10-23-2006, 05:11 PM
Hi
Not to further rain on your parade, but do you have the slightest idea what an epic timesink you create with a syszem as complex as yours? Writing up the rules so everybody understands them alone will take hours, and all drama aside, simply reviewing the data the classleaderts provide you with will keep you at your computer longer than raiding. You also should be very well informed on all encounters (well, this usually applies to any decent guildleader) and on top of other classes skills, abilities and special roles in raiding.
I lead a fairly small guild on Twilight's Hammer (for almost a year now), about 20-25 active level 60s, we raid together with another guild. I grossly underestimated the time I need to do keep everything working somewhat smoothly, it doesn't help that I am also responsible for the forum, warrior class leader and the link to our partner guild.
I have actually cried out of frustration on two occasions and I don't consider myself overly "emo". If you never did guildleading before, you will be totally overwhelmed with work AND drama, trust me on that.
Well, to shorten this a bit: In my opinion, you won't get past the first raid, if that.:(
Which is a shame, since I can sympathize a LOT with the problems you describe in your first post. It is so unbelievably frustrating how some people will, pardon my Klatchian, #$%& you over simply because they do not care enough or can't be assed to look at something else than personal (and virtual!:o) gain. Oh how I would like to smack them! All those people never bothering to read the rules or tactics, never comeing prepared, always whineing ->ARGH
It would be great to get a raidgroup where EVERYBODY would play like the hardcore (and I don't mean that in a time-spent-online way) veterans, to the best of his or her abilities and always for the greater good of the whole guild. Sadly, I don't think your approach has any chance of getting there, but kudos for trying to find a way. /salute
Feel free to disagree of course.
take care
Nuurabsaal
Not to further rain on your parade, but do you have the slightest idea what an epic timesink you create with a syszem as complex as yours? Writing up the rules so everybody understands them alone will take hours, and all drama aside, simply reviewing the data the classleaderts provide you with will keep you at your computer longer than raiding. You also should be very well informed on all encounters (well, this usually applies to any decent guildleader) and on top of other classes skills, abilities and special roles in raiding.
I lead a fairly small guild on Twilight's Hammer (for almost a year now), about 20-25 active level 60s, we raid together with another guild. I grossly underestimated the time I need to do keep everything working somewhat smoothly, it doesn't help that I am also responsible for the forum, warrior class leader and the link to our partner guild.
I have actually cried out of frustration on two occasions and I don't consider myself overly "emo". If you never did guildleading before, you will be totally overwhelmed with work AND drama, trust me on that.
Well, to shorten this a bit: In my opinion, you won't get past the first raid, if that.:(
Which is a shame, since I can sympathize a LOT with the problems you describe in your first post. It is so unbelievably frustrating how some people will, pardon my Klatchian, #$%& you over simply because they do not care enough or can't be assed to look at something else than personal (and virtual!:o) gain. Oh how I would like to smack them! All those people never bothering to read the rules or tactics, never comeing prepared, always whineing ->ARGH
It would be great to get a raidgroup where EVERYBODY would play like the hardcore (and I don't mean that in a time-spent-online way) veterans, to the best of his or her abilities and always for the greater good of the whole guild. Sadly, I don't think your approach has any chance of getting there, but kudos for trying to find a way. /salute
Feel free to disagree of course.
take care
Nuurabsaal
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