it's pretty pUgly in here.

it's pretty pUgly in here.

I don’t like the new 5-mans, because they are pug killers. And when all I’m after are my 2 frost badges, they can be endless montages of humiliation and shame.

Case in point, the Pit of Saron pug Caliban got yesterday.

We smashed the instance, up to the gauntlet. Then we had problems.

The tree healer was not right on top of the tank,and the pally tank wasn’t dropping consecrate as often as I’d expect. Therefore, the tree was getting aggro and was lagging behind, and the tank wasn’t looking backwards.

We got through the first half of the gauntlet, but wiped at the end. The tree got dazed, stuck back in the tunnel with a pack of mobs, and splatted. He was unfortunately not close enough to the end of the gauntlet to use the soulstone and survive.

On the run back, I picked up one of the skeletons the tank had skipped and got splatted. We managed to get through the gauntlet in one piece that time, but Tyrannus took us down. Much bitching about fight mechanics (and I hate that fight anyway. It and the Souls guy deserve their own post).

On the way back in, the TANK aggroed the mob she’d skipped and I ended up getting close enough I got in combat, pulling aggro when I tried to help them kill it (sans healer) and died.

4th death in the instance. I thanked the healer for being good, and left.

I’m placing the blame for this one squarely on the tank. I did not see many consecrates while running through the gauntlet. Didn’t see many Avenger shield toss thingies.  I do not think she was doing all she could to make sure the gauntlet mobs were focused squarely on her.

The Tyrannus fight was mechanics and bad luck, I think. And I’m going to review that fight so it’s right in my head.

Timov also got Pit for his daily (I swear they run in streaks), but we rick rolled it, with only one death on Ick & Krick.

The new LFG is great. It can also be really frustrating when I have limited time, just want my badges, and having already spent 15 minutes waiting for a group, get in one that can’t do the instance.

I had a similar bout of stupid in a Culling of Strat instance last week, also on Cali. That group we could have done it if everyone had stuck it out for one more attempt. But half the people dropped, and I wasn’t going to waste time getting a group for a half cleared instance.

I think my new rule is going to be:

  • Unless you absolutely can’t, make sure you go with at least 2 people you know.
  • After 3 deaths that aren’t my fault, drop group.
  • If you are frustrated and it’s past the 15 minute mark, don’t feel bad about leaving.

I play the game for fun. And my time is just as valuable as that of the other folks in the instance. I’m not going to be rude about it, and I’m usually more than willing to give it a chance, but I’m not going to beat my head on the wall repeatedly for the benefit of 4 strangers.

If I determine that the group is not capable of accomplishing what I need accomplished in a reasonable amount of time, I will leave.

*Image from WoWHead, not hotlinked.

ETA: Okay, I feel silly. I don’t pull out the pug pet because I found the butt scooting behavior disgusting. But I just got it. It’s a pug, and it’s wiping. Someone at Blizzard has a twisted sense of humor. Still not going to pull the pet out much, but I think that’s hilarious.

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