Flex Raid and You !!

JonnyAppleSeed · August 19, 2013, 08:58:30 AM

With the launch of the 5.4 patch some new raiding options will become open to DMR members. When the patch goes live, in addition to the normal LFR & Normal/Heroic mode raid locks, there will be a new option: 'Flex Raid'.

Flex Raid will be open to a pre-made group of betwen 10-25 people and the boss HP, damage etc will scale in accordance with how many people are in the raid.

-the overall difficulty of the Flex raid will be somewhere between LFR and Normal mode raids
-the ilevel of loot will be greater than LFR, but less than that dropped in Normal mode raids
-the Flex Raid is on a separate, third raid id (so you could do LFR, Flex & Normal/Heroic in the same week)

Regular DMR Flex Raid
DMR intend to run a guild Flex raid once per week, perhaps on Friday evening. It will be open to all Guild members (ie both RGT & Social members). The guild Flex raid will primarily be a social raid, to have fun, but that also means it will be run as a raid so that you can have fun whilst also achieving some raid success, so that means:
-you bring food, flask & pots
-you know your toon (not just how to login, but how to play it to a decent raid standard!)
-you show up at the raid having done some prior research and know something about the fights (don't expect to be spoonfed as it's not a fair use of the your fellow raiders' time!)
-we'll post logs on our World of Logs web page for your information after each raid, just as we would for an RGT raid
-you play your main toon (alts might eventually be allowed, but we want to *progress* each week, not gear different toons each week on the same few bosses)

**if you bring a scrub toon without enchants, without gems, without effort then expect to be excluded from the DMR Flex raid**

We have not yet decided who will run these raids, but we will be asking people to help out to lessen the load on officers. Please do your best to help out if asked.

Certainly in the early weeks we expect to see a large number of RGT raiders taking advantage of this opportunity to get higher ilevel gear and additional encounter experience, so it is a good chance for Social members to get some good raid experience alongside our regular raiders.

Impact on RGT Recruitment
For those interested in raiding within DMR as part of RGT, please continue to let Officers know of your interest. However with Flex raiding you will now have a tool through which you can gear up, obtain better encounter knowledge and regularly demonstrate to Council your raid potential & capabilities. This will help both members and Council decide who is capable of exceeding the minimum standards required for an RGT raid spot.

We hope this announcement is warmly welcomed and look forward to seeing you to the first DMR Flex Raid after the 5.4 patch goes live.

The Officers

Devlan · August 19, 2013, 04:52:34 PM

It should be worth noting that the 5.4 Raids will unlock gradually as so:

LFR Mode will open the first wing on the 2nd week of 5.4 (Not set in stone)
Flex Mode will open the first wing on day 1 of 5.4
Normal Mode will be fully clearable on day 1 of 5.4
Heroic Mode will be fully clearable on the 2nd week of 5.4

https://twitter.com/Ghostcrawler/status/368391768380678145

Switchback · August 19, 2013, 07:08:41 PM

Mmm too little too late for me.

I would of loved to of helped out and get bk into raiding with DMR but I know there are some underlying issues due to my behaviour in the past.

Wish you guys all the best with it though.

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Clare · August 20, 2013, 07:58:04 AM

sounds very interesting would have loved an opportunity like this to come around

Devlan · August 25, 2013, 12:28:53 PM

Item Level requirement to enter the Siege of Orgrimmar LFR is supposedly going to be 496.

Also, I'm very likely going to be gearing my Warrior, with running Flex in mind, after it becomes obsolete for my Mage, to keep helping people see the content in a social and meaningful way within the Guild.

Ammon · August 25, 2013, 04:38:45 PM

Sounds good, plus this will give us a leg up for normal progress and bring heroics sooner

hermioneg · August 29, 2013, 09:56:53 PM

finally ... still 3 weeks of waiting .. so if there were 13 or 14 or 16 people who want to participate in the raid, we can do it, I sign for every Friday

TeaLeaf · September 02, 2013, 08:08:39 AM

I'm pretty sure there will be a good group interested, we'll post up a calendar event as soon as it goes live.

Smiz · September 02, 2013, 08:16:53 AM

I'm with the class that is missing, DPS, heal or ooo if nothing else tank. Priest heal will still be my main ready to raid.

ayla · September 02, 2013, 07:36:54 PM

im definatly up for this, either on zolena, or ayla or both if there are a few groups wanting to go

TeaLeaf · September 02, 2013, 07:55:52 PM

Quote from: Smiz;374982I'm with the class that is missing, DPS, heal or ooo if nothing else tank. Priest heal will still be my main ready to raid.

I've quoted you Smiz, but this applies to everyone.

Before we start planning which alt we go with, let's remember this might well provide gear upgrades for mains and experience of the main fight mechanics in a new instance, so we'll be focusing on mains so that we attain the required level & rate of progress. Once we have cleared and it is all LOLmode then we can consider alts. We are not going to be doing this for wipefests with under-geared toons though, this will be run as a raid-proper.

JonnyAppleSeed · September 12, 2013, 10:50:44 PM

We will be dipping our toe into this tomorrow night (friday). First pull 21:00 Finish 23:00 game time.... Be online in time and bring beer

TeaLeaf · September 13, 2013, 06:51:43 PM

I'll be there! It'll be my first peak into the new raid as I missed last night's raid.

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JonnyAppleSeed · September 20, 2013, 08:23:32 AM

Flexi raid night bump !

TeaLeaf · September 20, 2013, 09:41:48 AM

I'll be there!