Comments on: Why I Love 25s

By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:07:09 +0000

@ Adgamorix: It’s true, organising 25 people to do the right thing can be absolutely horrible. But in the right guild it’s not bad at all and you can generally trust your fellow raiders to do their job (unless you’re leading).

@ Tebla: You’ll find me outside ToGC too Who cares about the wipes? For the glory of the Alliance!

By: Lestuniem

Lestuniem — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:52:54 +0000

I feel you. I personally started raiding late TBC, did get to Black Temple, though all the important bosses didn’t get downed. Shame. The society in 25-mans is so wide compared to 10-mans. They should tune 10-mans to fit 25-man players also by some means. I also love doing 10-man but since the gear from 25 overkill the instance it loses half of it’s purpose when fights get tuned easier with it

I personally play restodruid. Shame I didn’t get to feel 40-mans in vanilla, but I wish there comes an opportunity for it in future.

Enjoy your raiding,
Lester

By: Adgamorix

Adgamorix — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:54:14 +0000

From a nostalgia point of view – yes, I love the 25s. From a raid point – I hate them. I love knowing all other 9 people in my raid. We are so close that we’ve been to each other’s weddings, ship computer parts overnight so they can raid the next day – hell one guy drove to another player’s house because his power was out.

I don’t miss the drama and issues that goe with a 25 man raid – but I’m glad you like it, and that it fills your place in the game.

I will say that I do enjoy our 25 man PUG ToC we run – only because I’m not guilded with the other 15 people…
.-= Adgamorix’s last blog … Dangerously Delicious =-.

By: Antikris

Antikris — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:10:27 +0000

I completely understand your sentiment. It was not until I left my casual guild that was struggling to get even 10 people together, that I threw myself onto pug tanking 25′s. Not for the gear (I am already adequately geared, thanks to emblem grinds), but for the excitement of having 2 fellow tanks in a coordinated mini-team enabling dps to unload a tsunami of damage onto otherwise unbeatable bosses. The noise, oh my, the noise; that is the first thing that struck me in my first 25. It humbles you. And being given the chance to tank it, to play a crucial role in that orgy of organized chaos, can be so uplifting.

By: Vok

Vok — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:28:34 +0000

@chewy – give me some contact details for you, might know of one coming up.

I love the fact that most of the reasons I don’t do 25′s anymore is the reason others do it. That being said, Obsolete has not been having the greatest run this xpac, maybe it’s more enjoyable when you’re doing a bit better.

That being said, I wouldn’t trade the 10-man group for anything now, having a blast.

Tis good, imo, that we now have the choice.
.-= Vok’s last blog … Friday Vid =-.

By: Chewy

Chewy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:38:49 +0000

I like 25 man runs more too. They’re more of a pain to organize but there’s something much more epic about running with 25 other characters.

Do you know of any casual 25 man guilds on Barthilas that run from 8:30 and will accept someone that can probably only make 1 run per week? I miss raiding.

By: Tebla

Tebla — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:33:55 +0000

This.

As I am sitting outside ToC for our guilds heroic 25 man on waitlist. I would rather wait and know I will eventually get the chance to raid this instance with my new guild than run amok with my old guid and not get 25 mans done.