Comments on: #0211 Ego Maniac

By: Lycinder

Lycinder — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:22:25 +0000

Ah, well then in a raid on AOC we should have been able to take down the Kylikki.
It was a wipe because we lost almost all our DPS (thanks to a certain person using ranged on a Boss who deals huge AoE damage when hit with ranged) and all we really had left was me, another guy who we shared the main tanking and alot of healers. We couldn’t do damage as the boss was able to heal itself (We could of possibly taken it down but it would of taken hours, much easier to wipe)

Moral of the story- DPS is useful, very useful, actually a must have most of the time.

By: Eirik

Eirik — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:43:28 +0000

@Zorland: I suspect you will want to look into the Cataclysm changes. Blizzard realized that AoE-fest was what Wrath had turned into (shy of raid bosses). They’re working to return crowd control to the game.

By: Icesnake

Icesnake — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:18:40 +0000

“And, frankly, most top guilds are full of ego-maniacal individuals”

Which is why I wouldn’t be in one. If I want to hang out with egomaniacs, I can go to the TV and turn on Jersey Shore or some other equally-mindless drivel.

I play WoW for fun, not to use it as a substitute for male sex organs. The 8-year-old mentalities that do that make me despair of humanity.

By: Vampyrr

Vampyrr — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:05:42 +0000

That Jennifer cat sure is a bit conceited. Dps are a dime a dozen always always always have been, always will be. A good tank squad and healing squad make or break more raids then dps EVER WILL. I am MS dps have been for as long as I’ve played the game, probably always will too. But d-mn girl you are putting way to much emphasis on the dps and most likely yourself.

If a dps goes down the rest pick up the slack and keep going if a healer or tank goes down that could VERY easily result in a wipe right then and there. Raids have been carrying bad dps since they were first able to group more than 5 players at once but a bad healer or tank stops a raid in its tracks.

And in response to her talk of aoes, the only ICC aoes even on heroic that will end your life are ones you can avoid by not being stupid. Saurfangs BB can be completely absorbed by a disc priests shield (note healer) and a decent hot from a druid (note also healer) negates the aura from Sindy. Maybe it is you who doesn’t know ICC content

By: tirsden

tirsden — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:25:08 +0000

She’s just blaming anyone but herself. The way of the troll… Lisa be on that train. -.-;;

By: Warsabi

Warsabi — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:15:57 +0000

I understand but the reason i state this is mainly for 5 group instances

because im a hunter on Kirin Tor, i am not picked much for raids (cries alittle) so i play my shammy alot.

Most of the time the tank dies because the healer “isnt paying attention” and the other way around

I also discovered some tanks get kind of big headed like he goes off and aggros half the map and blames the healer, or he LOS on the other side of the map and when the healer had no LOS the tank again blames the healer (being my shammy)

So this rule is pretty much both true and false

By: fintlo

fintlo — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:46:51 +0000

yay Now that my monitor is now working i can view this comic

By: Zorlond

Zorlond — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:21:22 +0000

LK raid ‘content’? Nope, don’t play it. Got up to 80, did one or two bottom-level raids, was utterly bored, and canceled my subscrip. And you pretty much hit on why I was massively bored. It’s an AOE-fest. Specifically, the damage you describe would be AOE heal duty, a good shaman or two would fix that. And boom, no real strategy needed, bored now.

And by the way, damage auras and random targeted spells are not new to WoW. Hit those aplenty in Kara. They were never really an issue (meaning they hardly ever killed anyone) unless your healers stunk.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:30:43 +0000

Look up Deathbringer Saurfang and his blood boil ability. Look up Sindragosa and check out her frost aura ability. Look up the Lich King and check out his harvest soul ability.

I could go on and on – it’s patently clear you don’t raid ICC. There is a TON of damage that CANNOT be avoided. The damage is taken no matter what spot you’re standing at.

By: Chrome

Chrome — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:38:35 +0000

This is why my DK tank has a blood spec. Yes, I’ve beaten bosses as a tank being top in dps and heals before. The fight just took a very, very long time. :[