Jul 30 2007
Teaching raid mentality
There’s a big difference between 10 man raiding and 25 man raiding. Gruul’s lair is trial by fire to get a guild used to 25 man raiding. It’s not like back in the ZG days where everyone got used to 20 man raiding with lots of pulls to be done with lots of mobs to get used to the concept of “OMFG, I’m a healer and I can’t just watch 2 people’s health bars.” Yes, raiding as a healther especially is the most difficult job anyone can undergo. This is something that is going to put a strain on some of our less experienced members. The problem with Gruul’s lair is it doesn’t allow the raid to develop any level of cohesion. 2 pulls then a boss that’s proabably the single most chaotic boss fight I’ve ever seen. It makes Moroes look simple (which it is simple). I think the only way we’re going to get the guild used to 25-man raiding is to seriously just push people in there and keep trying. Unfortunately I don’t think we’re ready for it. Our healers need to build more confidence in Kara before they can be mentally ok with a wipe fest. I feel bad for Gnar as well because his repair bills are going to be nuts though all this.
I’m contemplating taking our healers to AV an spending some time introducing them to 40 man wack-a-mole. Once they get used to the stress of 40 man healing, 25 man healing will feel like a breeze.