05-22-2005, 12:24 PM
Tommy, I agree totally. My two favorite macros are "/p On me. HELP YOU [censored]!" when I'm healing and "Got it" in response to the first when I'm off tanking. :)
Brista, I don't know what to say really. I've found that parties like this are far less common towards the latter stages of the game - Maraudon, Zul Farrak and maybe even Uldaman and upwards. You still get bad groups, but at least people have a general idea what they have to do in an instance. If it's before that, people generally don't know how the instance game works. They've either a) ignored them completely or B) been twinked through them by a higher level guildy/friend.
My advice? Patience and a little bit of carefully worded education. Rather than try and directly educate them ("the tank needs to hold the aggro so the healer and mage can...") ask someone if they could "help me when something attacks me please." That way you can generally guide a group in the right direction without ruffling any feathers. They might think you're a complete chicken or pedantic bastard - most of my server does :D - but you end up with a decent group and more importantly, a decent friends list.
Brista, I don't know what to say really. I've found that parties like this are far less common towards the latter stages of the game - Maraudon, Zul Farrak and maybe even Uldaman and upwards. You still get bad groups, but at least people have a general idea what they have to do in an instance. If it's before that, people generally don't know how the instance game works. They've either a) ignored them completely or B) been twinked through them by a higher level guildy/friend.
My advice? Patience and a little bit of carefully worded education. Rather than try and directly educate them ("the tank needs to hold the aggro so the healer and mage can...") ask someone if they could "help me when something attacks me please." That way you can generally guide a group in the right direction without ruffling any feathers. They might think you're a complete chicken or pedantic bastard - most of my server does :D - but you end up with a decent group and more importantly, a decent friends list.
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"Then Honor System came out and I had b*$@& tattoo'd on my forehead and a "kick me" sign taped to my back." - Tiku
Stormscale: Treglies, UD Mage; Treggles, 49 Orc Shaman; Tregor, semi-un-retired Druid.
Terenas (all retired): 60 Druid; 60 Shaman. (Not very creative with my character selection, am I?!
"Then Honor System came out and I had b*$@& tattoo'd on my forehead and a "kick me" sign taped to my back." - Tiku
Stormscale: Treglies, UD Mage; Treggles, 49 Orc Shaman; Tregor, semi-un-retired Druid.
Terenas (all retired): 60 Druid; 60 Shaman. (Not very creative with my character selection, am I?!