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09-07-2009, 10:42 AM
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wow.com/media/2009/09/angry-blood-elf-treated.jpgEvery Monday Scott Andrews contributes Officers' Quarters (http:// www.wow.com/category/officers-quarters/), a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership.
This week's e-mail describes a fairly typical loot drama (http://www.wow.com/2009/07/30/why-loot-drama-happens-and-how-to-prevent-it/) situation. What makes it unique is that it involves the guild leader, who did not handle the issue very well at all, as you will see. As officers, we have to be very careful about how we handle loot for our own characters. We have to set the example for how we'd like our members to deal with loot issues. Let's look at the e-mail first. Then I'll talk about what this guild leader should have done differently.
Hello --
I have written to you before regarding an attendance issue in the guild I was in. Your response was very timely and incredibly helpful -- once 3.2 hit we made raids happen a lot quicker.
Recently, we made an adventure into Ulduar. We did very well for a small guild and got up to Thorim in one night. After a few wipes, one person had to leave and was replaced with a new person. We made the decision to have the new person switch to his DPS spec and had one of our existing DPS go to a tank spec. We downed him that attempt (which was awesome). I was the Master Looter, so I opened up the chest and a Tier token dropped, along with the epic mace Legacy of Thunder. The DPS who had switched to tank was a Warrior, and the mace was a huge upgrade for him. I said in raid, "Roll for Legacy". The Warrior rolled and a Paladin, the guild master, rolled against him. The Warrior won the roll, so I gave the item to him. The GM whispered me a message along the lines of "way to do loot". I didn't think too much of his comment, and logged off for the night.
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This week's e-mail describes a fairly typical loot drama (http://www.wow.com/2009/07/30/why-loot-drama-happens-and-how-to-prevent-it/) situation. What makes it unique is that it involves the guild leader, who did not handle the issue very well at all, as you will see. As officers, we have to be very careful about how we handle loot for our own characters. We have to set the example for how we'd like our members to deal with loot issues. Let's look at the e-mail first. Then I'll talk about what this guild leader should have done differently.
Hello --
I have written to you before regarding an attendance issue in the guild I was in. Your response was very timely and incredibly helpful -- once 3.2 hit we made raids happen a lot quicker.
Recently, we made an adventure into Ulduar. We did very well for a small guild and got up to Thorim in one night. After a few wipes, one person had to leave and was replaced with a new person. We made the decision to have the new person switch to his DPS spec and had one of our existing DPS go to a tank spec. We downed him that attempt (which was awesome). I was the Master Looter, so I opened up the chest and a Tier token dropped, along with the epic mace Legacy of Thunder. The DPS who had switched to tank was a Warrior, and the mace was a huge upgrade for him. I said in raid, "Roll for Legacy". The Warrior rolled and a Paladin, the guild master, rolled against him. The Warrior won the roll, so I gave the item to him. The GM whispered me a message along the lines of "way to do loot". I didn't think too much of his comment, and logged off for the night.
Continue reading Officers' Quarters: Guild leader loot rage (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/07/officers-quarters-guild-leader-loot-rage/)
Filed under: (Guild Leadership) Officers' Quarters (http://www.wow.com/category/officers-quarters/)
Officers' Quarters: Guild leader loot rage (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/07/officers-quarters-guild-leader-loot-rage/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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