An Elitist Casual

The Naked Fear is a casual progression guild on Korgath Alliance. Our raids start between 7pm to 9pm server time, and the raid cutoff time for progression is between 12am and 3am. We are currently progressing on Sartharion + 2 drakes (all other instances clear). We plan to progress quickly through Ulduar immediately when it is released to live servers.

Our raid philisophy is as follows: We have about 15 consistent raiders. They like raids to be run as efficiently as possible. We don’t expect every raider to be available for every raid. What we do expect is that when you get invited to a raid, you are fully prepared. We use a main-spec (need) before off-spec (greed) roll system. This system is moderated by officers in attendance with the intent of minimizing abuse in situations where the good of the guild (read: progression) greatly outweighs individual desires.

What we have: About 40% of our raiders are serious casuals. About 5 individuals are what I’d consider elitist casuals. Leadership likes to theorycraft, strategize, plan, and do everything in their power to help the guild become successful. The remainder of our raiders are occasional attendees, but still very competent folks. We have 10-man raids during the week. We have a 25-man raid on Thursday and Friday (typically) that could use another 4-8 attendees. The PUGers we choose to bring with us are usually competent, but we’d prefer to keep loot in the guild, in the hands of members, our friends, from whom we can expect loyalty and future progression attendance. We have consistent, mature guild leadership, and solid, smart raid leaders. We have a few members that have been in the upper echelon (top 100 US) of hardcore raiding guilds during end-game Burning Crusade. Changes in available time and gaming as a priority in real life have brought these individuals here. All things considered, we have the foundation of a great casual progression guild.

What we need: Priests of all forms (shadow preferred). Ranged DPS in general. One consistent rogue. People who use all of their tools to the greatest benefit of a raid. Other classes as well, as long as you fit into the preceding category. Casual raiders that enjoy good company. Skilled raiders that don’t have enough time to hang with a hardcore schedule raiding guild.

What we do not need: Retadins and DK’s, unless you are casually amazing and bring a decently geared alt that can sub in for 25s when comp matters. Melee DPS in general. Anyone that plays 8+ hours per day and expects the same from the raiding core. Better than you attitudes. We mean it. The leadership will know who’s good based on WWS, WMO, Recount, and a plethora of other tools. Attitude will make you a pariah almost as quickly as general sucking. No matter who you are, our raid leadership probably hates the failboat just as much as you do.

What we will become: We are a casual guild, and always will be. That said, we have an extremely skilled raiding core. We will complete our raiding roster with skilled players who are able to progress through new content at a moderate pace via research, strategy, preparation, patience, and practice. We will become an end-game raiding guild who achieves their goals through smart play, not brute force (i.e. Excessive time spent). We will foster an environment of learning to raise willing and able individuals into skilled raiders. We will be the premier seriously casually serious casual progression raiding crew and still have time for a bubble jacuzzi party after we’re done.

Visit The Naked Fear website to apply. Seriously.

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