on the PTR (things really started to change with Sunwell). The instance had only one difficulty which made every little progress a fresh experience. Also, very few guilds were using several characters before the end of Black Temple. Because of the lack of streaming and live medias, following the World First Progress was quite different from today : players used to check on the top guilds's website for any information while the first video was usually the first time most players were able to see the Boss in game.

On the other hand, Mythic Raids in Legion have very complex mechanics and the level of preparation of today's guilds is on another level from what we used to see 10 years ago. Yet, Burning Crusade was a very different experience because most of the content was available from day one and top guilds weren't blocked by a gate system or had to farm the first few tiers for months before the release of Black Temple.