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!)
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