I would not characterize good play in a WoW raid as based on intuition.
On a PvE server, on in PvE in general—yes, raid bosses are basically a puzzle that you figure out and then execute to the best of your ability. But take a PvP server, say you’re assembling for the raid and are attacked. This is the fight where you have half a second to realize what someone is trying to do to you and come up with a counter.
I hesitate to say that you have to act on your intuition in a PvP fight, probably a better word is memorized (mostly subconsciously) patterns based on experience—that’s what drives your actions.
On a PvP server, if you’re assembling for a (serious) raid and are attacked, you sigh, say “goddamnit… jerks”, and then res as fast as possible in a way that will get you to the raid ASAP. (And that’s back when you couldn’t just teleport directly to the instance from wherever.)
“Memorized patterns based on experience” is a good characterization (often they’re even memorized consciously). Although, there is a nontrivial element of intuition in competitive (arena) PvP, where your opponent’s psychology is an important factor.
On a PvP server, if you’re assembling for a (serious) raid and are attacked, you sigh, say “goddamnit… jerks”, and then res as fast as possible in a way that will get you to the raid ASAP.
That rather depends on your guild. “Screw the raid, we’ve got faces to melt!” is not an uncommon response :-)
On a PvE server, on in PvE in general—yes, raid bosses are basically a puzzle that you figure out and then execute to the best of your ability. But take a PvP server, say you’re assembling for the raid and are attacked. This is the fight where you have half a second to realize what someone is trying to do to you and come up with a counter.
I hesitate to say that you have to act on your intuition in a PvP fight, probably a better word is memorized (mostly subconsciously) patterns based on experience—that’s what drives your actions.
On a PvP server, if you’re assembling for a (serious) raid and are attacked, you sigh, say “goddamnit… jerks”, and then res as fast as possible in a way that will get you to the raid ASAP. (And that’s back when you couldn’t just teleport directly to the instance from wherever.)
“Memorized patterns based on experience” is a good characterization (often they’re even memorized consciously). Although, there is a nontrivial element of intuition in competitive (arena) PvP, where your opponent’s psychology is an important factor.
That rather depends on your guild. “Screw the raid, we’ve got faces to melt!” is not an uncommon response :-)
Dirty casuals :p