tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656731140825655342.post6141753500512800167..comments2022-06-06T22:47:28.877-07:00Comments on DPS Meter: Praying by Damage MetersDKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02319018106094942304noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656731140825655342.post-84216415284267494262010-06-22T16:49:05.463-07:002010-06-22T16:49:05.463-07:00Just want to say, I'm really happy I stumbled ...Just want to say, I'm really happy I stumbled across your blog. As a DK DPSer returning from a 5 month stint of no WoW (I quit around Ulduar and came back 2 weeks before Ruby Sanctum), frantically trying to get geared and optimized for raiding, only to find out my GS isn't high enough to satisfy those GS = Skill folks even though, imo, I'm doing better than average dps. Long story short, it's really nice to know that there are a few people out there dedicated to being their best when it comes to DPSing. Keep it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656731140825655342.post-60568125695613303572010-06-08T09:26:31.462-07:002010-06-08T09:26:31.462-07:00Oh but don't worry please, only makes me glad ...Oh but don't worry please, only makes me glad that I hit someone with this. (:<br /><br />I know how difficult it is to recruit. And that 15 minutes thing! I didn't even know it was a Vanilla left-over, I was trying to practice it, but eventually, as I pissed hard enough, I managed to pierce the mountain and more and more people started leaving their business before raid and get their asses on the scene.<br /><br />I'm really unsure how it's going to be like in Wrath either... I really want a solid, hardcore-raiding guild, but that still is a sociable one. I want it all.DKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02319018106094942304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656731140825655342.post-42055526008339671372010-06-08T06:24:34.447-07:002010-06-08T06:24:34.447-07:00I think the only time I might whinge a little bit ...I think the only time I might whinge a little bit about the GS requirement or the achievement one is if I want to get into a PUG on an alt. But I generally raid very little (if at all) on my alts, and to be honest.. if I really really wanted to, I could probably just schedule an Alt raid with the guild where we can all bring alts. I guess in the end I'm just not that bothered. ;)<br /><br />If it's your main character however. Then I agree, get a guild. People NOT wanting to be in guilds is what's the problem to me (as an officer in a guild as well, recruiting is so hard.. if only people would be more interested in joining!)<br /><br />As for guilds, I miss it too. People just seeemed to put in more effort back in vanilla. You showed up 15 minutes before the raid start, you went to stand outside the raid instance.. if you didn't do this - you just didn't get invited; someone else would get your spot.<br /><br />These days so few people seem to be bothered about being in a guild at all, so it feels like now we end up accepting people saying stuff like "I just need to finish this BG first..."<br /><br />I don't think my guild has started a raid on time in ages. And it drives me crazy. Don't get me wrong, I really like a lot of the people in my guild - but their views on the game and raiding and being on time etc. are just not the same as mine. And it does grate on me.<br /><br />But what can I do? I have no one to replace them with, so I can't really say.. Get out of that BG or you're not coming! Cause really, I'm not going to PUG a random person just to make a point. (Hmm.. now that I think about it....)<br /><br />I hope that the new guild leveling and things that they're bringing into Cataclysm will help guilds to be more useful in the expansion. I want to be able to recruit people who are as dedicated as I am. And at the moment those seem scarce :(<br /><br />Sorry for writing so long. It's like an essay by now! I guess this is a subject close to heart *lol*Sagahttp://spellbound.nu/gdpwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656731140825655342.post-64719861380532250442010-06-07T15:40:36.429-07:002010-06-07T15:40:36.429-07:00Well, back then we had more rogues than rest of th...Well, back then we had more rogues than rest of the classes combined! Indeed I notice a trend of Rogue dpsers from Vanilla who's succesfully started MC and went forward are some of the finest theorycrafters and thinkers of today still.<br /><br />And silly me - I kept thinking about it as I was writing my post, but completely forgot: The interrupt calculation! I'll edit it in as well. <br /><br />I agree wholeheartedly on the guild -People whine about not getting in to pugs 'cause PuGs ask for GS... Get a guild first? Really, I love how people take raiding for granted and something that should be delivered to them, but alas where's the work required to keep yourself in top of your game? <br /><br />I kind of (or a lot) miss the Vanilla context, of raids and guilds, like supporting one person through tear and blood to get Thunderfury, stuff like that. This is why I want to have a hardcore raider guild in Cataclysm, but without the nonsense and childishness of the ones I've been unfortunately a part of. Might even take up guild leadership, we'll see.DKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02319018106094942304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656731140825655342.post-57181928071733594722010-06-07T15:08:28.950-07:002010-06-07T15:08:28.950-07:00It's nice to see that I'm not the only one...It's nice to see that I'm not the only one who enjoys using the DPS meter for more than sheer epeen on numbers. It's such an easy way to see if people are doing what they need to be doing (such as killing adds etc.), or see what damage they're taking, or even making sure people are using silences/dispels and whatnot. I swear by DPS meters. It makes my life a lot easier.<br /><br />I reacted extra to what you said about how people who played dps in vanilla (I too was a rogue back then) had to learn to stay alive on their own. These days people just expect to be healed through everything, sometimes it feels like they don't even TRY to not take so much damage. Sure, some fights you can't avoid it - but there are also a lot of fights where you can.<br /><br />But the caliber of players have changed a lot since vanilla. People are just learning the game in a completely new way and us "oldies" sometimes have a problem understanding why they can't do A and B. It's because they never learned how.<br /><br />I also find it more difficult to find hardcore raiders these days. Things are "too easy". You can PUG stuff - whereas you never really saw people run off and PUG MC back in vanilla days. A lot of people just don't seem interested in being in a guild these days. They don't want set raid times and raid days, they prefer running PUGs and doing their own thing.<br /><br />Maybe it's just me being too "old school" - but I liked it when you had to show up and do your best. Cause there were always another 3 rogues clamoring for your position in the raid ;)Sagahttp://spellbound.nu/gdpwnoreply@blogger.com