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14 years ago @ Herding Cats - Raid Leading, Project ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks, Anafielle! Glad I'm not the only PR fan out in the WoW circuit. ;)

I am a total ditherer IRL, so "keep it simple" is good advice for me in-game and out. As my guild likes to say, all boss strategies really boil down to the same concept: "Kill things. Don't die."

14 years ago @ Herding Cats - Raid Leading, Project ... · 0 replies · +1 points

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14 years ago @ Herding Cats - Raid Leading, Project ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks, Stickers!

Just to play devil's advocate, sometimes it's tough to integrate advice on the fly. Sometimes there are related concerns that you might not even know about! It sounds like you need to either talk to your guild officers outside of a raid about strategy, or find another guild. Sitting around not caring and alt-tabbing sounds not fun. :)
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14 years ago @ Herding Cats - The ICC Buff Can Bite Me · 0 replies · +1 points

Not to repeat myself, but nowhere did I actually say that I want to clear content faster than other people. I just want to feel like I (and my guild) have accomplished something when we kill Arthas. I don't care WHAT other guilds do, whether they kill Arthas sooner than us, or not.

14 years ago @ Herding Cats - The ICC Buff Can Bite Me · 0 replies · +1 points

It's harming my gameplay experience? I mean, that's a pretty spurious argument on its own, granted, but it's as good as yours. :P

14 years ago @ Herding Cats - The ICC Buff Can Bite Me · 1 reply · +1 points

Ohhh, this got linked on wow.com! It makes sense now.

For those of you just tuning in for this post, my 8/12, 9 hours a week guild is hardly elitist. We're one of those 'months behind' guild, and I don't have any issue with that at all. I realize it's easier to just write me off as an insane hardcore who hates fun, but it's not actually true. ;)

14 years ago @ Herding Cats - The ICC Buff Can Bite Me · 0 replies · +1 points

Having an opinion about something is not selfish. Part of my job as guild leader is to make the best decision and go with it -- I have to have run with my opinions all the time. That being said, if the majority of officers and members are pro-buff, then I am not going to force them to turn it off. I AM going to rant about it on my blog, though. :)

14 years ago @ Herding Cats - The ICC Buff Can Bite Me · 3 replies · +1 points

I don't know what site you're looking at for numbers, but how many of those 14,000 guilds are new? How many are dead? How many don't actually want this buff, but would like to work through the content at their own pace? That number doesn't actually mean a whole lot.

There are plenty of ways to fix a block at 4/12, if Blizzard feels that's a problem. (Whether it actually IS a problem is a different issue.) Create a progressive nerf that goes one zone at a time. 5% on the first wing for a few weeks would let new guilds gear up more.

I will repeat what I said earlier: one month to kill unnerfed Valithria, Sindragosa, and Arthas is too short. End of story.

14 years ago @ Herding Cats - The ICC Buff Can Bite Me · 0 replies · +1 points

And anyway, frankly I'm tired of middle of the road guilds being overlooked in favour of the loudmouth uber-hardcore and uber-casual. Perhaps being a little demanding is in order here on the eve of the next expansion.

14 years ago @ Herding Cats - The ICC Buff Can Bite Me · 1 reply · +1 points

I don't think it's selfish at all. I'm not saying that "lesser guilds" should be blocked forever, but releasing an increasing nerf almost exactly a month after the latest content is FAST. The last wing had Valithria, Sindrigosa, and Arthas. Asking for a more than a month to work on these bosses un-nerfed is hardly condemning scads of guilds to never progressing.

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