This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately, Garreth -

I don't think adding more days to the raiding calendar is going to help, not in the way one might think anyway.  Instead of adding more days, we need to begin asking for more from our raiders.

Hear me out.

We have it set up so that under ideal circumstances, everyone is in raid and at BT at 7pm *sharp* for first pulls.  Invites start going out at 6:30.  However, many nights invites aren't out until 6:40 and people start getting la-dee-da on us, asking us to wait for them to finish dailies, they need something crafted, etc etc.  While this is all well and good, it delays the start of the raid even further than normal.  Eventually enough people trickle in to raid at 7:30 for us to actually START raid - now a half our late.

Once we do start raiding, people aren't paying attention during trash or on "easy" boss fights (Supremus, for example) and so they die in silly ways that end up costing us MORE time.  Then a number of people have to go afk because of god-knows-what (for the record, going afk to vomit or what not is totally fine).  THEN someone d/c's and we have to wait for them (even if just for trash).

In short, we've gotten really relaxed.  Which is fine, from the standpoint that a lot of us just got off work and would rather be chill and groovy than uptight.  However, from the standpoint of wanting to kill bosses and *progress*, this isn't working.

What I propose is this:

1)  When we say invites go out at 6:30, they go out at 6:30.  Finish your dailies before raid starts, or after raid is done.  Get your pots/stuff made before raid starts, or after it is done.  Don't ask the raid to wait for your health pots.

2)  When we say pulls start at 7:00, they start at 7:00.  We won't wait for you.  If you missed your summon, too bad - get here faster.

SSC Night 2...Let's clear tonight

It's that time again!!! We are gonna give Gruul's another go. Last time we were fairly unsuccessful getting enough people. This time we are shooting for a Sunday evening, which hopefully will be a better time for all.

We NEED:
1 moonkin - Keri
2-3 warlocks - Watches
1 mage capable of mage tanking (i can do if needed)
4 tanks - 1 Mulgar, 2 for the warlock, 1 for priest - Verlara, Zoo, possibly Atar unless he's healing.
7 healers - 8 would rock...but not going with less then 7 - Riviere?, Garreth, Ardea

If you are any of the above, and can commit to being there on Sunday 3/30 at 4pm Server, please sign up. I will be building the roster over the next 2 weeks on this thread, so you will know if you were "drafted".

DPS please be patient as you will be the last folks drafted. We'll be looking for those classes listed above first then folks to keep a good class balance and those with Gruul's appropriate gear...blues and greens aren't gonna cut it guys.

LETS DOOOOOO EET!!!!!