keldo

Having been a Raid leader as a DPS and as a MT, I can say this is complete BS. A good raid leader can play any class.

Pinski

MT Raid Leaders are notoriously blind when it comes what is going on everywhere.

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keldo

Interesting. I don't really do anything differently than I did with I lead as a scout (or healer for that matter) and I spend far less time trying to explain how to position the mobs.

But maybe that is because I've been a raid leader far longer than I have been a MT.

Exeter

@OP

My guild was at the same point, perhaps even a few steps back in PR, stagnating and frustrating the hell out of ourselves twice a week. This will sound ridiculous to most people reading this, but there were a few things we started doing and the results have been dramatic in improving our success rate.

Our new raidleader
1) uses ACT to time AoE attacks
2) forces everyone to sign into Vent to have a spot on the raid (mic prefered to call out need for cures)
3) arranges groups to spread things like Bladedance/Advanced Warning to all the groups and calls out for people to use them or joust (if not covered) in Vent.
4) dynamically swaps MT around for different fights (90% of the time we're using a guard though)

Just with those changes we've gone from having to kill the adds on the first four skeletons, dying and rolling back in before repops, to being able to one-pull everything except Imzok. We haven't even tried to go into Tomb of Thuuga or Executioner's Throne Room, but as soon as we've cleared Imzok, that's where we're headed.

Aside: And don't laugh, I was invited along to a raid by a so-called hardcore raid guild on my server that actually used that as a planned-out strategy. The same guild thought that it was a good idea to zerg Doomcoil by reviving and getting dragged back into the combat.

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serum321

[quote=Exeter;574855]@OP
2) forces everyone to sign into Vent to have a spot on the raid (mic prefered to call out need for cures)
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Its best you don't have 24 ppl talking over one another in vent. Any raid healer should dl profitui so you have clickie cures for the whole raid.

Xalmat

Logging into Vent is pretty much essential these days, much more efficient than using text chat. But yeah, you don't want people talking over each other. Best to just use self-cures if needed, or use group cures if available.

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Rokkual

I thought vent and ACT were requirements to log into EQ2.

Udoaka

There is this guild on AB that only uses chat and they always roleplay and they are VP flagged.

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Scayre

Guilds raided in EQ1 using only shout and /ooc to call out tank switches, jousts and other stuff, long before there was even /raidchat, let alone vent or teamspeak.

ACT is a damn useful tool.

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Xalmat

And it was a god damned nightmare to boot. But you gotta respect us old timers for putting up with all that shit. I doubt I could handle that anymore.

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