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people out works well because
the blame never truly falls on one
person’s feet during a raid wipe.
Aali: I think everyone in a
raid group should be able to
take accountability for their
shortcomings and learn how
to take constructive criticism
from their raid leader/lead
healer. At the same time when
blame is being laid out, the raid
group has to be able to come to
the conclusion that as a whole
there is probably more than
just ONE thing that caused a
raid wipe. Raiding should be
fun, you should be able to have
fun and enjoy it, even when you
are wiping 10, 15, 25 times on
something, that’s progression
and it shouldn’t be a bad thing,
it should be a tool to learn how
and like. Hopefully your fellow

out. Discouraging people when

raiders are also your friends!

to work better as a team.

something goes wrong doesn’t

Bendice: I think as any group

bolster them to do better unless

When beginning a new raid

of people, you sort of have to go

it’s to say well I’ll show them, and

tier, everyone has different

into as we either fail or succeed

that’s not how you want it to be. I

ways of getting ready. Videos,

as a team. You can’t really lay

enjoy raiding and I think saying,

forums, guides, etc. Where

blame on any one person’s feet,

guys we need to come together

would you suggest healers go?

and if you continue to do that it’s

as a team and do this better or

discouraging. So I think the way

work on better spot healing or

my raid team combats it is by

healing through this phase works

like thinking through initial

saying we all need to get better so

for us. I think approaching it as

encounters without assistance

we aren’t singling any one person

a collective rather than singling

(most of my initial raid

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Twistedmind: I personally