Comments on: Q. when is a boost not a boost?

By: Looking For Goats at Righteous Orbs

Looking For Goats at Righteous Orbs — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:45:46 +0000

[...] the “when is a boost not a boost” feeling is more pronounced than ever. I am, actually, semi-smug at my current level of [...]

By: Adgamorix

Adgamorix — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:43:27 +0000

It's kind of funny – our guild is decked to the 9's (or is that 9.5's..bad joke, sorry) in gear – but we're a tiny guild…just 10 players. We usually wind up joining PUGs for the daily Heroic, and it's a lot of fun. One reputation we have established though is that we won't summon (within reason). We're all in Dalaran or wherever. We all have to fly there. When we're the ones doing the boosting, we don't feel like you should get to keep doing your thing and wait on a summon. Of course we make this clear from the onset.

Now it's about a 50% chance that when we pick up a PUG the first thing they say is "OMW to the stone!".

By: Adgamorix

Adgamorix — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:43:27 +0000

It’s kind of funny – our guild is decked to the 9’s (or is that 9.5’s..bad joke, sorry) in gear – but we’re a tiny guild…just 10 players. We usually wind up joining PUGs for the daily Heroic, and it’s a lot of fun. One reputation we have established though is that we won’t summon (within reason). We’re all in Dalaran or wherever. We all have to fly there. When we’re the ones doing the boosting, we don’t feel like you should get to keep doing your thing and wait on a summon. Of course we make this clear from the onset.

Now it’s about a 50% chance that when we pick up a PUG the first thing they say is “OMW to the stone!”.

By: Crucifer

Crucifer — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:23:34 +0000

You have 1 Tank, 1 Healer and 3 DPS for Heroics.

For Raids, you have around 2 or 3 Tanks, 5 Healers… and 15 DPS. Therefore its easier to play DPS and get geared because the chances are no one will ever notice how crap you are at your class. And if they do notice, there's always tomorrow. Or next week.

As a geared Prot Pally, I have done about 20 Heroic Nexus runs. 2 of them were memorable because the fights took longer, and it was entirely down to DPS, however much they tried to wriggle out of blame.

And here's the thing. We still did the Heroic, they still got badges and gear. They will go onto Ulduar, hiding in the background and rolling on gear that are major upgrades for them.

Why? Because its easier to play DPS.

By: Crucifer

Crucifer — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:23:34 +0000

You have 1 Tank, 1 Healer and 3 DPS for Heroics.

And here’s the thing. We still did the Heroic, they still got badges and gear. They will go onto Ulduar, hiding in the background and rolling on gear that are major upgrades for them.

Why? Because its easier to play DPS.

By: Tamarind

Tamarind — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:29:09 +0000

Really? Interesting. I tend not to frequent the official forums because, well, I'd lose my will to live to be honest. Obviously I don't agree with him either (cf enormous post above =P): nobody is *owed* anything from other players. If we do help each other – and we should – the generosity should be acknowledged.

By: Tamarind

Tamarind — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:38:27 +0000

Rant away, I entirely agree with you. I don't actually like the new badge system at all. I'm casual as all hell and proud of it, dammit, but quite frankly you don't *need* raid-quality gear if you're not raiding, and for that matter I don't believe you deserve it. I know that's probably a terrible thing to say but, as you yourself put, gearing has be fucked sideways for everyone and I hate it.

By: 2 Tamarind

2 Tamarind — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:33:31 +0000

Newsflash: some people just actually don't know how to play their class. One my guildies is pretty much decked out in tier 7.5 hear (from running heroics, obivously) and he can't crack 2k dps. For God's sake, *I* can crack 2k, I'm still partially in blues and shadow is my off-spec.

By: 2 Tamarind

2 Tamarind — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:33:31 +0000

By: 2 Tamarind

2 Tamarind — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:33:31 +0000