Is my brother a raider?

[Zoldor]

Technically the LFR is a raid so he is a raider, his complaint that newbs are ruining it for him is confusing because there is just about no way to ruin the LFR. Is he a hardcore raider, no.

[Correlia]

I would say he is a raider of sorts. A very casual raider at the most, but a normal raider? Nope not a chance in hell.

[xkungx]

blizzard wants him thinking hes a full time raider... guess its working as intended lol

[Mormolyce]

People keep seeing this but conveniently forget that the difficulty level difference between LFR and Normal Mode DS is minimal w/the 30% buff.

Morchok hp:

LFR: 76,500,000
25N: 102,000,000 pre buff (-30mil hp w/buff on)

Just saying.

NM DS is pretty damn easy with the debuff, but don't forget that unlike LFR it does actually have mechanics :P

[Celista]

NM DS is pretty damn easy with the debuff, but don't forget that unlike LFR it does actually have mechanics :P

A good deal of mechanics can't be ignored in LFR either with the typical (read: at best, mediocre) LFR raid group. At least, the whole entire raid grp can't ignore them.

That being said I generally agree.

[Razorice]

Interesting.
I'd say that by old meaning of a raider, he isn't, but WoW has changed in Cata. They did add LFR for people that can't raid with a guild or don't have the time. So I think there is a new type of "raider" in WoW now. the LFR Raider I guess you could call it...

[asharia]

You guys realise this is completely made up, right?

[Jinto]

It is pretty obvious. That said though the "brother" is someone who raids. Raider in WoW terminology is taken to mean someone who raids regularly in an organized fashion.

[Synstir]

So my brother has been playing WOW for a few years now. Mainly casual dailys, questing, 5 mans, easy pugs etc. Since LFR I constantly hear him refer to himself as a raider. He does LFR on 3 toons each week but has never killed and boss in BOT, TO4W, BWD, Firelands ETC. I heard him griping on how "These newbs ruin WOW for us fulltime raiders". I could not help but laugh as I used to raid in BC,WOTLK and Cata. Doing content when it was fresh and new and still somewhat challenging. So my question is does doing LFR make you a fulltime raider now?

I couldn't help myself wondering: how difficult is it for you to form an opinion about your own brother on this matter (especially being a raider yourself)?

The other thing is, your brother is paying to play this game and obviously he is having fun in LFR. So when he refers to himself as being a raider, how exactly is that influencing your gameplay or anyone elses? Let him have fun...........

---------- Post added 2012-08-28 at 01:31 PM ----------

You guys realise this is completely made up, right?

This is what I think also.... I think he just want to talk about LFR (like somany other) and this is the way he choose to do it.

[Celista]

You guys realise this is completely made up, right?

This is what I think also.... I think he just want to talk about LFR (like somany other) and this is the way he choose to do it.

This is what I also assumed.

[Stinkybeard]

It does not make you a raider.