Hello my three readers,
Yes you heard it, I we have a new friend! /wave
So as we all know, there is a new set of quests on the Isle of Thunder that requires us to gather summoning stones to call upon and kill these rare elite mobs for weekly rep with the Shado Pan Assault (SPA). There was only two of us on last night and went off to pug in general chat. Surprisingly the island was very quiet and we only managed to find one warlock. That's fine, I was on my healer, we had a tank and a warlock. Warlocks are OP at doing damage so we decided to 3-man Kros.
Biggest mistake ever.
Now here's the part of the story where I want you to put on your objective glasses and try to throw away any of your pre-conceived notions of what "should" be and just listen to what happened.
Alright. We summon the boss, he's angry and I have hots up and our tank is pulling Kros away so he has some time to run to the little add that he goes back to gobble up and heal himself. Okay.
The warlock who still has his Voidwalker up is now standing there doing nothing. Ok, maybe he's laggy or DC or something. Or confused.
The add spawns and he's still standing there, I start to wrath the add down and he dies ok great. The warlock is still standing there. My recount says he has a few ticks of corruption on the boss and has used Fel Flame a couple times. Ok wtf?
The add spawns again and I am unable to wrath it down, the boss heals to full. We ask the warlock to stand by the add to kill it when he spawns. But intrinsically this also meant, "be near the boss and also kill the add". Well, he's just standing there. Now he's summoned his wild imps and is casting soulfires at the boss. Ok. After about 10 minutes of trying to get this person to kill the add, he finally starts to help, but it's geting real close because he has not yet used Metamorphosis or used shadow bolt once. Say what?
10 minutes later, the boss is dead. Longest fight ever. And we now confirm can be done with a tank, a resto druid and a warm body doing 10k dps.
In the Moment
At that moment, my inner warlock was literally asking:
"What the fuck is this guy doing? Kill the goddamn boss! Why the shit are you using a void walker and why aren't you using all your goddamn abilities?" Why won't you kill the fucking add? Where's shadowbolt? Cast doom on Kros! Use a fucking imp!
Afterthoughts
Now that I think back, I made the right choice to be civil and just /cheer as we made the kill. This is where my question pops up: Where do we draw the line?
This warlock was ilvl 435 and had no reason to be on this island. He obviously had no concept of what a damage rotation was, what spells and cooldowns his class had, or even the fact that certain pets have different purposes.
As a raider, this is a no no but when you think about it, for someone who doesn't even have the concept of these things, or the knowledge that he is actually being measured for knowing or not knowing these points, what does it matter?
For all we know he's a 10 year old having fun with his warlock, he found a quest and wanted a group. I have let my younger cousin, who is also 10, muck about on my characters. He'll admire my mounts, check out the various pets and ask to kill random things with all the shiny abilities. There's no concept of which ability to cast first, or how they interact with each other since it's not even a thought that crosses his mind. He's just "a warlock, who can kill things". He'll say "ooh I'll use Soulfire on you!" "..ooh what's Fel Flame?" It's that simple, and perhaps it's us who are bound by optimization and performance who are actually the victim of the system.
Where do we Draw the Line?
So now I ask, when do we have the right to berate others for how they push their buttons? He never pre-emptively promised us that he'd be a good warlock. We just assumed. Should we offer constructive feedback? Smile and be on our way? Tell them they suck? Had we said that, I don't think he'd know what we meant by "suck", is there a way to not suck? (Well yes, but you know...)
This is just too mind boggling, I'll just start armory-ing everyone from now on.
Turny the Mighty Tree
Monday, April 15, 2013
The Trolls Are Cleared
Good evening my two readers,
We've been making some good progress over the past...uh day in the raiding world. We were having some issues on co-ordination on Horridon for the past couple weeks but yesterday his giant corpse lay battered and bruised as we cut him open to see the shiny loots within his warm quivering dino body.
We then went on to attempt the Zandalari Council and surprisingly got him down in about four attempts. Nothing too dramatic. I shall update everyone (if you care, which you probably don't) on our attempts at Tortos tonight, I would actually be quite delighted if a 522 bow dropped for our wonderful hunters.
Now I don't want to taint this happy post with my next topic so I shall start a new post riiiiiight now.
Truny the Progressive
We've been making some good progress over the past...uh day in the raiding world. We were having some issues on co-ordination on Horridon for the past couple weeks but yesterday his giant corpse lay battered and bruised as we cut him open to see the shiny loots within his warm quivering dino body.
We then went on to attempt the Zandalari Council and surprisingly got him down in about four attempts. Nothing too dramatic. I shall update everyone (if you care, which you probably don't) on our attempts at Tortos tonight, I would actually be quite delighted if a 522 bow dropped for our wonderful hunters.
Now I don't want to taint this happy post with my next topic so I shall start a new post riiiiiight now.
