Jan 27

As I mentioned before, I recently (about a month ago) rerolled on a new server with some friends of mine. I started a character and leveled it to 55 so I could recreate my death knight tank, who is currently level 74.

I’m in my friend’s guild, and as folks have start to turn 80, talk of running Naxxramas has started to buzz around. The raid leader for my guild has posted minimum requirements for Naxx on our site, though I don’t think terribly many people are taking it seriously. It’s the same thing you see on the Internet: “Naxxramas is ez-mode,” “raids aren’t hard anymore,” “we’re doing Naxx in blues and taking people in greens,” etc etc.

But, besides making the content that much easier, gearing up for Naxxramas matters to me for one reason: it shows that you, as a guildmate, in a run with me, have taken the time to run heroics, get some emblem gear, enchant your nicer items, and so forth. If I’m leading a raid, and I have to put a team together, I’m far, far more likely to take the person who runs heroics every day, comes to me with questions about his spec and gear, makes an effort to get better, than the guy who turned eighty two months ago and has sat around complaing that people aren’t leveling fast enough to raid, but has no gear past what he had when he dinged.

Improving yourself shows that you care how the guild does, and that you’re willing to put forth a bit of effort to be a meaningful part of our team.

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