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I'm Sorry

Posted 10-25-2008 at 12:18 PM by veneretio
If there's one thing you learn in leading a raid for an entire expansion, it's people's complete lack of ability to say, "I'm Sorry". It's astounding how reluctant people are to say those simple words while also equally astounding how powerful their usage is. They'll solve virtual any problem.

In general, it's fairly amazing how much of raid leading is about the time you spend outside of the raid instead of the time you spend in. I can't say that I've ever made as much...
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So, I took 2 items...

Posted 10-21-2008 at 12:18 PM by veneretio
...and kinda feel like a loot whore. Illidan dropped his chest and helm on the first kill and I snagged them both. It was 3x Warrior chest and I knew my fellow Warrior off-tank was going to get a chest, but nonetheless... feelin' the bad vibes.

Any other Raid Leaders get the bad vibes anytime they get gross amounts of loot?

On a happier note though, even though it's somewhat tainted by the ease that is patch 3.0, I feel oddly complete with my BC raiding experience by...
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I called it, but didn't write it... alas

Posted 10-10-2008 at 04:23 PM by veneretio
Well the following was wrote pre-news, but alas I didn't post it...
The dual-spec feature that Blizzard has hinted towards has some exciting possibilities. In particular, the idea of allowing you to spec twice and keep 2 specs which you can freely switch between at any time as long as you are out of combat and not in the arena or battlegrounds. This would allow even greater flexibility for raid environments as a raid could quickly go from 7 healers to 10 and back to 7 within seconds. It'd
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