I’ve noticed these topics being discussed more recently: burnout, slacking raiders, low attendance, and poor morale. Pre-expansion, it’s something we all expected. The summer in the northern hemisphere also correlates with raiding problem, since for some reason beyond my comprehension, people want to go outdoors and not play WoW.
True geeks have no life outside their cave.
Jokes aside, the impact of all these factors can be personal and upsetting. It’s also inconvenient. Finding a new guild can be
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The reactions to Gevlon’s feat of clearing Ulduar-10 in blues show that many players have fallen into the trap of thinking gear is the only solution to clearing raids. Gevlon called it a myth because he likes to be provocative and sensationalist, but at least on this he has a point.
Here’s the argument:
- Good players can compensate for their bad gear.
- Bad players need good gear to make up for their lack of skill.
- A bad player in great gear can still wipe all night in Ulduar and fail to clear it.
- A good player in crap gear can clear it.
- Therefore skill is more important than gear.
This is a continuum though, more on that below. Skill is not a binary key that lets you beat content; sure you need some gear too but perhaps less than commonly thought. » continue reading
Wow. Thanks to RJK for highlighting this post on a site I rarely visit, Greedy Goblin. Great for money-making tips, but… raiding?
In short: the goblin’s guild cleared 10-man Ulduar, wearing only blues (no epics), including Yogg.
This is irrefutable proof that skill matters more than gear.
Read about the accomplishment, and his comments on ‘the myth of gear‘.
I don’t really need to say much about this. It speaks for itself.
Good raiders are more important than good gear. People
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Many of you might be familiar with the incredible, voluminous and precise research carried out under the Daedalus Project, by Nick Yee. The researcher looked at MMOs for ten years before finally ceasing, just recently.
His work on burn-out shows raid leaders that it’s largley inevitable, and guild member turnover is therefore a factor you simply need to accept and manage.
Nick’s research is still available to peruse, and it’s a gigantic library of primary research mostly gathered through
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Married to WoW, or do you date other games?
I was wondering this morning how many of us only play WoW; compared to playing a few games or possibly a few MMOs. Five years I’ve been playing Warcraft.
Five years.
That’s a long time.
I haven’t played much of any other games at all the whole time.
No other games, really
I tried Eve for a short time, wrote a guide on how to play it for other former WoW players. After a while though, I missed the
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