tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139205590317840868.post3342351572933362562..comments2024-02-25T11:19:44.035+11:00Comments on The Daily Frostwolf - Druid Edition: Raiding - The illusion of choice: What is the correct path of progression?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139205590317840868.post-35573084871009186422015-07-17T16:32:46.939+10:002015-07-17T16:32:46.939+10:00We are doing it on Sunday at the moment - it's...We are doing it on Sunday at the moment - it's just when you only raid 6 hours a week of heroic we didn't want that to impact on any of our new boss learning time. It just means now that I raid 9 hours a week instead of 6 (well, actually 8) but normal is optional. Besides, as long as we keep ahead of our heroic kills in normal kills we will always be able to be prepared.Navimiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504557372435466448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139205590317840868.post-59281629620659190212015-07-16T02:08:03.156+10:002015-07-16T02:08:03.156+10:00If you feel the normal practice will truly help wi...If you feel the normal practice will truly help with your heroic kills then why not make them part of your regular raiding?<br /><br />It's possible to do it without impacting too much on your heroic progress time by carrying a couple of non-raiding alts through the first half of the raid and dropping them out at certain later bosses. <br /><br />You can then use their raid lockouts in future weeks to jump to your progress boss for a bit of practice in normal.<br /><br />Just an idea.Solahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193184689961780585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139205590317840868.post-48213486370054391962015-07-15T15:38:43.548+10:002015-07-15T15:38:43.548+10:00I think the options are still flexible - for examp...I think the options are still flexible - for example if someone only wanted to raid 2 times a week they could do Sunday normals and Wednesday heroic and that would be fine. We have never forced anyone to attend all raids (nor do I think we should) but as long as their lack of attendance doesn't hold up the raid because they take forever to learn a fight, then it should be fine. Oh, and as long as their gear doesn't fall too far behind.Navimiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504557372435466448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139205590317840868.post-8248033194987933902015-07-15T15:37:12.380+10:002015-07-15T15:37:12.380+10:00It is optional. I don't expect you to come on...It is optional. I don't expect you to come on Sunday, and even if the gear is an upgrade you will get it on heroic eventually. You aren't even a slow pickup. It is the responsibility of the officers to attend the Sunday raid and do the learning and help guide the rest of the team in the right direction and strat. For the regular sunday attenders, we already raided 8 hours over 4 days so it really isn't any different except now I can't watch TV on my 2nd monitor or write blog posts during the Sunday night raid anymore since I now have to concentrate.Navimiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504557372435466448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139205590317840868.post-68204433894736784342015-07-15T07:39:05.828+10:002015-07-15T07:39:05.828+10:00I think what we were hoping to achieve with the Su...I think what we were hoping to achieve with the Sunday raid was to cater to the wishes of those wanting to do normal modes as well as still providing opportunities for our Sunday raiders whilst not detracting from our emphasis on heroics. <br /><br />Perhaps we shouldn't be trying to please all of the people all of the time, but I think at the moment, we are having fun, If or when this changes, we may need to change our emphasis. However, I personally think we have had a first rate start to this raiding tier.<br /><br />TyrantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139205590317840868.post-70160730601339313402015-07-14T16:23:08.996+10:002015-07-14T16:23:08.996+10:00LOL actually you have come across the reason my dr...LOL actually you have come across the reason my druid is named Navimie. So it's not really that strange after all - except I have no idea why you would name a druid Ivan.Navimiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504557372435466448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139205590317840868.post-87481524104195743052015-07-14T13:24:30.162+10:002015-07-14T13:24:30.162+10:00My thoughts haven't changed on this so I won&#...My thoughts haven't changed on this so I won't respond in full but I'll just add one thing, an extended 3 hour Sunday raid learning new bosses doesn't feel optional. Mains are getting upgrades out of normal so not attending means a gear and GP disadvantage, and attendees need to wait for me to learn the fight in heroic. I don't think we would have progressed as well as we did on gorefiend heroic if most of the raid hadn't already learnt it in normal. So 6 hours over 3 nights has become 9 over 4.Crookednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139205590317840868.post-57947567028930553972015-07-14T06:05:37.203+10:002015-07-14T06:05:37.203+10:00I personally like the idea starting out with norma...I personally like the idea starting out with normal, but that is a personal thing. Some people like to push, I like to spend a few weeks learning to make the push easier. Depending on the group even if two go different routes it is quite possible they would end up at the end at the same time.<br /><br />But the reason I actually wanted to reply was for some reason this just occurred to me. My druids original name was Ivan. That is Navi backwards. Weird. Thought I would share.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.com