I’m a bit in a tizzy again. Actually writing is a good way for me to unwind. This way, I can organize all of my thoughts together and it serves as a good virtual sounding board. I know Larisa appears to be a big fan of such posts. I will try to oblige where I can.
The good
Raid DPS has improved a lot. We did Spider Wing and Sartharion shorthanded with 23 players. Gear level ranged between players who ran heroics for weeks to players who had just hit 80 the evening before. It truly was a mishmash of players.
Loatheb down. We were able to clear Spider, Plague wings as well as Sartharion within 3 hours. Entry level raiding guilds, there’s your answer in terms of time that should be spent in there.
Did those instances with 6 healers tonight. 1 Holy Paladin, 1 Resto Shaman, 2 Holy Priests, 2 Resto Druids made up the healing team. Did a slam dunk job adjusting to the various mishap and overpulls that occurred. Proud to say that no one lost their cool. More importantly, no one panicked. Excellent players to have with you when weathering a storm.
Not a lot of fuss about gear. That’s good. It seemed players were more focused on the raiding aspect of things.
The bad
I died on Noth. Twice.
The Mattlike
Diagnostic raiding. I’ll write a post about this soon because I think it merits its own. I don’t know if all raiding guilds do it but I’ll write a little bit more about our post raid discuss and the ideal process.
I have a 2nd 80. My Shaman dinged last night. Nothing like throwing Lightning bolts to unwind for a while.
Last day of classes is today. I may have to stock up on pre-written posts again. For the next two weeks, I’ll be hitting the books. I trust Syd and Wyn will be able to hold the fort down.
But for other aspiring bloggers out there, this is your chance to showcase some of your posts. Drop me a line via the contact form if you’re interested in contributing a guest post. I almost never say no. But do get in touch with me anyway. Even if its just to say hi or good luck on exams.
Its how I met Wyn, afterall.
New blog post: Post Raid: December 1st http://tinyurl.com/5b87y7
GO GET THEM, TIGER!
Good luck but pleeeeease do leave us with pre-writtens. I cannot live anymore without World of Matticus or Plus Heal.
Not that I don’t like Syd’s posts. Cause I do. And waiting to be pleasantly surprised by Wyn too.
Oh more tizzyness! Thank you for that!
You really shouldn’t excuse yourself for being personal. Tobold’s brought up the subject today actually, after being criticized for writing about emotional stuff. Thank’s god it seems that he won’t respond to the demands of being more journalistic and objective – he’ll keep showing himself in his blog, which I hope you will too, once you’re back to business.
In the meanwhile I hope Sydera can keep us informed about how the guild is developing. It’s interesting to follow your progress, your struggles and victories from day 1 until you beat the endboss of WotLK in a far (hopefully) future.
LarÃÂsas last blog post..Guild applications – secret or public?
Well, considering that school is out for me and I just faxed the last of my grades…yes, I’ll keep everyone posted on the guild. Funny enough, even though I experience it firsthand I’ve enjoyed the Matticus writeups.
For example, I didn’t remember that Matt died on Noth, but I did remember that I royally screwed up the Heigan dance (was my first look at it).
I was also surprised at what an abundance of healing we had with 6 players. It felt like Black Temple with 8 healers, not 6. In fact, I’m not sure that there was enough to do for each one of us.
good job matt!,
I took my guild into 10 man naxx last night and we cleared spider and up to unlcean in 3 hours then had to leave, (could have kept going but ran out of time)
Your Naxx strat was great, and I read it out over vent to the rest of the group, but you really need to finish it!!
Are 2 healers were a holy priest and a disc priest (me), and we did great, I focused on the tanks and he did the majority of aoe healing, for the rest of naxx were going to bring 3 healers though.
Thanks again Matt!
I think the only thing we would do is maybe add another pally healer