04-27-2007, 10:30 AM
A few extra thoughts from me.
Thanks for posting this Necrali. Let's hope to get the majority of folks to read it. :)
Yes, we are definitely much bigger than we used to be. We're pretty much no longer forced to underman things anymore, which was fun, but it's definitely nice to just grab at least five folks and go. Please keep in mind though that just because we have x number of folks online in the right character level range, not everyone will be available to five man. There is wife aggro, kid aggro, time restraints, and other things besides five manning that folks may want to do, especially those with less playtime with the rest of us. There are good rewards from questing, good money to be had (for those of us without epic flyers yet;)), necessary farming that must be done in order to feel prepared for raiding or heroics or just completionism/character progression and even PvPing. So while we may have folks online, they may not be available for five mans either, which is perfectly fine. So if you've put out a call for a five man and don't get a big response despite there being the requisite number of folks online, please don't take that as a sign that you are being ignored. Most of the time, I'll try to give a reason if I'm not available so folks don't feel ignored, but folks also shouldn't feel the need to defend themselves for not being available. If it happens too many times, let me know and/or post to pre-arrange a five man.
Oh, one other thing. If guild chat is particularly chatty, folks may miss your cattle call. It happens. We're only human. Once guild chat has stopped scrolling at the speed of light, give another shout and see what happens. This is also another reason to whisper whomever is trying to organize a five man. Sometimes a quick "I'll go!" gets scrolled off quickly. One night, we had so many folks interested and so much going on in guild chat that I lost track of who wanted to go with me (wherever I was going, I can't remember;)) and had to ask folks to whisper me instead.
We really are trying to include as many folks as we can, but we also need help from everyone to make that happen. Communication is the key. :)
Thanks for posting this Necrali. Let's hope to get the majority of folks to read it. :)
Yes, we are definitely much bigger than we used to be. We're pretty much no longer forced to underman things anymore, which was fun, but it's definitely nice to just grab at least five folks and go. Please keep in mind though that just because we have x number of folks online in the right character level range, not everyone will be available to five man. There is wife aggro, kid aggro, time restraints, and other things besides five manning that folks may want to do, especially those with less playtime with the rest of us. There are good rewards from questing, good money to be had (for those of us without epic flyers yet;)), necessary farming that must be done in order to feel prepared for raiding or heroics or just completionism/character progression and even PvPing. So while we may have folks online, they may not be available for five mans either, which is perfectly fine. So if you've put out a call for a five man and don't get a big response despite there being the requisite number of folks online, please don't take that as a sign that you are being ignored. Most of the time, I'll try to give a reason if I'm not available so folks don't feel ignored, but folks also shouldn't feel the need to defend themselves for not being available. If it happens too many times, let me know and/or post to pre-arrange a five man.
Oh, one other thing. If guild chat is particularly chatty, folks may miss your cattle call. It happens. We're only human. Once guild chat has stopped scrolling at the speed of light, give another shout and see what happens. This is also another reason to whisper whomever is trying to organize a five man. Sometimes a quick "I'll go!" gets scrolled off quickly. One night, we had so many folks interested and so much going on in guild chat that I lost track of who wanted to go with me (wherever I was going, I can't remember;)) and had to ask folks to whisper me instead.
We really are trying to include as many folks as we can, but we also need help from everyone to make that happen. Communication is the key. :)
Intolerant monkey.