What Your Guild Might Ask Of You In A Raid

Scott Brantley — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:20:14 +0000

When you start raiding for the first time, the biggest culture shock many players face is the fact that the character style they’re used to playing might not be good enough for the raid leader. There are players who, as Paladins, Druids, Warlocks, or Priests might be required to shift their talent specs, their style of play or their location in the raid according to who shows up on raid night and how many players are going into the raid. If you want to be drawn upon as much as possible and to prove that you are worth the efforts of your guild leaders, you need to be flexible and willing (plus able) to adapt quickly.How Will You AdaptTo be fair, some classes don’t need to adapt all that much. Mages, Warlocks, and Warriors are not going to be asked to change what they do. They have roles in a raid that don’t change all that much. They might be asked to get a certain ability ready or to make certain items, but they’re not going to need to move. A Warrior with Protection spec is usually a tank, and Mages and Warlocks are always DPS (though Warlocks might on occasion prove useful as ranged OTs for short spurts).However, those of you out there with hybrid classes such as the Paladin, Druid, Shaman, or Death Knight (and sometimes Priest), will find that your role in the fight becomes much more fluid. In some fights, a DK or Druid might prove to be a more effective tank for resistance reasons while Shamans might be great at support in one fight and work as off healers in another fight.The long and short of it is that if you have abilities that work for tanking, dps and healing together on your character, you should be ready to use any of them at any time.How Will I Know to SwitchIn a raid, once the fight is started, you’ll almost always have a set position to work on. You’re not going to be tanking for one trash mob, then DPS for the next and then Healing on a boss. But, between bosses or instances as a whole, you might find that the needs of your raid party change and that is when you should be willing to switch.Of course, you need to be honest. If you know nothing about DK tanking (it’s a tough role), you should say so upfront. Everyone in that raiding party is going to rely on the tank to keep them alive (by staying alive). If you fail to do that one thing repeatedly even when you claim to know what you are doing, your peers may not be pleased.Click HERE To Instantly Download The PVEBible Guide

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WoW Cataclysm Trailer Released

Scott Brantley — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:41:40 +0000

Have you seen the new Cataclysm video preview? Cataclysm is WoW’s third expansion pack, and will feature the following types of updates:

New Profession: Archaeology
New Races: Horde-Goblin, Alliance-Worgen
Guild Leveling System
Guild Achievements
Revamped Dungeons & Azeroth
Flying Mounts in Azeroth
New High Level Zone
Level Cap Raised to 85
New PVP Zones
Rated Battlegrounds

See the trailer at: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/media/?autoplay=true#video

More about the expansion at: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/

Enjoy the game! Scott

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