Raid Composition

Here's a rough sketch of what our raid group looks like at the moment. Please note that we do not intend to have the same 10 people running every raid night; this is to accommodate a. main raiders who would prefer to take more nights off, b. guild members not in our main group who would still like to sometimes participate in raid content, and c. the raid as a whole, which was often gimped by one or two individuals showing up late or not at all and then offering embarrassingly stupid or transparently dishonest excuses for leaving 8 or 9 people sitting around trying to pug from /2 and getting whispers from undergeared DKs who evidently thought they qualified as "caster dps" or "MT heals".

(That last bit is not a passive aggressive attack on anyone who might read this; the players I refer to have moved on in various ways, some are even very successfully not raiding with other top guilds on our server and/or getting ROFLStopmed by Moo in PvP.)

Tank:

Peeve, Zeuze

Heals:

Elewe , Vici, Elaani.

Dps:

Xharybdis, Esdue, Lateef, Moomello, Rainsong.

Others definitely or probably interested in raiding; I am unsure about schedules & availability at the moment but will post updates as I gather more information:

(non-alts of those listed above are in bold to help me keep track of how many people we have).

Tank:

Chico, Raideen (offset, possibly), Troy (geared for heroics on Dravor, but as he's been tanking for years, will quite possibly appear in this role as well), Baiula (X's pally, only a possibility: not yet sure which alt he will favor most).

Heals:

Raine, Chica? (not sure), Baiula (no idea if he's interested in Holy), Asuuna (another X alt), Fangorn (if/when we are short on healers and someone else would like to tank), Fangorn (if/when we need heals and have extra tanks that would like to go), Taisou (where's Waldo Kori?), Fatalia (?)

Dps:

Dravor, Sicnoc/Garion, Puka, Petrynni, Chico, Dramas/Rocketlike, Tharkun, Zoot, Eugoogalizer, Buddahmonk, Khaj, Epicharis, Koriyuki

Not sure about some of the other players who are family/friends/old guildies of Troy; Raine and I need to get together for 10 min so I can get up to speed on all the newer folks and update our "Who's Who" page. If your name is not on this list it is not a sign that our raiding will exclude you; there are just a lot of people I don't know well.

Scattered thoughts:

• We need more healers - for raiding but especially for our daily heroics which are, of course, essential to getting players sufficiently geared for raiding.
• All of our warlocks are alts of main raiders; I'd like to see one or two more in the guild.
• Our only Moonkin is Moo's alt; this would be ideal for anyone with a druid trying to pick a spec to focus on gearing. (Fangorn and Elewe will primarily be needed for healing).
• We are doubled or tripled up on some classes if you include main raiders and likely raiders not in the original group of 10. This is fine, but it would be ideal to have feedback from everyone on what classes they would like to prioritize (pick a main and prioritize your alts, maybe) so that I have a better sense of potential raid composition. "Whatever's best for the raid" is always great to hear, but I'd also like to know what you are most excited about doing. Post in the comments or talk about it in game.
• If there is sufficient interest from people not in our main group to raid more often, it would absolutely be feasible to get a second group going. This might be a month or more away rather than a week or two, but I think there would be a bunch of alts interested in rounding out that group as well
• If I made any obvious errors or omissions here, please let me know. I'm posting this at nearly 6AM on no sleep.