Comments on: Aura of Command

By: Lenelie

Lenelie — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:41:31 +0000

Remember if you a raid leader, do not yell at your raiders for something you yourelf do. Nothing errodes your authority faster and costs you respect. I agree as RL you have to make swift choices right or wrong. But a good leader looks at their choices after the fact to see if they were right or wrong and doesn't assume simply because it is the choice they made it was right. .-= Lenelie´s last blog ..Illisan makes a new friend! =-.

By: Lychordia

Lychordia — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:10:27 +0000

Chulk it up to a learning curve. Your right. It will come more naturaly as you become used to the new shoes you are wearing.

By: Wangari

Wangari — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:34:23 +0000

Raid leading is certainly a lot more stressful than a regular raider can even imagine. Most important than knowing the boss fight, his abilities, the different strats, it’s all about knowing your raiders, so you can make the necessary adjustments when things dont seem to be working.
That’s why I think pugs can be a nice challenge, because you only have a bit of information on each player and have to build your knowledge over the raid. You gotta learn how this tank likes to pull, how this other builds threat slower or faster, that this healer is great at single target but sucks at raid healing – and adjust assignments as you go.
On guild runs, you hopefully know your raiders really well, so you have more room for improvisation, for trying different things, even asking for a respec to better suit your needs for that fight.
.-= Wangari´s last blog ..Is that cheating? =-.

By: MomentEye

MomentEye — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:36:39 +0000

General Patton said:
“A bad plan executed violently now is better than a perfect plan next week.”
.-= MomentEye´s last blog ..Prognostications =-.

By: Beej

Beej — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:00:13 +0000

Some of the best raid leaders I’ve ever worked with are those who fully admit that their way might not be the best way, but ask that we give it a shot and if there are glaring holes, we can then take suggestions. It works a lot better than having a dictator who gets mad over small things and won’t admit he/she is wrong.
.-= Beej´s last blog ..Stargate SG-1 – Initial Impressions =-.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:00:18 +0000

Got inspired by your post and wrote a follow up on my blog: Ask in game on http://kristineask.com/?p=67 writing from a raiders point of view. One thing is leading raids, but how can you be good at following?
.-= Kristine´s last blog ..WoW Rants: Cruising in the Aura of Command =-.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:55:50 +0000

Interesting article. I think anyone who have ever been put in the position of RL (even if its just to do a VoA pug) realize how many things thats happening “behind the scenes” and how many small decisions that actually needs making to have a raid going.
There is just so many things that needs an answer, and I dont think anyone who havent been in the “RL Chair” can really appreciate how different it is to play when you are in that chair.

One thing is strategic things such as “dps switch targets now”, the problem is that when you are trying to look at that – someone is calling for a combatres, a dude just DCd, another is telling you he has to go due to RL emergency – and then its your own job of not standing in the fire. Its a rewardning job if its done right, but goddamn it can be tiring.

Also agree with alarric that â€œIt is always better to have 25 people doing the same wrong thing then 25 people all doing their own thingâ€. In most cases thats more then enough

By: Alarric

Alarric — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:12:01 +0000

I have a very simple RL philosophy which I share with new recruits and is actually part of our guild philosophy:

“It is always better to have 25 people doing the same wrong thing then 25 people all doing their own thing”

I have found that the value in leading is not always doing the right thing, but getting people bought into the direction, even if Warrior DeathByMaces saw a video on an obscure site where they kited “x” mob from room seven to room two.

By: Veneretio

Veneretio — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:30:11 +0000

Yakra actually commented on a similar topic to this one a few weeks ago and took it a bit further. Definitely worth a read: http://mirrorshield.blogspot.com/2009/06/raid-leader-auras.html
.-= Veneretio´s last blog ..Is Resilience back? =-.

By: Aura of Command | MMOFire

Aura of Command | MMOFire — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:37:27 +0000

[...] Aura of Command [...]