02-27-2006, 07:34 PM
Gnollguy,Feb 27 2006, 11:38 AM Wrote:Well keep in mind that I had to bail last Friday from anxiety related issues as well. I understand that even with Treesh and I there we would have been a bit short but that does cut the numbers. Really the issue is to consitently be able to 20 man you need about 25-27 people. And to 40 man you need 50-60 people. And then you of course open up the waitlist issues.
It's not working quite as well as we wanted because we are still a little short on the numbers. But Mav will be joining us soon which helps a bit since we are soo close to having consistent numbers.
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If we use 25 as ballpark, let's see:
Mogo
Marn
Rogoll
Conc
Durambar
Fazuul
Yuri
Octord
Necrali
swirlytracks
Xarhud
Vasska
Finalscore
Olan
Amentet
Syonn
Mistique
Nephelim
Whopperjr
Feero
Deadpriest
Rainz
Ranaros
That gives us 23 off the top of my head -- 11 Lurkers and 12 Lost Souls. We should be adding Mav in a month or two I hope. It seems we get about 8-10 of the 11 Lurkers, and 6-8 of the 12 Lost Souls, giving us 14-18 which is a bit shy. Maybe this Friday is skewing my perception, perhaps we're closer than I thought. Maybe a different time? I know that would be tough for me, but perhaps a bigger mass could be obtainable on a different night?
Perhaps the Guild Portal site will help. How many are signed up there? More than anything what I think is lacking is a good way to communicate with the Lost Souls. It's the expectation of having enough people that isn't met that is tough. If we knew we wouldn't have enough, then we could plan to do other stuff. Really UBRS with Lost Souls/Lurkers is still a good option.
Would it help if we had an established backup plan? For example, let's say by 8:30 we don't have 16. A backup plan in place would help (quick UBRS run followed by 5 mans for example). If we have 16 at 8:30 we could go for Venoxis. If more have shown up by then, go on, if not, break off into 5 mans?
Just some ideas. We just may need to get the Lost Souls used to regularly coming at a scheduled time to make this work -- maybe a couple more weeks to see the average of what we get from them will give us a better idea how close we are to regularly fielding a 20 man raid.