Nefarian Down!

[JustAGuy]

Congratulations!

I'm really impressed, though, about the fact that you don't use a voice-com tool. Without teamspeak I would be lost.
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Doing it without voice communication comes down to judicious use of macros and players knowing their roles. We had many a long typed discussion about boss strategies; the bonus with this also, is that you can scroll up. If someone doesn't get it, or missed it, just scroll up.

A good example of how we coordinate can be found in group 1; the main tank gets 3 tremor totems and us shamans heal his pants off. We all have mana tide and a trinket that is a "ghetto" version of mana tide, so we synchronize dropping them with quick typing countdowns and macro presses. After a shaman call, our mana pools are decimated, so it's quite useful for us to save one or even two tides for after the call.

It would be easier for us to communicate what to drop and whats left on the cooldowns if we had voice chat, but it's not necessary. Personally, I like the quiet. We've only had a few people burn out or turn away from the guild due to failure, and I like to think that it's because there's no one literally yelling at them for mistakes. :)

MANY WHELPS! LEFT SIDE! EVEN SIDE!

Without voice chat, there appears to be less drama. Less public drama anyway. There's always going to be controversy, but without a facility to actually discuss it, it ends up going to whispers or officer chat, and it's handled without much public interest. This tends to keep us a fairly tight group, in my opinion. Part of what makes us uniquely us is the fact that we play without voice chat. It's one of our selling points. Some people flock to us for that reason (success without chatting), and some leave because of it (some players can't play without talking to other players).

I do enjoy a good voice chat now and again, but for the most part, I'd rather not wear a headset.