It's been a while since I've had to raid lead; nearly eight years, at this point. I ran a raid briefly during the start of the Wrath of the Lich King (hereafter WotLK) expansion, but the lack of coordination present from my raiders, despite hours and nights of failing to complete the same boss, resulted in so much frustration for me.
As a result, it's not something I prefer to do. In fact, I shy away from it as much as possible, unless it literally becomes the only option for a group to become successful. I'm a reluctant leader. I'd much rather be second in command than first. Somehow, I've managed to find myself in a leadership position in Legion. It all began when I joined a community Normal Nighthold run, and the group got stuck on Botanist. Since my main raid team had already progressed past Heroic Botanist, it was super easy for me to help out and do some raid calling. Since then, it's continued, though I now have a lovely group of people to share the burden of leading when it gets too heavy or, truthfully, too frustrating for me to deal with. Having a raid leading team of five people for a team of 25 seems to be working great. We have two leaders in charge of our healing team, and then three of us in charge of everything else. Two of us switch between doing actual raid calls, and another two distribute loot from the bosses efficiently using RC Loot Council/EPGP. One thing that seems to really help out the raid in having a successful night is to not be afraid of using the in-game markers. We do struggle occasionally with content that should be on farm, so using markers really helps people figure out where they are on the battlefield. It gives the players a concrete point where they can move to or away from. As an example, check out what happens on the Demonic Inquisition. The markers really helped to prevent people from standing in the one area they shouldn't. It may have been a bit of an overkill, but, better safe than sorry, right? If you're a casual raid team and you're struggling with mechanics, think of some crazy ways to either explain them, or creative ways to maneuver your raid team so that you can get that boss kill, and move one step closer to stopping the Burning Legion!
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Honestly, this is probably their best expansion since MoP.This expansion is super well thought out and put together. The story line is great, each zone has its own struggles and unique quest line to take you through it, and even your professions give you a different set of quests and story. They've added great catch-up mechanics for people who are either new to the game or have taken a break for a few months, so that you never feel like you're months behind the curve. For a casual experience, this is probably the most friendly expansion to date. For a hardcore player, Legion can take up a lot of your time. There are so many ways you can maximize your character, and they all take up a fair chunk of time. You can run Mythic + dungeons and pray for that perfectly itemized piece of gear that's better than anything the current raid can deliver. You can keep pushing out artifact power until you've completely maxed out all three of your weapons, because every % counts when it comes to Mythic Raiding. Honestly, there's just SO MUCH to do in Legion that it can be kind of overwhelming sometimes, if you think about it too much. For me, I still do heroic/mythic raiding, but I absolutely do not farm Artifact Power through running Mythic dungeons and every single World Quest I possibly can. Does this put me behind my fellow raiders? Technically, yes, it does, but my class (Arcane Mage/BM Hunter) has the capacity to allow for high DPS even if you're behind by a few points in your Artifact Weapon. As long as you have Concordance, you should be fine, even if you aren't spending every available moment pumping up the proc. Which brings me back to Legion overall. Overall, this is a great expansion. I'm loving that we're back to fighting the Legion instead of Orcs, and I'm super excited to go to Argus. The only thing I love more than fighting the Legion is fighting the Old Gods, which will more than likely be a part of the next expansion. There's a lot to do in Legion, but you really shouldn't pressure yourself to do it all. It's just there so that, if you want, you will always have something to do. There's absolutely no reason to push yourself to finish every world quest, get that +15 Mythic dungeon every week unless it's what you want to do. So don't stress about missed Emissary Caches, and just enjoy the immersive expansion. |
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AcronymsWoW: World of Warcraft
Vanilla: Original content TBC: The Burning Crusade (first expansion) WotLK: Wrath of the Lich King (second expansion) Cata: Cataclysm (third expansion) MoP: Mists of Pandaria (fourth expansion) WoD: Warlords of Draenor (fifth expansion) Legion: Legion. DPS: damage per second HPS: heals per second Image: https://goo.gl/gxC6HZ
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