Raiding rules and Expectations
The Dambusters Raid Department is led by Damsy & Spyrot.
Damsy and Spyrot are both veteran raid leaders and PvE experts who most recently returned to The Dambusters to lead the raid team to new heights.
Please contact either of them with any questions or concerns you may have about raiding, training, and PvE tactics.
Damsy Btag: Phill#2750 – Damsy@dambusters.eu
Spyrots Btag: Spyrot#2398 – Spyrot@dambusters.eu
Raiding Expectations
Preparation
- A raider must show initiative to prepare for raiding (by doing World Quests, Mythic+ dungeons etc. to enhance personal skill, Artifact Power, and gear)
Artifacts will play an important part in increasing individual potential in raids. Once Legion raids launches, you will be expected to have your weapon well underway and at least Level 19 to raid in the progression team (Ironwall) - All raiders must have all applicable gear enchanted/gemmed. Ensuring that your gear is the best you can be is a baseline requirement for any healthy raid environment.
- All raiders must bring their own appropriate consumables (flasks/food/stat potions/health potions) to each raid. Again this is baseline for a good raider.
- All raiders need to study the fights in advance.
- The Raid Leader should be able to simply assign roles, responsibilities, and tasks without having to define mechanics that have been widely published. Keep in mind that the optimum glpyh and/or talent choices for each spec can vary widely from fight to fight. Take responsibility to research what this should be for each fight.
Diligence
- A raider must work on improving their skill in their respective role.
Whether your role is tank, healer, or dps it is incumbent of each raider to learn the priorities and scenarios associated with your respective role and spec. While there are many resources available to help a raider succeed, it is ultimately up to each person to have the attitude that allows them to constantly improve.
- All raiders must proactively utilize stuns, defensive and offensive cooldowns, dispels, etc. throughout the raid.
Being a good raider is more than just hammering out a spell priority list. The mastery of the utility aspects of a class are what often separate great from good in the raiding world.
- All raiders must demonstrate a working knowledge of their class/spec rotation.
The tools you need to succeed as a raider are already out there. We have PvE officers who are available to help, whether that be personal coaching or simply point out existing resources.
Attitude
- All raiders must obey directions from the Raid Leader and other raid leadership designated by the Raid Leaders. There are often multiple valid strategies to downing a boss. While suggestions are always welcome this should be done in whispers or outside of the actual raid. Even if the fight strategy is being done differently than you are used to, do your best to adapt to the current strategy. If after a wipe you see room for improvement or have concerns about a strategy, whisper a Raid Leader. Public channels are not the place to re-write strategies on the fly.
- All raiders must keep keep negativity out of public channels. In The Dambusters Raid team there is zero tolerance for negativity, misogyny, or bigotry of any type. We have many people from many different backgrounds and walks of life in our guild. We strive to “break the mold” that exists as a reality in many raids today.
- All raiders must be willing to learn and accept feedback. All raiders will receive feedback based on raid performance. At some point every raid will most certainly receive constructive feedback to help improve. The Raid Leaders providing feedback are committed to ensuring that feedback is presented in a safe and respectful manner. We all have areas we need to improve in.
- It is essential to our rapid growth that we are able to look at ourselves honestly and work on these areas.