Introspection -- Read At Your Own Risk
Sometimes I love sitting back and analyzing my own behavior to try to understand myself better. Now is one of those times. I just re-read my blog to recall all the things that have happened in the past several months. Put that together with my online playing decisions lately and I see an interesting path that I've taken.
When I started this blog I was playing my priest exclusively and was excited about the experience of raiding in Northrend. As time went by I experienced guild drama, resulting in the dissolution of two guilds. I also saw focus switching from my priest (which I still consider my "main") to my mage.
But lately I've veered away from the mage and have been almost exclusively focusing on my warlock. I hadn't realized how much I had been neglecting my main until I ran out of buff food for my warlock. At that point it dawned on me that my routine had changed so drastically that it had been weeks since the last time I had done dailies on my priest.
So what's behind this focus? Is it alt-oholism? Maybe there's a little of that there, and there's nothing at all wrong with that. I definitely enjoy playing alts.
But I don't think that's the real deep down reason I've been playing my warlock. I've been doing it to hide. I realized this last night when I launched WoW and my husband asked me, "Are you campaigning or hiding?" Over the last several weeks it has become our little joke. It started when the recent guild drama broke out. I had already been leveling my warlock, but I still had been spending a fair amount of time on my mage. Leveling my warlock has been my escape.
It's now to the point that escaping/hiding is my default. Granted, on Tuesday I did log onto my mage to do our weekly Naxx run. But, as soon as it was over, I logged onto my warlock to continue playing but to be hidden. It's not so much that I enjoy the warlock -- I really do enjoy it -- but, it's the only toon (other than my rogue - yuck!) that I can truly hide on.
Several weeks ago I made it clearly known that my goal was to raid raid raid. When I said that, I meant it. Or at least I thought I did. I was going to focus again on my priest and go forth and raid! But I didn't.
In fact, I've kept my priest in the last guild that dissolved. Why have I done that? Why haven't I found another guild to join to get that raiding experience in? I've been telling myself it's because of guild #2. I feel like I owe it to them to join, since I've spent so much time with them and they helped me gear up so much. But, I don't want to for various reasons. They have an odd set of rules. They are all guys (I prefer at least one other woman in a guild). They are small and would never be able to organize their own 25-man runs. They're really only interested in 10-man content. (Nothing's wrong with that -- but on my priest, I'd rather be in Ulduar or 25-man content.)
Oh and there's Ulduar. Why have I avoided it? I only went a few times, downing the first boss but dying horribly on the 2nd. Am I afraid of the rest? Or am I disinterested in the challenge? Would I be more interested in Ulduar if I joined a progression guild? Or am I just truly not interested?
The game is still fun to me, so I'm not trying to say it isn't. No matter which toon I'm on, I enjoy myself. So all this introspection isn't going anywhere. I'm not analyzing myself to try to determine if I'm still interested in the game.
I'll go back to Naxx tonight on my mage. I'll then switch to my warlock afterward. My priest will sit on a shelf until I'm motivated to play her again.
So why all this introspection? Because I love to analyze my actions. And I'm still fascinated that at this age I still don't understand myself and what's going on in my mind.
Warlock Leveling
My warlock reached 74 last night. I played until later than normal, determined to ding! before going to bed. It paid off. I ran two instances - AN and DTK. Both runs went well. I got no drops, but I got good xp and had a lot of fun -- I do love instances.
The Armory
The darned Armory has still not updated for my toons. I reported the problem to Blizzard the other day but got no response, which isn't all that surprising. But, it's so annoying to look at my toons' armory pages and to see they haven't been updated in almost a month. Grrr...how am I supposed to marvel at their progress??? :-)
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
July 10, 2009
Naxxramas
Last night we returned to Naxx and had a fun time. I especially enjoyed it because I got three new pieces! Darned Armory hasn't updated my toon's info in over a week. But, if I remember correctly, I got the following items: Perceptors Bindings, Miasma Mantle and the tier token for chest. Unfortunately, tier chest lowers my +hit far too much from what the Ebonweave Robe. I did a lot of equipment switching and it seems that it's in my best interests to not wear the tier robe. The loss of hit would impact me too much.
