Comments on: News and not much comment

By: ReversionLFM

ReversionLFM — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:46:47 +0000

Hey, thanks for keeping us posted. Let us know if there is anything we can do to help. That is an understandable situation yall got into. It is hard to change the paradigm of a long standing group. Sometimes you just need to start fresh on a new footing. For progression raiding everyone really has to be on board with the concept. It is a lot of work and a lot of wiping and is not for everyone. You have to be able to look back at 20 ‘head hitting the wall’ wipes and go “yeah… I see some small progress there… that was totally worth 200 gold in repairs and 3 or 4 hours of time.” If that thought makes someone shudder it might not be for them.

The ‘let’s just kill stuff’ group last night went pretty well. We cleared up to Nef and got some good pulls on him. Tonight we are going after BoT and maybe back to Nef after that if things go well.

By: Analogue

Analogue — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:29:47 +0000

I’m glad you have a plan to keep raiding. I really think Crits needs two solid raids. I’ve gotten all sorts of inquiries from newcomers about, are there raid slots, how can they get in, and I have to tell them that we can consider them when we have holes but we don’t have any slots open. Good luck! What nights will you run? And who is raid leading?

It’s not obvious to outsiders but I handle all the logistics for our raid – figure out who is coming, fill empty slots, try to keep track of peoples’ gear, do loot master duty – and heals lead, while Reversion does most of the other stuff. Ado, Slice and Sorak throw in a lot of strategy help and often do the calling since Reversion and I as tank and heals have poor visibility on a lot of fights. I’m also the “morale officer”, I try to keep my finger on the emotions of the raid and act as a cheerleader when it’s needed.

I don’t know how any one person leads a raid, it’s at least a two man job.

By: Heidi Daniel

Heidi Daniel — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:41:17 +0000

After 2 years of raiding, we did call it quits. Half of us wanted progression, and the other half didn’t. What do you do? Holding the progression-wanting group back got boring, but the others got too frustrated in learning and wiping on the new fights and would rather go back to bwd/bot. We did decide to combine a few from the Sun/Mon group with a few from the Fri/Sat group to start a new group that ONLY wants progression. So, we can still beat our heads up against a wall together

By: Gromitdaddy

Gromitdaddy — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:29:43 +0000

Well bowl me over with a (insert something appropriate here)! Had no idea it was even a possibility. More than ever before, i strongly appreciate our wonderful group. That we can go all night on one new fight with no audible grumbling, second-guessing, of in-fighting just seems amazing to me. I hope for the best for members of the other group, and wish I could have done something to help them stay together.

By: Analogue

Analogue — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:50:40 +0000

We really enjoy having you fill in! You listen well, and learning a fight for the first time is always hard. So glad you got your title! That was awesome!

By: wolfgangcat

wolfgangcat — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:45:52 +0000

Thanks to everyone for TotFW – and my shiny new title!

I might not have a lot of skill (yet) but I do have one thing – lots of extra time to play!

I’m happy to fill in or bounce around if I’m needed, or help out if there is anything I can do – you know where to find me

By: ReversionLFM

ReversionLFM — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:06:13 +0000

Yup. Cross pollination is a nice thing. Even when you don’t end up using the same strats. Nothing says ‘owned’ on a fight like knowing how to down the boss with more than one stratagy.

By: Analogue

Analogue — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:30:28 +0000

I just want to say for anyone who happens to be reading this – I’m going to miss having Raid 1 around. Especially back at the start of Cataclysm when we were really sharing ideas and people back and forth, I think it was very healthy for the guild to have two raids.

Hope you can all find another raid, or if you’re just burnt out, some fun in WoW that doesn’t require raiding. And I hope we remain guildies!