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Wednesday, February 8, 2012 RSS

The Burden of Leadership, Lodur bares his thought...

There are a lot of folks out there that think being in charge, or in a leadership role, of a guild is a big fun thing. You get to set permissions, invite, kick and all that other cool stuff! Truth is, at least for me, it’s another job. Being in charge means that, like at … [Read more of this article]

Heroic Morchok Down: Where Next?

Managed to score Heroic Morchok on Tuesday. Ended up using 6 healers. Another classic 22% wipe, then a 16% wipe, then a 13% followed by an 8% then a kill. Actually, the numbers aren’t precise. But that’s what it seemed like anyway. How to Land 3 Healing Spells in Under 2 Seconds It seems impossible, … [Read more of this article]

The Mistweaver Monk: Will it Work?

Additional details about the Monk was released a few days ago on. Ghostcrawler fielded the answers to several of the questions that I’m sure were on most people’s minds. The Monk healing spec (Mistweaver, a catchy name) is designed to rely heavily on punches and kicks. You get to DPS while you heal (or… heal … [Read more of this article]

Occuthar Strategy, the new Baradin Hold Boss

This mutt has been available on the PTR for some time. He had way too much health on 10 man during my initial times with him. He’s much more manageable now. You’ll find that this fight is a slight DPS check and skill check. When you first engage the encounter, the tanks will need to … [Read more of this article]

Does Your Guild Need Social Media Guidelines?

In a word, probably not. More and more players are finding themselves on Twitter and Facebook. Guild members are adding each other as friends to all these other social networks and their thoughts are then broadcast which expose themselves to even more players. There is always an inherent risk though. Much like the way companies … [Read more of this article]

A Lesson in Guild Ultimatums

It’s been 2 and a half years since Conquest has been formed. We’ve had our shares of victories and defeat. I figured a situation like this would come one day. I never imagined it would come from a main tank. Least of all from a main tank. I knew he wasn’t having much enjoyment out … [Read more of this article]

I, Shaman: Speculation of the future of resto

With all the changes to healing between the expansion’s release and subsequent patches, restoration shaman have kind of gone in a bit of a circle almost. We started out the expansion with the inclusion of a few new spells that really set the tone. Healing Rain was an absolute power-house addition to our healing, and … [Read more of this article]

Healing Heroic Magmaw

Note: That’s actually Lodur’s kill screenshot. How he heals with raid frames that small, I have no idea =). Healing from World of Logs Conquest is officially 2/13 in the hard mode 25 progression. It was nice getting the kill and getting the monkey off our backs. It had been weeks since our last progression … [Read more of this article]

Patch 4.1 Dungeon Finder Call to Arms, Lodur̵...

Unless you missed it, Blizzard has announced an idea that they wish to implement in an attempt to shorten queue times and address the tank and healer shortage that has been plaguing the LFD for a while now. Here’s the actual blue post for you, Source In patch 4.1 we’ll be introducing Dungeon Finder: Call … [Read more of this article]

Tough Call: Fighting Progression Frustration

Image courtesy of leonardobc This week the crew has been hitting our heads against a progression boss, and the talk around the campfire has a decided air of frustration to it. As a leader, you need to be aware of your team’s motivation levels when tackling new challenges. Encounters surpassing your raid team’s ability level … [Read more of this article]

GMs Talk: Things We Share, Things We Do Not

<Apotheosis> must be sick of me whenever I pop into their mumble late at night. That’s Kurn’s guild. Every so often I like to drop in there and have a chat with another GM (who doubles as a blogger herself). Not too many of us around, I’m afraid. She doesn’t know this, but she plays … [Read more of this article]

Guildmaster Retirement

Atlas. In Greek mythology, he was a Titan who was doomed to bear the weight of the world on his shoulders. Actually, maybe it was the heavens (or sky) to be more precise. After all, he was with team Titans and they lost against team Olympia. My knowledge of Greek is a little rusty. The … [Read more of this article]

Tough Call: Real Officer Set-Ups In Cataclys...

Welcome back for another issue of Tough Call, with me, Viktory. Disclaimer: What follows is the summation of my opinion based upon the responses I received from over a dozen guild masters when I asked them about their officer corps. Given the content of my last two posts, I felt it would be relevant to … [Read more of this article]

Raid Leading Backbone

**Image from “Patton” courtesy of 20th Century Fox Films** I have a fault. Well, I have lots, but the one I’m going to talk about is my propensity to be “too nice”. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve hated confrontation. I wanted everyone to be happy. People in Team Sport (my guild) have called … [Read more of this article]

The Ill-fated Group 2

Ah the Group 2 problem. What a sad and illustrious history it has. It generally consisting of B-List raiders who do not appear to be as active or as skilled as Group 1 (yet). Back in the day (when Kara was THEE instance to run), Group 2 was like the middle sibling in the Guild. … [Read more of this article]