tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post6667554568920228724..comments2023-09-29T10:42:24.121-04:00Comments on Letters from Birdfall: Rant, or "When You Can't Escape"Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-33183794429865380502010-04-04T22:13:36.938-04:002010-04-04T22:13:36.938-04:00I know what you mean. There are people who just ig...I know what you mean. There are people who just ignore you, for no real reason. They just do their thing and treat you like an NPC.<br /><br />Most often this is seen from DD player who follow the "keep your mouth shut, don't annoy the tank, don't annoy the healer, don't get kicked" mantra. I don't think that's the reason with tanks who don't interact with other group members.<br /><br />In my battlegroup everyone "always" takes the drake of his role. DD take amber, healer takes emerald, tank takes ruby. In an earlier Oculus run we also ended up with 4 amber and a ruby (mine). As soon as I noticed I told them that we need an emerald drake. No response. I told them again that we need an emerald drake. One of the DD spoke up and said he would prefer to ride an amber. At least something. I then offered to ride the emerald myself if someone would take the ruby. No reaction. I asked if someone has a solution to our problem. A shaman DD said that he would be willing to ride the ruby. So we switched.<br /><br />That's when the healer said that he wasn't in Oculus for a long time and wouldn't feel comfortable to ride the emerald drake.<br /><br />No one wants to take responsible for nothing. You can't screw up on an amber if there are 2 other people also riding an amber. You have 2 backups.<br /><br />Blizzard can dumb down tanking and healing even more, they will never get more people to tank or heal. Tanking isn't hard. Being a babysitter for up to 4 other people is.Kringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128630042421602039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-44322502813580199212010-04-04T21:48:16.820-04:002010-04-04T21:48:16.820-04:00There's a difference, though. You would choos...There's a difference, though. You would choose not to do an achievement <i>and give a valid reason</i> -- such as "I don't think we'll be able to do it" or even "I'm not really in the mood to try." This guy chose to <i>ignore everyone</i> and do his own thing because he didn't care about other people.<br /><br />The first is disappointing to the people who want achievements, but you can still maintain mutual respect. It's not that big a deal. The second, however, is lazy, stupid, and selfish.<br /><br />The guy on my run didn't even bother trying to communicate. The impression I got was that he'd only played amber before and didn't care to try a new color. No arguing, no disagreement with the plan, just this one guy who wanted amber, so he got amber. He also didn't say anything when I told him to come back and repair in the instance. Just stayed out and did his own thing. Also didn't say anything when I started Tricksing things. Didn't say anything when I went off on everyone at the end. The entire thing gave me the impression of an insensitive jerk who just <i>did not care</i> about anyone but himself. Not even enough to talk.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-4177087952971866032010-04-04T20:28:51.846-04:002010-04-04T20:28:51.846-04:00At the moment I run the daily heroic on my paladin...At the moment I run the daily heroic on my paladin, dk and warrior tank (all alts) each day (I enjoy it, actually). But I have to admit that I won't agree to do any achievement with a high chance on wiping on any of my alts. Or any annoying achievement. Because I don't need achievements on my alts. I'm there for my 2 frosts and a clean run. But I haven't seen anyone demanding or asking for achievements in my battlegroup. There is a lot of "LFM [This Achievement]" in /trade.<br /><br />Oculus has a high chance of wiping on the last boss even with the default emerald/ruby/3 amber setup. I "might" agree to do the amber void but definitly not an emerald or ruby void.<br /><br />We just have to accept that someone might like to do an achievement and would be willing to wipe for an hour, another person would be willing to try it once and the third person just wants his 2 frosts before watching a movie and would like to log in 20 minutes. Nothing is wrong but when I use the LFD I see it as signing up for the following: "A clean and as fast and secure as possible run of a random dungeon with all bosses unless everyone in the group agrees to skip a boss.". My personal goal is to finish the dungeon with all bosses in under 15 minutes with 0 death, no matter how stupid the dps play. (Can't be done for HoS, HoR, Oculus and probably more.)<br /><br />I've left Oculus at the start when I'm not in the mood for Oculus. It's a game and nothing is going to force me to play it if I don't like it. You'll get a replacement immediately, you'll be fine. Once I had a group where all the 4 others took embers and after I asked someone to take an emerald they said "it's ok, you don't need an emerald". I dropped group because I wasn't in the mood to do it the hard way. They'll be fine, they'll get a replacement immediately.