Comments on: Wait, When Did I Become a “Hardcore” Raider?

By: ReversionLFM

ReversionLFM — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:21:55 +0000

It is an interesting concept. Somtimes Analogue is doing bits of that role and sometimes I do. Generally we don’t have anyone or anything needing any ‘busting’. The 10 man group hand picked for compatability makes things pretty smooth. I have to snap at people now and then if they clutter up vent or something but not very often. The closest we come to this dynamic is on fights where we have Ado doing the raid ‘calling’. In those cases I hang back and try to only speak up for those sorts of issues.

Our vent can get down right spooky quiet at times. We have our raid stacked with people that really like quiet and calm vent and that are very good at listening and following strats.

By: Angry Gamer

Angry Gamer — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 05:33:01 +0000

At first when I read this all I saw was Warning Warning Burnout Warning Warning.

But then when I noticed that it was division of labor. Logistics vs Tactical Raid Leading … well that’s more manageable.

One suggestion if your guild is normal and since I ran with y’all once you seemed normal… you probably could use a drill sgt type to bust tail taking more of the load off of the logistics and lead person

We ran a Drill Sgt guy during Ulduar/TOC and it worked FANTASTIC! (of course he was a real Sargent Major…).

His job was to bust tail between pulls to get the raid in shape to listen to the Raid leader

A Drill Sgt does the following:
1 – clamps down on vent chatter
2 – polices your socials that want to text other guilds in local area chat
3 – make sure everyone is buffed
4 – reminds raiders to REPAIR (is it me or is this like telling your toddler to go bathroom…)
5 – coordinates buffs
6 – works on spec changes and the shift in raid make up if player leaves or is removed or a sub is brought in
7 – works with problem children that make same raid strat mistakes over and over (and recommends remedies to Raid lead)

basically all the butt wiping and nose blowing so the RL can concentrate on strats or navel depending on how they roll. (sorry just got goofy there).

Any who our RL really liked the formal “The Raid is ready Raid Leader” hand off our Drill Sgt. gave him…

By: cripplemronion

cripplemronion — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:00:44 +0000

Ah yes, the painful ecstasy of raid leading, the glorious punishment. I raid led in a few different guilds in the years, and I also raided in a few different guilds. I couldn’t agree more with what Crits said, that if you’re not leading the raid, it’s really not worth it.

At the same time, as raid leader, you can’t help but feel responsible when a raid fails to attain its goals. Even when it’s not your fault, when your play is flawless and your knowledge unparalleled, every raid leader feels like a failure when their raids go awry. Different raid leaders I’m sure feel it at different depths, and we all know they express it in different ways (some hilariously frapped for the later amusement of others). However, I truly believe that a little sadness strikes every raid leader with almost every wipe.

I once told a raid of 24 perfectly nice people that every time they failed the jump to Thaddeus’s platform, my heart grew one size smaller.

I stopped raiding with that guild about a month later.

Enjoy it, Crits, and I hope your guild meets your every expectation and that your future is filled with the loot you want for the people you think deserve it. Too often it happens the other way. Good gaming!

By: Analogue

Analogue — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:27:21 +0000

I try hard to channel my inner bossy-ness to useful things like scheduling, and keep it to a minimum with the heal team – you are all awesome healers or you wouldn’t BE on the team, it’s not like I have to micromanage you, just keep the big picture in mind.

By: Ado

Ado — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:27:11 +0000

I like running roics with raid memebers its both more fun and faster as I know the group memebers.

By: ReversionLFM

ReversionLFM — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:26:01 +0000

I have gotten good progress on alts… in direct porportion to how useful they are to the raid, for utility or to make gear. Like how squishybear is now all tricked out and my hunter is progressing rapidly. if you find some reason one of your alts can help the raid it chances are it will suddenly start getting geared up

By: repgrind

repgrind — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:56:30 +0000

Yeah, you have to ask permission to go out to eat, there, missy!

We can run without you, but it’s not as much fun.

I agree, it’s worth putting in the time for this group. I’ve gotten very little done on my alts lately, but I’ve made great progress on the status of my raid toon(s).

I must like getting bossed around by you or something, since I actually want to be on the heal team.