Putting alt raids together
July 22nd, 2008“When bringing in alts, there are really two different classes of raid. Firstly, a main raid that lets some people switch to alts, either because you need them for raid balance or because you can afford to have a few lesser-geared players along with a longer-term aim. An example here would be gearing up a shaman alt on Black Temple and Hyjal farm runs so that it’s available to swap in for one or two Sunwell fights if needed. Since you outgear the content, having an undergeared healer won’t really hurt the raid much, and the end benefit is more flexibility in your raid composition for Sunwell progress. The second type of raid is a full alt run, with the expectation that most people will bring alts and standards set accordingly. You might not be breaking DPS records but everyone will get to have a bit of fun. An example of this is a BT guild putting together a Karazhan run on an offday. Most mains won’t need anything from the instance (recipes or offspec gear, perhaps) and it’s an opportunity for everyone to kick back and relax on different characters. With either raid, you’ll have composition requirements to fulfil, which is where the issue of fairness comes in. Is it fair that the same shaman alt gets to come on all Black Temple clears, when someone else’s shaman lies gathering dust. The other players with shaman alts might say no, but the guild as a whole might say yes, as it enables one character to get Sunwell-ready rather than give assorted epics to multiple people with no benefit for the guild. In a case like this, you have to examine why you’re letting alts into raids, and make sure that everyone understands it’s not just so that particular person is rewarded with more purples. When it comes to putting together raids comprised mostly of alts, composition becomes a major problem.
Suddenly all your tanks are healers, all your healers are DPS and.. wait.. nobody has a tank alt. It’s hardly fair that your MT has to tank on his nights off because nobody else could be bothered to roll a tank. wow gold Fortunately in my experience these things tend to even out, thanks to respecs and people realising the surefire route to getting raid spots on their alt. If you end up having to ask people to bring their mains, it really helps to keep track of who’s had to play what, so that you can ensure it’s not always the same person losing out. ” “Okay, so we’re all superstar players with a superstar lineup of alt characters, all in full tier 6 and we can play all of them blindfold. Right. wow gold Maybe not. There are three problems you can face when taking alts to raid content, even if it’s Karazhan: gear, skill and preparation. Gear is obvious enough: a character that’s newly level 70 in a handful of blues and levelling greens is hardly going to rock the Black Temple damage meters. This is more noticeable with tanks and healers, but even for DPS alts, things like having a large enough health pool can matter. Generally, you’ll set some standards for alts on raids to ensure that gear is at least sufficient for the content. mp3 Depending on how many mains you have along, and how draconian your guild usually is, you can choose to be fairly stringent or relax the rules. For example, you might want alts to meet Karazhan gear baselines that involve making some effort with crafted or heroic gear; Black Temple alts should have been to tier 5, and have a smattering of Zul’Aman and badge gear. Obviously everyone has to start somewhere, and making the rules too strict can just foster discontent, so you’ll need to find a balance that suits your guild. Skill is a debatable issue.
wow gold If someone is fantastic at playing their main class, that doesn’t always translate to their alts, which can cause some sticky situations — having mediocre players doing stupid things because they’re on an alt can make the runs painful for everyone involved. Sometimes you have to say no to people, although it’s easier to do this in a positive light (we really need you on your main) than a negative one (you suck at your alt); note that they might find out the real reason eventually. The advantage of being in a large raid guild is you’re surrounded by good players of all classes and roles, so if someone’s not very good at playing their alt, point them at someone who can play that class for some tips. Patience helps, too — some abilities come faster with practice. Finally, preparation. buy wow gold Again, the standards you set here might vary depending on your guild. A fairly serious endgame guild would probably require all alts to fully enchant their gear and put rare gems (ideally epics) in epic items, and bring full consumables to make up for any gear disparity. Others might make this more a personal choice, to make things fairer for those who don’t have much time to farm. wow gold Barring someone from a run simply because their boots aren’t enchanted can border on the petty, but seeing how people treat their alts’ loot (and checking if they have the know-how to put the right gems and enchants in) is a really telling sign of how much they care about that character. ”
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