tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post7232395261130937277..comments2023-09-29T10:42:24.121-04:00Comments on Letters from Birdfall: Better, or "Not As Good As You Think You Are"Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-69973282980776294452010-04-17T16:36:24.350-04:002010-04-17T16:36:24.350-04:00Zel has an excellent point
I was in Heroic HoR, a...Zel has an excellent point<br /><br />I was in Heroic HoR, and this Rogue was saying how he was the best player because he a ton of ICC gear.<br /><br />I spent the entire dungeon out-dpsing AND out-damaging him in my Triumph badge gear. He actually ended up second-to-last, but only because the Healer doesn't generate DPS. Gearscore and meters mean nothing. It's the player behind the avatar.Viktor Mayrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16870330160859276804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-37724669926040002572010-04-17T15:54:42.356-04:002010-04-17T15:54:42.356-04:00These are also the people who, if by some miracle ...These are also the people who, if by some miracle they do well on one fight, spam the meters to you. But if on the next fight they don't do as well, no meter spam. And after the fact, when the combat log is posted "meters don't mean crap." Meters don't mean crap except when they indicate that YOU are the best :PZelmaruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265518362473922478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-24029089040133938252010-04-17T09:06:31.141-04:002010-04-17T09:06:31.141-04:00Hehe, I couldn't raid without DBM. And yet, th...Hehe, I couldn't raid without DBM. And yet, there are people in my guild who do. They know it exists, they just don't run it. And thereby make things that much more difficult for the rest of us.<br /><br />I'd never heard that there was actually a name for that phenomenon, though I've seen it at work myself. Heck, it even happened to me back in BC. I never knew how bad I was, but once I found out (and got over the shock), I took steps to correct it.<br /><br />I think at some level it can be paralleled with the idea that many have that gear confers skill. Get the best gear, the cookie-cutter spec, and push a couple of buttons to make things go, and there you go, you're the best there ever was.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486800879602370399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-57550394112173178932010-04-17T00:09:14.388-04:002010-04-17T00:09:14.388-04:00Luckily for me, DBM yells at me if I stray into da...Luckily for me, DBM yells at me if I stray into damage zones.<br /><br />RUN AWAY, LITTLE GIRL!Viktor Mayrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16870330160859276804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-43811607154676719422010-04-16T23:04:51.333-04:002010-04-16T23:04:51.333-04:00I know a few things that you don't do in raids...<i>I know a few things that you don't do in raids</i><br /><br />Lemme put it this way. One person wondered in vent about who was standing in clouds on Yogg -- it was him and he didn't know it.<br /><br />That's a special level of clueless.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-66585856480979903732010-04-16T22:21:08.285-04:002010-04-16T22:21:08.285-04:00Since I don't really raid (not a lot of time, ...Since I don't really raid (not a lot of time, family constraints, the act that if I say I can, I am immediately and viciously squashed by family things), I never really run into this problem. I've raided sporadically since Naxx. When I was with them, it was a simple matter of, "dps THIS first, then move on to the next target".<br /><br />I didn't usually die, but I never topped the meters either. I'm not a skilled raider (I don't spend hours theorycrafting to get that last ounce of dps, I rarely read up on the fights, etc), but at the same time, I know a few things that you don't do in raids.Viktor Mayrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16870330160859276804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-6569620475141742932010-04-16T20:50:20.138-04:002010-04-16T20:50:20.138-04:00I've seen this before. My mage and another ma...I've seen this before. My mage and another mage, way back during Kara, basically competed for a slot in the second group. After a couple of test runs (including one where the warlock brought her Paladin to heal so they could compare us side by side), I got selected for 'raid awareness' and better control of my aggro. He then bitched about the warlock getting to keep her spot because she was already geared from Kara (I think at this point she just needed one drop off of Prince or Nightbane. I forget).<br /><br />The guild leader had to explain to him that the warlock was a freaking monster who topped dps and new every fight. During one unfortunate encounter, the two main tanks died and she manager to save the raid using a voidwalker tank and health funneling the rest of the way.<br /><br />And he complained more.<br /><br />She eventually switched to the paladin because we lost the healer, and I don't think he ever really understood why he never got in.Polihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304389092824787768noreply@blogger.com