The way they earn that gear is outrageously grueling. Each member must meet strict requirements to have the highest quality available gear and have suitably equipped alternate characters (aka 'alts') ready to step in when the raid composition requires different classes. They raid on the beta servers, they study videos of other kills, they datamine boss abilities, and they put enormous amounts of time into theorycrafting strategies.Īnd then there's gear. To stay on top, Method is diligent about uncovering every bit of information they can leading up to the main event. But the real time commitment comes in the week before the Mythic raid is even open. Like Justwait, he strategically hoards vacation days so he can spend as much time as possible with his guild when a new raid is released. Xirips is the guild’s healing officer when he's not at his day job as an accountant. The fight against Jaina starts on ship before she freezes an entire section of ocean, forcing the raiders into a final showdown on an iceberg. It's not what I want, but I'm surviving." He's been saving vacation days for just this moment, ever since Method defeated the final boss of the Uldir raid back in September of last year. "I don't even sleep much right now-five hours a night. And that will continue at least until we're done with progress this tier," he explains. I've just been working, and then when I get home I'm busy with the game. "Since last Wednesday I don't think I've had a social life. On his 50-minute commute home from his job as a software tester, Justwait says that the guild is now in the most time-consuming stage of raiding.
I talked to Method's raiders two days before the Mythic-difficulty Battle of Dazar'alor went live on European servers. It's basically like going to the gym for most people," Justwait, a tank and officer for Method, tells me.īut just as grueling as the race itself is the week of preparation where Method's members must use every available resource to equip themselves for the battles ahead. "Usually, outside of progression, we raid two to three evenings a week. Fortunately, raids only come out every few months at most. This intense schedule lasts only for the duration of what raiders refer to as "progression raiding"-the week or so of attempts to learn each boss' complex strategies and kill them for the first time. I don't even sleep much right now-five hours a night.
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