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Bolded part -- you mean like a lot of tradeskills in the pre-300 range now? :P Please don't misunderstand my tone, I understand that some people like PvP. But I'm afraid I do see the point, and that's why I don't play on a PvP server.
I go back to my version of the nudist beach comparsion -- you signed up hoping for Natalie Portman. I've experienced unfettered PvP (in pre-Trammel UO) and you're going to get more Roseanne Barrs & Rosie O'Donnel's. As long as some structure is not enforced, ganking is very much a part of the PvP server experience (which is why PvE to PvP transfers are unlikely to ever be allowed).
Saying that though this happens far more on the PVE server I spend most of my game time on now than it ever does on the PVP servers I play on.
I realized, unfortunately after the post, that this would be jumped on. I still feel strongly that "you rolled pvp so deal with it" stance is pointless taunting.
The nudist beach example is not appropriate. These people are not expecting perfection all the time -- that's ridiculous. They hope for at least some fun sometimes, which would be a relatively good sample of the population. Instead of a decent variety of fugly to average to good-looking, the current pvp situation is like showing up and getting a 500-pound hairy elephant of a man tackling you and grinding his buttcheeks into your face, while screaming in a Bobcat Goldthwait voice, "TAKE IT OR LEAVE! TAKE IT OR LEAVE! LOLLERCAUST!"
Is it really fair to think that's "just what you get" for rolling on a pvp server? Thinking so is horribly cynical, even if it is true. There's no justice in it, and so the people who complain about this are perfectly justified in doing so.
Additionally, Blizzard has done piss and crap to improve the situation. Rather than try to help make PvP a more interesting and engaging environment, they've turned a completely blind eye to it and just let assholes run amok and do whatever they want. Their duty to their subscribers is to make their experience reasonably enjoyable. They have failed.
It is their private enterprise and practically, they have full reign. That doesn't mean people can't complain about the situation. Taunting the complainers that they can take it or leave is just meaningless point-scoring; all it serves is to try to make them look bad for social "gains". This is very poor behavior, and really a form of trolling.
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Damnation.
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Friday night I was there for my first Vashj kill ever (but not guild first). And got to AoE tank the first event in Hyjal. And we killed Rage Winterchill.
And Tonight, I succsefully tanked Solarian, add tanked A'lar, and in Kael tanked the staff,dagger, and then Telonicus. But, rest of raid couldnt keep up and we never killed Kael. =\
Also, broke 14k hp unbuffed now, and almost 300 spell dmg unbuffed. awesomness.
Welcome to the club!
We're at 8 & 16 on my server. God I hate Balnazzar.
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Sad: Having not enough people on to run Kara this weekend
Happy: Realizing that with the aforementioned 1k spell damage and considering I already pull aggro at 800 spell damage with little effort, that a Kara run would probably have resulted me in being the main tank the entire instance. Boomchicken don't like tanking.
Currently DMing: None
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[5e] Dural Melairkyn - AC 18 | HP 40 | Melee +5/1d8+3 | Spell +4/DC 12
Currently DMing: None
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[5e] Dural Melairkyn - AC 18 | HP 40 | Melee +5/1d8+3 | Spell +4/DC 12
Normally that would be a bad thing, but not this group. A guildie asked if I wanted to join in on this group's badge collecting spree. I don't know what the hell they were rocking with, but we steamrolled the place. Oh we had CC. A priest could have shackled, or the hunter could have laid traps, but nope, never touched them. Just had the paladin tank everything, and everything dropped FAST. I think my jaw hit the floor when we reached Moroes. No CC, we all just ran up, knocked out all 4 adds in about 30 seconds, and then smacked down Moroes. A full clear and 22 badges in about two and a half hours. I was stunned. This grizzled old warrior was happy to basically be given free reign to whirlwind until the cows came home. Really made me shed a tear for all the pain and hardships we used to have starting out in Kara.
Amen. Welcome, Riz. Please take a seat (on your awesome new bear mount), punch, pie and the cries of the damned will be served shortly.
I know that the way aggro reductions work, it's unlikely to be a pure 12%, but that's 12% more damage that you can do before pulling aggro. You just stated that you pull aggro at 800 damage, and you've increased that 25%. Seems to me that while it might not save you from pulling aggro all the time, it'd give your tanks more of a lead, and give you better control over your threat, particularly through spikes/bursts (intentional or otherwise).
There is a reason that Salvation is the most important buff a rogue can have, and we get both a shitty threat reduction skill (Feint) and a full blow aggro drop once per 5 minutes.
Even then, considering their potential for burst damage through crits, and the chance of a resist on feign, I wouldn't call it an unimportant buff for them either.
But yes, for a good hunter, it's signficantly less important as anything but a safety net.
Indeed. Next ptr we should do a PA bear cavalry get together. Although I don't think it'd be very populated. Maybe just get all bear mounts in the world together instead.
Druid/Warrior tank: Bring 3 CC Or get the fuck out
Paladin tank: bring 1-2 CC or get the fuck out
Paladin healer: get the fuck out unless you're doing normal in t6 gear
Some people chose to not be on their bears for this shot, I am appalled
Also that robe is nice :v
I give you an A+ for your tabard.
Hating: Ran MrT (normal) for the first time yesterday. Was okay until the mage left and we had no CC. Eventually 4 of the people in the group switched to different characters to make the instance easier. But even then we couldn't down Kael.
That's not the reason. If I can get Salv after all the other buffs I'll take it.
FD pretty much means we don't pull aggro unless we get unlucky resists.
Some fights though Salv seems like it would be handier than some of the other blessings.
Super unhappy: I'm at work, damnit, 2 server firsts missed because I have a job.
Wow, that seems really impressive, this soon after the release.
(although the 3rd boss really does need 2 CC if you get a horrible selection of mobs)
and now my tank gear is pretty awesome!
I got one of those for my paladin the other day and I love it. So hurry up and get those mats.