Tuesday we started wing one again. Blew the place up and managed to down Galakras too. We have people still getting a little gear here and there, but the content is getting somewhat old. I enjoy running with the folks we have, the banter etc.. when we are doing easier content, but we need to move ahead.
Wednesday we didn't have enough folks show to raid. Instead we did a group LFR together and downed Garrosh. It was LFR, but we still had fun and chatted the time away. It is important in my opinion when the raid doesn't happen to still do something with the folks who show and want to be involved. Hopefully next week we will do better.
We are now four days away from the announcement of when the next expansion is going to drop. This is going to give us a timeline on how soon we need to finish SoO if we are going to finish it. I won't lie, if it is coming quickly enough part of me debates calling off raids until the next expansion. I want to keep people involved, but I am getting tired of pushing people, only to have them leave for another raid team when they get built up, or to have people just not study or learn the fights.
My biggest frustration is that people do leave for the team that is more advanced, pushing content quicker, and making bigger kills. Part of it is the nature of the beast, but it seems these folks leave at the moments when we are pushing forward and killing things as well, just not as quick. I don't know if I am insane to expect some sort of loyalty out of people (and don't get me wrong, we have a lot of loyal people) But if you look back to us as a ten man team, there were 3 spots or so that have changed through the expansion several times. That is 30% of the teams, dynamics, etc... When someone leaves it hurts us.
I think flex has maybe hurt our expectations a bit. Right now we still have two consistent people who top the charts at over 200k. (There are others, but they aren't there every raid.) I would have hoped by now that those top 2 dps would have had to work harder to keep that spot at the top, but no one else is excelling as high. There has been time and opportunity, but it isn't happening. Honestly, if we weren't a casual raid team I would be trimming folks.
Part of the problem is we have people who have recently swapped specs, people who are lower geared etc.. because they are just getting started. I yearn for the day though that I have to fight not to be number 5 on the dps chart because everyone is blowing crap up. I don't consider myself a great raider by any means, but I studied my class, did my homework, and now I blow stuff up. There is no reason anyone working consistently on the same class shouldn't be able to as well.
That is my griping for the moment. Let us see what the future holds. The announcement is Thursday this week, so we get to find out after our second day of raid. I am looking forward to seeing what it brings.
Lag/Dizzty/Lazyeye.
P.S. Any ideas for Blog #100 next week would be appreciated. I want to think of something special for it.
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