tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post7836638251106169704..comments2024-03-29T05:19:30.673-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: The Gambler - Play it RightTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-343315138511717252011-05-03T15:32:18.285-04:002011-05-03T15:32:18.285-04:00People are reluctant to being taught in game and b...People are reluctant to being taught in game and being everything is so easy they forget what they learned so quickly.<br /><br />If people really wanted to learn they would on their own. I learned how to play a Hunter (my first character) while leveling because I was having problems and looked it up online. A very large majority of the players do not look online for anything.<br /><br />Just think back to the when 4.0.1 came out and the 100s, perhaps, 1000s of people per hour you heard asking, where can we by flying when every website on the net had articles saying it would not be purchasable until Cataclysm came out.<br /><br />You, me and any other unfortunate soul that happens to fumble their way to my ramblings are not the people that do not know what to do or how to find out how to do it.<br /><br />It is the people that will never see this or any other wow related site that need to be helped and being they will never see this or any other wow related site ever we can't help them.<br /><br />They want things easy, they do not want to learn.<br /><br />Also, they have an addon that you can get that will announce to raid/party all that stuff. It is a great teaching tool as long as people do not get offended by it or others do not insult them when they fail. I'd be darned if I could remember the name right now however.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-38359682866443220312011-05-03T13:59:47.352-04:002011-05-03T13:59:47.352-04:00Your disposable "BTW" hurts.
It hurts ma...Your disposable "BTW" hurts.<br />It hurts mainly because I THINK that you may be correct, but I WANT you to be wrong. :D<br /><br />Can't we start teaching players earlier? Make CC and interrupts important at the lower levels. "Hey, you don't have to CC or interrupt, but you will whip incessantly if you dont." Broadcast interrupts so that the whole party sees that it was done, broadcast broken CC and over threat generation. That way the players can't blame anyone but themselves. "hey man, I saw the announcement that you broke CC, THATS why we wiped." No more "I THINK that we wiped because you need to l2p"kirwooddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461069606353975518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-31955284832328090632011-05-03T12:41:54.314-04:002011-05-03T12:41:54.314-04:00I don't think it is teaching them to play bad ...I don't think it is teaching them to play bad as much as it is not teaching them to play good thus leaving them to their own devices.<br /><br />Everyone thinks they are good which means it is always someone elses fault. <br /><br />If people think they are playing well they will never get better. <br /><br />Unless you teach a player to DPS within the tanks aggro they will always pull and always say the tank is bad and the tank will always think they are bad. <br /><br />When you train them both the tank will learn they need to mark if they want to make sure threat is not pulled and the DPS will learn not to blow all cooldowns on the pull and if a target is marked that means single target it.<br /><br />Dungeons do not teach that, the game does not teach that, left on their own they will never learn that. We, the other players, are the only ones that can teach them that.<br /><br />Sadly bad most people will say "lrn2p noob" instead of saying, attack the skull first.<br /><br />BTW: That is also why I am a huge supporter of returning things to the way of wrath. It seems way too many people suck to be quite honest. Let the skilled people have raids, let the randoms for points remain for the unskilled and skilled that have to suffer them.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-1666036431733175832011-05-03T11:29:40.342-04:002011-05-03T11:29:40.342-04:00Agreed.
I cant tell you how many groups I have bee...Agreed.<br />I cant tell you how many groups I have been in where the DPS basically wanted to tank. But in dungeons prior to Cataclysm, you don't NEED to play your role. Healers can suck, DPS can draw aggro, tanks don't really need mitigation, etc. <br />Then you get to Cata dungeons and suddenly you have to play it right. *I* am "ok" with that, but I think that it confuses many players. <br /><br />When my mage joins a dungeon I always say "please moon it if you want me to sheep it."<br />And invariably I get at least one:<br />"we never needed CC before, and this isn't heroic, just l2p noob"<br />Ok, and thats kind of true, but there are some instances where you DO need to use CC, even non heroic. And really, why WOULDN'T you? It doesn't slow down the run, and it gets you in practice for heroics and raids. Yes MY DPS will be a bit low, but I don't care, I would rather not wipe. :)<br /><br />Anyway. <br />I just wonder if maybe the current system is teaching users to play bad.kirwooddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461069606353975518noreply@blogger.com