tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post984888566028251573..comments2024-01-04T06:27:01.723-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: Grouping WrongKlepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-48676062470760449912009-08-18T08:00:27.448-05:002009-08-18T08:00:27.448-05:00@Tamarind: Your comment about us being NPCs remind...@Tamarind: Your comment about us being NPCs reminds me of a comment my mom once made when I said something about an online friend: "oh, so not a real person?" When people go online they forget a lot of the humanity of others.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-80677618926649371822009-08-18T05:20:33.573-05:002009-08-18T05:20:33.573-05:00Hmmmm, interesting observations. Not to make it al...Hmmmm, interesting observations. Not to make it all about me or anything but it ties into some disconnected thoughts I've been having about instances and the tyranny of fun. Ultimately if you join a group of players then there's an extent to which you put "group" above "individual" fun but I notice the primary mover and shaker in the "make someone's life miserable" lobby was the hunter, who basically got to run around dpsing regardless of what anybody else was doing. In which, as you say, he'd put his own fun above everyone else's ... treating the rest of you like a bunch of NPCs who were there to facilitate his game and his chosen playstyle.<br /><br />Gah!<br /><br />I have no objection to off-speccing but only if I'm in the mood and the group is good - shouldn't be taken for granted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-38219036290113673982009-08-17T19:15:26.015-05:002009-08-17T19:15:26.015-05:00Unfortunately he left right as I was typing out th...Unfortunately he left right as I was typing out that he should get his own healer, so instead I sent him a tell about what's the point of grouping if you're not having fun, and then put him on ignore.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-18315779934858106872009-08-17T15:07:58.745-05:002009-08-17T15:07:58.745-05:00Even though I dabble in my classes' other spec...Even though I dabble in my classes' other specs and I'm frequently willing to take on other roles just because I revel in my hybridness, I don't think it's a good idea to force someone into a role they're uncomfortable with.<br /><br />But I think it's okay to ask if someone is willing to do their off-spec. For instance, I had an SM run on my feral druid where we ended up with three (!) ferals, and two other dps-only classes. We talked about it and asked if the lowest level feral (who theoretically would have the worst dps) would be okay healing. Turns out he was.<br /><br />The hunter in your group sounds like a jerk though. :P Just because he did it doesn't mean everyone else is comfortable with it. Goodness knows I've tanked enough of the wrong things in the wrong spec before, but I'd never recommend doing it!<br /><br />You should have told him that if he wanted to get the group going that bad he should get on his healer and do it himself. ;)Hanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020803566446071455noreply@blogger.com