Raiding & DPS, Ow!
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I lol'd irl! It's so hard to believe that people believe that their words would leave a favorable impression on the listener. Oh right, they're appealing to other people who like that kind of writing.
At least with healing, you know that there's a noticeable difference between mediocre healers and bad healers (i.e., the assigned tank dies often or his healthpoints hover consistently at 25%, causing a minor coronary event, speaking from personal experience; they can't get out of the fire; they refused to save their innervate or battle rez under the direct command of a raid leader, etc.) This can make your life easier with suggestions of gearing and spell sequences or yelling, "get out of the fire!" or "do your damn rez, now!". With DPS, the bad ones don't take notice of other players' performance and play with delusions of DPS grandeur. I feel more for that DPS officer of yours. Yo, we tight.
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I think you perfectly encompassed what makes a "casual" raiding guild unique. It is for the best interests for EVERYONE to provide/take advantage of opportunities for players to perform well and to provide constructive, considerate feedback. This isn't something you're gonna get with a hardcore raiding guild nor a social guild. It doesnt work for everyone but it's worked for us for more than two years now.
The word "undecisive" is interesting to me; I would like to know why it's appropriate. I'd think of apt sentences more along the lines of , "doesn't think of anyone but himself", "is an extremely dull person for believing that his biggest accomplishment was gaining full T2 gear", "is going to become one of those stereotypical, imagination-limited police officers when he finally gets out of the police academy" (my first boyfriend was a cop; I love cops. I just hate stupid people and it scares me to think that a stupid, reactive, emotional boy is going to be taking care of the safety of communities out there.)
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I have a rogue, a shadow priest, a mage, a warrior and an almost 70 hunter. That's alot of damn DPS. Out of all of them, my shadow priest is the strongest. In the past, I was not a strong player thus, I wasn't in progression raids. The thing was, I didn't realize I wasn't a strong player. I had no idea that damage hinged so much on synergy of spells, consumables, and gear. It wasn't that I didn't care; of course I wanted things to die. It's that I didn't think to believe that I could do so much better with what I had.
I got jobs, surfed too much about WoW and my understanding about those little annoying stats developed. Blizzard had also made those skills that I lvled up (first aid, cooking, fishing) and their products invaluable and easy to gather. My sense of competition exploded as I gained my confidence in real life and in game.
I learned to focus my energy on two real raiding characters (tanking pally and shadow priest) though I do feel a little naughty for rolling on the belt [item]Waistwrap of Infinity[/item]. We're trying to encourage more shadow priests to raid so this would have been a nice contributing upgrade...but if I'm going to DPS on my shadow priest, I want to be the best at it and I was about to blow 2 nether vortexes, 15 primal fires and some bolts and arcane dust for [item]Belt of Blasting[/item]. So yay, we downed Supremus for the first time yesterday after a few attempts in two days. This makes it 6 new bosses (MH and BT) in 3 weeks.
What I'm trying to say is, if you're lucky enough to have fair raid leaders and officers, you will get your chance to shine if you show that you are trying. Someone is bound to notice. If not, volunteer to be vocally charming, informative and delightful. That helps alot.
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Here you go, S., the obligatory sex topic of the day. The last time I got felt up was during a guild meetup at a guild's house in Boston. Poor guy, I told near everyone about it and how terrible he smelled (he wasn't an active guildie and he left anyways). It was almost midnight, we were all on our laptops, drinking when this guy seats himself right next to be and starts stroking my thigh. I was startled but bit my lip out of giddy delight at the sheer ballsiness of his action. My disgust at his odor was shadowed by my curiosity that made me ponder, "how far will he take this, right in front of 5 other people?" The answer: not much, though he did offer to cuddle on his couch. I politely turned him down. The thing that he said that made me laugh: "I had to try, you can't blame a guy for trying." Not washing your clothes: ftl.
My New Year's resolution was one for chastity or how I phrased it, "No more hookups". One of my old fuck buddies (from the guild) laughed at me and said that I'd break that resolution right around tax-filing time. I said, "I'd stay chaste out of spite for that prediction." More on this next week. Ciao!
