Comments on: It came from the PUG: I never really wanted to be a healer, I think I’ll be …. a lumberjack!

By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:18:41 +0000

When a pug is simply too unbearable to continue, I know now what I will say.

By: Everblue

Everblue — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:57:24 +0000

“leaping from tree to tree…”

By: pkudude99

pkudude99 — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:33:43 +0000

Yeah, I phrased poorly. Perhaps it would have been better to say that the versatility allows the idiots to screw things up more than they could if they had a specific defined role.

I can totally see the upside of the ability to change your spec midstream in the case of a disconnect, as well as other situations.

By: Rhii

Rhii — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:32:54 +0000

I’ve definitely seen this before. It’s weird to me, but every so often, the healer decides they’re not healing anymore. Or the tank drops into kitty form and won’t shift back into bear.

Even weirder are the tanks/healers who queue as DPS too, and then get zoned in as dps and won’t switch…. There’s not even a queue problem, so why not just… queue only for the role you want? I had a pally today who wouldn’t change specs and wouldn’t take off righteous fury… when he zoned in as dps. WTF?

I am currently pugging regularly on a pally, a priest, and a shaman. They all have one heal and one dps spec. They all have appropriate gear for both roles. I only queue as heals on my priest and pally, because I don’t want to dps on them. My shammy is flexible because I am trying to learn how to work elemental. Why would I queue for a role I don’t want, when the role I do want is practially an instant queue?

And Tesh: <3 flexibility of GOOD hybrids.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:05:21 +0000

On the other side of the coin is the run that I was on where the Warrior tank disconnected and I, in Kitty Druid DPS form offered to step up and tank in Bear form. We four-manned the dungeon from there, with only one wipe which I profusely apologized for because I didn’t know the dungeon perfectly and wasn’t really specced to tank.

Versatility isn’t the problem. Idiots are the problem. There’s not much you can do about that.

By: Gronthe

Gronthe — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:30:20 +0000

That’s weird, wild stuff! I’ve seen people act similarly before. As you wonder what was going through his mind you might consider that all he was thinking was: “I want some chicken fingers, gotta get me some chicken fingers.”

Nothing less than random, irrelevant thoughts can explain that kind of behavior. Dude is wacked!

By: pkudude99

pkudude99 — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:21:17 +0000

Wow. That close to the end of the zone and he couldn’t be arsed to go on for another couple of minutes?

To me, this actually shows a massive downside to all the versatility of the hybrids and talent specs in WoW.

By: Stabs

Stabs — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:02:19 +0000

That’s hilarious!

By: dorgol

dorgol — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:42:29 +0000

I’ve seen remarkably few people queueing for a role they cannot perform. Well, not counting those DKs who THINK they can tank but simply CAN’T.

I will say, though, that after tanking every heroic on all 4 tanking classes – I’m done with it for awhile. My Warrior queues as DPS as often as not. My Druid and Paladin heal. My Death Knight doesn’t have any DPS gear, but I finally setup a DPS SPEC last night, so maybe he’ll stop tanking soon.

I can understand wanting to do something else… just not in the middle of a run.

By: Ratshag

Ratshag — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:38:22 +0000

Me favorites is the ones what queue up as tank, but cain’t even be bothered ta put on any tanking gear. Just die twice on trash, then say “Yeah, I guess I can’t tank. Will someone else do it?”