Ready, Set, Raid - Weeding out the meek from the meat

So what happens when you take a group of individuals into a raid, and one really stands out, but not in a good way, a very negative way? Do you confront said person or assume they know what they did or are doing is wrong? How do you calm 23 other people besides yourself and the offender?

Sometimes it happens just by mistake, force of habit, or it is influenced, but sometimes it's just fate. Someone will mess up the raid. Pulls that could cause wipes, being afk (away from keyboard) for an extended period of time, interrupting communication from tanks and healers during a boss encounter, and some other annoying or unforgivable acts (insults included). How do you deal with these situations? Let's break them down to understand two types of these offenses.

First off, does the offender do it on accident? Standing in front of a tank aggro'ing a group of mobs, or DPSing the wrong group of mobs by accident. These can be corrected, by letting the person know what their doing wrong, you can prevent repeating mistakes...but hey, we are all human, repeats are bound to happen, so forgive and forget a new raiders mistakes, they are there to raid and learn, so teach them.

Second though, what if the offender does it on purpose? Pulling a group of mobs to stress the tanks or healers is more then enough to talk to after the first time. Going invisible to run by a boss to show off that you can "push" a pull to it's edge, where your spell seperates the raid from a boss pull and possible wipe is unacceptable in raiding terms, and if it's a repeat process, the member should no longer be raiding or be removed from the guild. But let's back it up a bit more with possible considerations.

So someone goes afk to run to the bathroom, a minute or two, here or there, can be excluded, because who doesn't answer nature's call? understandable...unless it's an afk that takes five minutes, everytime, multiple times per raid, then it can become a problem, because they are holding up 24 other people who want to finish the run and go to sleep/work/etc. Telling people to be ready to raid with set intervals can decrease downtime to a minimum if you have a set time everyone can use the bathroom between bosses.

Some people like to DPS a mob when the tank pulls...and for the most part, its okay if the tank has decent threat...unless it's the wrong group of mobs. Sometimes, players use a wrong attack on the wrong target, and that can cause issues if two groups of mobs hit the tank for more damage the healers can heal through. Usually having the DPS target the tank's target is the best way to fix this issue.

SOMETIMES, and it does happen, players don't learn from their mistakes or choose to keep repeating them...if you've spoken with them about their issue, and they knowingly continue, it's time to remove them from the raiding group or kick them altogether. Remember, though they are just another player, and it is a game, when someone is ruining the fun for 24 others, it's time to step in and fix it so those people won't all have to suffer through one man's poor actions.

As my previous post put oh so well,

-pwrtoppl

-out