http://www.lumethemad.com/2009/12/02/a-farewell-to-hardcore-raiding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-farewell-to-hardcore-raiding Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:43:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.lumethemad.com/2009/12/02/a-farewell-to-hardcore-raiding/comment-page-1/#comment-13852 Lume Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:34:28 +0000 http://www.lumethemad.com/?p=200#comment-13852 The reason I say it will resolve itself is because, when Cataclysm comes out, a lot of people will use that as an excuse to quit or go casual. At that point, guilds that were barely scraping who lose too many members will no longer be able to raid heroic modes (the difference between Cataclysm and Wrath's release is that Cataclysm will have heroic modes at the very beginning of the expansion, while Wrath only had two; this will make it more difficult for a guild to scrape by as they did in Wrath at the beginning). With the collapse of these guilds, the supply of available recruits for surviving guilds should increase and allow them to pick up new members. The reason I say it will resolve itself is because, when Cataclysm comes out, a lot of people will use that as an excuse to quit or go casual. At that point, guilds that were barely scraping who lose too many members will no longer be able to raid heroic modes (the difference between Cataclysm and Wrath’s release is that Cataclysm will have heroic modes at the very beginning of the expansion, while Wrath only had two; this will make it more difficult for a guild to scrape by as they did in Wrath at the beginning). With the collapse of these guilds, the supply of available recruits for surviving guilds should increase and allow them to pick up new members.

]]> http://www.lumethemad.com/2009/12/02/a-farewell-to-hardcore-raiding/comment-page-1/#comment-13827 Imalinata Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:04:51 +0000 http://www.lumethemad.com/?p=200#comment-13827 I completely agree with your Stressful Raiding Atmosphere section. As recruitment officer for my guild I've been the one having to deal with all of the issues you reference. The "new" way of raiding has been a very rough transition for our guild since we maintained a very, very minimal bench in TBC and due to the ease of accessibility in Wrath, recruiting enough quality players has become a bigger pain in the ass now than it ever was in TBC. I'm not as convinces as you are that the glut of guilds and dearth of quality players will resolve itself in Cataclysm, although maybe the guild progression features being added will help. I completely agree with your Stressful Raiding Atmosphere section. As recruitment officer for my guild I’ve been the one having to deal with all of the issues you reference. The “new” way of raiding has been a very rough transition for our guild since we maintained a very, very minimal bench in TBC and due to the ease of accessibility in Wrath, recruiting enough quality players has become a bigger pain in the ass now than it ever was in TBC. I’m not as convinces as you are that the glut of guilds and dearth of quality players will resolve itself in Cataclysm, although maybe the guild progression features being added will help.

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