So last weekend was, as mentioned before, our first week of raiding as a guild. It was an interesting experience. There was a bit of discussion previous to going about raid leading and who was willing to assist with it, but I think it was generally understood that either Lono or myself would be taking it on, or we would take it on jointly.
Unfortunately, we both got sick. So Gnoble stepped up but when it came to the raid itself, it ended up being a bit of a free-for-all. I don’t know if it was an effect of the assumed leaders being out of commission (voice-wise) or if it’s just that bloggers really like to talk, but we probably dithered about a little too much between attempts. And there was a fair bit of confusion about various things because of the number of times people were actually talking over other people in vent.
The dictator in me that worked so hard to get people to STFU in vent back in the old guild was cringing. I freely admit it.
But… but…. it couldn’t have been all so terrible. I mean, we did spank Half-ass, oh yes!
Overall, I would give the raiding experience good marks for actual progression, with bonus points for pretty much everyone knowing something about the fight and having ideas on how to address the difficulties we encountered. I just hope to get less overlap in vent and less recovery time between wipes.
Still Recruiting
Eff the Ineffable is still recruiting, so I thought I might put in another plug. You can read about us here, here, here and here.
What we do not need: Tanks. Seriously. We have 4 possible tanks and one 10-man raid team. You do the math.
What we would like: Another healer or two, preferably someone with a strong offspec for DPS. Also, more melee DPS because so far we have a part-time rogue and our tanks sometimes switch over.
What we would kill for: Replenishment. But with two mages already in the stables, probably not one of our frosty brethren.
We did good :) Seriously though I think we’re not far from the right set-up.
We defenitively miss a healer and another stable melee dps would be great. Right now I see myself as more of a backup tank and more of a melee dps since the other tanks are not that advanced on their offspecs (with the exception of At healing spec of course).
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There is no A team or B team, only the F team!
I will admit I probably let there be a bit more socialization than you would have liked, but I did so actually for 2 reasons. First I wanted as much input to how to adjust our strategy as possible so we could make informed decisions. Second it was our first raid. So like the first day of class everyone is really excited and needs to get it out of their system. To everyone’s credit when I said to be quiet or let’s try this everyone was pro.
I don’t think there was anything wrong with it, per se, and I’m not trying to point some finger of doom at you for allowing it. It just surprised me a bit, I think, because I had gotten so used to mostly silence and I guess I thought “more serious” would also mean “more silent.” But that’s my own preconception at work and I’m not going to freak out if there is more talking than I am used to. I’ll just have to adjust. And yes, everyone was very awesome and very srs bzns when needed.
That was some good raiding. Glad to be on the F team!
Eff’n A!
People constantly ask me why I never talk in Vent. Next time I’ll point them to this post. :P
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