Comments | vinegrr: Guild meetings suck.

vinegrr

Guild meetings suck.

Oct 15, 2006 21:08

Just sat through a 1 1/2 hour guild meeting for The Knights Who Say Ni. LAME. Seriously. It took 30 minutes for us to even get started, and shortly after we did it devolved into the 60s (and a couple of outspoken 30s) bickering about "discrimination." The issue? A fire mage was very upset that he wasn't invited to Molten Core. Um...? I know next to ( Read more... )

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gnotobiotically October 16 2006, 01:40:21 UTC

Which Harvest Moon game do you play?

vinegrr October 16 2006, 03:29:40 UTC

This one is the girl version of Mineral Town.

holycarp October 16 2006, 03:19:54 UTC

Being forced to spec a certain way for raiding is extremely obnoxious, and it's something Blizzard has been working very hard to prevent.

And especially with the new talent trees, there's no reason not to bring a fire mage to MC, unless you're legitimately full on people.

Miss you too!

Oh, and getting Llondon to 60 is totally possible. Valyria hit 33 last night, and I'd like to get her to 40, but I dunno.

vinegrr October 16 2006, 03:29:25 UTC

"New" as in expansion? I dunno. Being forced to respec is irritating, but if it were me and I had options, I'd bring a different mage before I'd bring a fire one. But I guess if he's just as useful, maybe not. Don't see how he could be, though. Wouldn't everything there have a fire resistance?

I don't raid, but I live with a raider. 37trogdors October 16 2006, 03:52:20 UTC

A fire mage simply wouldn't use fire. He'd have higher casting times and lose the benefit of shatter on trash mobs, plus have half of the crit damage on ice bolts.

It's not a big deal to be specced fire if the guild is at least moderately geared-- guilds in the process of gearing for raiding content tend to be... anal about details because it takes a LOT of wiping to get a momentum going, and every bit seems to count. Even if they're capable of raiding decently well, the memories of the need for efficiency make leaders very spec-phobic. (hell, fire/arcane mages were even made fun of on the South Park WoW episode).

Long story short-- in most cases spec isn't a big deal for DPS classes. Fire resist be damned, you have other spells. Talents are, oftentimes, just gravy.

A little different for healers, a lot different for tanks, though, when it comes to specs.

Re: I don't raid, but I live with a raider. vinegrr October 16 2006, 06:57:54 UTC

I guess if you're a casual guild you don't care as much.

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