Raids are broken up into unspoken tiers, but they are ambiguous because different kinds of guilds exist that consider raiding differently.
Definitions of used terms:
Hourly Raids-- Defined by a guild locking down an area and slowing farming or killing that area of mobs uncontested and at their leisure.
Instant Engage Raids-- Defined by a guild having an intricate alert system to the player's real world forms of communication in order to alert them to a monster spawning and having players stare at a spawn location ready to engage the monster the moment it spawns for up to 16 hours. The mob is then instantly engaged, announces the name of the tagger and is pulled to the spot of the guild that must be logged in and ready by the time the mob is brought to the camp. (there must be zero downtime in the pull; directly to the kill spot or it is considered stalling).
Leveling Guilds:
Hourly Raids--Plane of Hate and Fear are top end raids. Mobs that generally are trioed or duoed by top end players like Yael could also be considered raids. Bread and butter are going to be Chardok Royals and Juggs, but usually they lose people around this area to full raiding guilds. (raids generally go a few hours)
Instant Engage Raids--None.
Casual Guilds:
Hourly Raids--Spending an afternoon or day in Temple of Veeshan doing East wing (Halls of Testing), Plane of Growth or Plane of Sky. Occasionally AOE Fear or a hate crawl for epic pieces. (raids generally go between 2-6 hours depending on content)
Instant Engage Raids-- Anything classic and Kunark. Some Velious outside of North Temple of Veeshan.
Less Aggressive Hardcore Guilds:
Hourly Raids-- Hall of Testing or West Wing in Tower of Veeshan. (No idea how long they go).
Instant Engage Raids-- Anything Classic, Kunark and most Velious and Veeshan's Peak. Some North Temple of Veeshan.
Hardcore Guilds:
Hourly Raids-- None that I've ever seen.
Instant Engage Raids-- Everything including Sleeper's Tomb.
Breakdown of Notable Guilds (as I see em):
Leveling: Clue, Kittens who say Meow, Knights Who Say Knee, and others not mentioned.
Casual: Europa, Omni, Azure Guard, Asgard, Haggard Krew, Anonymous
Less Aggressive Hardcore: Taken, BDA, Divinity
Hardcore: Rampage, Forsaken
I'm sure people will disagree here to some degree, but this is not meant to be inflammatory towards anyone who disagrees. Just going off the kill count and how fast people can get a zerg to an area, train their enemies and take their kill.
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