Darn...I was so excited about getting that.
/rant
Though it does make me wonder what the designers were thinking. Why in the world would the T7 pieces for mages, when worn together, not give a substantial amount of +hit? I'm not suggesting they max +hit, but to not have hit on them at all? What's that about? Looking at the list of T7 gear for mages, I see a total of 75 hit (33 gloves, 36 pants, 6 chest when gemmed properly). That's not even close to the hit cap. Why in the world didn't each of the pieces have some hit? It's not as if there's an optional spec for mages that doesn't rely on hit, like for priests (heal = no hit, dps = hit).
/rant
OK...anyway...we had fun. And we finished up to Thaddius before calling it a night. I'm so glad to be with this guild, especially since there are a number of East coasters like me. So they agree with me that 8pm server is "late". :)
Old Guild Stuff
So, last night while I was in Naxx my two main ex-guild mates logged in. We exchanged hellos then they happily pointed out that they were going to Ulduar. One had already gotten a T8 drop this week and the other was hoping to get something. After listening to him (the latter) complain that he hasn't been able to run Ulduar until now (welcome to a big raiding guild, IDIOT!), he finally said something that totally pissed me off. It was something like, "How's it going in Naxx? As fail as usual?"
What an asshole. I was elated to be able to respond, "Not at all. We've already got three quarters down and will probably finish the fourth by the end of the night."
His response, "I'm honestly surprised."
Dear Reader, you probably don't understand the impact of what he said. But, trust me, those were mean comments. I didn't respond to him after that. I had nothing to say.
Last night we returned to Naxx and had a fun time. I especially enjoyed it because I got three new pieces! Darned Armory hasn't updated my toon's info in over a week. But, if I remember correctly, I got the following items: Perceptors Bindings, Miasma Mantle and the tier token for chest. Unfortunately, tier chest lowers my +hit far too much from what the Ebonweave Robe. I did a lot of equipment switching and it seems that it's in my best interests to not wear the tier robe. The loss of hit would impact me too much.
Darn...I was so excited about getting that.
/rant
Though it does make me wonder what the designers were thinking. Why in the world would the T7 pieces for mages, when worn together, not give a substantial amount of +hit? I'm not suggesting they max +hit, but to not have hit on them at all? What's that about? Looking at the list of T7 gear for mages, I see a total of 75 hit (33 gloves, 36 pants, 6 chest when gemmed properly). That's not even close to the hit cap. Why in the world didn't each of the pieces have some hit? It's not as if there's an optional spec for mages that doesn't rely on hit, like for priests (heal = no hit, dps = hit).
/rant
OK...anyway...we had fun. And we finished up to Thaddius before calling it a night. I'm so glad to be with this guild, especially since there are a number of East coasters like me. So they agree with me that 8pm server is "late". :)
Old Guild Stuff
So, last night while I was in Naxx my two main ex-guild mates logged in. We exchanged hellos then they happily pointed out that they were going to Ulduar. One had already gotten a T8 drop this week and the other was hoping to get something. After listening to him (the latter) complain that he hasn't been able to run Ulduar until now (welcome to a big raiding guild, IDIOT!), he finally said something that totally pissed me off. It was something like, "How's it going in Naxx? As fail as usual?"
What an asshole. I was elated to be able to respond, "Not at all. We've already got three quarters down and will probably finish the fourth by the end of the night."
His response, "I'm honestly surprised."
Dear Reader, you probably don't understand the impact of what he said. But, trust me, those were mean comments. I didn't respond to him after that. I had nothing to say.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
July 9, 2009
Last night there were horrible server issues. I had logged on with my warlock and found an AN group right away. We had just started on the second boss when everything went strange. I could hear myself casting, but I couldn't see the action on my screen. Then I started taking tons of damage over and over and over again. It was actually quite funny to see. Nothing was moving on my screen, but the damage numbers kept flying across. I felt invincible. :)
Another funny thing was that Party chat worked perfectly fine. So we were all discussing what we were seeing. After a few minutes of the pain, we all agreed to log.
