tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post3164076488498005577..comments2023-10-05T23:00:32.066-04:00Comments on Dreambound: A Pugger's Guide to VoA25: EmalonKaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164718601021220108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-69572969313095803872009-10-21T14:25:30.253-04:002009-10-21T14:25:30.253-04:00Well, I was making the assumption that the raid is...Well, I was making the assumption that the raid is rezzed. Really, I think it should be done before anyone even touches the body (yes, this wastes some time, but again it's more of a principle thing, and probably also an artifact of a time when that used to actually cause issues).Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024178082042301533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-31713738497919566722009-10-21T10:25:08.524-04:002009-10-21T10:25:08.524-04:00Okay, finally got a simple stick-figure comic stra...Okay, finally got a simple stick-figure comic strat knocked out and posted. If a stranger links it in my pugs, I'm gonna laugh. Then probably tell the whole guild. And screenshot it. And be proud that I have successfully educated those puggers that would otherwise give me repair bills.<br /><br />Assuming we don't wipe anyway. Hehe.<br /><br />Rul, I completely agree about those standing around the ML (especially if it isn't their class' loot!)... though on a counter-point, I hate when half the raid runs off after a boss kill and pull trash and die to it, because the other half were waiting for the dead to get ressed first. >.>Kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164718601021220108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-80608723303303409712009-10-20T00:44:49.394-04:002009-10-20T00:44:49.394-04:00I usually post something (politely) in raid chat a...I usually post something (politely) in raid chat after the first Emalon wipe. If it happens again, I just don't really have the patience or desire to wipe on him. He's the functional equivalent of 2 Heroic bosses and truthfully, I'd almost rather do them instead since it's a lot less likely I'd wipe on them.<br /><br />Tangentially, it bugs me so much that people need to stand around a defeated boss while loot is being distributed. ML applies to the entire instance, so there's no excuse for anyone but the ML to be anywhere near Koralon's corpse after he dies.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024178082042301533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-58349272629751358872009-10-19T20:33:29.192-04:002009-10-19T20:33:29.192-04:00This sequence of events has happened to me 3 weeks...This sequence of events has happened to me 3 weeks running:<br /><br />1. Join a VOA25 PUG as dps.<br />2. Clear trash to Koralon.<br />3. RL realizes healer has d/ced, or left, or w/e; tries to find a new healer and fails; I volunteer to switch to healing off-spec.<br />4. Kill Koralon, with me usually #2 or #3 on the healing meters.<br />5. While RL is doing loot and ppl are moseying toward Ema, zealous OT/DPS pulls first trash mob. If lucky, healer is smart, lets him die, and mob resets. If not, half the raid DPS's, which causes the add to OC and kill us. <br />6. Pull Ema. The same DK/rogue who can't get out of fires in Kora dies to Nova. Die to not enough DPS on add.<br />7. Run back, I scan Recount for people not switching targets (it's pretty easy to see in the tooltip) and send snarky whisper, something like "grats on winning meters, can we kill boss and go home now?" <br />8. Kill Ema on second pull.<br />9. Archavon dies.Alaronhttp://thefluiddruid.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-37370637426915976542009-10-19T20:01:06.272-04:002009-10-19T20:01:06.272-04:00It's mostly principle, not lack of gold. If I&...It's mostly principle, not lack of gold. If I'm doing all I can to make sure that people don't die (including healing people who don't run out of the Lightning Nova) I expect similar courtesy from everyone else in the raid. Those adds shouldn't even get to 7 stacks if people are DPSing properly, let alone all 10. It's trivial and the only reason to fail on it is DPS focusing too much on a meter to do their job. There's no other excuse for it.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024178082042301533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-86152016763623907802009-10-19T09:44:07.516-04:002009-10-19T09:44:07.516-04:00I don't leave unless the raid leaders are rude...I don't leave unless the raid leaders are rude... because I'm usually one of those carrying the raid, be it by heals (40% of the healing done out of 6 healers? Yes, it happened) or dps contribution (even on my poorly geared alts), and I know that by leaving, I am only exacerbating the issue of the raid crumbling. <br /><br />Luckily, I have the gold to buffer myself against such wipes, and leather's a bit cheaper to repair :) ...a bit.Kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164718601021220108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-36354840072199864482009-10-19T04:21:12.000-04:002009-10-19T04:21:12.000-04:00I generally give PuGs two attempts on Emalon befor...I generally give PuGs two attempts on Emalon before leaving the raid, especially if I'm healing it. At that point, it's costing me 20g for 4 Badges of Conquest which just isn't worth the hassle.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024178082042301533noreply@blogger.com