January 7th 2010 09:59 am
DUNGEON FINDER MUSINGS: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
I’ll resume my reviews next week. I just want to end this week on a low-blood pressure note by talking about random stuff and shaking off the last remnants of jet lag.
Tonight, I wanna share my thoughts on the Dungeon Finder (on which every WoW-playing blogger has probably written about by now and naturally, I’d be damned if I didn’t join the bandwagon!). I am laying out here Extreme Gold Fan’s Ten Commandments for Dungeon Finder Users. Read it and weep. Feel free to disagree or add your own commandments (you may have a totally unique experience you’d like to share as an example of what to do - or what not to do - in a Dungeon Finder PUG).
Here are my commandments in random order:
1. Thou shall not be a gear snob. This ain’t a 10-man or 25-man heroic.This is an opportunity for undergeared players to earn badges for better gear. Don’t like being surrounded by undergeared peeps? Then get the hell out of Dungeon Finder and just try pugging via Trade chat instead (and good luck with finding someone who meets your criteria).
2. Thou shall be patient and kind to players who don’t know the fight.We were all clueless once.
3. Thou shall not give condescending, unsolicited advice to people on how to play their class. If you really want to help, there is a diplomatic way to give tips, and it doesn’t include saying “LOL! You’re a moron for using a spell power gem. DKs don’t need spell power dumbass!” (or something like that).
4. Thou shall not spam party chat with Recount. Seriously, I HAAAAAAAAAATE it when someone does that. Since when did damage dealing become a contest? And besides, who really gives a flying f*ck about it (except perhaps highly-egotistical sons of bitches who need to see their uber scores to compensate for their teeny-weeny…never mind)?
5. Thou shall roll need ONLY when it’s appropriate for your class and spec.
6. Thou shall pause to check if mana drinkers need to drink. I have seen one too many devil-may-care tanks charging and charging without letting our healers mana up. I remember one priest getting so pissed at the inconsiderate tank she dropped out the nanosecond he charged towards the final boss. Couldn’t really blame her. I’d have done the same thing, if only to teach f*cktards like him a lesson.
7. Thou shall not vote off someone who is not from your guild or realm just before you loot the final boss so you can keep the goodies among yourselves. It’s wrong, people. And karma is a bitch.
8. Thou shall take the time to teach clueless new players the fight in Oculus. SERIOUSLY WOULD IT KILL YOU TO TAKE 30 SECONDS OF YOUR LIFE TO PAUSE AND EXPLAIN HOW TO USE THE BLASTED DRAKES? It’s better to take the time to explain things than to spend the next half hour or so wiping and wiping (and incurring a nasty repair bill). And yeah, in case you’re wondering, I HATE THAT STUPID INSTANCE! I would rather get a fungal infection in an unmentionable part of my body than run that godforsaken place.
9. Thou shall roll greed on frozen orbs and stuff you already have! Seriously, I saw one pally roll need on a piece of armor that he already had! I told him to give it to the poor DK who needed it more. To his credit, he gave it to the other guy…albeit grudgingly. I wondered if I hadn’t spoken up, would he have given it up? Doubt it. It’s sad that there are so many selfish people in this game.
10. Thou shall thank people for a good run. This game needs more well-mannered people!
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YuLing on 07 Jan 2010 at 10:31 pm #
‘Thou shall thank people for a good run. This game needs more well-mannered people!’ - Totally Agree! Even if the run failed, the fact that everyone made some effort and time to join you it’s still a good thing to thank them (then think over if you still want to join them nxt time)
‘Thou shall pause to check if mana drinkers need to drink. I have seen one too many devil-may-care tanks charging and charging without letting our healers mana up.’ - I’m a cleric and I hope every tanker or damager will put this is their heads. Don’t blame us healers if you die, how can we heal if we don’t have mana anymore?
DMunk on 08 Jan 2010 at 11:12 am #
Stumbled across your post while looking for gold making tips and thought it was hilarious and right on the money.
“Thou shall take the time to teach clueless new players the fight in Oculus.” As a new 80, I have been running heroics attempting to gear up and increase my feral druid’s pathetic DPS. Yesterday was my first experience in Oculus and it was horrible. When the party leader stated we were to pick the bronze drake I was like WTF? Someone finally explained I needed to look in my bag for the drake head. After one party member bailed due to frustration w/ me and my pathetic drake flying abilities, I decided to bail rather then struggle through the rest of it. Ugh
“This game needs more well-mannered people!” The trade channel is horrible but I find myself drawn to reading the stupidity and hating myself for laughing at some of the ignorant chatter.