Wednesday, October 31, 2007
The 5th Horseman
Baron Soosdon has a new Happy Halloween movie on his blog site which he took 2nd place for in the WCM Halloween Contest movie. Posting it all here for all to see since I like his Machinima movies. Posted in DIVX Stage 6 for better viewing.
Blade Edge Mountain Quest - Random Blues
Was helping a friend and group out in North Blades Edge Mountain (Bash'ir Landing) on a group quest when this blue dropped. We had to do the quest two times to get the item needed from the Elite Ogre King Dorfbruiser. Couldn't find this anywhere on Thottbot or Wowhead and found it on wowwiki.com. Anyone of 5 random Elite mobs can spawn on quest that also drops several nice random/enchanted blues. Its from the chain quest The Mark of the Nexus-King and gives Consortium reps. I haven't done this quest myself was only there to help out.
Things I've Noticed in PuG's
Beside all the usual things everyone may be used to by now in PuG's these are some the things I've notice or observations while Tanking in various groups.
1. Very few people in PuG's have a Threat Meter installed. Needless to say few have Damage Meters either. Watch out for people that are obsessed with damage meter report. I have both though for more than obvious reasons since I'm tanking. But its amazing to see DPS in a PuG with no Threat Meter which makes it more difficult on the tank since neither the DPS nor the Tank have any idea where the DPS threat level is at untill you magically pull aggro. As a mana user tanking it means I sometimes have to burn more mana and have more downtime than I normally should.
2. I've seen and grouped with some Hunters with very good trapping skills. But the ones that are very good at trapping when required or when someone else pulls aggro and trap are very few that I have seen. Last weekend through 8 runs through Botanica we had one specific Hunter for three runs and that Hunter I had no doubt if I marked anything to trap he had it trapped for sure. He had excellent trapping skills.
3. Some Mages love to always sheep....... next to a tanking Paladin. Any Paladin that's tanking will just about always consecrate. If we see a mob already CC will try to move and consecrate to CC all the mobs to the Paladin if they can that's not already CC. If a mage has to sheep a marked target do it right after we throw Avergers Shield when there is still some distance to the mob marked for sheeping usually a caster mob.
4. Very few people carry water (Mana Drink)! If a group don't have a Mage to make free water not sure what some people will do. Some people run out of water during a instance run not having enough when they are already a mana using class. I always have three full stacks of water that 60 full mana drinks.
5. Few people in PuG's have really every had the experience to group with a good paladin tank. Its obvious when you hear them in party chat.
6. In some the PuG's I've seen often enough some DPS classes love to always attack the mob right after you pull it with Avengers Shield and before mob gets to you to hit the mob. I sometimes just let that person have the mob to take a beating for a while as lesson in aggro management and not to hit the mob before its in range for me to hit or drop a judgement on it.
7. Few people will use Elixir's in PuG's if they need to. Its can be obvious why if your not sure your going to wipe or not. Some people will though as I've seen. As a Tank I use Elixir's or Wizzard Oil if I have to because some people pack a lots of DPS in their Epic'd/Enchanted out gear set.
8. People love to go AFK in PuG's for all kind of reasons. It helps to do it if you can before the run starts if possible.
9. Some people have no idea how rolling for loot works in a Instance. Roll Greed on anything Green that's not BoP (Bind on Pickup) when it pops up on screen. If its a Blue boss drop Need if you can use it or its a upgrade to your class and Pass if you cannot use or loot is not for your specific class. If lucky to have a Enchanter in group and everyone passes on loots and no one wants. Group will usually agree to then roll for the Shard piece. Last Botanica run I was in we had one Mage that roll need on everything that dropped. He even rolled need on a healing Libram he couldn't even use. It was funny.
10. You will be amazed at how many healers in PuG's I've seen other than a Holy Paladin maybe that have no idea how a Paladin Tank gets his mana or maintain it when tanking. Paladins get majority of their mana back while actively tanking through a passive ability called Spiritual Attunement from being constantly healed. We get 10% of that heal back in mana as long as the Paladin is not on full health. Having Blessing of Wisdom up helps the Paladin or using Seal or Judgement of Wisdom as needed. However while tanking we get majority of mana from Spiritual Attunement through heals. I've had times in PuGs when I notice I'm barely getting heal, be maybe close to half health and be starving almost completely OOM and then a big heal. I'm wondering if healer is on coffee break or something. Sometimes I deliberately take damage just so I can get healed to get mana back. Usually I have to explain to the healer how that works, even some the other classes in PuG's have no clue either when I explain it in party chat.
1. Very few people in PuG's have a Threat Meter installed. Needless to say few have Damage Meters either. Watch out for people that are obsessed with damage meter report. I have both though for more than obvious reasons since I'm tanking. But its amazing to see DPS in a PuG with no Threat Meter which makes it more difficult on the tank since neither the DPS nor the Tank have any idea where the DPS threat level is at untill you magically pull aggro. As a mana user tanking it means I sometimes have to burn more mana and have more downtime than I normally should.
2. I've seen and grouped with some Hunters with very good trapping skills. But the ones that are very good at trapping when required or when someone else pulls aggro and trap are very few that I have seen. Last weekend through 8 runs through Botanica we had one specific Hunter for three runs and that Hunter I had no doubt if I marked anything to trap he had it trapped for sure. He had excellent trapping skills.
