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Apr6

My pally is now level 73 and most of my runs have complaints here and there but todays Nexus was good enough to note.

Had a DK tank who had no idea where he was going or what he was doing, and another DK doing about 300 dps compared to the tanks 1400 dps. That was the start. Then the dwarf hunter, I’m pretty sure, initiated a vote kick after I pointed this out with “don’t wanna carry”, that guy got kicked.

Then we had a mess of a pull where I lost the tank while I was silenced, but we cleared it with myself and 2 dps up with the DK asking for a rez while we were busy with the fight. I was complimented on my healing, and rezzed up the tank and a dps who didn’t bother running back in. I said “drinking” since I was down to 13%, but the DK ran ahead and kept pulling so I had to abort that, pop Divine Plea and trigger Speed of Light to catch up. Then we had this little conversation

Farzen- Maelstrom (dwarf hunter): What is it about making a new DK that makes people forget how to play?

Me: Lol

DK: it doesn’t

Farzen: could’ve fooled me

DK drops party.

The group wasn’t that great but I stayed just because that hunter made me laugh and I told them so. We finished with a warrior who spun Keristrasza like a top but otherwise we finished it.

DragonSoul is sort of boring

Apr4

Ran on my priest with A9N again and picked up the heroic Petrified Fungal Heart, normal version of Cord of the Slain Champion even though I already had a 397 belt, but I was the only clothie, and got Janglespur Jackboots to finally replace my heroic Coalwalker Sandals from Firelands.

We also got down heroic Skittles (Yor’sahj) and tried heroic Ultraxion but there was some fuss with the fading light and dps so we only tried twice.

And, ok. I liked Firelands and I liked the heroic fights I got to do or try (Shannox, Rhyolith, Staghelm, Alysrazor) but so far I don’t like any of the DS fights on normal or heroic. They are either “bleh” or just not fun to do. Morchock and Yor’sahj are just sort of bleh whatever, Ultraxion is just heal your ass off and hit a button sometimes, Spine is “do healing on people who don’t need it because of a stupid debuff”, and heroic Skittles is, don’t heal people too much, which is just dumb. I don’t like it. The only fight that is remotely engaging is Blackhorn, imo.

Cunning of the Cruel

Mar27

Ran the first 4 bosses of LFR the other day, and watched Cunning of the Cruel go to a BALANCE druid who was doing FERAL dps, at around 6k dps. They then went to actually using balance during the second boss, and brought their DPS up to around 10k.

On the third boss I won a new ring, which was technically a side grade (which I ended up equipping) and that druid asked if they could have it because my gear was better. Stifling an urge to tell them to fuck off I said sure I’ll trade for that trinket. Needless to say they declined. Someone from Ragnaros, that druid was. Totally sick of seeing that server, and Goldrinn in my queues.

Afk, Trash

Mar24

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Did a full clear, with Morchock on heroic, with A9N last night.  They tear through bosses like mad, every fight was like half the length that it takes Relentless to do.  I got a BOE belt which I equipped and the tier robe. I really didn’t need it since I had 2 other 397 robes but eh I got 5/5 atm so whatever. Can also switch it around if need be.

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Something that pisses me off raw though, dps that go afk without warning and magically come back after a full clear of trash is done.  Or go afk and not say a word, for like 10 mins.A tank can’t get away with that because the whole group has to wait.  A healer can’t usually do that because the whole group has to wait, or risk a wipe if the tank isn’t notified first (so no random afking).

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A warlock from RS did that last night, and was gone for all the slime trash and then was kicked, but came back mid boss, but left at Ultraxion.  They think he was upset about not winning the belt, which they said he already had.

Tonight did a full clear on my shaman with Relentless and for some inconceivable reason we keep bringing Branders with. I focus’d him and inspected again. Apparently Lila got him to enchant, but he went at least 4 fights never casting  Greater Healing Wave.  It was just riptide, chain heal, healing wave, and healing rain. During high damage stack phases he just cast healing wave.  I never saw spirit link totem either.   He also kept overwriting my earth shield on Cinor, except for one fight where I told him to knock that shit off because I needed to have it up since I was healing in melee range.  The normal version of Heart of Unliving dropped and THANK THE LIGHT I beat that shaman over that, or my rage quitting would be put all others to shame.

Elitist Jerk

Mar24

I like how anytime I trash someone for being desperately awful on their class, that they ask if I’m in an elite guild or “hardcore” guild. No, do you really need to be elite to know you shouldn’t be missing 9 glyphs? Do you have to be elite to not lose 30% of your health per mob swing? Or wait I’m sure you have to be elite to NOT play a fire mage just hitting scorch constantly.