How is a raid leader in LFR determined?

Just had a raid leader that barely spoke English in CoS, caused multiple wipes at the first two bosses, refused to listen to the tactics etc. After explaining the tactics like 5 times because people kept leaving and new people joining, we finally downed it.

When we were at the last boss, I was explaining the tactics and when I was almost done, found myself kicked from the raid. I asked the other tank and was told there was no vote kick. So I’m assuming the raid leader just kicked me?

What kind of weak system is this? Are raid leaders selected by random and get incredible power over the raid? I’ve wasted pretty much my entire evening because 1 person decided to be a donkey about it.

As everything in LFR, raid leader is random :slight_smile:

I’m not sure about LFR but in LFG the player experience is taken into consideration. The algorithm tries to distribute experienced players among different parties to ensure that at least someone knows what to do.

Probably the other tank lied to you, or maybe he was afk when the vote-to-kick happened…because yes, if Blizzard didn’t changed something during the last 2 weeks, LFR always have the vote-to-kick system (wich doesn’t really matter at all considering that atleast half of the raid click “yes” even without any motivation).

Anyway as other said, the raid leader is random in LFR

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They search for the biggest numpty.

… or is that just a co-incidence.

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Leaders can’t be decided - they just lead bcoz naturally they will.

LFR someone decided to vote kick you - raid leader can’t kick you alone I guess.
People generally don’t like advice…or in other words they don’t like “don’t tell me what to do”

A raid leader in lfr can’t just kick you…

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Leader in LFR or LFD is randomly picked from people who have ticked the “I want to lead” box or totally random if no one in the group has ticked that box. So you might get a good leader or a really bad one. Personally I’d love to have an opt out from being a leader because a) I don’t play tanks so I can’t give advice to them and b) I’m horrible at explaining tactics or mechanics even when I know them myself unless it is just “don’t stand in bad stuff”. Sad part is that I do LFR quite a lot and I find myself as the leader way too often… and if I don’t notice it and pass it to someone (usually I pass it to a tank) I get yelled at for choosing to be a leader when I don’t know what I’m doing :smiley:

And in LFR the leader can’t kick anyone without a vote so the other tank either lied, was afk or the vote went so fast that he didn’t notice. I’ve experience the fast vote several times; I hear the vote window sound several times, but don’t see it and then someone gets kicked out.

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Don’t you also have to tick the little box volunteering to raid/dungeon lead?

Which makes for great fun with void crystals in LFR. I did CoS once for a satchel and like G’Huun in LFR I shan’t be doing so again.

Yeah, Mechanics and LFR really do not mix. Doing Xhul’horac in LFR was the stuff of Nightmares…

Not necessarily, maybe just as a preference buy you might end up as lead even you don’t check it. I think they use your profile history.

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General sexyness?

How LFR works?

Few people who the fight/have idea about fight play with people who don’t have clue about fight. Some people dont even want to read dungeon general for 1st time raid experience.

Those people carry who don’t have clue. As time passes on many people know the fight and it’s kinda reach faceroll stage even ghun like bosses.

G’Huun is now actually undoable on LFR. I was running this guy and alts through for augment runes but I won’t touch G’Huun now.

The last time I went in the group figured they had enough gear to kill him without doing orbs and wouldn’t listen to me saying the boss would remain immune. Yes people are that idiotic.

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I haven’t done CoS LFR, but as far as I can remember I’ve never really had a leader explaining tactics in LFR.

There are always a handful who know what to do, and that is usually enough. They either do it all themselves or explain it regardless of their role in the group.

The whole “leader” role in LFR and LFD is useless.

And no, they can’t kick one on their own.

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