Written by: Cheetara
So, after a fun night of wiping on some serious raid bosses, there is almost always someone telling you how to run the guild. These people are tough to deal with, because on the one hand you just want to tell them to GTFO and use your mind to punch them in the face, but on the other hand… they sometimes have some good ideas. The secret to dealing with these people is to not let them ambush you. People are frustrated after a night of wiping, but most of the time wiping is a necessary evil in the progression game, but this is not the time to get into a “here is how the guild should be ran” discussion. I handle this a couple of different ways… the first is to take a quick break after the raid (if I want to keep playing that is.) A lot of times those people are just full of steam and need a little chance to spout off, but sometimes they are spouting off to an entire raid , and this is not the time to take a quick break. Instead, this is the time to grab them, put them in a locked channel and let them spout off to you. And, if you listen to what they say, you might just walk away with a few ideas to make your guild better, but… probably not. So log on your alt, and grind green whelplings in the swamp while they talk, that will help pass the time.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:21 am
Let them use the forums. We post our strats on the forums and people are welcome to offer suggestions etc. We’ve been able to work through some shocker bosses that way.
We do have a class elder channel where some stuff is discussed but its part of our guild rules that people dont ‘gob on’ during the raids because it just confuses people. Our raid leader spends alot of time working this stuff out and i won’t allow him to be bombarded with crap during a raid.