03-24-2005, 08:27 PM
Short and sweet...
I was pulled into a party for the Dire Maul by a Warlock with whom I'd partied in the past. He knows his capabilities and role, and makes use of them to the utmost. Definitely a quality Warlock.
I'm a Balance Druid, and thus a departure from the norm (in fact, most high level parties/raids with people I've not met before usually end up with chat to the effect of "Wow! What's that lightning effect?! Is that Rammstein's?!"), but we've also got a Rogue, Paladin, and Hunter.
Gripes:
The rogue would vanish at 3/4 health and pull away from the fight, while asking for healing.
The Paladin complained about 8 times during the run that he didn't have Cosmos, and therefore was without the ability to quickly heal himself.
The Paladin somehow managed nonetheless, yet only healed himself.
The Hunter did not pull. Period.
The Hunter did not send his pet in against enemies. Period.
The Paladin designated himself tank and healer (sharing that duty with me), yet could not hold aggro at all.
What the run broke down to was the Warlock and myself being the damage dealers. The Warlock was the extent of our crowd control with the exception of freezing traps by the Hunter (which seemed to be the only trick he had up his sleeve aside from feigning death whenever an enemy hit him). Either he or I were taking aggro from enemies the entire time since we were doing the most damage, and I often had to shift to Bear form to tank when things got hairy and the Paladin WOULD NOT heal me. About half an hour in I told the Paladin I could really use some healing while enemies are beating on me, and he said "Druid is better at healing then me." [sic] Then a pause... then the rogue says "Um... he IS the Druid. He's asking you to heal too."
Keep in mind, that plan had been discussed and agreed upon before entering the instance.
To top it all off, we'd often stand staring at enemies doing absolutely nothing because no one understood their role even after repeatedly being commanded to do one thing or another.
Typical fight:
Warlock or Druid pulls since the Hunter is just standing there with his axes out looking at the enemy. Pet is on Defensive.
Rogue rushes enemy and deals damage, vanishes when 25% of life is gone and yells for healing.
Warlock and Druid dishing out damage while Hunter stands watching with axes at the ready. Pet yawns.
Paladin waits half the fight in the back, just watching while the Druid heals those in need (read: heals himself, Rogue, and the Warlock/Minion), then charges in and contributes a pittance as far as damage goes.
Attention finally on the Druid as a Starfire crits, forcing a shift to Bear form.
Druid dies from lack of healing and inaction of the rest of the party regarding DPS (save the Warlock).
Paladin walks ahead to the next group, forgetting he has the ability to resurrect until being told 10 times by the rest of the party.
So yeah... good times.
I was pulled into a party for the Dire Maul by a Warlock with whom I'd partied in the past. He knows his capabilities and role, and makes use of them to the utmost. Definitely a quality Warlock.
I'm a Balance Druid, and thus a departure from the norm (in fact, most high level parties/raids with people I've not met before usually end up with chat to the effect of "Wow! What's that lightning effect?! Is that Rammstein's?!"), but we've also got a Rogue, Paladin, and Hunter.
Gripes:
The rogue would vanish at 3/4 health and pull away from the fight, while asking for healing.
The Paladin complained about 8 times during the run that he didn't have Cosmos, and therefore was without the ability to quickly heal himself.
The Paladin somehow managed nonetheless, yet only healed himself.
The Hunter did not pull. Period.
The Hunter did not send his pet in against enemies. Period.
The Paladin designated himself tank and healer (sharing that duty with me), yet could not hold aggro at all.
What the run broke down to was the Warlock and myself being the damage dealers. The Warlock was the extent of our crowd control with the exception of freezing traps by the Hunter (which seemed to be the only trick he had up his sleeve aside from feigning death whenever an enemy hit him). Either he or I were taking aggro from enemies the entire time since we were doing the most damage, and I often had to shift to Bear form to tank when things got hairy and the Paladin WOULD NOT heal me. About half an hour in I told the Paladin I could really use some healing while enemies are beating on me, and he said "Druid is better at healing then me." [sic] Then a pause... then the rogue says "Um... he IS the Druid. He's asking you to heal too."
Keep in mind, that plan had been discussed and agreed upon before entering the instance.
To top it all off, we'd often stand staring at enemies doing absolutely nothing because no one understood their role even after repeatedly being commanded to do one thing or another.
Typical fight:
Warlock or Druid pulls since the Hunter is just standing there with his axes out looking at the enemy. Pet is on Defensive.
Rogue rushes enemy and deals damage, vanishes when 25% of life is gone and yells for healing.
Warlock and Druid dishing out damage while Hunter stands watching with axes at the ready. Pet yawns.
Paladin waits half the fight in the back, just watching while the Druid heals those in need (read: heals himself, Rogue, and the Warlock/Minion), then charges in and contributes a pittance as far as damage goes.
Attention finally on the Druid as a Starfire crits, forcing a shift to Bear form.
Druid dies from lack of healing and inaction of the rest of the party regarding DPS (save the Warlock).
Paladin walks ahead to the next group, forgetting he has the ability to resurrect until being told 10 times by the rest of the party.
So yeah... good times.
See you in Town,
-Z
-Z