And now... the rest of the story.
Due to a new job, I recently had to step down from raiding with my hunter. The only upgrades left for her, really, are in ICC, so there's not a whole lot of point in playing her. The new LFG tool has been a godsend for my disc priest, though. He was wearing a patchwork of Naxx stuff, BoEs, and blues from heroics, so suddenly having access to t9 is fantastic, not to mention the actual items that drop in the new instances.
Anyway, I know there's been a lot of grr over the whole gearscore thing, so I thought I'd mention the only time I've actually run into it in-game. This was a couple days ago, and the random tossed us into H-HoR. This is really the only heroic that makes me half-cringe, as the Marwyn trash waves can get pretty awful if the tank doesn't pick up everything instantly and securely. Even if they do, it can be pretty rough. But I'm willing to try any instance with any group, and H-HoR usually doesn't get instaquits, since everyone wants the gear (including me!).
It wasn't the easiest clear of that instance I've ever done, but we did clear it. After all the crystals/loot had been distributed from the last chest (I think that was when I got the belt I'm wearing), the tank who had previously been entirely silent says: "OK GUYS WHAT'S EVERYONE'S GS!????" then drops group.
I thought that was pretty awesome.
I will have to admit I did ditch a group earlier, though. The tank was doing something wrong - I have no idea what - but he was taking unhealable levels of damage from old kingdom trash. I remarked on the insane damage he was taking one or two trash pulls in, and when we wiped after another couple pulls because I simply couldn't heal through the damage, I was like "well, good luck with that" and ditched. He accused me of being a "gear elitist" because I said he wasn't ready to tank the instance, but like, I hadn't even inspected him and honestly wouldn't know what to look for if I had. All I know is that if you've got weakened soul on you, renew ticking, penance and PoM on CD, and you die while flash heal is casting on old kingdom trash, you're not ready to tank it. You're just not.
Anyway, I know there's been a lot of grr over the whole gearscore thing, so I thought I'd mention the only time I've actually run into it in-game. This was a couple days ago, and the random tossed us into H-HoR. This is really the only heroic that makes me half-cringe, as the Marwyn trash waves can get pretty awful if the tank doesn't pick up everything instantly and securely. Even if they do, it can be pretty rough. But I'm willing to try any instance with any group, and H-HoR usually doesn't get instaquits, since everyone wants the gear (including me!).
It wasn't the easiest clear of that instance I've ever done, but we did clear it. After all the crystals/loot had been distributed from the last chest (I think that was when I got the belt I'm wearing), the tank who had previously been entirely silent says: "OK GUYS WHAT'S EVERYONE'S GS!????" then drops group.
I thought that was pretty awesome.
I will have to admit I did ditch a group earlier, though. The tank was doing something wrong - I have no idea what - but he was taking unhealable levels of damage from old kingdom trash. I remarked on the insane damage he was taking one or two trash pulls in, and when we wiped after another couple pulls because I simply couldn't heal through the damage, I was like "well, good luck with that" and ditched. He accused me of being a "gear elitist" because I said he wasn't ready to tank the instance, but like, I hadn't even inspected him and honestly wouldn't know what to look for if I had. All I know is that if you've got weakened soul on you, renew ticking, penance and PoM on CD, and you die while flash heal is casting on old kingdom trash, you're not ready to tank it. You're just not.