This post is about warcraft - but it's mostly about that strange species - The English.
Imagine, if you will, 11 people gathered for a weekend activity. All with shared interests, most on at least nodding terms. Even three couples - some married!
But into this garden of joy slithers the snake of circumstance - only 10 can play. And it's three hours or more a go.
In some cultures people would argue for their right to go, based on need, merit, superiority or just being on time.
Not so here...
Of the 11 players, 4 apologised for being unable to give way. They all had essential roles. Be this tank, healer or the only disenchanter - all had to go, for the good of the raid. They were essential.
Of the remaining 7, 6 offered to give up their place. Some stated they had been late. Others claimed to have not eaten yet and that playing with a keyboard and fork was a bad idea for all. Another said she had other things that needed to be done.
All the players bar one were perfectly willing to sit out, to be polite and put their interests aside. A polite off - like a stand off, but much more English.
"After you."
"No, after you."
"Please - you first."
"No, I wouldn't dream of it."
But what of the 11th person you ask. Was he brash, bold and insisting he should go?
Nope - he wasn't at his keyboard - and apologised later.
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Edit to add:
It's been pointed out to me that the cause of this whole episode was me changing plans and turning up that night. Where as previously I was scheduled to be elsewhere...
So I should stress that ultimately they were all willing to give up that nights run for Me - someone that only 2 of them have ever met in person.
You've got to go a long way to find a bunch of people that friendly.
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i thought this was happening tonight at 6pm?
This wasn't today....
3 of them were Danish....
Tor is planning a press release about A Memory of Light, talking about the title, the number of volumes, and that sort of thing.
Note: This is the final book in the Wheel of Time series nothing to do with WOW
I'd like to touch base on your comment about refusing to heal - that's the exact reason Shadow Priest get a bad reputation. Personally, I see it as being really stubborn and childish, regardless of whatever reasoning is behind it. A good feral druid can pop out, throw a healer an innervate, toss a few HoTs or Heals, then pop back and continue DPSing. Not healing just seems really self-centered.
Found on a priest forum....
As a shadow priest I'm more than happy to help out with the healing but 99% of the time find that the group suddenly loses interest in you for not being Holy spec'd. So guess the fault lays on both sides.
Piro, this discussion is continued on from another post, which was about how we could have completed an instance if we had a shadow priest come along who was willing to put heal over time dots when the boss was taken down to between 25 and 50% as I was having problems keeping the group alive as we were only 4 manning a heroic instance. and I am not holy specced either.
But unfortunately there Born today said he would loose '21%' of his damage if he came out of shadow form, and that he would not help with the healing when the boss hit that stage, even though it would mean we could clear the instance 100%.
I had already done all the healing on the other bosses, it was just this one was more difficult. But then the instance was in heroic mode!
Hi Piro, good to see you here. I'd agree with you.
Manannan...
"But unfortunately there Born today said he would loose '21%' of his damage if he came out of shadow form"
Not quite. You said I'd loose 10%, I corrected you to 23%. If I was correctly geared, this would be higher.
"and that he would not help with the healing when the boss hit that stage,"
Please point to where I said that?
Why exactly were you 4 manning a heroic?
". A good feral druid can pop out, throw a healer an innervate, toss a few HoTs or Heals, then pop back and continue DPSing."
Yes - this is because a "good feral druid" doesn't need their mana to DPS. They can shift out, use almost their entire pool on healing and shift back without altering their ability to DPS.
A shadow priest uses mana. I'll post some numbers from home later, but if memory serves that's a 10K pool right now. 1K to go back into shadow form, about 600 for a renew - that's 4K mana. 40% of my total to pull off a renew on everyone. And we've got half the fight left to go...
This takes about 7.5 seconds - and that's without the fact renew is a heal over time. By the time this all comes into effect, you're all dead from the poison nova anyway it's what, 5K a second?
This is not a situation where a shadowpriest is the solution to your problems.
Accepted wisdom is to not take the poison damage in the first place.
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