I watched So You Think You Can Dance -- Jason is soooooo hot! -- then afterward logged back in. All server problems were resolved. I found a Nexus group and did a couple bosses, but didn't finish. It was an odd experience. Only one other person in the group was familiar with the instance. The other three had never been there before. At this point I'm not used to people being completely new to things. It took me by surprise
Another odd thing was that the tank, having never been there before, chose to start on the right corridor, instead of going around clockwise. I hate to admit it, but I was disoriented the entire time. According to PuG Checker, I have completed Nexus 34 times. Out of all those times, I have never gone to the right. Every group I've been with before last night went clockwise. What is more odd? The fact that last night we went right? Or the fact that everyone else goes left, as if it were a rule?
Anyway...we didn't finish because the healer disconnected and never came back. It was very late for me anyway, so I just called it a night.
I missed my weekly multi-raid run because of the server outage.
Another funny thing was that Party chat worked perfectly fine. So we were all discussing what we were seeing. After a few minutes of the pain, we all agreed to log.
I watched So You Think You Can Dance -- Jason is soooooo hot! -- then afterward logged back in. All server problems were resolved. I found a Nexus group and did a couple bosses, but didn't finish. It was an odd experience. Only one other person in the group was familiar with the instance. The other three had never been there before. At this point I'm not used to people being completely new to things. It took me by surprise
Another odd thing was that the tank, having never been there before, chose to start on the right corridor, instead of going around clockwise. I hate to admit it, but I was disoriented the entire time. According to PuG Checker, I have completed Nexus 34 times. Out of all those times, I have never gone to the right. Every group I've been with before last night went clockwise. What is more odd? The fact that last night we went right? Or the fact that everyone else goes left, as if it were a rule?
Anyway...we didn't finish because the healer disconnected and never came back. It was very late for me anyway, so I just called it a night.
I missed my weekly multi-raid run because of the server outage.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
July 8, 2009
The past week has been a busy one, with the 4th of July holiday and all. I didn't play much, though I got to 71 on my Warlock (despite what the Armory says -- it still has me listed as lvl 65!)
Warlock
He's 71 now, as mentioned above. Groups have been fairly difficult to find, though I haven't actually played much at all, so my timing might just be off. I did have one interesting group experience, though. It was a Nexus run and one of my old guild mates was invited to join on one of his alts. Of course, he didn't know that that tiny warlock in the group was me. It was very interesting to interact with him without letting on that I knew him. And what did I observe? He's a jerk no matter where he is. He spent the entire time bickering with the other players about loot rules (one guy rolled Need on a green -- as if it's the worst sin in the world!). At one point during the run our "tank" bailed and another one of my ex guild mates joined. He was just as much an asshole as the other. Elitist snobs. Why did I ever hang out with them?
That's pretty much it for updates. This week should be more interesting since the holiday is past.
Warlock
He's 71 now, as mentioned above. Groups have been fairly difficult to find, though I haven't actually played much at all, so my timing might just be off. I did have one interesting group experience, though. It was a Nexus run and one of my old guild mates was invited to join on one of his alts. Of course, he didn't know that that tiny warlock in the group was me. It was very interesting to interact with him without letting on that I knew him. And what did I observe? He's a jerk no matter where he is. He spent the entire time bickering with the other players about loot rules (one guy rolled Need on a green -- as if it's the worst sin in the world!). At one point during the run our "tank" bailed and another one of my ex guild mates joined. He was just as much an asshole as the other. Elitist snobs. Why did I ever hang out with them?
That's pretty much it for updates. This week should be more interesting since the holiday is past.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
June 30, 2009
News Flash: Tiny warlock seen wreaking havoc in Northrend.
