Raid guild that doesnt require vent

[Odeseus]

Vent is nice for complicated encounters, but I rarely use it. I have no mic, but I have logged in to listen to make sure I don't miss anything "important". Half the time I can't understand what is being said, or what is being said is completely irrelevant to what is happening. Then you add in that vent is far from perfect (one guy speaks too loudly, too softly, has music turned up so loud that you can't hear him, another has a horribly annoying voice for whatever reason, and on and on) and I find it more trouble than it is worth.

2 major things tip the scales for me. If I really needed to, I'd deal with all the imperfections. BUT the strats and encounters here are 12 years old now. Each raiding guild probably has their own strats or guides posted. There is no excuse for having no idea what to do. Leaders shouldn't have to tell you anything too horribly important in vent or otherwise about what is happening.

The other major thing is that I am a mage. I basically do 3 things: send pet in, nuke and hand out mod rods. Rarely do I do anything else. Do I really need to be in vent for this? Now, it would be different if I was the main tank, puller or healer. Those people may want to use vent, but I'm not in those groups so I don't worry about it.

Oh, and if it is a problem of letting people know strats quickly, you can always do what my guild leader did back on live: save the strats on macros. Basically "/guild This mob does X, Y and Z. Classes A, B and C need to do this, etc."

Just my thoughts.