Post by Zeli on Jan 2, 2007 13:41:57 GMT -5
source: The Gaming Bitch
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A Plea to all WoW Players
* Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 12:59 pm //
* By: The Bitch //
* Category: Gaming, WoW
Ok, so take into consideration that this is a semi-rant. Here’s my gripe with WoW. I love WoW. I can log in after work and play for an hour or so and get stuff done. When I log off I feel like I have achieved something. When I log into EQ, it’s usually too late to get into the raid, because it’s either filled or they are at the end and by the time I get there, well the raid is over. However, in EQ, the learning curve is such that I know that a majority of the people I group with are going to be decent (assuming they didn’t ebay). In WoW, not so much. 2 rogues and a warrior are in an instance. The rogues are alternating feinting so that said warrior at least has a chance to hold agro and even then, it appears to be difficult at best. People don’t understand aggro range, or what aggro even is.
Last night I stumbled across a priest who rocked. My little rogue had no problem with bad pulls because 7 times out of 10 she could get me through it. She was a rarity. I ran through an instance where a mage didn’t like to sheep. (You’re a mage. You’re supposed to sheep, and you’re supposed to make me food and your priests and druids and shamans water. You have a task, it’s a simple task, and not altogether exciting. Get used to it.) The priest, well we just won’t got into that. (I understand the fascination with that damn invul shield, but come on… burst healing people, top off with a regen and let mana increase, then burst again. That invul shield should be used as a last resort, not as a way to heal. For the record, I have an undead priest, specced in shadow. I melt faces, but damnit, I heal when I have to and can usually outheal holy specced priests. Not because shadow speccing is better, but only because I know how to min/max my healing efforts and have healing gear when I run instances.)
So the priest and I are cruising through the wetlands, and we stumble across some people at the darkirons in need of help. Granted, English is not everyone’s first language, but sometimes I wonder if it’s even a third or fourth language. Of course this was after we encountered a botting team of three (they even looked alike), so maybe I was just jaded, but come on, if you are going to farm, then at least try to behave like you aren’t farming.
It just seems that a majority of the players don’t understand the finer points of the classes they are playing and what’s worse, don’t want to learn. If you want to just melt faces and not heal, don’t play a priest, play a lock. If you don’t want to deal with crowd control, then don’t play a friggin’ mage. 2 rogues can keep a mob stun locked pretty well, but it’s not the easiest thing in the world to do when apparently we’re also the tanks.
So here’s some unsolicited advice. If it looks like someone knows what they are doing in their group, and they ask you to do something, do it. And if you really don’t want to, consider rerolling another class that will better serve your needs. Either that or just get used to soloing.
* Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 12:59 pm //
* By: The Bitch //
* Category: Gaming, WoW
Ok, so take into consideration that this is a semi-rant. Here’s my gripe with WoW. I love WoW. I can log in after work and play for an hour or so and get stuff done. When I log off I feel like I have achieved something. When I log into EQ, it’s usually too late to get into the raid, because it’s either filled or they are at the end and by the time I get there, well the raid is over. However, in EQ, the learning curve is such that I know that a majority of the people I group with are going to be decent (assuming they didn’t ebay). In WoW, not so much. 2 rogues and a warrior are in an instance. The rogues are alternating feinting so that said warrior at least has a chance to hold agro and even then, it appears to be difficult at best. People don’t understand aggro range, or what aggro even is.
Last night I stumbled across a priest who rocked. My little rogue had no problem with bad pulls because 7 times out of 10 she could get me through it. She was a rarity. I ran through an instance where a mage didn’t like to sheep. (You’re a mage. You’re supposed to sheep, and you’re supposed to make me food and your priests and druids and shamans water. You have a task, it’s a simple task, and not altogether exciting. Get used to it.) The priest, well we just won’t got into that. (I understand the fascination with that damn invul shield, but come on… burst healing people, top off with a regen and let mana increase, then burst again. That invul shield should be used as a last resort, not as a way to heal. For the record, I have an undead priest, specced in shadow. I melt faces, but damnit, I heal when I have to and can usually outheal holy specced priests. Not because shadow speccing is better, but only because I know how to min/max my healing efforts and have healing gear when I run instances.)
So the priest and I are cruising through the wetlands, and we stumble across some people at the darkirons in need of help. Granted, English is not everyone’s first language, but sometimes I wonder if it’s even a third or fourth language. Of course this was after we encountered a botting team of three (they even looked alike), so maybe I was just jaded, but come on, if you are going to farm, then at least try to behave like you aren’t farming.
It just seems that a majority of the players don’t understand the finer points of the classes they are playing and what’s worse, don’t want to learn. If you want to just melt faces and not heal, don’t play a priest, play a lock. If you don’t want to deal with crowd control, then don’t play a friggin’ mage. 2 rogues can keep a mob stun locked pretty well, but it’s not the easiest thing in the world to do when apparently we’re also the tanks.
So here’s some unsolicited advice. If it looks like someone knows what they are doing in their group, and they ask you to do something, do it. And if you really don’t want to, consider rerolling another class that will better serve your needs. Either that or just get used to soloing.