Since I spent the weekend leveling my mage's jewel crafting (which was horrifically painful, mind you), I thought I'd try and queue in for a quick dungeon before bed.
Well, after waiting in the queue for nearly 20 minutes I finally got into a group for Maraudon: Purple Crystals.
It's a really quick run, not a whole lot of trash to deal with. I was pretty excited.
I should have known that my happiness would be short lived, however.
After our paladin tank made the first pull...
[Party] [Priesthealer]: Can I please have Wisdom?
[Party] [Priesthealer]: NEED WIS
The tank, myself, the warlock and the hunter are trying desperately at this point to make sure the mobs die without the tank dying, since the healer was standing there refusing to heal.
[Party] [Priesthealer]: This tank is going to learn to listen one way or the other...
Paladintank is nearly dead. I throw gift of the Naaru on him and freeze the mobs in place so that he can get a holy light off on himself...
[Party] [Priesthealer]: Failtank needs to learn to give his healer wisdom...
The mobs are all dead. Paladin tank runs up and throws Blessing of Wisdom on the priest healer.
[Party] [Paladintank]: Here! HERE is your f*cking WISDOM!!! Happy now?! Happy?!
Paladintank leaves the party.
As soon as he left, the priest went off in party chat about him being a failure of a tank, to which I responded with: "You, sir, are a complete and utter jackass. Good luck guys."
I ended up leaving the party...but I wished I had caught the paladin's name and server in retrospect. I'd give him a high five!
Not sure if any of you have been subjected to the "Dungeon Finder" grade moron yet...if you haven't then you are blessed. It seems like these folks assume that just because we're not all from the same server then they get to just be complete tools in group and there are no consequences. It reminds me of another Dungeon Finder story...
While I was on my warlock, I got queued into Utgarde Keep. The group was made up of a paladin tank, myself, a mage, a druid healer and an enhancement shaman.
Note that I am telling you that this shaman was enhancement. Keep this in mind.
Now, we got to the second bosses and a fist weapon dropped. Obviously, the shaman rolled need because it had agility and stam or some such thing on it and it was an instant upgrade for him. Well, our healer got all enraged over it and for the entire rest of the instance bitched and complained about wanting the shaman to trade it to him. I even told him that my MAIN is a feral/resto druid and that we never, ever use fist weapons. It isn't that we "can't", it's just that it makes absolutely zero sense since there are no feral off-hands and we can't dual-wield.
Anyway, when we got to the final boss, the healer warned the shaman one last time that this was his last chance to trade it or we wouldn't like the consequences.
Well, right as we pulled, the healer left group and hit his hearthstone - wiping the group.
Nice...
A few days later, I had queued in again on my warlock and ended up in The Nexxus. Lo and behold - Idiot Tree was there. I "graciously" bowed out of the group - saying that I had zero intention of running with this healer because of what he did in the last run I had been in with him...I was asked what he did and informed the group.
I have no idea if they kept him or not. But I won't run with him anymore. Anyone who would wipe a group for such a stupid reason isn't worth the frustration. I'd rather spend another hour in the queue than to run with an idiot like that...
Anyway, I guess the moral of the story is that, while the cross-server dungeon finder does allow for a little bit of anonymity, people DO remember you if you've done something exceptionally rude or dumb or have screwed an entire group. A little courtesy goes a long way. Odds are low that you'll ever run into the same players again - but why risk it? Just play your role as well as you can and be nice to everyone. That way you don't have people calling you out every time they run into you in a group over one stupid thing you did.
TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL CROSS SERVER
DUNGEON FINDER GROUPING (5 Mans)
(Things your mom should have taught you...)1. BE NICE
2. Do your best - play your role as intended. If you're not a tank, don't pull.
3. For the sake of everyone's sanity - Don't go afk a million times in the run.
4. BE POLITE. Ask before rolling need, ESPECIALLY if it's for an off-spec. Say please, thank you, and congratulate people on achievements, leveling, or loot wins.
5. Don't purposely screw your group over.
6. Don't be a douchebag. Constructive criticism is fine when presented politely. Being a douchebag is totally unnecessary.
7. Exercise good manners overall and life with your puggle will be so much better. I promise.
hey Des
ReplyDeleteyeah we've all been there in random puggles. i still hate running 5 mans with people i dont know just cos of the frustration i feel when we get a total n00b spoiling my limited time and fun for WoW.
K
I adored him for it. The healer was being obnoxious. It's a low level, five man dungeon. Everyone's wearing their heirloom gear, which already makes the group OP...buffs are pretty much optional, imho. If it was a level 80 heroic or a raid, then I could understand holding out for buffs...but to wait until after the tank has made the first pull, then to refuse to heal because he didn't buff you...that's just being an ass...It's nice to see people standing up to these arrogant jerks =) Makes me happy!
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