Tips for raiding faster
I am definitely an advocate of the fast instance or raid — when I played a tank, I pulled pulled pulled (according to the healer’s mana, of course), and even now, mostly as a Hunter, I still get impatient. When the healer’s mana is full and the tank is not /afk, I sometimes just throw a Misdirect up and go. That’s probably why I really liked Naissa’s tips for speedy raiding — she lays out a few really practical things you can do to get your raid moving faster, from only marking skull and X when necessary to only worrying about the healer’s mana. It’s not the end of the world if the Mage or Hunter has to drink for a second after the pull. While you should always get back to full before a boss pull (and as she says, that’s a perfect time to break down the basics, only the basics, of the fight), usually as long as you’ve got the tank and healer ready, a quick pull will give you time for aggro to settle down as well. I don’t completely agree with her DPS meter remarks — I do think that beating the raid is much more important than trying to win the DPS meters, but as a DPS player, I like viewing the meters as
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