Truny the Progressive
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
MoP LFR Tips: Throne of Thunder - 3rd Wing: Halls of Flesh-Shaping
Oh hello my one reader,
Sorry for the delay as I had meant to put these tips up to ease the madness that is LFR for us all last week but I was busy so yes here we go.
Don't be overwhelmed by the horror stories you hear about Durumu, as the 3rd wing is probably the easiest and quickest LFR wing since MV 1st half.
Durumu
Again, I will highlight the IMPORTANT things that you will SEE so we wont' be boggled by spell names or abilities and that other shit. Unfortunately, they put "real" raid mechanics into Durumu so I may appear quite long-winded starting now:
1. Stuff on the ground. Occasionally Durumu will target random people and shoot poop at them. Once the poop hits it leaves a pool on the ground. Try to move to the outer edge if it targets you.
2. Colored beams. The colored beams, red, blue, and yellow are essentially radars, if you are targetted by red or blue, run around the platform until a mist beasts appears then kill it. The yellow beam will move by itself.
3. Once all three colored beasts are dead, I recommend running to the face of the boss where he will then start to cast his deadly laser of DOOM.
3a. Durumu will start preparing a giant laser in front of him that WILL ONE SHOT whoever touches it, AND he..
3b. ...summons gas all around the room with hard to see gaps in them. There are two "mazes" of open area, one for ranged, and one for melee. I tend to follow the one in melee as I can follow the boss's movements. Essentially go for where the gas seems to the thinnest in density.
3c. SO. As he is preparing his laser, gas will fill up on both sides of him and here is where you PAY ATTENTION. Watch for the ground to either the left or right of his laser (it is safe to stand on the laser now), and you will see little squiggles on the ground. THIS DENOTES THE SAFE ZONE and also the direction in which he will turn. If the squiggles are on the right, start going to the right as he will start turning that way and as gas fills, the mazes will start to form on the right. This will pretty much "determine" (get it hahaha) the success of the group.
4. No matter how many stacks of Determination you get, you will still get one shot by his laser, so keep moving. If you can't see exactly where the next section of the maze is, pop a CD and GUESS.
5. I believe the developers are looking to make the safe spots more visible, but in the meanwhile maybe try turning down your graphics, but also note the following sequence of events leading up to his laser so you'll know when to expect it.
6. The good thing is if you have enough people alive, half the raid can be dead and you can still kill him.
7. Best to ask who knows where to go, mark them, then follow them!
Primordius
If you've made it to Primordius you are in the clear, however here is a quick overview of what you should do for success:
1. Tanks kite Primordius around the room.
2. DPS kill slimes and stand in their residue until you are turned into a Saurok.
That's it.
Some may choose to leave Primordius standing, but slimes reach him faster this way and he 'll do increased damage AND us warlocks won't have a large group of slimes to cast rain of fire on for endless embers.
Dark Animus
These last two fights as you can see...are substantially easier to go through than Durumu. Less trash too!
1. Slowly kill the small little golems around the room. This may need to be communicated to everyone.
2. Focus down any medium golems which spawn after they absorb the energy from the dead small golems.
3. Focus down big golems and medium golems, and once the boss activates focus on him as he'll eat the remaining golems.
4. Stay out of animus rings and puddles. Pew pew.
Hopefully this sort of helps you acquire your 90 VP in a more better manner (yes, more better).
Truny the Sort of Helpful
Sorry for the delay as I had meant to put these tips up to ease the madness that is LFR for us all last week but I was busy so yes here we go.
Don't be overwhelmed by the horror stories you hear about Durumu, as the 3rd wing is probably the easiest and quickest LFR wing since MV 1st half.
Durumu
Again, I will highlight the IMPORTANT things that you will SEE so we wont' be boggled by spell names or abilities and that other shit. Unfortunately, they put "real" raid mechanics into Durumu so I may appear quite long-winded starting now:
1. Stuff on the ground. Occasionally Durumu will target random people and shoot poop at them. Once the poop hits it leaves a pool on the ground. Try to move to the outer edge if it targets you.
2. Colored beams. The colored beams, red, blue, and yellow are essentially radars, if you are targetted by red or blue, run around the platform until a mist beasts appears then kill it. The yellow beam will move by itself.
3. Once all three colored beasts are dead, I recommend running to the face of the boss where he will then start to cast his deadly laser of DOOM.
3a. Durumu will start preparing a giant laser in front of him that WILL ONE SHOT whoever touches it, AND he..
3b. ...summons gas all around the room with hard to see gaps in them. There are two "mazes" of open area, one for ranged, and one for melee. I tend to follow the one in melee as I can follow the boss's movements. Essentially go for where the gas seems to the thinnest in density.
