I saw Fur's post and just wanted to make a comment or three.

The most important thing for me in raiding isn't the loot, it isn't the server first kills and it isn't about being better than everyone else. The most important thing for me in raiding has always been achieving a common goal with a team. I want to be able to kick some big bad scary monster ass with my 9 (or 24) friends and know that we worked together as a team to win.

Some of the best memories I have of raiding are times when we were all laughing and joking or doing random silly things to bond, the in-jokes that come from a group of people who know each other really well.

I think that running the lower level content to gain some experience is less about the loot and experience and more about learning your teammates. For me as a healer that means learning how my tanks are going to move and pick things up, or knowing and trusting that the other healers I heal with can land that clutch heal at just the right moment, or knowing that the dps are gonna save my squishy tree butt with some nifty CC when things are trying to nom my branches right off.

When we started DiT on Madoran - we made sure that we picked people based on their personalities not on the gear that they brought to the table and even though we out-geared Naxx, we cruised on over so we could learn each other and not fight the content at the same time. I highly recommend doing the same with the new group, the bonding helps a lot in forming a cohesive team.

The reason DiT is so tight knit, is because we took the time and spent hours to bond as a team. If we weren't so close and didn't mesh so well as a team, we wouldn't have all landed in the same place again.

I'm very much looking forward to getting to know all of you.