What expectations did you lay out for the newly formed Havoc?
What expectations did you lay out for the newly formed Havoc?
My expectations were made very clear from the beginning: this would be the best guild Cairne had ever seen. At the time, the Horde guilds were far more advanced, with the leading guild already relatively deep into T6. I knew it would take work to surpass them in a short amount of time and claim the server first Illidan kill.
Therefore, I decided we would raid five days a week, four hours a day and have very strict policies on attendance and performance. The guild officers were responsible for making sure their classes showed up flasked and buffed and performed as well as they could. In addition, I made everyone read numerous strategies on each boss fight ahead of time, as well as watch videos on YouTube.
I think this strictness is what attracted people to us. We had an aura of professionalism that most guilds on the server at the time lacked. We recruited many members from other guilds, several of whom were far undergeared for the content we expected them to participate in but nonetheless performed very well. We owe our success as a guild to these diamonds in the rough who were out there, waiting for their chance to excel.
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