January 30, 2017
We’ve come a long way in a short time since we started raiding again in late December 2016. A lot of questions and feedback have arisen in that time, and we’d like to lay out Defiant’s strategy and goals for raiding.
As a guild, our overall objective is to provide a family-friendly environment where each person can progress at his or her own pace through game content. In an attempt to balance the several levels of interest in end game content, the raid leadership will be splitting our raid nights into two categories: “Farm” and “Progression.”
During the raid, the Raid Leader is responsible for keeping things on track, explaining fights, being the contact point for attendance and any concerns. Outside of the raid, decisions are made by the Raid Leader in consultation with the Guild Officers and GM.
Tuesday evenings (7pm server/pacific) will continue to be our farm-night where we visit content that we can easily beat. The goal is to provide access to raid-level gear for newer raiders and to give the raiders a chance to win and feel good before we bash our heads on the harder content for the week. Raid composition will be less rigid. We may have a weird number of tanks or healers as we gearing out new raiders. Raiders may use off-specs and bring alts as long as it will not compromise the success of the raid.
Thursday (7pm server/pacific) is go-time. As a casual guild attempting end-game competitive progression, we have to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. This means that we are going to put our serious pants on and will be strictly enforcing the progression raid composition and rules.
On progression content, lots of wipes are expected, and the raid leadership will do their best to minimize the impact. However, instead of looking to blame other’s performance, ask yourself, “what could I be doing different/better?” Ultimately, if everyone asks this question, and is willing to heed the answer, we will progress very quickly through the end game content.
We are a casual guild, but those wanting to aid in progression are expected to push a little harder. This means reading up on the best specs, talents, itemization and stat priorities. Spend time on the target dummy getting your rotation right when needed. Analyze raid logs. Leadership will be looking at raid logs and specs. If we have any concerns, we will offer help to individuals we deem to possibly be struggling. Keep in mind that if we talk to you, it’s not personal. Others in the raid group are trying their hardest, and they really want to succeed. We want you to be a part of that success.
In order to maximize the possibility for success, we will invite raiders to progression raids based on item level, average performance, and/or class makeup. Occasionally we will have to ask for someone to sit out of an encounter based on performance or the raid composition.
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Character: DarkScarab
Role: DPS
Desired Spec: Enh Sham
Offspec: Resto
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/doomhammer/Darkscarab/simple
Life's a game, PLAY HARD!January 30, 2017
Character: Shept
Role: Tank
Desired Spec: Protection
Offspec: Ret(DPS), Holy(if needed)
As a side note, (not sure if this is the place to bring it up or not)... (Also, if I'm out of line with this suggestion, my sincere apologies)
Regarding "farming" raids, it seems we are rapidly approaching a somewhat awkward position considering Emerald Nightmare normal gear is less rewarding than Nighthold LFR gear. So by means of gearing people up, normal EN seems a bit less effective than other options (namely NH LFR), considering the time commitments and rewards. I do not think that the conclusion here is to "not raid EN" anymore, but I think it raises a valid concern, or at least an interesting point of discussion.
/twoCents
January 30, 2017
The main problem is that I personally ran LFR:NH this week with 3 alts and between them got a single piece of gear. There may soon be a time where EN:Normal isn't the method we use, but we aren't quite there yet. If this needs to be a debate though, yes, let's take it to another thread. Keep it clear for the original intent :)
January 30, 2017
Character: Ooms
Role: DPS
Desired Spec: Shadow
Offspec: Holy/Disc (but undergeared)
January 31, 2017
Character: Kalorn
Role: Heals
Desired Spec: Holy
Offspec: Prot (Tank) or Melee DPS (Ret) as needed.
I'm at that awkward stage in gearing up where I have a little bit of everything. I'm not totally set in any one spec, but I have experience with all of them (Holy is the most recent). I hope to gear up in the next week or two and give back some of the help the guild has given me so far.
I'm located in Ontari-no (I used to be Pacific), so I'm three hours ahead of server time. I shouldn't have any issues as long as things don't run super late on a weekday.
January 31, 2017
Character: Skwelch
Role: Healer
Desired Spec: Mistweaver
Offspec: Windwalker (DPS), could work on tanking set if needed.