3c. SO. As he is preparing his laser, gas will fill up on both sides of him and here is where you PAY ATTENTION. Watch for the ground to either the left or right of his laser (it is safe to stand on the laser now), and you will see little squiggles on the ground. THIS DENOTES THE SAFE ZONE and also the direction in which he will turn. If the squiggles are on the right, start going to the right as he will start turning that way and as gas fills, the mazes will start to form on the right. This will pretty much "determine" (get it hahaha) the success of the group.
4. No matter how many stacks of Determination you get, you will still get one shot by his laser, so keep moving. If you can't see exactly where the next section of the maze is, pop a CD and GUESS.
5. I believe the developers are looking to make the safe spots more visible, but in the meanwhile maybe try turning down your graphics, but also note the following sequence of events leading up to his laser so you'll know when to expect it.
6. The good thing is if you have enough people alive, half the raid can be dead and you can still kill him.
7. Best to ask who knows where to go, mark them, then follow them!
Primordius
If you've made it to Primordius you are in the clear, however here is a quick overview of what you should do for success:
1. Tanks kite Primordius around the room.
2. DPS kill slimes and stand in their residue until you are turned into a Saurok.
That's it.
Some may choose to leave Primordius standing, but slimes reach him faster this way and he 'll do increased damage AND us warlocks won't have a large group of slimes to cast rain of fire on for endless embers.
Dark Animus
These last two fights as you can see...are substantially easier to go through than Durumu. Less trash too!
1. Slowly kill the small little golems around the room. This may need to be communicated to everyone.
2. Focus down any medium golems which spawn after they absorb the energy from the dead small golems.
3. Focus down big golems and medium golems, and once the boss activates focus on him as he'll eat the remaining golems.
4. Stay out of animus rings and puddles. Pew pew.
Hopefully this sort of helps you acquire your 90 VP in a more better manner (yes, more better).
Truny the Sort of Helpful
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Hunters and the Lack of Ranged Weapons in MoP
Hello my two readers,
I've been meaning to make this post many many weeks ago when my hunter had first dinged level 90 and began his epic adventure to find a proper bow or gun to slay baddies with.
It was a horrible experience. Only a handful of heroics dropped guns/bows and on the outset, only one single boss dropped a bow in raid, the 6th boss in Mogushan Vaults. After dozens and dozens of heroics, I finally found a 463 gun and used the JP upgrade to bring it up to 471 in preparation for the release of Terrace.
Heart of Fear was released, and lo and behold, oh, there were no ranged weapons so fuck you hunters go farm Mogushan Vaults. Ok..
Terrace had one single weapon, the only sha-touched weapon that we can use and thus began the cycle of insanity. You would have thunk that Yogg'saron was the master of insanity? Hell no, he's got nothing on Lei Shi.
Ah Lei Shi, the one boss who drops pretty much everything useful for every single class yet refuses to yield anything more than a belt. Speaking of belts, why are there so many belts in TOES? Do I really need to choose between twelve different agility belts? Many times I got so frustrated that I didn't even both staying and facerolling the Sha of Fear.
Weeks and weeks passed, I got sick of my hunter's bad luck and skipped many weeks but according to my log I have a dozen Lei Shi kills and of course every week, gold and any other item but tier and the gun. I've read many other folks have had even worse luck, going five months with no new weapon, and jeez, how do you stand it? Why didn't you just quit and play your warlock? (Jokes, I did.)
Coming from the standpoint of my druid and warlock, I had a 476 through inscription on the get-go and wasn't really too worried about upgrades because it was purple and somehow a purple item will satiate a lot of folks in this regards. Are rogues also as screwed with this system? Do agi daggers even exist?
So I thought, okay, maybe the intention with the game is that upgrades aren't that big a deal anyways and we should just enjoy everything else. This is true, except that multiple weeks of NOTHING is quite aggravating, despite the fight being mind numbingly easy. On one hand was I being too entitled to loot that I should EXPECT an upgrade after 3 months? Well, the game sort of has changed to encourage that sort of thought, but maybe not. And honestly, the thing is that hunters aren't even that fun to play with anyways. To add insult to injury, here, don't have upgrades but also please mind your many 15,20,30,45,60 second cooldowns so don't even both looking at the screen thanks.
Then rejoice, Throne of Thunder is released and there are two relatively easy to get ranged weapons on the get-go. Of course, nothing on the first few attempts and I rage-semi-quit.
Then as we approached our very first real TOES run and we down Lei Shi with relative ease, i burned my token and got...nothing, but guess what was in her stupid treasure chest?