OK...corny heading, but that sums up what I did last night. I didn't log into any of my mains, I went straight to my warlock and had a great time.
I put myself in LFG for Utgarde Keep as soon as I logged in. I knew there was little chance that a group would snag up a lvl 68 warlock, but just in case... The quests in Borean Tundra were insanely easy. It might be because it's my fourth time doing them, or because my gear, including the two heirloom items, is better than the gear I had on my mage. (I'll not consider my priest's gear, since she was holy the entire way, and therefor not very powerful.) Whatever the reason, I finished all the starter quests in record time. I hit 69 pretty quickly.
Soon after hitting 69 I noticed that there was a UK group looking for more. They had a lvl 80 and a lvl 79, so I figured they wouldn't care too much about my low level. I asked if they were looking for DPS and boom! I had an invite. The run was fun. I forgot to pick up the quests before starting, so I'll have to return to do them. But that's no problem, considering how much I enjoy instances. I got a new dagger which I'll start using as soon as I hit 70. It's not exactly optimized for a warlock, but it'll be a nice upgrade, nonetheless.
After we finished UK, I hung around the area and did a bunch of the starter quests there.
I played until 1:00 a.m. Although I'm only a few quests away from lvl 70, I was too exhausted to continue.
Tonight is our regularly scheduled Naxx 10 run. If I can make it into the group, I'll be doing that instead of leveling my warlock.
OK...corny heading, but that sums up what I did last night. I didn't log into any of my mains, I went straight to my warlock and had a great time.
I put myself in LFG for Utgarde Keep as soon as I logged in. I knew there was little chance that a group would snag up a lvl 68 warlock, but just in case... The quests in Borean Tundra were insanely easy. It might be because it's my fourth time doing them, or because my gear, including the two heirloom items, is better than the gear I had on my mage. (I'll not consider my priest's gear, since she was holy the entire way, and therefor not very powerful.) Whatever the reason, I finished all the starter quests in record time. I hit 69 pretty quickly.
Soon after hitting 69 I noticed that there was a UK group looking for more. They had a lvl 80 and a lvl 79, so I figured they wouldn't care too much about my low level. I asked if they were looking for DPS and boom! I had an invite. The run was fun. I forgot to pick up the quests before starting, so I'll have to return to do them. But that's no problem, considering how much I enjoy instances. I got a new dagger which I'll start using as soon as I hit 70. It's not exactly optimized for a warlock, but it'll be a nice upgrade, nonetheless.
After we finished UK, I hung around the area and did a bunch of the starter quests there.
I played until 1:00 a.m. Although I'm only a few quests away from lvl 70, I was too exhausted to continue.
Tonight is our regularly scheduled Naxx 10 run. If I can make it into the group, I'll be doing that instead of leveling my warlock.
Monday, June 29, 2009
June 29, 2009
Raiding
The only raiding I did this weekend was on Friday night. OS25 was the first, and that went well. Naxx 10 was the second and...that did not go well at all. Casual versus serious raiders. Add alcohol and stir... I won't even go into it. (Sorry readers for being so vague. As I stated in the introductory post on this blog, this is really intended to be a diary, not a forum to discuss things. So, in this case, there are enough clues in the above to fully remind me of what happened. I'm going to have to keep you in the dark on this one.)
My Warlock Makes it to Northrend
I spent some time on my warlock this weekend. He went through Zangarmarsh and several Nagrand quests. When he was 67 I went to Northrend to see how he would do. I was sadly reminded that quests do not become available until 68. But, I was able to kill a few mobs fairly easily, which was very encouraging.
I want back to Outland and continued to plug away at quests until I finally dinged 68 at 12:30 a.m. I contemplated going to bed then, but just couldn't miss the opportunity to step back into Northrend and get a few new pieces of WotLK gear. I did the first few starter quests and upgraded my main hand weapon, my helm and...hmmm...something else. I can't remember which item and the Armory still lists my toon as lvl 65, so it hasn't been updated since early yesterday.
