My New(ish) Guild

     I love my old guild. Anyone who was a friend of a current member or who really wanted to join up got a g-invite. There were only maybe 3 people as "hard core" as I was in that guild, and we somehow managed to go 10/12 hm 10 man in ICC. You could get drunk during a raid, ninja pull a progression boss, and stand in the fire to your heart's content; somehow we still killed bosses. Somehow everyone got along and had fun.
     My new guild is quite different. Most of it's members transferred to Stormrage with the specific intent of joining a guild like this. We have actual application process you have to go through. We tell about 4 people "no" for every "yes". We have an attendance requirement, and a process for letting the GM know when your not going to be there. The raid leader demands absolute attention and proper execution during progression fights. The raid leader calls you out in vent for making a mistake, and offers insincere sexual favors as a reward for good play (it makes me laugh every time). Every player (with the exception of one or two) knows their class and role very very well and will shine at some point in our weekly raids. We've went to ICC 25 for two weeks with no pug's in the raid, and now we're 11/12 HM ICC 25. Somehow we all get along and have fun. I love my new guild.

Bubble Spam

Ah, bubble spam, how I shall miss you. Not really, but maybe a little bit. I never really was a pure bubble spammer (if there even is such a thing). I typically used it to prevent incoming predictable raid damage, and filled in with flash and penance to where there were gaps in green bars. It was a fun spell / playstyle, and allowed me to focus on watching what other players were doing, not to mention moving out of the fire etc. It's not that I don't want a more challenging concept of healing, it's just that keeping it simple during actual game play made me feel more engaged in the fight.