Matt’s Monday Cop Out
November 24, 2008 by Matticus
Filed under All Stories, Guild Topics
Not really much of a mammoth sized post today. Today’s a big day for me personally. I’ve led a few raids myself but it was on an interim basis and with people that knew the strategies and their roles. This is going to be the first real raid I lead today. There’s a lot of players that I’ve never played with or raided with yet so in a way, there are two auditions going on:
- My raiders and how well they can perform and listen
- My ability to lead and adapt strategy on the fly as well as troubleshoot problems quickly
It’s my chance to earn their respect and for them to earn mines. I don’t have enough to field a full 25 player group yet. But we have enough now that I can afford to pug the remaining few with friends and colleagues from other guilds that I know to be reliable. I consider tonight’s pickup raid a dress rehearsal of future raids. I need to get accustomed to using certain addons and doing any pre-raid prep work.
Selected reading
I put the call out to Twitter for some posts because I don’t think I link out often enough. I’m taking the easy way out.
Dechion: Grinding Fishing and Cooking from 375 – 450
Stop: How to play a Death Knight
Behemothdan: The Combat Rating System
Medros: Memo from God (I like!)
I'm Matticus and I play a Dwarf Priest. My home is in Conquest, a raiding Guild that I have founded. Every week, I log 12 hours raiding on Ner'Zhul.
Wynthea is the Troll Priest with the best Mohawk on Firetree. Currently, I raid 4 nights a week in a hardcore guild. I started playing WoW in May 2005, and raiding end-game in May 2007. My guild is currently working through 25-man WotLK content. I've tried playing other classes, but Priests are my passion. I am extremely fond of Dwarves.... especially with Ketchup. 
My name is Sydera and I like to heal things--think Florence Nightingale with foliage. I play a night elf druid on Ner'Zhul, and I raid 12 hours a week. As a guild officer for Conquest, I coordinate healing and recruit new raiders. I started playing WoW in Fall 2005, and it was love at first click. Before I discovered the joys of Broccoli-stalk healing, I raided as a holy paladin, and I now have alts in all healing classes. I have to say, though, bark beats poofy dresses and heavy plate in my book.
good luck, it can take a lot of patience leading new people and spoon feeding them through content if they aren’t used to how “serious” a raid can be. Making sure they are always alert and aware of their roles, not taking dmg, and bringing everything with them to the raid.
A true leader has this patience and guidance, but also the ability to cut off those you know don’t work well or can’t adapt with the team.
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