I'm so looking forward to leveling in Northrend. If for no other reason than to be with other players! Over the weekend I did Slave Pens, Underbog and Mana Tombs. Despite being in LFG for the entire time I was on, I only found three groups to go to instances with. The old world is so empty. :( On the upside, I was able to raise my mining skill with no competition for nodes and I only had to compete for mobs on a couple occasions.
I started the quest for the doomguard the other day, but realized all the mobs around the area were elites. Too tough for me to deal with alone at that level. So I have yet to finish that.
But I am glad to have learned Soulshatter and Ritual of Souls. I've already used the former a few times in instances. I only just last night learned the latter. I can't wait to distribute lock candy with it soon. :)
One thing I don't look forward to is travel time. My hearth has been set to Dalaran for a very long time. I've been able to quickly hearth there then port to any capital city I've needed. Now that I'm in Northrend, it's suddenly not so convenient since you can't fly from Dalaran to one of the starter areas without having the FPs in between. Tonight I think I'll try to hit the necessary FPs. Otherwise, I'll have to make a habit of hearthing to Dalaran, doing my bank business and/or profession training, porting to Stormwind, doing my class training (or whatever), then taking the boat back to Borean Tundra.
Yeah...I think it'll be worth it to run to the FPs tonight. I might do some corpse running, but I'll make it eventually.
The only raiding I did this weekend was on Friday night. OS25 was the first, and that went well. Naxx 10 was the second and...that did not go well at all. Casual versus serious raiders. Add alcohol and stir... I won't even go into it. (Sorry readers for being so vague. As I stated in the introductory post on this blog, this is really intended to be a diary, not a forum to discuss things. So, in this case, there are enough clues in the above to fully remind me of what happened. I'm going to have to keep you in the dark on this one.)
My Warlock Makes it to Northrend
I spent some time on my warlock this weekend. He went through Zangarmarsh and several Nagrand quests. When he was 67 I went to Northrend to see how he would do. I was sadly reminded that quests do not become available until 68. But, I was able to kill a few mobs fairly easily, which was very encouraging.
I want back to Outland and continued to plug away at quests until I finally dinged 68 at 12:30 a.m. I contemplated going to bed then, but just couldn't miss the opportunity to step back into Northrend and get a few new pieces of WotLK gear. I did the first few starter quests and upgraded my main hand weapon, my helm and...hmmm...something else. I can't remember which item and the Armory still lists my toon as lvl 65, so it hasn't been updated since early yesterday.
I'm so looking forward to leveling in Northrend. If for no other reason than to be with other players! Over the weekend I did Slave Pens, Underbog and Mana Tombs. Despite being in LFG for the entire time I was on, I only found three groups to go to instances with. The old world is so empty. :( On the upside, I was able to raise my mining skill with no competition for nodes and I only had to compete for mobs on a couple occasions.
I started the quest for the doomguard the other day, but realized all the mobs around the area were elites. Too tough for me to deal with alone at that level. So I have yet to finish that.
But I am glad to have learned Soulshatter and Ritual of Souls. I've already used the former a few times in instances. I only just last night learned the latter. I can't wait to distribute lock candy with it soon. :)
One thing I don't look forward to is travel time. My hearth has been set to Dalaran for a very long time. I've been able to quickly hearth there then port to any capital city I've needed. Now that I'm in Northrend, it's suddenly not so convenient since you can't fly from Dalaran to one of the starter areas without having the FPs in between. Tonight I think I'll try to hit the necessary FPs. Otherwise, I'll have to make a habit of hearthing to Dalaran, doing my bank business and/or profession training, porting to Stormwind, doing my class training (or whatever), then taking the boat back to Borean Tundra.
Yeah...I think it'll be worth it to run to the FPs tonight. I might do some corpse running, but I'll make it eventually.
Friday, June 26, 2009
June 26, 2009
Naxxramas (Heroic)
Fail fail fail. That was the word of the night. We reconvened last night to continue through 25-man Naxx. It took us over an hour from start time to get organized and on our way.
