I am going to be putting this into something more cohesive, but since the subject keeps coming up, I'm posting this. This is partly in response to the recent issues from Nihilum, as well as the announcement from Risen that they'd no longer be raiding.

Also, I'm not interested in casual players saying "I told you so!" Or any of the garbage that fills the WoW forums. If you've never raided, don't even respond unless you have something substantive, because 9/10ths of non-raiders...

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UBRS and Naxxramas are the only two instances that taught me tanking. Everything else I've done has been fluff. While Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, and Ahn'Qiraj all brought their own imprints to confidence, raid leadership, and various other aspects of raiding, they didn't teach me mechanically.

Upper Blackrock Spire
-Rapid pulling
-5+ mobs at a time
-Split DPS
-Burst aggro
-Rapid movement
-Line of sight
-Kiting
-Bonus: Solo pulling from...

Ciderhelm

I raid led tonight. It was pretty bad, at least personally.

Very briefly, I raid led a guild from the very first pull of Molten Core to the very last pull of Naxxramas, personally completing every single encounter in pre-TBC WoW. By the end, I had invested so much that the release of TBC, especially when I was struggling with school, and stressed myself out so much that it prompted me to quit the game altogether.

Don't get me wrong, I loved it, and I am very happy looking...

Ciderhelm

"If you want something done right, do it yourself." That's the #1 reason I was succesful. It was also the #1 reason I burned out. Don't do it.

Summary of the following: This is a series of anecdotes regarding guild officers. This is not a formalized argument or post, I'm writing a separate one for the Guild Relations forum on these issues and will post it later.


I started thinking about Officers and their roles last night. The GM of my current guild stepped...

Ciderhelm

I finally got around to installing my new keyboard and mouse that have been sitting here since my birthday a week and a half ago.

Specifically, the new Microsoft/Razer projects which have been getting great reviews across the board. I originally considered getting the Logitech gaming keyboard, but decided to go with Microsoft this time around, as the only difference between the two is length of macros... and I don't intend to start botting.

I'm somewhat new to gaming-specific...

Ciderhelm