I just ran my first raid league(like 15 minutes ago) on Virtue. I didn't have a private channel except for leauge-I'll get to why that matters later-I didn't take time to move the lvl 50s to leader spots-and instead of hanging back from the fight i decided to pitch in. Simply put, it went to hell and quite quickly. On top of that i am only a lvl 48 and this is my first character.
So next time i try this it will be very different, maybe someone else can avoid these mistakes i made.
1.COMMUNICATION: I put it out that we would start at 1045, when that time came someone from one of the teams said "LETS LIGHT THIS FIRE", and half of the people started flying around the map going to random pylons. Having a separate Channel can allow for the leader of the league to do just that-lead. Others can chat it up all they want on league or team chat channels. This way when you give an order(and i use that term loosely) it is seen clearly and not put together with all the other misc. chat; which can move very quickly when 40 people are on.
2.CONTROL: A full team-8 people. A full League 8 teams(could be wrong).
8x8=64. 63 people are (some what)under your command and will need specific guidance to not get confused or lost. You will do better if you move them with clear instruction-one step at a time-move them from the vanguard building to the war zone, have them gather outside, then have them go to the first pylon. if you want them to split and take different pylons down at the same time then give them specific instruction "Team 1,2,and 3 go left(west)teams 4,5,and6 go east. Circle around and meet up in the middle."
Controlling them could be made much easier if you stay out of the fight. Next time i am going to stay right outside of the fort and have my map at full screen and my chat window up. That should be all I need to control the teams. the league leader DOES NOT need to fight.
3. COMMAND: Pretty much....should not have tried to run this league being a level 48. Level 50s need to be the ones with the stars. The rikti on the ship are level 54 and the best xp comes from level 50 teams. I would highly suggest that a league leader gather the right amount of Level 50s first before inviting the whole world to join. Also the level 50's you get to join, more than likely have a few of there own friends that can join up. With the league menu opened up fully, you can click and drag players from one team to another. making sure you get a good balance in your teams.
Also, during the raid it seems that another league came to the same zone as my league. When that happened we had people dropping accidentally and joining the other league, Including myself (I actually hit the exit league button). It's safe to say i screwed the pooch on that one. That last time i joined a league for the raid the leader actually kept a constant broadcast politely telling people to go to another RWZ as the one we were in was being used for a raid. That also gave her the ability to have a somewhat steady flow of new recruits and most people were nice about going to another zone.
Note: To anyone who joined my league, I would like to apologize for the cluster f**k that happened. I accept full responsibility for it and I am sorry that I wasted time in your life that you will never get back.