We wiped once on Loatheb. Then, after a brief re-explanation of how we were going to kill spores by groups, we executed it perfectly the second time.
Then we decided to move on to military. I'm not sure why, considering we only had one priest. Praying that they wouldn't ask me to switch to my priest, I waited while others discussed the pros and cons of each of them stepping out. I didn't feel too bad about not offering to switch to my priest. I was #2 on the DPS chart, so it made sense for someone with lower dps to make the switch. After over 20 minutes of negotiations -- yes, negotiations, promises were made regarding who would get which drops in order to convince two people to bring in their priests. The original priest also switched to an alt for the fight. It was all too confusing for me.
So...we get to Instructor. Wipe #1 - one priest went in before the tanks and was slaughtered. Wipe #2 - priests kept losing mind control on the understudies, so Razuvious' attention went to the rest of the raid. Wipe #3 - a little gnome mage got bored and decided to aggro instead of letting the tanks start the encounter. Wipe #4 - the gnome mage had left and a hunter had gone to eat dinner while his toon lay dead on the floor. So, we went tried again with 23 people. It went better, but we still wiped.
That was is for the Naxx run. Over 2.5 hours spent in there and only one boss down. Not a good night.
I Haven't Been Forgotten!
After Naxx on the mage, I logged in as my priest to cut some gems for a friend. As soon as I logged in I received a whisper from the raid leader who had invited me to several 25-man Naxx raids and the 10-man raids for which we were trying to get the Undying title. I had been noting lately that she seemed to have forgotten me. It was nice to see that she hadn't.
Unfortunately, the invite to Naxx 25 didn't pan out. The raid leader didn't want to invite any more people to the group. She apologized for his grumpiness and we agreed that I'd join them next time. Yay!
Slave Pens
I logged into my Warlock to see if I could do a quick Ramps or Blood Furnace. But I noticed that Slave Pens and Underbog were now available to me. And...there was a 4-man group looking for dps! Woo hoo! Not much to say about the run itself, other than the other people in the group didn't seem to be very familiar with the place, so I ended up leading the group through. But, we made it without a wipe -- and my dps was above the tank's! hehehe The group wasn't as well geared as my previous groups, so the bosses didn't go down as quickly. I actually had the opportunity to refresh my DoTs on them. So I finally got the chance to see how my sustained dps and damage looks. Pretty good, though I still ended up just above the tank.
Just like with Ramps and Blood Furnace, stepping into Slave Pens brought back many good memories. Things were so much fun when my Priest was leveling through Zangarmarsh. That was the golden age of my previous guild. There were always just enough of us on to do 5-mans without others feeling left out. We were all roughly the same level, so we did lots of stuff together -- questing, farming, instancing. Guild chat was fun, supportive and lively. We were a family at that time. After I stop playing this game and think back on my experience, it's the time spent in Outland with my old guild that I will remember most fondly.
Guild
OK...since a couple of my guild members are reading this blog, I'll take the opportunity to write a special note to the guild leader. Darling, you know I love you. I always look forward to seeing you online and catching up with you and hearing about what's going on with your children. Your friendship is one of the reasons I followed you back to the old guild when ours imploded.
However -- yes, you knew the however was coming -- this behavior of yours during raids is really off-putting. Last night you got bored and wiped the raid (as mentioned earlier in this post). You did the same thing a few weeks ago on Patchwerk. You were bored of waiting so you pulled....and caused a wipe. I can understand boredom. I can understand frustration. But, I can't understand the selfish action of pulling and wiping the entire raid because of these. What do you accomplish from doing that?
Please, as your friend and fellow guild member, I beg you to stop doing that. If you're so bored and frustrated that you feel like wiping the raid, please just bow out instead. It'll be less frustrating to just continue with 24 people than it would be to wipe, regroup, rebuff, etc.
Fail fail fail. That was the word of the night. We reconvened last night to continue through 25-man Naxx. It took us over an hour from start time to get organized and on our way.
