WOW: Raiding is a mixed thing (blessing/curse) for me

I’m continuing my love/loath relationship with raiding in WOW.

Love

• Progression - see new stuff!  Experience new content (I mean, I am paying for this stuff…)
• New loot
• Different encounters
• Feeling of victory

Loath

• Drama
• Complacency - when your raiders slack off because the boss is on farm and no one is taking it seriously.  Usually dps slacks off first, then healers have extra work…
• Rostering
• Having to keep to a schedule - really screws up real-life arrangements
• No-shows (come on… 22 people and 3 healers short…)
• Server-instability
• People leaving raid/game with all the gear, and having to find replacement for these (sometimes I think PvE progression loot should be guild-bound - will fix all those raid ninjas as well).
• Attunements

Summary

To be honest here, what else is there to do really in WoW?

jliu