Page 24 - WoW Magazine Issue 30

24 // World of Warcraft Community Magazine
ARTICLE
RAIDING HABITS TO DITCH IN
2017
h, a new year, a new… you? Maybe. There’s
always some habits to fix and improve upon
Ain WoW, especially in the raiding department.
Here’s some things I’d love to see players ditch in 2017:
1.STOP BEING ONLY “ON TIME”
To be early is to be on time, to be on time is
to be late, and to be late is to be...well, benched
or losing your spot. This one is something
everyone tends to fall prey to at some point.
Raiding casually or raiding seriously, there’s nothing
worse than watching as the clock ticks down to the very
last minute as the group figures out who exactly is going
to go, and what role a person is going to fill because a
Healer or Tank is cutting it close. Even if you’re a DPS,
depending on the fight, the group might be thinking
through exactly how much they need to rebalance.
Worse, if your group benches players, you might be
the one sitting on the bench if you’re late frequently,
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and then it just adds fuel to the fire of why you’re always
benched. If you’re needed, then someone else gets
invited, and brought in, only to be sent back out.
Real life is important. Some people also have jobs
that cause them to be a bit late or just right at the
moment on time. This reminder isn’t for them, though
communication about being exactly on time is good
too. This is for the people who wait until the very last
moment to log in and then scramble for food, flasks,
an invite, a transmog mount, and cause the whole
raid to start a few minutes late when they really were
just reading something or playing another video
game. It happens to everyone, but happening every
week comes across like the person doesn’t care.
TL;DR: Showing up on time shows respect
for each other, and helps your groups organize
properly and get going on time.