Comments on: Raid nights, raid fears and site changes

By: Nightravyn

Nightravyn — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:45:16 +0000

@Aurik
Yep! Pestering those that actually will help (and actually listening to them!) proves to be a wonderful method to learn by. I know our guild has a tendency to do boss fights ever so slightly differently than Normal Accepted Strats. Nothing major, just those little tweaks that make the run work for us. At least I had the Class Leader and The Boyfriend that I could ask what to me seemed like an embarressing amount of questions. I don’t have “New Shiny Raider” on me anymore, not after a year and a half of raiding, but I still cringe whenever something bad happens and have to resist the reflexive check to make sure I didn’t bork the raid.

By: Aurik

Aurik — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:05:38 +0000

Ah, ‘the fear’. Totally, truly and utterly with you on that. I went from n00b-to-raider very quickly and had the same less equipped problem as Aerye. My first night at any new raid instance / boss fight has my hands shaking to the point I can barely click my mouse. I’m a big softie and take it to heart if I ‘do something stupid’ so despite reading and watching every guide I can get my grubby little mitts on I still go into a raid feeling unprepared / unconfident / sure I’m going to kill us all.

As for asking questions, though, if you can find someone who’s happy to listen and answer (In my case a wonderful gnome rogue who’d done all of the content way before I dreamed of even doing it) then the fear diminishes a little bit. I find this especially so when your guild has slightly different ways to deal with a boss than the guides suggest due to setup and the like.

I do find, however, that after a raid or two when I start to get to ‘know’ a fight I relax a bit though

/hug
/vanish

By: ‘Round the Reader-It’s a Hunter’s Blogosphere

‘Round the Reader-It’s a Hunter’s Blogosphere — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:14:04 +0000

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By: Aerye

Aerye — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:34:29 +0000

Personally, my only fear is in letting down the raid group due to my undergearing. I *know* how to do my job, and have sat with some of the best hunters I know to practice it. Sadly, due to limitations, my gear is meh, and my trap resist is laughable– but that’ll change as I gear up.

I deeply trust my class leader, the people who I turn to for advice, and adore raiding with a certain MT and RL because he always pauses before a fight and calmly explains what he is expecting, and how he;d like it done. Is he perfect? NOPE, but see– this is why I love my guild– he, and everyone in the group laugh off when we wipe… even when it is done by stupidity. And yeah, I have been the stupid, and while *I* was being hard as hell on myself, I got poked to stop being an asshat by others around me.

Now, I’m kinda fascinated in trying ZA and SSC… but think I need a bit more experience OUTSIDE the progression zone the guild is in, where my going “oops!” won;t stop a good run. ;D

By: Shez

Shez — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:49:57 +0000

I’d say it’s more like who DOESN’T think like that… on the healing end, I’m in a constant state of, “Oh, can I keep him up, am I good enough to keep up with the damage he’s taking, am I playing my druid the most effective way I can and for heaven’s sake, WATCH YOUR MANA USE!”

So know, you are most definitely not alone, in fact, I’d not be surprised if you were in the majority…