Comments on: The Ready Check & You!

By: Avalonna

Avalonna — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:10:27 +0000

@ranedor I gave you credit. Quit whining. However, I may have to 'borrow' something else if I dont get tomorrows post done

@Zusterke I believe that is a fully buffed percent. Howver I have noticed an indirect relationship to how many buffs are missing, and how many people click 'ready'.

@James I'm guilty of it myself. It's a reaction…you see the button…you have to hit it. You can imagine how hard Mimirons room was for me.

By: Ranedor

Ranedor — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:24:55 +0000

I wrote this up immediately after Burning Crusade was launched, and we entered Gruul's Lair.

Someone decided to plagarise my dated work, as she had not finished the article she had intended to post.

By: Zusterke

Zusterke — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:23:33 +0000

"The Raid's Pulling Haste rating will increase by 428."

Hmm, 10% haste is welcome indeed but how does it stack with buffs and talents? Is it multiplicative with other buffs?

As far as the "click no" strategy goes, I also click it when I find that my music isn't playing. I simply cannot play without a good tune but I haven't seen any direct relation between that strategy and the raid's performance. Should I classify that as 'utility'?

By: Mann

Mann — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:53:35 +0000

"The encounter itself is pretty straightforward..." Hahahahaha, holy crap, hahahaha.

The point about not being within the encounter should be pivotal. So many lock outs I've seen...

By: James

James — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:00:40 +0000

As the usual raid leader I find this to be such an issue! I can't count how many times I get green ticks across the board and someone yells over vent "Wait! I'm not ready!".
I find that actually the solution to the problem, although pretty much defeating the object of the 'ready check' is to actually ask on vent "Is everyone ready?". Using this before or after a ready check does kind of defeat the point of making one, however it seems to be always more effective.
People panic if they hear the raid leader ask the question and they aren't ready. So, traditional methods ftw-imo.

By: Wikwocket:

Wikwocket: — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:29:35 +0000

Good article. Too often people either ignore ready checks (alt-tabbing to check email etc), or go to the other extreme and become conditioned to always click yes as soon as they pop up. I lean towards the latter, sometimes clicking ready but then when the tank pulls I'm like, wait, what? I'm not ready!!

I think the best guideline is, click "Ready" if you are okay and set for the tank to pull immediately after you click the button. If you're not ready, even if you just need 2 seconds to drink more, speak up in /raid or over voice chat.

By: divinebubbles

divinebubbles — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:19:26 +0000

1)Ranedor needs to have my babies.
2)I'll bet your /g and Vent chatter is fucking awesome and snarktastic… Damn y'all for being Alliance.
3)Maybe that should be part of the applicant trial process. "Have you successfully beaten the Ready Check boss on numerous occasions?" (Y/N) "We require all transfer applicants to make a Level 1 on our server so that we can test you against the Ready Check boss. Are you capable of doing this?" (Y/N/Banana)