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Blue Milk & Cereal: What Kind Of Raider Will You Be?
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Raiding is a staple of the MMO genre. Over time, it has evolved to become the premiere form of end-game content, where players can band together to take on the greatest foes a particular game has to offer. With Star Wars: The Old Republic, BioWare seems to be looking to add more to end-game, but raiding is still present in the form of Operations, the first of which is the Eternity Vault.
The multi-player component of MMOs is important, and raiding serves to bring players together in a big way. Not only is it a catalyst for joining a guild, but there is almost a “meta-community” that has formed around this aspect of gameplay. There are “rock star” guilds and players, and sites dedicated to tracking guild progression as well as assisting players in optimizing for this style of gameplay. It’s only a matter of time before these elements emerge in the TOR community as well.
The notion of raiding has always brought with it the perception that large chunks of time were required to progress and be successful, because mostly it’s true. Blizzard has achieved some success in making raiding more accessible by introducing smaller groups and harder challenges for those with more skill and time. It’s yet to be seen how BioWare will handle this, but it’s safe to assume they’ll work hard on accessibility as well.
So the question today is – are you a raider, and if so, how would you classify yourself? Let us know!
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Only raided a few times in wow, Planning on raiding more in SWTOR but will still be casual even when it is a couple of times a week.
I used to be the hardcore raiding type. Spending countless hours with my guild trying to clear bosses as fast as possible. Those were my single days, and now with a wife and kid I just raid casually. There is still that desire to have the top notch raiding gear, but ultimately that is the only thing that differentiates the two. It is rather nice to raid at my own pace and when I want, rather than “be here this day, this time”. Although I must admit it is nice to know who you are going in with and that you will clear the place for sure.
Unless TOR does something different, which is doubtful, I’ll be a casual raider. I had my fill of raiding in WoW and I’m not terribly interested in it anymore.
I would put myself in both the “casual” and “hardcore” section of raiders. I have a very “hardcore” approach to my character, gameplay and all that, but in time invested and how the raids I actually attend is handled is very casual. So both! =)
Yep. Same here.
I used to raid 4 years in WoW 2-3 evening a week 3 hours each. I think that’s casual.
Definitely casual, which is my general approach to gaming. Unfortunately I do tend to get impatient and/or exasperated if someone keeps making mistakes, but it’d be hypocritical of me to yell at them. That’d imply that I never, or very rarely, make mistakes. So, I control my negative attitude. Fortunately if any of that has ever bled through to the guild while raiding it wasn’t anything they felt needed to be commented on.
Story time! I don’t often have the time to do a task force in CoH, whether with my SG or a random group. There’s a very strong tendency there to get through TFs as quickly as possible. Thus, when I do get to join one, it’s like trying to watch a movie on fast forward. I barely keep up with following people from mission to mission, never mind being able to understand what’s going on. At the end of it I’m left with the feeling, “Yeah, I’ve done the Posi TF. I think.”
For me the saying about the journey being important definitely applies. I do like to get through all the raid content, but it doesn’t have to happen now! Now! Now!
I picked hardcore because I have been called hardcore raider, but I raid 2-3 days a week 2-3 hr each I don’t think it that much time out of my week really when most of my time in game is other stuff PvP, achievements and etc.
I’ll be in the “I don’t raid” category, occasionally dipping my toes into the “casual” pool.
My experience with raiding is sort of like my experience with football in highschool. The people in charge took it way to seriously, and the kids playing the game didn’t take it seriously enough. It’s too hard to find a decent middle ground where people take responsibility for their own actions enough to not hinder the rest of the team, but people still realize the point is to be there and enjoy the game.
If you can laugh when you wipe and celebrate when you down the bosses, then it’s a good place to raid. Otherwise, you can find me in one of the dark corners of the galaxy stabbing fools with my lightsaber or robbing planets of their resources.
I 100% agree with Psynister, i could never really raid when i wanted to cuz guilds always had these stupid rules, know the fight, you had to have good gear… How am i gonna know the fight if i never do it? and how can i get good gear when i can never go to the raids to get it?! i would love to raid but i was never “good enough” for it.
Why is Sand not an option?
Yes and casual. Maybe 1-2 nights a week? I’d like to heal for raiding but I don’t have time to do it full time/hardcore.