So I've been using the LFG system pretty frequently lately. Hurrah for three 4 day weekends in a row!
I'm assuming that something akin to the RNG is used to determine what instances you get when you go into the que. I have gotten so many DTK, Gundrak, and HoS instances it makes me sick. The gearscore is not playing a role here- trust me on this. One day hubby and myself (on two different characters for me) 3 characters total mind you, all got the same instance as our random... W-T-F.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Happy Holidays everyone
To my guys out there in Pansy Division, to anyone from my guild, or anyone else that stumbled across my blog and might be reading. From my heart to yours have a fantastic holiday.
Mine will be spent suffering from a possible sinus infection. It just started today, maybe I'll luck out though... here's hoping.
The bright side is, I don't have to work for the next 4 days.
Mine will be spent suffering from a possible sinus infection. It just started today, maybe I'll luck out though... here's hoping.
The bright side is, I don't have to work for the next 4 days.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
/LFG Tool
Ok for the most part this thing has been awesome. I'm starting to gear up my DPS alt (the one who isn't closeted permalife) and in general I have had good experiences on my alt and on my main.
However, the LFG took doesn't have a checkbox for the judgemental asshole retards to click to exclude them from the system, or group them with only eachother. Admitedly, some of these guys amuse me when I'm not the target. I full out laughed my ass off when a DK putting out 700 DPS was called out in group. The heroic reset was coming up, he (Sad-DK) asked if we were gonna get kicked out, we tell him no, you'll get an option to stay. The Druid tank then says pricelessly, "Stay or go it doesn't matter the pet can take your spot in DPS." The Sad-DK had been called out earlier for his lack of DPS, having no gems in his armor and no enchants on his gear. All-in-all someone that deserved at least a very good ribbing- if not a sit down talking to right?
Yeah then you get the assholes who I get grouped with on my main. I'm not bragging, but I like to think I have good gear. I think I just got rid of my last 213 piece of gear... I think. Most of my stuff is at least 232 if not 245. With all the heroics I did with the new tool I upgraded my last few slots that I could through the vendor. BADGE FARM.
Oh, yeah back to my story. I got this asshole tank in one of my groups. Originally I thought he was going off on the druid... I made a fuckup and died. This guy was so good he managed to tank the boss down to 9% or some shit before the last DPS facepulls a roamer and adds it to the tank and he died. So the tank starts talking about situational awareness, which I thoguht was directed at the druid, being as the druid battlerezzed a fucking DK and not the healer (WTFBBQ?). He then proceed to call me out as having died to the AoE blast from the boss which (omg) "Boggles his mind."
I told the guy look, I've done this boss twice (2nd boss -I think- in PoS) and you can kiss my ass. Shit happens, get over it. His response was pretty good.. I can't fault him for it... "Then ask." OK.. I can see that If you're not doing what everyone else at our gearlevel is doing... consta-pulling with no chance for the healer to do more than play whack-a-mole. I retort with that, then say "You know what.. I don't have to take a ration of shit from you, have a nice day," and ragequit while he was going on about me costing his guild repair money.
Wow... someone that ubersauce has to rely on his guild to repair his shit.... he can't take a few minutes a day to do a damn daily or two and make some cash on his own. I guess he's too cool for that.
Overall I'm a fantastic healer (buffs armor), I had a momentary lapse on the first run on the boss.. it wasn't the second try or the third, it was the first fuckup and he went off on me like I was one of these assholes getting carried in an uber group. I don't have time for people to treat my main like that.. and you know what I don't have to put up with your bullshit. I'm a healer, do you know how fucking fast I can get in another run? It takes about 5 seconds for the tool to go "TA-DAHHHHH" with a group invite after I join. That combined with the fact that I hate PoS, yeah ragequitting that shit was the highlight of my day.
However, the LFG took doesn't have a checkbox for the judgemental asshole retards to click to exclude them from the system, or group them with only eachother. Admitedly, some of these guys amuse me when I'm not the target. I full out laughed my ass off when a DK putting out 700 DPS was called out in group. The heroic reset was coming up, he (Sad-DK) asked if we were gonna get kicked out, we tell him no, you'll get an option to stay. The Druid tank then says pricelessly, "Stay or go it doesn't matter the pet can take your spot in DPS." The Sad-DK had been called out earlier for his lack of DPS, having no gems in his armor and no enchants on his gear. All-in-all someone that deserved at least a very good ribbing- if not a sit down talking to right?
