tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post3748790517135087962..comments2023-08-12T17:27:01.102+02:00Comments on The Pink Pigtail Inn: One of those nightsLarísahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05769822260333419777noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-64479952846856679462009-03-31T15:43:00.000+02:002009-03-31T15:43:00.000+02:00Very strange. I hope the feed will work alright fr...Very strange. I hope the feed will work alright from now on.<BR/>Thanks for the comment. I read and appreciate them all, no matter if they come late.<BR/>And I agree - it's a good thing to make a goal for the night - especially in this time of farming. Last raid was the first time we sad that "now we're going to clear Naxx in one night, so let's focus". And it really shaped people up a bit.Larísanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-3856155522934265152009-03-31T14:09:00.000+02:002009-03-31T14:09:00.000+02:00Strangely enough, I subscribed to your rss feed ov...Strangely enough, I subscribed to your rss feed over a month ago, but it never updated. Then today I get a big pile of posts come in. I'm glad they did, I'm enjoying reading your articles.<BR/><BR/>This one is a little old, but I figure I'd throw my two cents in anyways.<BR/><BR/>Some things I do to help recover from a sloppy night for normally effective team:<BR/><BR/>1) Address the white elephant sitting in the middle of the room. On the forum the next day, I make sure we strike up some conversation. Usually try to encourage people to admit if they know of anything in game or out of game that contributed. If the team just keeps quiet, the negative energy will fester and come back to sting. A simple forum conversation, even if its unrelated to the previous night's sloppiness, helps the team shrug off the bad night and return to the normal effective performance.<BR/><BR/>2) Set a goal at the beginning of the next raid. People often neglect to clearly communicate shared goals if it seems "obvious". So you're showing up for tonights raid and we all kinda know that the goal is to farm Naxx in about 3 hours or so. Why talk about it, we've been doing the same thing for several weeks now? It is very effective for the leader to state the obvious right at the beginning. "We're here to clear the whole dungeon in three hours. That means we will be moving swiftly, and AFK needs to be managed, a break is scheduled for 10:30. Tanks will be trying to grab larger groups than normal to push the pace, so DPS, please count to three, then focus-fire single-kill the first trash mob before opening up AoE."<BR/><BR/>It is amazing how a 20 second introductory speech by the RL can change the whole raid. It is not a magic pill that is guaranteed success, but I have found it very effective in all sorts of team environments.Amavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455843297167787383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-12997829014571856242009-03-16T12:49:00.000+01:002009-03-16T12:49:00.000+01:00Top 25 guild :)http://serverprogression.elitism-gu...Top 25 guild :)<BR/>http://serverprogression.elitism-guild.com/<BR/><BR/>After each raid, we have a raid debrief where we discuss what went wrong and what we can improve. <BR/><BR/>And sometimes runs just go bad, there is little you can do about it. I remember for example that we cleared the blackwing lair in the good old days. Yet for a few weeks we had lots of wipes on the second boss. Was supposed to be farming content but at some nights, we just couldn't pass the second boss...<BR/><BR/>People loose their edge when they do farm content. If enough people loose it, you won't get far. Big fat cats is a nice analogy :)Carrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11155709707982913637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-11780841478247919212009-03-13T00:47:00.000+01:002009-03-13T00:47:00.000+01:00@Dw-REdux: too few were signed up to do Sarth+drag...@Dw-REdux: too few were signed up to do Sarth+drag which was disappointing. On the other hand we did Naxx on 20 (parts of it) and that was great fun, much better than on 25. We did a couple of whipes on Thaddius before getting him - the enrage timer turned out to be tight, but we got him! But yeah, some new conetent really wouldn't hurt.<BR/><BR/>@Gevlon: Blizzard is recommended and I do like to keep the mobs a bit further away from me rather than pretending to be a rogue with dynamite in his pockets. And the mana consumption - yeah it's scary...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-56197803509805266782009-03-12T18:28:00.000+01:002009-03-12T18:28:00.000+01:00I've read some about AoE. EJ always suggest the hi...I've read some about AoE. EJ always suggest the highest sustainable DPS ignoring everything else, considering that the EJ readers can take care of things like aggro.<BR/><BR/>Blizzard has much higher DPM and acceptable DPS compared to AE. That's why they don't consider 2/2 Subtlety important.<BR/><BR/>However I found that AE is much safer (I have much worse PuG tanks than you will ever have), so I stick to it, despite it's terrible mana consumption.<BR/><BR/>While usually you don't need such safety margin in your skilled guild, sometimes it helps to have one. That 1 point allows you to switch to AE on raids like this.Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-11760011548126432082009-03-12T16:42:00.000+01:002009-03-12T16:42:00.000+01:00We have stopped raiding naxx normally for the same...We have stopped raiding naxx normally for the same reason as Tobold stated. From now on we have lol-alt-raids to naxx.<BR/>Focus on the good part of lol; the fun of it. So we rewind, relax and enjoy ourselves while we wait for Ulduar. <BR/>We had started wiping on farm content, just like you.<BR/>Our first one is tonight, and even though ill be on my main, ill get to maintank this time instead of tanking trash+dps, so itll mostly be new for me too :D<BR/>Gotta add new stuff to keep people sharp. if not new content then new speccs or toons. <BR/>And just like mr pewpew (on your blogroll) says: "If Blizzards’ solution to a lack of raid content is to slap a band-aid on it and make us do the same shit over and over in harder ways for an imaginary reward, then sorry guys, I’ll be over here levelling my druid. "<BR/>This has been the slowest expansion content-wise, and thats a real shame.Dwismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332850111235993334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-42197310290073898212009-03-12T16:39:00.000+01:002009-03-12T16:39:00.000+01:00@Larísa: why not Arcane explosion?@Larísa: why not Arcane explosion?Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-61612055500031882952009-03-12T16:18:00.000+01:002009-03-12T16:18:00.000+01:00@Spicytuna: thanks. It was rather unexpected. We d...@Spicytuna: thanks. It was rather unexpected. We don't bid for those items, it's settled by raid roll. And for once I was lucky.<BR/><BR/>@Gevlon: Hm... I think I followed a suggested talent build from EJ. But it's possible that I could move around a point to lower my threat a bit. The threat recuction is only for arcane spells though. My main AoE spell normally is Blizzard...<BR/><BR/>@Tessy: thanks. And yeah, if nothing else for your own sake it feels better to try to refocus and straigten out your mind in game and not just log off in a bad mood.<BR/><BR/>@Tobold: I think you're right. We had an enormous amount of dischants this night. Just a pity we didn't get the final boss who actually would have given us some loot. But at this point I guess people were too pissed off to perform.<BR/><BR/>@Fulguralis: grats to you too! Now only to find an opportunity to kill Malygos... Looking forward to that neck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-60814107778154883152009-03-12T15:45:00.000+01:002009-03-12T15:45:00.000+01:00@Tobold - For sure. Diminishing returns applies n...@Tobold - For sure. Diminishing returns applies not only to Blizz's beloved stats. You can't farm forever and expect to stay sharp.<BR/><BR/>@Larisa - Way to stay positive though. I picked up my Malygos key the other day too. We're not quite to farm yet (it was our first full clear) and I certainly wasn't thinking about some wonky key... So when the raid wanted me to take it as RL for the run, I was like: what the hell IS this. Some quick research made me glad I accepted the gesture :-).Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02072250052178202167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-15047628014448968552009-03-12T12:45:00.000+01:002009-03-12T12:45:00.000+01:00I found that there is often an easy explanation fo...I found that there is often an easy explanation for those cursed raids: Nobody wanted to go in the first place! You organize regular raid nights well past the point where anyone is still likely to get a meaningful update, and then nobody is really motivated, and the focus goes down the drain.<BR/><BR/>Lack of focus is proportional to the number of epics that get disenchanted or just taken "for off spec".Toboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354082945218389596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-13158185995672711632009-03-12T10:09:00.000+01:002009-03-12T10:09:00.000+01:00It seems to me the fat-cat-syndrome is contagious....It seems to me the fat-cat-syndrome is contagious. You don't get one at a time, you get a raid full of them.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes you manage to stop the descent down into abject failure, to actually pull up and get back on track, sometimes you don't. I wish I knew how to make the former happen.<BR/><BR/>Doing like you did is good, to stay logged on and do something else to lift your spirits because it sucks to log off and go to bed immediately, feeling like you will never ever want to raid again. <BR/><BR/>And gratz to the Malygos key!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-91591367301390633382009-03-12T07:49:00.000+01:002009-03-12T07:49:00.000+01:00My beloved inkeeper! How did you managed to miss 2...My beloved inkeeper! How did you managed to miss 2/2 Arcane Subtlety out of 57 arcane points? And if you did, how do you expect surviving AoE?<BR/><BR/>Arcane Subtlety is the best thing about being arcane. You can do absolutely anything without pulling aggro.Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-9158015105722774122009-03-12T02:05:00.000+01:002009-03-12T02:05:00.000+01:00Every Guild has their bad raid nights. Wiping on f...Every Guild has their bad raid nights. Wiping on farm content sucks, but it happens. <BR/><BR/>Grats on your neck though! I'm still waiting to get mine :(Spicytunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340219764396371620noreply@blogger.com