Casual Raid Leader

Its interesting to me.  For all the years I’ve been raid leading at this point, there’s very little attention ever spent on trash mobs.  Yes… it sexier to concentrate on your boss mobs.  Yes…. you’ll spend a lot of time on boss mobs and little time on trash, but realistically, if you waste thirty minutes on trash… you’ve wasted thirty minutes.  Why not cut that time in half?  Why not eliminate it all together?

So the focus on this set of articles is to walk you through the Trash mobs currently present in Ulduar.  I’ll give you some insights on how we clear them in 10 man and try to provide tips for 25 man from my past experiences.  So without further ado, lets dig in shall we? (more…)

Its been a bit of an up and down week in case you haven’t noticed.  On the bonus side things are going well today.  I’ve gotten to vent a bit.  I’ve got a new way of writing stuff occassionally.  Its a great medium for me to kind of express myself without having to drag specific people to the forefront.  I’m extremely happy with that.

Then.. of course there was Tuesday.  Tuesday was one of those days where we were testing something new… and…. it fell on its face when three people had to cancel on the raid in the last moment.  Which threw my plans kind of out in the weeds.  You see this was the first week we were attempting a raid lockout extension. (more…)