Attendance & Burnout

[Bolty]

If we want to expand the pool it would be better to do it from players that aren't already raiding but might want to.  I know RTM, Bolty, and Meg are coming up the ranks do they want to raid on a semi-regular basis?  If they do how much help do they want in getting to 60 faster?[right][snapback]90224[/snapback][/right]

Yes.

I was never in a hurry to get to the raid game because once you're there, it becomes all there is to do. Nevertheless, I have three characters getting up there - a 54 Mage, 51 Priest, and 48 Warlock. I was surprised by the sudden call for Warlocks because all I'd heard for a long time was how healers were needed.

I consder help by level 60 characters on any instances pre-BRD to be cheese, but my characters are just about there. Bolty, my mage, is in BRD mode and will join any group looking to go. However, I care about him less than my Priest, who I find more fun to play. I am working to get her into BRD range as fast as I can, and I expect her leveling speed to take off from there.

Back to the main topic at hand - the lack of attendance at MC is obviously due to two reasons:

1) Burnout
2) Lack of exclusivity

You may have too many raid nights. I noticed on Labor Day weekend that it was getting a little much - there were, what, 4 straight long days of raiding? 20 hours + spent in MC/Onyxia? People got REALLY burned out there - I heard it on guild and avarice chat both. Raiding used to be something really special, now it might be done too much. Not too much for a hardcore raiding guild, but we're not one of those. If you're raiding more than not, people will get tired of it fast. It needs to be a special thing that's done maybe twice a week at most. If that prevents the guild from being able to complete MC, then something needs to be figured out, and I don't know the solution. I know, useful, aren't I? :)

Also, the raid leaders are having to deal with too much bull-you-know-what. And without solid leadership, no raid will ever succeed. You look at every hardcore raid guild and there's a strong leader who ties the whole thing together, and is able to do so via a solid support staff that helps to deflect some of the bull-you-know-what. Take it from someone who used to try to run this website all by himself and burned out so hard that he closed it for just about a year. You have to put up with people criticizing all of your actions, insulting you, and basically trying to tear down everything you build because, as is true of all things, it's far easier to criticize than to contribute. I see that happening with the raid group, just based on things I've heard, and I'm not even participating...

-Bolty