Yeah then you get the assholes who I get grouped with on my main. I'm not bragging, but I like to think I have good gear. I think I just got rid of my last 213 piece of gear... I think. Most of my stuff is at least 232 if not 245. With all the heroics I did with the new tool I upgraded my last few slots that I could through the vendor. BADGE FARM.
Oh, yeah back to my story. I got this asshole tank in one of my groups. Originally I thought he was going off on the druid... I made a fuckup and died. This guy was so good he managed to tank the boss down to 9% or some shit before the last DPS facepulls a roamer and adds it to the tank and he died. So the tank starts talking about situational awareness, which I thoguht was directed at the druid, being as the druid battlerezzed a fucking DK and not the healer (WTFBBQ?). He then proceed to call me out as having died to the AoE blast from the boss which (omg) "Boggles his mind."
I told the guy look, I've done this boss twice (2nd boss -I think- in PoS) and you can kiss my ass. Shit happens, get over it. His response was pretty good.. I can't fault him for it... "Then ask." OK.. I can see that If you're not doing what everyone else at our gearlevel is doing... consta-pulling with no chance for the healer to do more than play whack-a-mole. I retort with that, then say "You know what.. I don't have to take a ration of shit from you, have a nice day," and ragequit while he was going on about me costing his guild repair money.
Wow... someone that ubersauce has to rely on his guild to repair his shit.... he can't take a few minutes a day to do a damn daily or two and make some cash on his own. I guess he's too cool for that.
Overall I'm a fantastic healer (buffs armor), I had a momentary lapse on the first run on the boss.. it wasn't the second try or the third, it was the first fuckup and he went off on me like I was one of these assholes getting carried in an uber group. I don't have time for people to treat my main like that.. and you know what I don't have to put up with your bullshit. I'm a healer, do you know how fucking fast I can get in another run? It takes about 5 seconds for the tool to go "TA-DAHHHHH" with a group invite after I join. That combined with the fact that I hate PoS, yeah ragequitting that shit was the highlight of my day.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Mimiron and 3.3 goodness
So last raid week (remember how I told you our raid weeks are weird? this was just last monday) we approached Mimiron with trepidation and a few of the more experienced raiders adjusting our shorts and expecting a wipe night.
I was even in tells with "Turdhead" and we both agreed on the outcome of the night. We figured that the raid wouldn't know what hit them, and it was going to be a wipe/learn-fest.
I say in party chat (not raid) to my husband, the raid leader, the guild leader and one of our awesome DPS, "If we get to phase 3 I'll shit myself." Hubbys seconds previous statement of "If we get to phase 3 *I'll* tank the command module" wasn't without it's irony. He is a hunter.
If you haven't seen the videos go watch a regular Mimiron strat video, he looks hard. all these phases that do different things and require people to think and move and OH FUCK THERE IS AN OMNOMNOMNOM MISSILE POINTED AT ME!
I love my guild, I am in it for the people, not to progress in raids or get loot. Those are benefits, but even if this guild didn't raid I would still be with them. We have rules of conduct, and only one of them chafes me. Many people in the guild know eachother in some way. We've had to limit ourselves to friends only invites and we're hovering at the max member count at all times. As such, typically in our raids you have 10-15 people who watch themselves and know what the hell they're doing. The others are being carried and will generally stand in fire, or cause a wipe now and then as they are not as aware of their surroundings, or what is going on.
1st try what do we do? Get to phase 3.
4th try, we kill him.
I was completely blown away..... I think even "Turdhead" was speechless.
So we saved the ID for this weeks raids.... 3.3 killed the raid save... buh-bye progress.
I was even in tells with "Turdhead" and we both agreed on the outcome of the night. We figured that the raid wouldn't know what hit them, and it was going to be a wipe/learn-fest.
I say in party chat (not raid) to my husband, the raid leader, the guild leader and one of our awesome DPS, "If we get to phase 3 I'll shit myself." Hubbys seconds previous statement of "If we get to phase 3 *I'll* tank the command module" wasn't without it's irony. He is a hunter.
If you haven't seen the videos go watch a regular Mimiron strat video, he looks hard. all these phases that do different things and require people to think and move and OH FUCK THERE IS AN OMNOMNOMNOM MISSILE POINTED AT ME!
I love my guild, I am in it for the people, not to progress in raids or get loot. Those are benefits, but even if this guild didn't raid I would still be with them. We have rules of conduct, and only one of them chafes me. Many people in the guild know eachother in some way. We've had to limit ourselves to friends only invites and we're hovering at the max member count at all times. As such, typically in our raids you have 10-15 people who watch themselves and know what the hell they're doing. The others are being carried and will generally stand in fire, or cause a wipe now and then as they are not as aware of their surroundings, or what is going on.