3. Some Mages love to always sheep....... next to a tanking Paladin. Any Paladin that's tanking will just about always consecrate. If we see a mob already CC will try to move and consecrate to CC all the mobs to the Paladin if they can that's not already CC. If a mage has to sheep a marked target do it right after we throw Avergers Shield when there is still some distance to the mob marked for sheeping usually a caster mob.
4. Very few people carry water (Mana Drink)! If a group don't have a Mage to make free water not sure what some people will do. Some people run out of water during a instance run not having enough when they are already a mana using class. I always have three full stacks of water that 60 full mana drinks.
5. Few people in PuG's have really every had the experience to group with a good paladin tank. Its obvious when you hear them in party chat.
6. In some the PuG's I've seen often enough some DPS classes love to always attack the mob right after you pull it with Avengers Shield and before mob gets to you to hit the mob. I sometimes just let that person have the mob to take a beating for a while as lesson in aggro management and not to hit the mob before its in range for me to hit or drop a judgement on it.
7. Few people will use Elixir's in PuG's if they need to. Its can be obvious why if your not sure your going to wipe or not. Some people will though as I've seen. As a Tank I use Elixir's or Wizzard Oil if I have to because some people pack a lots of DPS in their Epic'd/Enchanted out gear set.
8. People love to go AFK in PuG's for all kind of reasons. It helps to do it if you can before the run starts if possible.
9. Some people have no idea how rolling for loot works in a Instance. Roll Greed on anything Green that's not BoP (Bind on Pickup) when it pops up on screen. If its a Blue boss drop Need if you can use it or its a upgrade to your class and Pass if you cannot use or loot is not for your specific class. If lucky to have a Enchanter in group and everyone passes on loots and no one wants. Group will usually agree to then roll for the Shard piece. Last Botanica run I was in we had one Mage that roll need on everything that dropped. He even rolled need on a healing Libram he couldn't even use. It was funny.
10. You will be amazed at how many healers in PuG's I've seen other than a Holy Paladin maybe that have no idea how a Paladin Tank gets his mana or maintain it when tanking. Paladins get majority of their mana back while actively tanking through a passive ability called Spiritual Attunement from being constantly healed. We get 10% of that heal back in mana as long as the Paladin is not on full health. Having Blessing of Wisdom up helps the Paladin or using Seal or Judgement of Wisdom as needed. However while tanking we get majority of mana from Spiritual Attunement through heals. I've had times in PuGs when I notice I'm barely getting heal, be maybe close to half health and be starving almost completely OOM and then a big heal. I'm wondering if healer is on coffee break or something. Sometimes I deliberately take damage just so I can get healed to get mana back. Usually I have to explain to the healer how that works, even some the other classes in PuG's have no clue either when I explain it in party chat.
PuG Tales - Thrallmar Revered
Was back again to The Shattered Halls in a PuG group with some friends, just about knew everyone in the group. Was myself Protec Paladin, Warlock, Priest (Shadow), Mage, Shaman (Resto). Nice group setup for a Tanking Paladin. Group was doing run mostly for rep points with Thrallmar. So in two back to back smooth runs reached Revered with Thrallmar and went and picked up my Heroic Key for Hellfire Citadel.
Once on the run we ended up pulling all the mob group in front of us, both groups to either side of hallway and was one big fight. Was fun for sure! Was me and Shammy left and didn't look good and was first time ever I had to use Devine Intervention. Since I've never used it before took my mind a while to even find the button. Stuck it on the Shammy since he can rezz and it worked! He rezzed us all when things cleared up. Was fun run and group had fun and that made it all the better. The Figurine of Colossus did drop once again on that run but fortunately I picked it up the day before.
Did a run through Mechanar with some other friends from a guild I often group with to tank and was a fun run there as well. The waves of adds on hallway to last boss was fun as usual, we ended up running back to the elevator for that trick so it worked fine. The chest piece did not drop but at some point I'm sure. We didn't get to do a second Mech run but later maybe. I'm already Exalted with The Sha'tar so just doing it for the fun and hope the chest piece drops.
Once on the run we ended up pulling all the mob group in front of us, both groups to either side of hallway and was one big fight. Was fun for sure! Was me and Shammy left and didn't look good and was first time ever I had to use Devine Intervention. Since I've never used it before took my mind a while to even find the button. Stuck it on the Shammy since he can rezz and it worked! He rezzed us all when things cleared up. Was fun run and group had fun and that made it all the better. The Figurine of Colossus did drop once again on that run but fortunately I picked it up the day before.
Did a run through Mechanar with some other friends from a guild I often group with to tank and was a fun run there as well. The waves of adds on hallway to last boss was fun as usual, we ended up running back to the elevator for that trick so it worked fine. The chest piece did not drop but at some point I'm sure. We didn't get to do a second Mech run but later maybe. I'm already Exalted with The Sha'tar so just doing it for the fun and hope the chest piece drops.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
WoW Paladin Forum Post of the Day
If you want a good laugh you can check out this thread "Kicked because I was Tanking" on the Paladin forum if you haven't seen it. Its just too funny. Some people that play this game even at lvl 70 are unbelievably stupid when it comes to other classes. They give PuGs truly a bad name. But the thread is just funny. Make sure you check out the screenshots in the first post.
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