See that's the thing - you're not SUPPOSED to do your Ony attunement alone. You're not SUPPOSED to farm your Pre-raid BiS alone. You ARE SUPPOSED to do these activities with your guild. And why? Because a team needs to play TOGETHER in order to strengthen itself. The more your raid plays together, whether it be farming content, pvp, 5mans, you name it, the more accustomed they become to each other's playstyles, the better they will perform in a raid. My druid Class leader had no idea I was a very competent Healer, even in Balance spec - we did a 5man where we were missing a healer (he was on his alt-warrior) and I just said "No worries, I'll slap offspec gear on, I've got this" and proceeded to heal the dung with 0 deaths. If I was a raid logger, my Druid Class Leader would've NEVER seen me heal, he wouldn't KNOW I have more capabilities than spamming Starfire and keeping Fearie Fire up. Lo and behold, 2 months later in BWL, guess who's responsible for MCing Razorgore, chasing down Goblins in Vael's room and has a Moon over his head as the "Follow-Me!" target in the Suppression Room.
And why did I get all these responsibilities? Because I'm not a raid-logger, and my Class Leader saw me perform in an out-of-raid scenario. And he got a fuckton more information about me, both as a player and as a druid, because of that. THAT is what raid-loggers are missing out on.
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I play this way because this is the only way I enjoy playing
. Kudos to you sir, I did exactly the same as a tank on Retail when I used to play it (till end of Legion, BFA is the only expac I've skipped). Of course it has its benefits, and these benefits are usually a level of respect that raidloggers will never get.
When I log on and say "Good afternoon, Guild", 15 people respond. When raidloggers log on, maybe 2-3 respond. To me, that means something.