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World of Warcraft Community Magazine // 51

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#2

Rule 2: Don’t need

ith the release of the

raid events. I especially love that

Dragon Soul patch in

it let’s me know when to change

Cataclysm, a new form of raiding

targets during a fight (so I don’t

was introduced - Looking for Raid

have to watch for it myself) and will

quickly find the raid voting to kick

(LFR). LFR was a way to find a

literally trumpet yell at you when

you from the group. LFR now

group to try out a watered down

you’re standing in something if you

provides for individually rolled

version of the 25 man Dragon Soul

don’t get out of it fast enough. This

gear drops, so everyone gets

raid. In Mists of Pandaria, the LFR

simple add-on will save you gold

something (even if it’s just gold).

was expanded further and each

from repairs, and it will keep the

Green items in LFR will never be

raid in the expansion has an LFR

healers and other members of the

better than the gear you have, and

mode. More people are trying

group from getting angry about

if you’re desperate for it to use for a

out raiding than ever before, but

your positioning or lack of rotation

transmog, then just ask the group

this also mean there are some

to adds. For healers it can help

if you can need for that reason

rules that newbies don’t know

ensure you’re dispelling targets if

before you do it. In guild groups, the

about raiding, and breaking these

you pay attention to the boss timers,

rules may be slightly different, so

unwritten rules can cause you to

again, keeping the raid happy.

always ask your guild’s raid leader.

on green gear.
Seriously, don’t do it. You’ll

be kicked from the LFR group you
just waited an hour in queue for. I’ll
address several of these here, but
do keep in mind guild raiding rules
will vary by guild and may only be
similar to the rules for an LFR.

#1

Rule 1: You must have

Deadly Boss Mods or a similar
program installed for all
classes and have Healbot or
something similar for Healers.
This is the first rule of
raiding with any group. DBM, and
other similar add-ons are easily
downloaded for free through
Curse Client. This add-on calls out
raiding warnings and timers. It also
gives sound and visual warnings
and countdowns to important
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