midnight raider survey results

[draven]

greetings! the raider survey results thus far are as follows, if you've not yet completed the survey it can be found here:
https://forms.gle/3YSxHYum88SWD1Xd7

i will update this post as responses are received.

roles:

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Healer        4    29%
Melee DPS     3    21%
Ranged DPS    5    36%
Tank          2    14%
Total         14

classes:

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Death Knight    2    14%
Demon Hunter    0    0%
Druid           3    21%
Evoker          1    7%
Hunter          1    7%
Mage            1    7%
Monk            0    0%
Paladin         1    7%
Priest          1    7%
Rogue           1    7%
Shaman          3    21%
Warlock         0    0%
Warrior         0    0%

including people who have not responded i think we should be ok for the raid composition, although we may be missing a couple classes.


raid difficulty:

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Raid whenever you have time in whatever group is most convenient                    1     7%
Raid consistently in a normal / heroic mode group and maybe some mythic             11    79%
Dedicated to progressing through mythic at whatever rate the group is capable of    1     7%
Hardcore mythic progression                                                         0     0%
Other                                                                               1     7%

based on this we will continue to set a goal of aotc and maybe check out with mythic if there is sufficient interest.


raids per week:

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2    11    79%
3    3     21%

raid days available:

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Monday       7     50%
Tuesday      14    100%
Wednesday    8     57%
Thursday     14    100%
Friday       6     43%
Saturday     6     43%
Sunday       6     43%

based on this it seems we will continue with raids on tuesday and thursday.


hours per raid:

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2        0    0%
2.5      5    36%
3        7    50%
3.5      1    7%
4        0    0%
Other    1    7%

raid start time (pacific):

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6:00 PM    2    14%
6:30 PM    0    0%
7:00 PM    3    21%
7:30 PM    2    14%
8:00 PM    6    43%
8:30 PM    1    7%

raid end time (pacific):

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10:00 PM    1    7%
10:30 PM    4    29%
11:00 PM    3    21%
11:30 PM    2    14%
12:00 AM    1    7%
12:30 AM    0    0%
1:00 AM     3    21%

it seems there is interest in returning to a 3 hour raid, either from 7:30 - 10:30 or 8 - 11 pacific / server time. i suspect that may cause issues on either side, but we'll start with 8 - 11 and see how it goes.


mythic+ days available:

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Monday       10    71%
Tuesday      7     50%
Wednesday    8     57%
Thursday     7     50%
Friday       8     57%
Saturday     8     57%
Sunday       11    79%

mythic+ start time (pacific):

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6:00 PM    1    7%
6:30 PM    0    0%
7:00 PM    3    21%
7:30 PM    1    7%
8:00 PM    7    50%
8:30 PM    1    7%

mythic+ end time (pacific):

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10:00 PM    2    14%
10:30 PM    2    14%
11:00 PM    5    36%
11:30 PM    0    0%
12:00 AM    0    0%
12:30 AM    0    0%
1:00 AM     4    29%

based on this it seems like sunday and monday are still good for mythic+ fun times, starting at 8 pacific / server time and going until whenever.


overall the schedule should be about the same for midnight, although i'm not sure this captures everyone's preferences since there are fewer responses than i expected. if you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or feedback please feel free to share!

[Juniperberry]

It's Lunamae. Question for you Draven, since we're in Midnight pre-season, if we're not totally satisfied with the class we're playing could we change the class while still being in the same role? I'm asking because as a resto shaman main for a few years, I'm not fully happy with the state of resto shaman compared to holy paladin, having run M0s for the past two weeks on both healers. Holy paladin kicks butt in healing throughput compared to resto shaman and on holy paladin it doesn't feel like a struggle to heal, although, I have no idea if resto shaman will be buffed come March 17th since classes are scheduled to be tuned that day in NA region. While we haven't stepped into Midnight raiding as of yet, I've done research and it looks as though holy paladin is good choice and I'm having so much fun with it also.

I'm not sure which healers will be in the raid, and since we have 3 shamans signed up already, I would assume at least 2 resto shams and 1 dps I would have to guess. Let me know of your thoughts Draven if players can switch to another class to raid and m+ of course during this pre-season.

[draven]

greetings! yes, it is ok to switch characters prior to the season, especially at the beginning of an expansion where it's typical for classes to have a bunch of changes that affect how it plays. the general goal behind encouraging people to focus on one character is because it tends to make things easier and less time consuming. the goal is not to force people to play characters that they're not having fun with.

[Juniperberry]

Thank you Draven! I look forward to raiding and m+ with my holy paladin!