We wiped once on Loatheb. Then, after a brief re-explanation of how we were going to kill spores by groups, we executed it perfectly the second time.
Then we decided to move on to military. I'm not sure why, considering we only had one priest. Praying that they wouldn't ask me to switch to my priest, I waited while others discussed the pros and cons of each of them stepping out. I didn't feel too bad about not offering to switch to my priest. I was #2 on the DPS chart, so it made sense for someone with lower dps to make the switch. After over 20 minutes of negotiations -- yes, negotiations, promises were made regarding who would get which drops in order to convince two people to bring in their priests. The original priest also switched to an alt for the fight. It was all too confusing for me.
So...we get to Instructor. Wipe #1 - one priest went in before the tanks and was slaughtered. Wipe #2 - priests kept losing mind control on the understudies, so Razuvious' attention went to the rest of the raid. Wipe #3 - a little gnome mage got bored and decided to aggro instead of letting the tanks start the encounter. Wipe #4 - the gnome mage had left and a hunter had gone to eat dinner while his toon lay dead on the floor. So, we went tried again with 23 people. It went better, but we still wiped.
That was is for the Naxx run. Over 2.5 hours spent in there and only one boss down. Not a good night.
I Haven't Been Forgotten!
After Naxx on the mage, I logged in as my priest to cut some gems for a friend. As soon as I logged in I received a whisper from the raid leader who had invited me to several 25-man Naxx raids and the 10-man raids for which we were trying to get the Undying title. I had been noting lately that she seemed to have forgotten me. It was nice to see that she hadn't.
Unfortunately, the invite to Naxx 25 didn't pan out. The raid leader didn't want to invite any more people to the group. She apologized for his grumpiness and we agreed that I'd join them next time. Yay!
Slave Pens
I logged into my Warlock to see if I could do a quick Ramps or Blood Furnace. But I noticed that Slave Pens and Underbog were now available to me. And...there was a 4-man group looking for dps! Woo hoo! Not much to say about the run itself, other than the other people in the group didn't seem to be very familiar with the place, so I ended up leading the group through. But, we made it without a wipe -- and my dps was above the tank's! hehehe The group wasn't as well geared as my previous groups, so the bosses didn't go down as quickly. I actually had the opportunity to refresh my DoTs on them. So I finally got the chance to see how my sustained dps and damage looks. Pretty good, though I still ended up just above the tank.
Just like with Ramps and Blood Furnace, stepping into Slave Pens brought back many good memories. Things were so much fun when my Priest was leveling through Zangarmarsh. That was the golden age of my previous guild. There were always just enough of us on to do 5-mans without others feeling left out. We were all roughly the same level, so we did lots of stuff together -- questing, farming, instancing. Guild chat was fun, supportive and lively. We were a family at that time. After I stop playing this game and think back on my experience, it's the time spent in Outland with my old guild that I will remember most fondly.
Guild
OK...since a couple of my guild members are reading this blog, I'll take the opportunity to write a special note to the guild leader. Darling, you know I love you. I always look forward to seeing you online and catching up with you and hearing about what's going on with your children. Your friendship is one of the reasons I followed you back to the old guild when ours imploded.
However -- yes, you knew the however was coming -- this behavior of yours during raids is really off-putting. Last night you got bored and wiped the raid (as mentioned earlier in this post). You did the same thing a few weeks ago on Patchwerk. You were bored of waiting so you pulled....and caused a wipe. I can understand boredom. I can understand frustration. But, I can't understand the selfish action of pulling and wiping the entire raid because of these. What do you accomplish from doing that?
- You make the raid even longer since everyone has to come back and rebuff
- You raise everyone's repair bill
- You piss people off
Please, as your friend and fellow guild member, I beg you to stop doing that. If you're so bored and frustrated that you feel like wiping the raid, please just bow out instead. It'll be less frustrating to just continue with 24 people than it would be to wipe, regroup, rebuff, etc.
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