Raiding Teams

One of the original ideas for Harms Way was to have two 10-man raiding teams, so we could get the most out of our raiding time with the guild. Each team would run separately during the week and on weekends the two forces would combine for twenty-fives... That was the idea at least.


To begin, I figured filling one team would make a good start. At this point, my incredibly lax idea for getting ten people under one banner was to call it our "core" team and have people mail me their preferred raiding times. Despite a lot of interest, we haven't had a single "core" raid where the entire team has made it on time. That fact doesn't bother me, but it seems to defeat the purpose somewhat.


I also discovered that our members available raiding times were far more varied than I'd expected. Naturally, being the lazy bastard that I am, I simply started scheduling different raids at different times to see what would stick... but that approach seems to have made things slightly worse.


So now it's time to make a stand. Our raiding format as far as "core" teams go is going to change. The first improvement will adding the second raid team, with Raggingruck at the helm. Each team will have their own set raiding times each week. "Core team 1" will likely raid during the evenings and the imaginatively titled "Core team 2" captained by Ruck will be scheduling raids around midday (server time).


We'll be restarting the team recruitment process, and members will apply based on what time they want to raid. Evening raids for team 1, send mail to me, Ahzae. Midday raids for team 2, mail goes to Raggingruck. As always within Harms Way, we don't care about your gear or achievements - part of having the core teams to begin with was that we'd have certain people to focus development on.


I know I've said it a million times, and I'm gonna say it again: Harms Way is a teaching guild. No matter who you are or what think you can do, if you're a mature person with a desire to learn and experience raiding then you'll have a place with us.


So, to recap:

• To sign up for the evening raid team - Mail Ahzae (Team 1)
• To sign up for the midday raid team - Mail Raggingruck (Team 2)

Finally, once we have the teams assembled we'll get to figure out our team names (T1 and T2 wasn't cutting it for me, more on that another time). Personally, my vote for team one is for "The Wayward", but I have a habit of being much, much cheesier than I realise I am... then people laugh at me...

Now if you'll excuse me I have to drown my sorrows in icecream... *wanders to the fridge, weeping*

-Ahz