Varibash

I am down for it

a perfect example of why we typically don't allow younger players in our raid team =P

no need to log on, just take care of yourself.

We do not have a set date, it will depend on attendance and peoples willingness to continue. 10m would be determined on who is online and willing.

just some of our current raiders have been worried that they are going to be replaced for old school guild members in the raid team, ghost. I just blanket covering their concerns.

Siege of Orgrimmar is going on a year old soon, and I think it's time we discuss the future of the raid group going forward into the rest of this expansion and into Warlords of Draneor. First off, let me say I am extremely impressed by the guild and raid group. We have done exceptionally well this expansion, we started a bit rough, but have ended this expansion with one of the strongest raid teams this guild has ever seen. The knowledge, skill, and willingness to help each other out is at the highest point I've ever seen in the guild. I am very proud of all our current and former raiders who have helped us accomplish this. It's something to be proud of. Lately, emotions have been running high, and people have been snapping at each other more then usual. I attribute this to the fact people are starting to feel burned out and they simply are not having fun with this content anymore. It's turning into a cycle of people are simply showing up because they more or less feel obligated to be there for their friends. Everyone is doing their best not to disappoint others. It shouldn't be like that at all. People should WANT to be online to raid every Tuesday and Wednesday. It shouldn't be a struggle to maintain attendance if everyone is having fun. Yet week after week over the last month, we are always concerned about being able to fill the raid team. We are getting close to the point when the officers and raid leaders will put the 25man on hiatus until Warlords is released. I would like to give everyone a few weeks to a month off from mandatory raid times and let people just relax, and level and raid with alts. When this happens, I will continue to run a raid team, 10 man if needed, on Tuesdays to push heroic Garrosh. If we have the people for 25's we will do 25's. We did this same thing with Dragonsoul. We put the 25m on hiatus and we formed a 10 man that ended up killing Heroic Deathwing before Mists was released. I fully expect we will have a similar situation. School is starting back up soon and we are going to lose members, be it from people excited to see their college friends again and want to spend time offline with them, or class schedule / homework gets in the way. I fully expect to have some people post MIA or go MIA because of it. Happens every year and it's something we are used to dealing with. So don't feel scared to let us know about it. I would much rather you be upfront and tell us honestly, then simply vanish with us wondering what happened. About WoD raiding: Normal and Heroic modes are changing into flex style of encounters, where we can have 10-30 people in raid at once. So we will fill the raid team as much as we can while maintaining a group comp that will be efficient at downing content. With how strong our team is now, I do not anticipate that normal and heroic content will take us very long to progress through. Which brings us to Mythic content which is only 20 man. In regards to raid spots in the mythic team. We will obviously do our best to ensure everyone gets a shot at it at some point, but while we are progressing through it, we will bring our most skilled and capable players initially. So some of you may have to ride the bench while we work on killing the content. It's no different that how we handle progression now, it's just that now, only 20 people get in at a time, so 10ish people may have to be patient and willing to sit around and wait their turn. It won't be personal, it will be based on performance within the team. So if you struggle at certain aspect of boss fights or are a mechanically weak player, you may see the bench more then you would like to.

I will lay out my stance on those returning players since some of our current raid team members have expressed concern over losing their raid spots to returning members. This guild is over 5 years old now, we have seen A LOT of people some and go from the raid team, the vast majority of those are people who simply put real life ahead of the game and stopped playing. We have a plethora of members who have been offline for 1+ years. Now, a lot of these players were very skilled and I was more then happy to be raiding with them while they were part of the raid team. I will always have love for them and be willing to help them raid and gear out whenever I can. That being said, any returning former raid member DOES NOT have a guaranteed raid spot in the core progression group just because they are no longer afk. Every former member WILL HAVE TO EARN a raid spot back just like everyone else in the raid team. My personal feelings toward you will play absolutely no part on if you rejoin the raid team. You will get everything you earn. Prove to me you want it, and we will start to swap you in for farm fights to feed you some gear, and eventually you may be able to earn a progression spot back. THIS RULE APPLIES TO EVERYONE, THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. If I were to ever go afk for a extended duration, I would expect the other officers to enforce the same rule on myself. Everything around here is earned, never given.

all that not raiding you been doing the last 2 months must be really burning you out.

Took my Dad to another appointment with a surgeon, sitting in the waiting room. I might be late, depending on how long it takes for them to discuss his surgical options to remove the lesions from his spine and liver. =P

Between work, school, and see my friend in the hospital, it's will have been 48+ hours since last I slept once class ends today at noon. So I will probably be sleeping through raid tonight. Best of luck, I know you guys will do great. Kill blackfuse, I believe.

Thought you said you were coming back?....

http://www.atremains.com/forums/forum/17-player-vs-enviroment-pve/ though new ones havent been added in awhile

dark shamans, trinket is mine, fuck you bud.

Hey snugg / ftfk and others this addon is amazing for setting up cd's ahead of time. http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/angry-assignments would be very helpful for making the healing assignments go easier

In a true display of awesomeness, our 25man team killed Thok on the 3rd night of attempts. And most people were still alive at the end!!!!

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzuhUCnr-mw

thanks for the post, it's a lot to read all at once. Hopefully people will take it seriously and start to improve.

holy shit, gonna take awhile to go through this

recruiting new balance druid.... finding 1 was hard enough

What I gather from these tips, is that if I am a hunter I should :

i'm in, since apparently the Tforged heroic version is still a BiS trinket for us

oh god, you were watching tonight!! Guess you're having 2nd thoughts about joining. Not our best night....

Good Job Team. Only 2 nights of attempts and it's down.

You're Indian, so you'll never be rid of the rapist in you. I see those news reports from India.