Not to worry, I’m pretty sure I’m not going to take on the role of Raid Leader. Our Disc Priest has stepped up to do that. And man, she is strict! (which I love!)

Although I think I did kind of misstep one night… I was trying to say “if you get hit by malleable goo, or get targetted by the green slime standing not in melee range OR at max range then it means that you never really did normal mode Putricide correctly. Which means that you were carried”. People perked up when they heard me use the insult “carried” and got a bit defensive.

I was still right damn it!

I think you might be right that the key is delegating. And what jobs that fall under the “raid leading” header will vary based on who the raid leader is.

People know what to do, and when to do it, they sometimes just need someone to help them be a bit more decisive (And to keep them out of the tunnel.)

Raidleading is mainly about ensuring that all our ships are sailing in the same direction, so just ensuring that a good idea has the “official” go ahead, and that control is kept.

That control is why, and I feel a bit stink sometimes when I do it, I sometimes squash ideas which are different to the strategy we’re trying (Even tho I might swap to their strat 2 or 3 wipes later lol). Since everyone needs to be 100% focused on one strat, not going off in different directions because they saw x video doing it differently.

Keeping everyone together is about moral too, positive thinking can be infectious at times, but negative thinking is like cancer, if you don’t stop it early, it never really goes away.

Most stuff is shared out to officers / senior raiders though, I know there’s not much (Other than mentioned above), which I actually do. Usually someone else comes up with the bright ideas, I’m just the one who announces them on vent lol.

Assignments / Subbing off waitlist / dkp / loot are all the parts of leading which are the most work imo, and usually I don’t do any of them lol.

(Grrr I had it soo sweet when Cubby always did dkp + loot + waitlist subs, somehow when I came back, I ended up sometimes doing all 3!!).

We have a group that has zero tolerance for drama so it makes the job pretty easy.

Communication is important during an encounter. It can be stressful as well. If you don’t think that you want to be the full-time raid leader, never underestimate how important it can be to have a “raid-leading assistant.” A second person who calls out those cues during an encounter alleviates a lot of pressure on the raid leader–who is likely covering three other administrative tasks while performing their own role in the encounter.

I divvy up cues during each encounter because I know I can’t handle every detail on my own. It also helps to have two distinct voices on, say, Rotface. We have one voice call out slimesprays and one voice call out the infection. It helps prevent people from tuning out and missing the cue (and keeps the person calling out from becoming overwhelmed).

I think I’m going to write up a series on the basics of raid leading, particularly for PuGs. There are some very easy things that people don’t know to take care of if they’ve never led a raid before.
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