Raiding Made Easier

I honestly don't know if anyone besides Ertris or AJ read this blog, but on the off-chance that others in the guild do, I wanted to take the opportunity to implore you to download both Deadly Boss Mods and the Ventrilo client, if you haven't already done so - I've even added links to the main Guild Webpage to make it as easy on you as possible.

DBM is one of the most useful add-ons you'll find for WoW. As long as it is enabled, it will load automatically whenever you go into an instance, and during boss encounters will keep you apprised of things like enrage timers, boss cooldowns, etc. and warn you of impending doom from boss special attacks. You can even tweak it to give a special alarm when you have been specifically selected by the boss as the victim of some debuff or attack. Additionally, the latest versions of DBM also incorporate battleground assistance measures to keep track of things like flag, tower, or graveyard capture timers - making it easy to announce this information to the rest of your BG team by simply shift-clicking on the timer.

Ventrilo is a powerful VoIP tool that enables voice communication over the internet. Why is this important? Well, in five-man instances it isn't so much, but as we progress into 10-man raids, the boss fights become much more intricate and require split-second coordination and reaction, not to mention lengthy explanations before engaging the boss - explanations best given verbally rather than textually. And if you've ever used Vent you know that it is much clearer and option-laden than the built-in WoW voice capability.

So, please - for your sake and the sake of your raiding partners - please download these tools as soon as possible.

-Nosnum