12-09-2008, 04:57 PM
Quote: Raiding blind. I can't fathom it, but have known folks who insisted it was the only way to raid, and if you told them anything about the fight, they had conniption fits that you were 'spoiling' it for them. To me, part of coming prepared for a raid is coming to the raid being at least generally familiar with the boss strategies and abilities. I am very well aware that there is a difference between reading about a boss, watching a video about a boss, and actually DOING the boss encounter. But I've alwyas been of the mind that you should show up knowing what the boss is capable of, at the very least. Even something along the lines of "Oh, this is the boss that loses aggro on phase shifts, has to be kited by whoever it's 'watching' in P2, and pops ground geysers all over" is preferable to showing up and just thinking "Whoa, that guy's huge. Wonder what he does." To me, raiding blind is raiding irresponsibly to the 9-24 other folks in the raid. What do you think?
Raiding blind is not something to do all the time, I don't think. It'd just get frustrating! But there are times for it. I remember, back in the day, when my guild was just starting on BWL, when we downed Vael the first time, it was so unexpected and sudden, that we had two hours left on the raid, and not even the raid leaders had looked up the fights after it. We got to Broodlord and had no idea what was going on. It took a couple tries jus to get through the AoE room, and tthen at the end, I still remember my guild leader in this befuddled voice over vent, going, "I... think he... has a de-aggro? Maybe. Do the whelps respawn? Do we have to fight them through it?" He threw down a mortal strike and two-shotted our tank. We were setting up rotations of nature's swiftness heals from druids and shamans to call out and throw right after the MS, on the fly. Took the bastard down that raid, though.