That's right, Tao'ren the Soul Burner. Pristine and untouched, ready to be shot repeatedly for months on end. I was the only hunter, actually come to think of it I am the only hunter who is still relatively active in our guild and I was elated. This was a different kind of excitement which brought me back to when epics were actually very hard to come by. It brought me back to when I was freshly new to the game and was still using THOTTBOT to look up all the different bows/guns in the game. Back to when an epic was revered and cherished, and not just something you got and later ignored, only looking forward to replace it with something better. Another historical moment was when I won the ilvl 200 "epic" crossbow in heroic Utgarde Keep. It was scary, since anyone could roll need/greed on anything and we couldn't trade items and there was that tiny risk that someone would need the crossbow for gold or because they were crazy.
First you must understand the viewpoint as to WHY my hunter was so keen on getting an upgrade. It's not being entitled to epics, it's in his nature. You see, when I first started playing, I made sure that at every level I had the strongest possible weapon I could obtain at that level. And this brings us back to Thottbot. I manually mined and saved up gold for Hurricane, a level 34 epic bow just because it was the "best" one then (or maybe not). It was just my thing with the hunter and what MoP did was break this tradition for many months.
With the lack of filler-heroics, the ONLY place to gear up alts is through LFR and we all know what crazy madness can happen in there. Even if the runs are smooth, it's boring and again if you've run a warlock through anything, every other toon will feel weak as hell.
Anyways, that was my little rant/thing on stupid ranged weapons for this expansion. I won't wish you luck because I have a better suggestion for when you are frustrated, go roll a warlock.
Truny the Warlock
I've been meaning to make this post many many weeks ago when my hunter had first dinged level 90 and began his epic adventure to find a proper bow or gun to slay baddies with.
It was a horrible experience. Only a handful of heroics dropped guns/bows and on the outset, only one single boss dropped a bow in raid, the 6th boss in Mogushan Vaults. After dozens and dozens of heroics, I finally found a 463 gun and used the JP upgrade to bring it up to 471 in preparation for the release of Terrace.
Heart of Fear was released, and lo and behold, oh, there were no ranged weapons so fuck you hunters go farm Mogushan Vaults. Ok..
Terrace had one single weapon, the only sha-touched weapon that we can use and thus began the cycle of insanity. You would have thunk that Yogg'saron was the master of insanity? Hell no, he's got nothing on Lei Shi.
Ah Lei Shi, the one boss who drops pretty much everything useful for every single class yet refuses to yield anything more than a belt. Speaking of belts, why are there so many belts in TOES? Do I really need to choose between twelve different agility belts? Many times I got so frustrated that I didn't even both staying and facerolling the Sha of Fear.
Weeks and weeks passed, I got sick of my hunter's bad luck and skipped many weeks but according to my log I have a dozen Lei Shi kills and of course every week, gold and any other item but tier and the gun. I've read many other folks have had even worse luck, going five months with no new weapon, and jeez, how do you stand it? Why didn't you just quit and play your warlock? (Jokes, I did.)
Coming from the standpoint of my druid and warlock, I had a 476 through inscription on the get-go and wasn't really too worried about upgrades because it was purple and somehow a purple item will satiate a lot of folks in this regards. Are rogues also as screwed with this system? Do agi daggers even exist?
So I thought, okay, maybe the intention with the game is that upgrades aren't that big a deal anyways and we should just enjoy everything else. This is true, except that multiple weeks of NOTHING is quite aggravating, despite the fight being mind numbingly easy. On one hand was I being too entitled to loot that I should EXPECT an upgrade after 3 months? Well, the game sort of has changed to encourage that sort of thought, but maybe not. And honestly, the thing is that hunters aren't even that fun to play with anyways. To add insult to injury, here, don't have upgrades but also please mind your many 15,20,30,45,60 second cooldowns so don't even both looking at the screen thanks.
Then rejoice, Throne of Thunder is released and there are two relatively easy to get ranged weapons on the get-go. Of course, nothing on the first few attempts and I rage-semi-quit.
Then as we approached our very first real TOES run and we down Lei Shi with relative ease, i burned my token and got...nothing, but guess what was in her stupid treasure chest?
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| Ermagerd, a sher terched gern! |
First you must understand the viewpoint as to WHY my hunter was so keen on getting an upgrade. It's not being entitled to epics, it's in his nature. You see, when I first started playing, I made sure that at every level I had the strongest possible weapon I could obtain at that level. And this brings us back to Thottbot. I manually mined and saved up gold for Hurricane, a level 34 epic bow just because it was the "best" one then (or maybe not). It was just my thing with the hunter and what MoP did was break this tradition for many months.
With the lack of filler-heroics, the ONLY place to gear up alts is through LFR and we all know what crazy madness can happen in there. Even if the runs are smooth, it's boring and again if you've run a warlock through anything, every other toon will feel weak as hell.
Anyways, that was my little rant/thing on stupid ranged weapons for this expansion. I won't wish you luck because I have a better suggestion for when you are frustrated, go roll a warlock.
Truny the Warlock
Receiving End of the Fel
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| Yes silly Paladin, use your stupid little bubble. |
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