Alright, killer. You've emerged from the battlegrounds bloodstained, instincts honed, hard-bitten by the rabid dogs of war and subject to various military cliches. Folks in your battlegroup sometimes recognize you and follow your lead, so now it's time to start leading on purpose (not to mention showing off our sexy posture and melodious tones.) Let's take the playing skills you've gathered and work in some practical group leadership mojo!
Dungeons are about as basic as group leadership gets without being blindingly simple. The joy is all the tricks you learn leading dungeons will carry over all the way into raids. A raid dungeon is a dungeon, after all. Think of this as opening your very first cafe. You must run it well before your green logo hangs on every street corner, inside every supermarket, and in the bathrooms of your other cafes.
Before you can lead a group, you need a group to lead, so today we'll discuss how to properly assemble the Avengers.
Of course, if you have a guild and Buddy List full of gung-ho dungeoneers, grab those and off you run! The only real advice I have for running with your friends is make sure to switch it up a bit. Don't just invite the same people every single time, unless specifically building a crack team for some tough objective (later.) Of course, try to hang with the people you like, but as a leader you should try to cultivate a whole list of people you like, so you're never without a friend in a moment of need. This avoids accusations of favoritism and helps you practice leading all sorts of individuals and group makeups.
My motto I made up just now is: the only person guaranteed to be on when you're on is you. Not only that, but if you want to lead, you need to network and to challenge yourself. Many leaders scoff at pickups. If friends are online, offer them a spot before some random stranger, but lots of terrible pickups can be avoided if you use these teambuilding techniques.
To fill a group quickly, you must be proactive, use every means available, and make "must-have" teammates your first priority.
As you may have noticed, I love me a good solid wall of text. While my previous posts have been Berlin-y in size, this one is both Great and Of China. So I'm splitting it up into two posts. As you stay tuned for the next installment, remember the key lessons to forming a group: You must be proactive, you must be enticing, and you must never settle for jerks just to fill your group.
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