Comments on: Ice Crown Here I come.. uh wait.. wait for me

By: squiggly

squiggly — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:02:09 +0000

If you want to raid, now would be the time to act. Right now you have the advantage of being freshly geared. Once IC is underway, assuming it isn’t puggable like ToC, you’ll end up falling behind. What’s more, since ToC is so accessible, there will be a sea of applicants in ToC gear to compete with. You stand your best chance getting into a good raiding guild now, while they don’t feel they’ll have to gear you up before you are ready for progression.

By: Vicar

Vicar — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:41:40 +0000

If you aren’t pleased with your guild’s direction, I’d say act on it. I no longer play retail because a couple of randoms (priests) outgeared me and replaced my position in progression. I’m not implying anything, your gear sounds impressive, but do you remember how quick dungeon to heroic to raid gearing has become? IC will bring very fast upgrades, despite the ‘gated’ system, and you might find yourself on the sidelines of the action. Unless you plan on meeting IC casually at your own pace. But that’l contradict your post a bit. Do what ‘you’ enjoy, and you’ll solve this dilemma.

By: The Renaissance Man

The Renaissance Man — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:39:12 +0000

As the guild leader of a raiding guild, I can tell you that the key to forming a successful relationship within your guild is honest communication between the leadership and the membership. This is a road that goes two ways. While it is important for the leadership to be frank about what they plan to do with the guild, it is also important for the membership to bring their concerns to the leadership.

If you’re feeling the raiding bug coming up again, you should ask your guild leadership about their plans for the future of the guild, and how much and what kind of raiding those plans entail. Also important to ask is where they see you fitting into those plans. Once you’ve obtained that information, then you can compare where they want the guild to be, and you to be within the guild, to where you want yourself to be.

If you’re satisfied with what you’ve got, then you can feel secure in knowing what’s to come, and if not, you can take steps to make reality closer to what you envision your ideal to be. But I would still suggest keeping your guild leadership informed of your plans, so as to avoid stepping on any toes unnessicarily.

By: BAK

BAK — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:21:24 +0000

Perhaps it would be worth discussing with your current guild leader that you were thinking about apping and testing the waters a little. It may be that he’s willing to take on another shadow priest as your current guild only has one.

Also I looked into the bones buff and it looks like they won’t be usable in ICC – which isn’t hugely surprising tbh. A 5% buff to all dps, a 5% damage reduction to all tanks – seems unintended given all the work that Blizzard have done to cut down on consumables for raiding (Battle/Guardian Elixir changes, specifically)

By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:34:53 +0000

The question is… do you want to become a raider in your current guild? Because if no, you’re going to have to start shopping for another guild… again.