| Source: Horacio Being the healing officer for my guild, I have been giving the recruitment officer hell about getting me some people. (she might just respond to this, lolcats) Personnel Officer (PO) : So apparently <guild X> is breaking up. Already got an intriuging applicant....rogue... Me: Resto spec? PO: errr.....very funny Me: Does he have a pally alt? PO: no, fury and arms warrior. He's specced fury now but had a Stormhearald for Arms Me: how much bonus healing does a Stormhearld have? PO:...... Me: throw him back, keep fishin. I need a healadin, STAT OP: I'm trying! Application question: What role do you enjoy most and why? Answer : I liek DPS cuz I liek to be close to teh boss and see big fat numberz fly across the screen. If I overaggro its cuz Im leet and teh tank sucks and if I die (lulz) its cuz teh healerz suxxors (healors r gay neway). I like to roll mah face on teh keyboard and have no responsibility. I cna spec 4 PvP and still raidz. |
At least with healing, you know that there's a noticeable difference between mediocre healers and bad healers (i.e., the assigned tank dies often or his healthpoints hover consistently at 25%, causing a minor coronary event, speaking from personal experience; they can't get out of the fire; they refused to save their innervate or battle rez under the direct command of a raid leader, etc.) This can make your life easier with suggestions of gearing and spell sequences or yelling, "get out of the fire!" or "do your damn rez, now!". With DPS, the bad ones don't take notice of other players' performance and play with delusions of DPS grandeur. I feel more for that DPS officer of yours. Yo, we tight.
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| Source: Ilcoron There can be reasons to being in a raid guild even if it's likely you're not going to raid much. By being in the guild you have a pool of like minded people who are capable of playing and who enjoy raiding, this makes it easier to (guild)-pug stuff you want to do on non raid days. So even if you're not likely to see a higher tier raid the instant you join, it can still lead to more action than what you did before, and you have to option to shine should you be asked to fill in for someone and actually work your way up to become a frequent raider. However, this needs some initiative, simply joining and hoping others will do the work for you is a mistake (unfortunately one made quite often). From the way the guy sounds on IM I would rather put him in the 'I want to be invited and not do anything for it' camp. Otherwise he wouldn't sound so undecisive. |
The word "undecisive" is interesting to me; I would like to know why it's appropriate. I'd think of apt sentences more along the lines of , "doesn't think of anyone but himself", "is an extremely dull person for believing that his biggest accomplishment was gaining full T2 gear", "is going to become one of those stereotypical, imagination-limited police officers when he finally gets out of the police academy" (my first boyfriend was a cop; I love cops. I just hate stupid people and it scares me to think that a stupid, reactive, emotional boy is going to be taking care of the safety of communities out there.)
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I have a rogue, a shadow priest, a mage, a warrior and an almost 70 hunter. That's alot of damn DPS. Out of all of them, my shadow priest is the strongest. In the past, I was not a strong player thus, I wasn't in progression raids. The thing was, I didn't realize I wasn't a strong player. I had no idea that damage hinged so much on synergy of spells, consumables, and gear. It wasn't that I didn't care; of course I wanted things to die. It's that I didn't think to believe that I could do so much better with what I had.
I got jobs, surfed too much about WoW and my understanding about those little annoying stats developed. Blizzard had also made those skills that I lvled up (first aid, cooking, fishing) and their products invaluable and easy to gather. My sense of competition exploded as I gained my confidence in real life and in game.
I learned to focus my energy on two real raiding characters (tanking pally and shadow priest) though I do feel a little naughty for rolling on the belt [item]Waistwrap of Infinity[/item]. We're trying to encourage more shadow priests to raid so this would have been a nice contributing upgrade...but if I'm going to DPS on my shadow priest, I want to be the best at it and I was about to blow 2 nether vortexes, 15 primal fires and some bolts and arcane dust for [item]Belt of Blasting[/item]. So yay, we downed Supremus for the first time yesterday after a few attempts in two days. This makes it 6 new bosses (MH and BT) in 3 weeks.
What I'm trying to say is, if you're lucky enough to have fair raid leaders and officers, you will get your chance to shine if you show that you are trying. Someone is bound to notice. If not, volunteer to be vocally charming, informative and delightful. That helps alot.
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Here you go, S., the obligatory sex topic of the day. The last time I got felt up was during a guild meetup at a guild's house in Boston. Poor guy, I told near everyone about it and how terrible he smelled (he wasn't an active guildie and he left anyways). It was almost midnight, we were all on our laptops, drinking when this guy seats himself right next to be and starts stroking my thigh. I was startled but bit my lip out of giddy delight at the sheer ballsiness of his action. My disgust at his odor was shadowed by my curiosity that made me ponder, "how far will he take this, right in front of 5 other people?" The answer: not much, though he did offer to cuddle on his couch. I politely turned him down. The thing that he said that made me laugh: "I had to try, you can't blame a guy for trying." Not washing your clothes: ftl.
My New Year's resolution was one for chastity or how I phrased it, "No more hookups". One of my old fuck buddies (from the guild) laughed at me and said that I'd break that resolution right around tax-filing time. I said, "I'd stay chaste out of spite for that prediction." More on this next week. Ciao!
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