(Related post: Max level does not mean Skilled.) There’s a class of player who feels that their status in the raiding game means that they’re Right. They label other people noobs, and the silly thing is that people believe them. “I have this awesome item, you don’t, therefore I know what I’m talking about and […]
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Small Group Raiding in WotLK
As Blizzard announced last week, every WotLK raid will have a small-raid (10-man) option. So if there are (guessing) four endgame raids at launch, each will have a 10 and 25 man version, creating a completely parallel path to the current 25-man raiding standard. Every subsequent patched-in raid will follow the same design. No more […]
Fools, Silence, and Damage Reporting–supplemental
(Previous article) While it’s a bad idea to link your damage meters over a common chat channel, it’s a very bad idea to link your damage report if you’re a damage dealer and you’re that one dps’er who consistently does less damage than the tank. What you’re trying to say is that you outperform the […]
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Fools, Silence, and Damage Reporting
I healed through Magister’s Terrace this weekend to get a couple of friendly guildies ready for MrT heroic. My wife, in the next room, said “What’s wrong?” I hadn’t even realized I sighed. “This new recruit just spammed his damage meters after our first wipe.” I had forgotten about this little slice of the game. Of […]
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