Comments on: Raid Leading – Casual Guild Style

By: Ederlinban

Ederlinban — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:22:35 +0000

@Zalajin -
You make an excellent point – and for all the talk I put in of continued wiping and pushing forward – I forgot to address it. I remember the first time I lead the group into Zul’Aman, fresh off of a 2 week try Kara victory. We did very well up until Zul’Jin where we continually wiped on the eagle phase. After a slight detour back into Kara and AQ20 the next week, morale was high enough to try our hand at it again-and this time the bosses went down quicker and only one wipe on Zul’Jin before he was down. My guess was fatigue as the culprit for that night – we had a few wipes earlier in the night and were taking our time getting through the place – sometimes that alone will cause the wipes since everyone is tired. So to amend the post as lucky number 13 – Know when to quit and regroup. Most groups schedule 2 night sessions for raids for a reason

By: Zalajin

Zalajin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:50:05 +0000

Excellent tips here. As far as number 3 goes, there are times that a casual raid group will come across a boss that they are just not going to beat for whatever reason. They don't have the right class makeup, it's a gear check and they don't have the gear yet, etc. The raid leader needs to realize when further attempts will be fruitless. My raid group has plan in place where if we haven't made significant progress on a boss after a certain amount of time we back out and do something else. Naxx is good for that with it's multiple wings, but there is also Obsidian Sanctum or Vault of Archavon that are short detours. It's tough on a raid group to continually fail and it's bad for moral. Be upbeat about it and say something like "We'll get this next time when we fix whatever is causing us to fail." Then go get something that they will succeed on. Zalajin’s last blog post..PTR: Call for Argent Tournament Testing

By: Ederlinban

Ederlinban — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:40:15 +0000

Thank you guys! I hope it helps somebody out there.

By: Grim

Grim — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:02:51 +0000

Some really good tips here. Anyone looking for some basic advice on how to function as a raid leader this post is most certanly for you.

I’ve taken part in a fair bit of raid leading over my mmo career. I’ve seen people come and go for all manner of reasons and seen all kinds of arguments break out!

By: Kiri

Kiri — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:00:15 +0000

Very nice post. Some excellent pointers for inexperienced raid leaders, casual and not so casual alike!