The Casual Raider

Raid Awesome is comprised of three kinds of players: hardcore raiders, casual raiders, and non-raiders. We allow all three into RA. But the vast majority of our players fall into the second category, the casual raider. Why? Well, we are comprised of members of smaller guilds that do not raid 25 man content on their own, ergo, they are not raid guilds. Raid guilds, especially progression ones, tend to recruit/attract hardcore raiders while rejecting full raiding status or even membership to people that for whatever reason cannot devote requisite time to raiding.

Over half of a 25 man raid for RA is usually composed of casual raiders. So what is a casual raider and what do I expect from them?

A casual raider is someone that because of a job, a husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend, family, or just life in general cannot raid every time RA has a raid. Now, we already do not have an extensive raid schedule. But these people cannot commit to being there, rain or shine. So you might raid for a few weeks then need to take off for a month or two for RL. Or maybe you can only sign up for one raid a week.

What does this not mean?

Being a casual raider does not mean that we expect less of you than we do our people that do show up for every raid. We expect you to have read up on fights, studied them even if you have not ever done them before. If you sign up and put down that you are available for a raid, then we will expect every bit the dedication that we expect from hardcore raiders. Remember that 24 other people are in there with you. Less time spent actually raiding does not lessen your responsibilities when you are in a raid.

This also means that you should expect criticism if you are not doing your job on a run. Don't take this personally. In a raid setting, the Raid Leader cannot pull you aside and explain things in a nice, lengthy manner. You are meant to take it in stride and learn. If you are unable to get over this, then raiding is not for you. (we do have the non-raid players)

RA combines raiding with community. And we do have a group of hardcore raiders. People that know the fights, know the tricks, and know how to excel. And being a casual raider might mean that you should ask those people that raid more how they are able to do as well as they do. But its incumbent upon YOU to improve and prepare. Failure to do so means you do not pull your weight in raids and you'll not be slotted any more.

So if you cannot/dont want to raid as much as a raid guild would require, then we might be exactly what you are looking for. But remember the trade off. You are seeing end game content. You are raiding, not sight seeing. Come prepared. Do your best. Strive to improve for your next raid, whenever that might be. Just because you raid less does not mean your raiding can be lower quality, or that RA will tolerate less.