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| "Perpetual, you shall not pass!" ~ Sha of Fear |
Our first gear check deadline has already passed and our upcoming gear check deadlines are:
- By Thursday, April 4th we need everyone to be ilvl 485+ for Terrace of Endless springs. You must know all boss intel for ToES.
- By Thursday, April 18th we need everyone to be ilvl 490+ for the first two bosses in Throne of Thunder. You must know boss intel for at least the first two bosses in ToT.
- Ten Ton Hammer's Shado-Pan Assault Reputation Guide
- Shado-Pan Assault Faction Quartermaster on wowhead
Because of the new raid team compositions, I have changed the partners you are assigned to. The new partner assignments are listed at the bottom of this post. I am not asking you two to do much, just get together for an hour or two at least once a week and help each other through dailies, heroics, or crafting professions. We already do this as a guild (and if you aren't joining us for them then you should), but I'd like for you to pay special attention to your assigned partner. You are then to meet with any of our officers in ventrilo for just a minute or two to let us know how your gear is looking. We will be inspecting you on WoW Armory throughout the weeks and we want to know what you have accomplished in one week's time. Throughout the weeks to come I will be meeting with the partner teams as well as everyone individually to chat you about your position in our guild and on our raid teams. Take these partner systems seriously, it's not much to ask for. We are not an elitist guild, but we are a team-building guild. Everyone I recruited was told this from the start and if you are not liking any of this then you are welcome to leave.
There are two things I really need to mention about gearing concerns:
- A few of you have been equipping PvP gear in order to be eligible to enter the higher ilvl LFRs in order to obtain gear. While I appreciate the idea of you doing so for a higher chance of obtaining gear through LFRs, this is absolutely forbidden in our raids, and I've mentioned this before as well as posted it clearly in the guild rules blog post. Do your best to replace your PvP gear ASAP. You are giving up very useful secondary stats for PvP stats which are obsolete in a raid environment and it is detrimental to your healing or deeps output.
- I have noticed some of you working on alts. There is nothing wrong with this and by all means we always tell everyone to play the class they enjoy most but as a registered A or B Team member you have given your consent to reaching the gear check deadlines I've established. By working on your alts when you should be getting your gear up, you are letting your teammates down. The gear check deadlines are there for a reason––to get us into Throne of Thunder raids ASAP.
There are four things I need to mention about raiding improvement:
- In the last announcements blog post I mentioned about doing spontaneous boss intel checks to make sure people are either watching or reading the boss intel guides. While I haven't done them yet, don't think I am going easy on you. I do 100% of the recruiting for our guild and I know that everyone who joined our guild is here because they would like to raid successfully with a guild that preserves a friendly, team-building environment. We are in no way an elitist guild and I will never let our guild take that path but as guild leader and out of respect for everyone's desire for progression without the cost of a friendly, respectful atmosphere, I will ensure team-building initiatives. So do your boss intel, meet with your newly assigned partner at least once a week and let the officers know once a week about your gear progress (anything from new gear, modifications, new rotations, etc.), and continue signing up for your raid nights in the in-game calendar at least three days in advance. These are all simple tasks and if you think they are too much or if they seem elitist to you, then we are not on the same page.
- Have fun. Many of you are new to the raids, or to raiding in general. I assure you, we are an optimal guild for you to start learning the raids with. As long as you are doing everything listed above, you'll do fine. Don't worry if you make mistakes. We all do. But don't feel ashamed. As long as you are willing to learn and put in the time, that's all that matters.
- I have been looking at the heals and deeps per second on Recount addon and some of you could be doing heaps more for the gear you're in. Calling people out in raids is not really my style as a leader. Make sure you have the proper gear modifications. Websites like askmrrobot and noxxic are very good for this. Or you could be having trouble with your rotation or talents. Consult noxxic, icy-veins, or mikepreach on Youtube. If I continue to see low heals or deeps for the gear you're in, I will chat you privately and see if I could get someone in guild to help you out. We are all a part of a team, and we are most willing to help you out because in the end it will make us stronger and more optimal as raid teams.
- Some of you have been leaving raid nights well before the scheduled end time, many of the times you are leaving thirty minutes before 10 PM server. All of you agreed to the scheduled raid time of Thursdays and Sundays from 7 to 10 PM server. I understand if someone needs to drop raid because of real life obligations or something comes up, but you did agree to the schedule times and I am seeing people leave excessively. This is not fair to the rest of the team because we have to stop raid and pug since most cases the people on our reserve team are not online. Please plan accordingly on raid nights, make sure you finish tasks in real life so you won't have to worry about them during raids. If you cannot for the most part stick to the 7 to 10 PM schedule then you should consider joining O Team. Chat me in ventrilo if you feel you need to explain.
A Team
- Chenstout (Mattie) and Pigbawg (Julian)
- Hidytwo (Ken) and Alala (Gary)
- Bearlystrong (Ryann) and Mirandah (Mira)
- Fistbumps (Caleb) and Blackrocks (Junior)
- Tidesroyale and X
- Bluze (JOe) and Arystania (Ary)
- Shegrooves (Paul) and Rinzee (Eli)
- Troxus (Tyler) and Mormogh (George)
- Krendistus (Dillon), Playpenz (Bret) and Frieria (Eric)
I hope many of you understand that all these initiatives are being taken to ensure our success and to promote team-building. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to chat myself or my officers. I will also be implementing some fun, non-raid team-building events along the way that I'm sure will help boost morale and motivate everyone as we aspire to reach our Throne of Thunder gear check deadline of Thursday, April 18th. I as well as the officers look forward to joining you for the partner assignment activities as well as raiding with you all in the weeks to come and helping you reach your full potential. Cheers!
Respectfully,
Tidesroyale
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