World of Warcraft patched in weather effects one week ago and I have yet to see any of it. I just realized this.
Here’s the problem I think: in the past week, I’ve been in Ironforge, Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, Onyxia’s Lair, Zul Grub for enchants, and ummm, on a griffin flying to those areas.
Game weather was only patched into these ten zones:
* Elwynn Forest – don’t go there, fly through zone
* Tirisfal Glades – don’t go there
* Dun Morogh – again, don’t go, fly through
* Darkshore – pass through zone
* Alterac Mountains – sometimes I get dumped here after PvP so slim chance there
* Stranglethorn Vale – pass through on the way to ZG loot farm
* Feralas – don’t go
* Un’Goro Crater – don’t go
* Tanaris – don’t go
* Winterspring – don’t go
* Ahn’Qiraj – AHA!! We usually go here, not this week so far. My big chance!
I’m not saying they should patch weather into Blackwing Lair; I’m just saying I need to get out more. Geographical isolation appears to be another hallmark of a raiding guild: “Weather? What weather? They have weather in this game?!?!?”
Here’s some other markers of a raiding guild, in a small discussion on the Warcraft forums, “Definition of a hardcore raiding guild”. As for my own guild, we don’t know EVERYONE’s cell phone number and earned vacation days is whacked (why in the world would you need a vacation?), but we qualify on just about every other definition mentioned in that thread.
Occasionally we’ll have a short recruit drive. Usually it’s for priests and druids, you know how that goes if you’ve ever been in a raiding guild — always the healers burning out. Anyways, our recruit team will sometimes describe our guild as a “Friendly, family-type raiding guild”. The fuck? Ya, we’re a family like the mafia is a family.
They should just be blunt with people: we raid, ALOT, and you’ll never get to see the game weather again.