Terenas Friday, February 3

[bonemage]

The merger won't happen, that's for sure. As far as start times, the raid will be fine to clear to the first boss without the couple of members that will have to come a little late. We won't have to worry about people not showing, as they're reliable people who notify ahead of time of their status. If those that are going to be late can be sure to be prepared and parked at the instance entrance the night before, we should be fine. We won't have to slow the raid, and they should still be able to be there for the first boss fight. I think that's the only way it will work. If Synergy wants to take our roster slots due to planned/expected lateness, we'll have to ensure our slots are ours, or it won't work out. The biggest hangup is the wait times to get logged in, as those vary, and we do start at peak hours. Anyway to address this issue by logging in earlier than you can play (be in line while eating, putting kids to bed, etc.) would help a great deal in this matter. Being repaired and stocked, having quests and being at the portal will help a great deal. We haven't been very good about that recently, but with plans much less in flux than they usually are, it shouldn't be hard to be prepared prior to arrival.

For this Friday, I don't think it matters too much who is raid leader and does invites, one could start, then give the raid leader of the other guild officer/invite access to speed invitations. Treesh might be a good choice, as she should be there on time, is a veteran player, and has expressed interest in helping to lead on Terenas.

I do think our experience is greater than that of Lost Souls, so GG and I will probably handle the pulling for the bulk of it. I know that Finalscore (LS's MT) does not have a lot of MTing experience, so I would like to have him main tank several pulls at least. I want to get an idea of his skill level, and as he is fairly new to a tanking role, for us to be able to provide coaching/feedback if he wants it.