Comments on: We are SO not a raiding guild

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:33:36 +0000

My girfriend did something different on her hunter: went off exploring Northrend at level 70. She gave up once mobs started reaching about level 78. You get quite a bit of XP for killing mobs 7 levels above you..

Quick soloing question: there’s an entrance into BWL from UBRS. Recently we did UBRS for the achievement and are now attuned to the BWL orb. Is it possible to go back into UBRS from BWL after entering via the orb? I want to farm the Beast for the Ace of Beasts.

By: Sneakydave

Sneakydave — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:32:11 +0000

Re: What *can’t* we do?
Can’t solo a Frost Giant yet, although I might go back and try a Fel Reaver.
I’ll be very pleased when kitty can solo any of the elites that like to pop into aggro range and chase him.

By: Kobay

Kobay — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:13:26 +0000

I have but one Outland goal after my Bear hits 80…. The Reins of the Raven Lord will be mine! Assuming, of course, that an 80 bear can solo Heroic Sethekk

By: ARA

ARA — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:42:58 +0000

BBB you’re absolutely right! I made it sound very simple and it wont be. We’ll make calls by some fixed standards of what good player mean (prepared, know boss strats, enchants & consumables etc) and also based upon existing raider level, which comes from pre-expansion raiding. If new or lapsed players want to join the fun, they’ll prove themselves exactly as if they’d just joined the guild. People were told all this many times before the expansion hit. Looks like most of our top category raiders are levelling at the same rate. I hope that makes it easier too.

By: Rowtan

Rowtan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:17:05 +0000

The “best” players are those you enjoy spending time with *grins*

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:10:33 +0000

Ahh, but ARA…

How do you judge who is, and is not, the ‘best’ player?

Therin lies the seeds of many a wonderful drama-laden QQ.

Do you go with who has been the most dependable over a period of time ni the guild? If so, how does that give a newer guild member a fair shot, if you close raids for an inner circle?

Do you go with who has worked the hardest to level and prepare their character as soon as possible for guild raids? If so, how is that fair to players who have shown commitment to the guild, and proven themselves in the past?

Do you go with who has displayed the greatest skill at playing their class? If so, who watches the watchmen? Who gets to judge the skill sets? And is that person above reproach for their decisions?

Ahh… the QQ potential, no matter how careful, caring and patient you are. Someone gets in, someone doesn’t, it all goes from there.

ARA, I totally do not envy you those decisions.

By: ARA

ARA — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:05:02 +0000

Hehe have fun, I’m all about pushing the edge of what bears can do solo, its a total blast! Havent gone back to the old world yet; mainly I try to round up as many quest mobs at a time and burn them down with that oh-so-overpowered mangle spam you speak of.

Thanks for your write up; we’ve been having a ton of fun too. Done the first 4 instances and they’re all utterly utterly breathtaking. We’ll try the next two tonight. My instance technique revolves around the cooldown on beserk too :)

note on our raiding plans: we’ll be taking the best players to our raids, not the ones who hit 80 first. Its funny how many powerlevellers have come out of the woodwork who havent played for months. But they wont have a free passport to the front of the queue just because they like to level.

By: Tigerfeet

Tigerfeet — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:21:23 +0000

It’s my mission to be able to farm, solo, for a Zul’Gurub Tiger mount, and to solo Curator…. I still want my T4 gloves.

By: Dulcea

Dulcea — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:20:10 +0000

I love tanking low levels through on my hunter. Especially once I got my 2 piece T5 bonus. That extra pet healing? *I* might need to stop and drink, but I rarely even need to cast mend pet now. Is lovely. Did Ramparts then Blood Furnace. Wondering if I can handle Slave Pens too….

By: krizzlybear

krizzlybear — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:39:44 +0000

I wasn’t exactly the first mage on my server to get to 74, but close to it. Made approximately 500g from selling ports, because nobody else could. Business faded when other people hit 74 as well, and people started BG-porting. I still get offers though, since not a lot of people know about ghetto-porting on my server.