1st try what do we do? Get to phase 3.
4th try, we kill him.
I was completely blown away..... I think even "Turdhead" was speechless.
So we saved the ID for this weeks raids.... 3.3 killed the raid save... buh-bye progress.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Painful Grouping
Have you ever had one of those groups that just makes your hiney hurt?
I'm not complaining about people not knowing their class or not knowing how to play the game, I'm talking one of those groups that just doesn't *mesh* right. The type that takes you 3 hours to do Old Kingdom... yeah those groups.
These people are competant raiders. Here is the makeup of the group; DK tank, Priest healer, Shadow Priest, Rogue, and Hunter. The hunter is my hubby and as such will not be the target of any bitching. He's good at what he does, he spends hours upon hours building spreadsheets witht he best gear for his character and where it comes from. He keeps up to date on every single class change and talent point update. Trust me, he does know his shit.
I was the Shadow Priest, and admittedly I'm new to the DPS game. I ground out about 8-10 regular ToC runs and upgraded some of my gear, but I still have some lvl 70 epic Sunwell stuff. I just haven't found better yet, and frankly I won't until I'm out of the 5 man content I'm pretty sure.
Sure Sunflare isn't the most updated thing in the world, but I didn't get any better from questing because... well I leveled her PVP. I guess I should mention that too.
Now understandably I'm putting out sub-par DPS. This is why I didn't force myself onto the LFG system and some poor schmucks who just wanted a quick instance. I instead forced myself onto some guildies.
The DK tank hasn't done 5mans in ages. He's a conpetant tank and raids with us. Hell they use him to off tank adds in raids. He is that good.
The Rogue I don't know very well. I want to say he's been on some raids with us, but I just don't know the guy.
The Priest healer is an alt. of one of our raiders as well. She typically plays a warlock.
Now the makeup sounds good, if a little heavy on the priests, but not something that would lead to repeated wipes and painful progression in a heroic right? Well you'd be wrong. I don't know what it was, but between the of us we coudn't down one boss without a wipe, EXCEPT for the mind control guy... not sure how we managed that.
We were going to beeline for the boss to go burn the corpses at, but after the first wipe we didn't have corpses to burn anymore.... (fix it Blizz... you know you read my blog as a guilty pleasure).
There was just *something* missing from the entire thing and it frustrated me to no end. Hubby of course blew me out of the water DPS wise, but I knew that would happen. The Rogue was not subpar either... it was just a convoluted mess I think...
Well two of us were drunk, but I'm not even going to mention that... I play drunk all the time.
Quick Shoutout to my guys at Pansy Division. Thanks for the mention and I love the show. Keep up the good work. (Can you tell I'm behind on my podcasts?)
I'm not complaining about people not knowing their class or not knowing how to play the game, I'm talking one of those groups that just doesn't *mesh* right. The type that takes you 3 hours to do Old Kingdom... yeah those groups.
These people are competant raiders. Here is the makeup of the group; DK tank, Priest healer, Shadow Priest, Rogue, and Hunter. The hunter is my hubby and as such will not be the target of any bitching. He's good at what he does, he spends hours upon hours building spreadsheets witht he best gear for his character and where it comes from. He keeps up to date on every single class change and talent point update. Trust me, he does know his shit.
I was the Shadow Priest, and admittedly I'm new to the DPS game. I ground out about 8-10 regular ToC runs and upgraded some of my gear, but I still have some lvl 70 epic Sunwell stuff. I just haven't found better yet, and frankly I won't until I'm out of the 5 man content I'm pretty sure.
Sure Sunflare isn't the most updated thing in the world, but I didn't get any better from questing because... well I leveled her PVP. I guess I should mention that too.
Now understandably I'm putting out sub-par DPS. This is why I didn't force myself onto the LFG system and some poor schmucks who just wanted a quick instance. I instead forced myself onto some guildies.
The DK tank hasn't done 5mans in ages. He's a conpetant tank and raids with us. Hell they use him to off tank adds in raids. He is that good.
The Rogue I don't know very well. I want to say he's been on some raids with us, but I just don't know the guy.
The Priest healer is an alt. of one of our raiders as well. She typically plays a warlock.
Now the makeup sounds good, if a little heavy on the priests, but not something that would lead to repeated wipes and painful progression in a heroic right? Well you'd be wrong. I don't know what it was, but between the of us we coudn't down one boss without a wipe, EXCEPT for the mind control guy... not sure how we managed that.
We were going to beeline for the boss to go burn the corpses at, but after the first wipe we didn't have corpses to burn anymore.... (fix it Blizz... you know you read my blog as a guilty pleasure).
