Voltaik
09-07-2007, 02:51 PM
My guild is presently struggling to get enough attendees to do 25-man content. In three weeks of trying to do Gruul's we'll fall as much as 8 people short of a raid.
We continue to recruit people into our guild to try and shore up our roster, but its difficult to recruit lots of quality players quickly. I have been considering an alternate approach: creating an open-signup raid, which is advertised on the realm forums as well as by word of mouth. I think there is an excess of level 70s with skill and gear who are stuck in KZ guilds with no 25-man component, so this would be targeting them. Unlike our current recruiting process, this would allow us to crew a Gruul's Lair group without concern for guild affiliation.
My motivation to do this is mainly to get myself and the more raid-oriented players in my guild raiding quickly, and off to a good start. I would also do this because open signups would pressure everyone, including guildies, to perform well in the face of external competition.
First off, how good or bad of an idea is this? Second, does anyone have any tips or suggestions (or even examples) of how to go about doing this the right way?
A likely plan will include a public forum thread on our guild's forums which serve as a signup page, as well as a roster and a guide to how we plan to tackle each encounter. I would like to advertise each run on the realm forums as well as in game and publish a roster several days in advance of the actual run. I would be clear that its an open roster, and that we're slotting for success based on how well people have performed in the past. Loot would be /roll 100 based on need before greed. (What we use anyway)
I admit that the core of this idea comes from Ciderhelm's Molten Crew story (I hope I remember that right). We need to get more bodies to raid, but I would love to do so in a way that promotes performance instead of entitlement; "We're guildies so we get priority on slots and can slack off" is what I'm afraid of, so raiding this way may ensure the best progression.
We continue to recruit people into our guild to try and shore up our roster, but its difficult to recruit lots of quality players quickly. I have been considering an alternate approach: creating an open-signup raid, which is advertised on the realm forums as well as by word of mouth. I think there is an excess of level 70s with skill and gear who are stuck in KZ guilds with no 25-man component, so this would be targeting them. Unlike our current recruiting process, this would allow us to crew a Gruul's Lair group without concern for guild affiliation.
My motivation to do this is mainly to get myself and the more raid-oriented players in my guild raiding quickly, and off to a good start. I would also do this because open signups would pressure everyone, including guildies, to perform well in the face of external competition.
First off, how good or bad of an idea is this? Second, does anyone have any tips or suggestions (or even examples) of how to go about doing this the right way?
A likely plan will include a public forum thread on our guild's forums which serve as a signup page, as well as a roster and a guide to how we plan to tackle each encounter. I would like to advertise each run on the realm forums as well as in game and publish a roster several days in advance of the actual run. I would be clear that its an open roster, and that we're slotting for success based on how well people have performed in the past. Loot would be /roll 100 based on need before greed. (What we use anyway)
I admit that the core of this idea comes from Ciderhelm's Molten Crew story (I hope I remember that right). We need to get more bodies to raid, but I would love to do so in a way that promotes performance instead of entitlement; "We're guildies so we get priority on slots and can slack off" is what I'm afraid of, so raiding this way may ensure the best progression.