OK so I have been thinking for a while what to write about when tonight something strange happened while I was running PUG Lost Island with a guild friend. I was tanking Jedi Guardian and the guild member was healing, both well geared(multiple BH pieces and main hand weapons with a 146 rating) We got past the first main boss quite leisurely but when we got to the Sav-Rak and started to struggle.
After a few wipes and instructing one of the DPS what the tactics were, it became clear that we were not doing enough damage. For the first time ever I started inspecting the other players gear, I have done this before but only when I liked the ascetics of something cool someone is wearing. I then began to investigate the damage that my PUG's could do and started to want them to leave as I decided that they did not have good enough gear. Does this make me a bad person? I am not sure, I know that until recently its always been me that needed help and confidence in the groups I have joined so should I be concerned? I know that there was no way that we would do it when the boss is enraging at %40 it was very tiresome but losing the progress in the instance was not an option for me as the BH commendations from Rakghoul Conflict weekly was what I was after.
So do I need a chill pill? And is this a slippery slop to the elitism that apparently happens in WOW?
Bye for now and May the force be with you.
There is nothing wrong with acknowledging that a pug group isn't up to a certain task. Gear is a part of that, though I think it wasn't the only thing in our case. Getting him off the pipes was still painfully slow sometimes, and I suspect that none of our damage dealers were using optimal dps rotations either.
ReplyDeleteThe important points are:
1) not to be rude about it (though nobody likes to hear that they're not good enough either way), and
2) not to judge a book by its cover, that is to say, don't dismiss someone based on gear alone before you've seen how their performance holds up (unless they are trying to raid hard modes in greens or something).