There was just *something* missing from the entire thing and it frustrated me to no end. Hubby of course blew me out of the water DPS wise, but I knew that would happen. The Rogue was not subpar either... it was just a convoluted mess I think...
Well two of us were drunk, but I'm not even going to mention that... I play drunk all the time.
Quick Shoutout to my guys at Pansy Division. Thanks for the mention and I love the show. Keep up the good work. (Can you tell I'm behind on my podcasts?)
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Raid Leaders > everyone else
OK, I've been saving up this bitchfest and I'll see if I can get it out before work.
If you are not the raid leader you do NOT have the right to call out on voicechat bitching to everyone else. I don't care if you used to lead raids in the past, you can shove your qualifications up your ass. If our main raid leader (IE Guild Mistress's hubby) is there, you do not have the right to call out anyone not doing their job. In fact if you're not listed as the raid leader in the little calendar thingy- you do not have the right to bitch or call out anyone. You have been talked to before about your addon that called out people who failed at frogger (which was the funny the first 2 times), you've been told that your abrasive nasty attitude is the reason people won't run with you.
I usually end up in tells with one person not familiar with my anti "Turdhead*" tells during raids that he tries to become de-facto raid leader on. I don't think there is one person yet who thinks this guy is NOT a dick.
I know of at least 4 people who have gone to the leadership and said "We will not raid if "Turdhead" is leading." Suddenly he's not leading, and I don't think that we were the only 4 who said something. I'm just not savvy enough to be in every social circle within our guild.
We are not hardcore, we are not that type of raiding guild. We are friends and hugs and do not treat everything like it's a motherfucking job. People can have RL shit and have to go and it's OK. You can occasionally no show and it's cool. You can disappear for weeks and when you sign up again we'll throw you in a raid slot.
We are not hardcore even after "Turdhead's" efforts to make us so. I don't care how frustrated you are that we are not progressing... you do NOT EVER take it out on guildies when they fail. We are not that guild you stupid motherfucker.
You do NOT EVER call out the healers as the problem when it's an offtank getting critted... because guess what thats his fault, not ours. You do not coordinate heals...EVER. We have a channel for that and we handle it there, you know this, you have a FUCKING HEALING ALT WHO IS IN THE CHANNEL!!!!!
So "Turdhead" remove that stick from your ass and calm down. Or alternatively, die in a fucking fire and fuck you, from the bottom of my heart.
*names have been changed to prevent teh dramas
If you are not the raid leader you do NOT have the right to call out on voicechat bitching to everyone else. I don't care if you used to lead raids in the past, you can shove your qualifications up your ass. If our main raid leader (IE Guild Mistress's hubby) is there, you do not have the right to call out anyone not doing their job. In fact if you're not listed as the raid leader in the little calendar thingy- you do not have the right to bitch or call out anyone. You have been talked to before about your addon that called out people who failed at frogger (which was the funny the first 2 times), you've been told that your abrasive nasty attitude is the reason people won't run with you.
I usually end up in tells with one person not familiar with my anti "Turdhead*" tells during raids that he tries to become de-facto raid leader on. I don't think there is one person yet who thinks this guy is NOT a dick.
I know of at least 4 people who have gone to the leadership and said "We will not raid if "Turdhead" is leading." Suddenly he's not leading, and I don't think that we were the only 4 who said something. I'm just not savvy enough to be in every social circle within our guild.
We are not hardcore, we are not that type of raiding guild. We are friends and hugs and do not treat everything like it's a motherfucking job. People can have RL shit and have to go and it's OK. You can occasionally no show and it's cool. You can disappear for weeks and when you sign up again we'll throw you in a raid slot.
We are not hardcore even after "Turdhead's" efforts to make us so. I don't care how frustrated you are that we are not progressing... you do NOT EVER take it out on guildies when they fail. We are not that guild you stupid motherfucker.
You do NOT EVER call out the healers as the problem when it's an offtank getting critted... because guess what thats his fault, not ours. You do not coordinate heals...EVER. We have a channel for that and we handle it there, you know this, you have a FUCKING HEALING ALT WHO IS IN THE CHANNEL!!!!!
So "Turdhead" remove that stick from your ass and calm down. Or alternatively, die in a fucking fire and fuck you, from the bottom of my heart.
*names have been changed to prevent teh dramas
I'm here really
The Holidays and a very sick cat have put a damper on my posting. Plus lack of raiding last week gives me nothing to bitch about except that it always seems like I have NO playtime.
The turkey pet is kyute.
The turkey pet is kyute.
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