08-08-2005, 12:03 AM
I chose to apply to this guild and ONLY to this guild b/c I know many of the players that started this guild are experienced Eq-ers. Unfortunately, I can not make plans for long raids on mon-thrs this week, normally just mon-wed, b/c I have things in RL that interfere with gaming on those evenings, I am usually on and avail for short raids on those days. I understand that very few ppl have experience raid-leading the big three Onyxia/MC/BWL. However, I would expect that there are sufficient ppl that at least understand the core concepts of raiding i.e. DnD based class-positioning, mage-tanking (utterly useless in the big three) etc. The members of this guild that I have enjoyed instancing with many times, such as you (Raduk), Karne (Karen..heh, that was a funny post), and mortalsin, chain (this guy is sick ;P) all seem to understand and play very well...forgive me for leaving many ppl out, these three stick out, b/c I was talking to one and raiding with the others this evening and chain, b/c I have never been so impressed with a healer (he even has a post on my old guilds site from me). However, like this evening sometimes experience in leading a raid needs to come to play in strategizing to get through parts. I can get away with saying this b/c Quickness is not in The Purge, but he had no clue what we were up against so we wiped, I stepped in after to tell ppl how to take him down, and he was defeated quickly and easily with noone dying. MC is a test of endurance, it takes a focused group that will not get discouraged every time they wipe. I was playing Eq during the Kunark expansion, originally, ppl thought that Valsheen's Peak was impossible, now it is viewed as the simplest raid in the game, the change...raid communication and leadership made drastic leaps as raids became increasingly difficult. VP in retrospect was no more difficult than some of the low lvl instances in this game ;P. I simply desire the people that would lead such a raid to have the patience and discipline to handle the stress of the players in the raid and keep the group organized, I would hardly expect that the leader have all the strategies down for an instance that he/she has never lead (if they have ever been at all).
I am not interested in the established guilds, I have been invited to apply many times, but it does not suit me, I have never been past the beginning of MC and do not wish to join a guild, that already is "established" their ability there. I want to be a part of getting a group to that point, not become a tag-along on an already successful group.
The Purge has an established PvP name throughout the game, I would like to help establish a PvE name for it as well. Anyway, I feel like I am spinning in circles and anyone reading prolly wants me to shut the f*** up. Respond or send me an in game tell if there is anything planned for friday-sun this week.
I am not interested in the established guilds, I have been invited to apply many times, but it does not suit me, I have never been past the beginning of MC and do not wish to join a guild, that already is "established" their ability there. I want to be a part of getting a group to that point, not become a tag-along on an already successful group.
The Purge has an established PvP name throughout the game, I would like to help establish a PvE name for it as well. Anyway, I feel like I am spinning in circles and anyone reading prolly wants me to shut the f*** up. Respond or send me an in game tell if there is anything planned for friday-sun this week.