Comments on: I Don’t Want to Write Something Useful, so I’m Going to Talk About 10 Man Raid Leading

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:35:19 +0000

Yeah, I don’t know how some people manage to put several raids together a week, every week. I like my little 10 man, but that’s the extend of my involvement!

When I was an officer in a guild, though, we shared tasks as much as possible. Our raid leader did most of the work, but a few other of us often pitched in with making the thread on the forums and putting signups on the calender. Having sign ups ahead of time made life a lot easier though.

By: Saniel

Saniel — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:31:20 +0000

I read the whole post, but from the first paragraph, the only thing going through my mind was the whole “my raid” thing. Or, more specifically, how quick I sometimes am to tell other officers that it’s “their raid.”

I just went through a long stretch (6 weeks or so) where I was the only one of our three raid leads available. It wore me a little thin. So whenever I could pass the buck, I would.

Fellow Officer: “Let’s get invites going.”
Me: “Hey, you put the raid on the calendar. It’s yours. Invite away.”

Fellow Officer: “Do we wanna do Sarth3 tonight?” Me: “Sure, go ‘head and put that together. Lemme know if you need me.”

Random Guildie: “What spec do I need to come in tonight.”
Me: “Dunno. Ask Fellow Officer. It’s his raid.”

I’m sure this isn’t the best way to handle any of those situations. Especially the third. But sometimes it’s all that can be mustered.

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By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:39:26 +0000

MY FINGERS SLIPPED ;_;

By: Kaomie

Kaomie — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:05:42 +0000

And still BoPing our tanks as of Tuesday this week. Just saying >:-)

By: Tarinae

Tarinae — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:21:15 +0000

It seems -at the moment at least- a lot of people are struggling somewhere near that burnout edge…

It is a little disappointing to see it all happening at once but if a break is needed to avoid the burn out…then it should be taken.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:00:15 +0000

I’m sorry!

I really should give credit to those of you who pitch in whenever we need some extra deeps/tankage/healage! <3

By: Nediah

Nediah — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:25:45 +0000

Ry! You didn’t even mention the inevitable having to fill your ranks with other people’s alts and or socials who don’t know the fights when people fail to show up.

I’m disappointed in my priest not being repped!

Goddammit I’m going to do something incredibly incompetent besides my former habit of “talking a lot” to get some blog notice.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:09:00 +0000

I love your tidy lists forms!

1) Np
2) That’s always good to know ;D. I can’t beat Matt’s epic and passionate fight descriptions though.
3) They’re not silent about it. Just because things aren’t said out loud doesn’t mean they’re not said. And I get yelled at in raids the same as everyone else, I just don’t visibly react to it, so it goes unnoticed.
4) I do prefer doing the pre-raid prep-work at school. Much more fun. The problem with raiding Sundays is that I usually end up doing it over the weekend, which is less fun.
5) I secretly really enjoy Sindy on 10 man. I’m very patient with that sort of thing and don’t mind wiping and running back a million times. Wouldn’t be sad to get her on farm sometime though. I bet Lich King is even better.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:00:07 +0000

Breaks are important *nods*

We do 3 nights of 25 and one of 10 and I feel like I’m on the verge of burning out. Not with raiding, but with life in general. I’m just so exhausted and cranky all the time. I keep telling myself I need a break from the 25s, but I WANNA KILL SINDRAGOSA AND LK DAMMIT!