<br /><br />You can't be kicked after the last boss is down. (That's actually bad if someone reloggs without dropping group and you would like to do another heroic with someone from another realm. You can't queue with an offline member, you can't kick him for being offline because the last boss is down and you can't create a new group x-realm).<br /><br />A GM will give you your cache if you couldn't loot it. A blue post confirmed that on the forum. (The question was from someone who couldn't loot the chest because a dickhead opened the chest and went afk to purposely prevent the others from looting the bag.)Kringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128630042421602039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-49618253247743457772010-04-04T10:54:39.172-04:002010-04-04T10:54:39.172-04:00Alas, this guy was Alliance. :*( Julie is the on...Alas, this guy was Alliance. :*( Julie is the only ally tank I know and she stopped playing until the xpac.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-76136512551627387612010-04-04T10:35:40.556-04:002010-04-04T10:35:40.556-04:00I know this guy - he's a tank and stuff. He ca...I know this guy - he's a tank and stuff. He carries a BIGGG shield and a HUUUUUUUGE health pool and /loves dusty - so if umm err ahh you need help n stuff RAWR. He's not so good with them word stuffs.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12935602146491149437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-72807157647265654362010-04-03T22:03:20.157-04:002010-04-03T22:03:20.157-04:00Jiriki, that was made of win right there.Jiriki, that was made of win right there.Polihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304389092824787768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-91410157965044957022010-04-03T18:27:58.464-04:002010-04-03T18:27:58.464-04:00Maybe this funny lore parody will brighten your da...Maybe this funny lore parody will brighten your day a bit. It's not directly related to your story but it's an interesting insight into the weird behaviour of most PuG tanks these days. It's taken from the infamous Culling of Stratholme intro :)<br /><br />Tank: Glad you could make it, dps...<br />DPS: Watch your tone with me, boy. You may be the tank, but I'm still your superior at AoE.<br />Tank: As if I could forget. Listen dps, there's something about the dungeon you should know.<br />Tank: We're going to do this as fast as I want, we'll skip bosses just so I can get my frosties and there's nothing going to stop me.<br />Dps: What?!<br />Tank: This entire run is under MY control.<br />DPS: How can you even consider that? There's *got* to be some other way.<br />Tank: Damn it, dps! As your tank, I demand you to do as I command!<br />DPS: You are *not* my boss, boy. Nor would I skip even if you were.<br />Tank: Then I must consider this a reason to votekick you.<br />DPS: Votekick?! Have you lost your mind, tank?<br />Tank: Have I? Dps, by my right of rarity and the special snowflake syndrome, I hereby relieve you of your slot, and suspend your fellow dps from any use.<br />Healer: Tank! You can't just--<br />Tank: It's done! Those of you who have the will to do as I demand, follow me. The rest of you... get out of my sight.<br />Dps: [some dps leave] You've just crossed a terrible threshold, Tank.<br />[Dps leaves as well.]<br />Tank: [Healer begins leaving.] Heals?<br />Healer: I'm sorry, Tank. I can't watch you do this...Jirikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14496449941058246252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-69859438933809048892010-04-03T05:51:24.630-04:002010-04-03T05:51:24.630-04:00Yeah, it's totally not just you, that instance...Yeah, it's totally not just you, that instance is h-e-double hockey sticks. Even with a group that knows what they're doing. I'd offer to tank it for you some time, but of course, I'm in the wrong battlegroup for that. Darned Blizzard has too many servers! :)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486800879602370399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-62460343239230757422010-04-02T23:20:18.042-04:002010-04-02T23:20:18.042-04:00/hug/hugBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-22508572819233408462010-04-02T23:11:05.995-04:002010-04-02T23:11:05.995-04:00Oh LORD. Occulus is a pain in the ass. Another pro...Oh LORD. Occulus is a pain in the ass. Another problem dungeon? Halls of Reflection or Forge of Souls.<br /><br />Forge of Souls is easy-peasy. But I spent five straight weeks doing a specific dungeon group for the Spellsword that drops off heroic. I finally got it, and now I want the offhand from HoR Heroic. So I queue for that and we go through the whole thing.<br /><br />Only to have the Holy Priest roll need on the Shriveled Heart. >.><br /><br />He rolled a 96 to my paltry 42. I was irritable as he posts in party saying how he's finally replacing some other Epic offhand, whereas I don't even HAVE an offhand.<br /><br />I had been DPSing the whole thing with no offhand and Seethe, as a subtle hint that I might have needed the Shriveled Heart.<br /><br />When I said, "I don't even have an offhand. I NEEDED that.", He replies with, "So?"<br /><br />So in short, I know how you feel.Viktor Mayrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16870330160859276804noreply@blogger.com