Panda Night

Our small family guild is boldy trying to have a guild dungeon night. We run two dungeons once a week. This week tragically we did Scarlet Halls and Scarlet Monastery. You know what I’m saying. Scarlet Halls actually went well.

One brief and well deserved death. (Ha ha only three of us guildies in the group so this was an unsuspecting outsider.)

Scarlet Monastery…I hate that place on any character. Too many mobs attacking any way you shake it. Death death death. I’m healer in our little group and I think I’m doing well, but our tank who is a Brewmaster currently (but is getting a Warrior in position) thinks I should heal only him, nobody else. “People die” is his bon vivant quote, as long as it isn’t HIM dying. If it is HIM then OMG you reek, you must change to DPS, blah blah blah. Ha! I refuse! My Panda girl was born to heal.

We shall see how it goes next week with one more guildie filling our ranks and the Warrior tank.

Poll: What Class Is Most Likely To Try To Steal Aggro From The Tank In A Dungeon?

I’ve actually seen about five of these types just run on out there before the tank gets a shot at anything recently. It is my sense that there are a lot of returning players coming back to level characters for the expansion and they don’t have patience with anything, let alone a non-draggy tank.

The MisAdventures of Blah Blah Blah

I am distracted by real life issues, will be my excuse. Read on if you dare.

I realigned my Rogue’s toolbar thus:

(Ambush) Mutilate, Rupture, Envenom, Dispatch, Slice & Dice, Kidney Shot, Recuperate, Combat Readiness, Kick, Feint, Vanish, Evasion. I went in two dungeons with her and nary a sneer! Yay little Rogue!

Then, I thought to send my Paladin into a dungeon to level a little. I’ve only been using her Inscription skills since returning to this server and haven’t played her otherwise in months. After a couple of weeks of annoying, “drag-everyone-through-the dungeon-while-spinning-like-a-top-tanks” I get into a dungeon and the tank does nothing. He/she/it doesn’t say just a minute, or anything, just nothing. Everyone gets all jumpy and runs and starts fighting and I tool along with them. Everyone dies.

I look at the character portraits to see who the tank is and dang if there aren’t three DPS in addition to myself! Holy Hairy Snakes!!!!!!!! I AM THE IDJIT TANK! I have used my Druid Bear as a Tank in dungeons countless times when the tank left and my Warrior a few times. No problems.

Somehow, this poor Paladin got talked into tanking last time she was around and I didn’t notice the tank checkmark when I queued and I have no clue how to play a Paladin as tank. Just call me Dungeon Deserter. I wonder if it is available on a T-Shirt.

Fun in the Blood Furnace

I love World of Warcraft Dungeons. They are wildly variable depending on the group. I know them well enough so I avoid some of them with my Priest because I know where the points are where everything can go south and you won’t be able to heal the tank or anyone else if you have a goofy group.

My favorite dungeons are The Burning Crusade dungeons. I don’t think there’s a single one I don’t like. (my Priest isn’t quite up to them yet). I like the Blood Furnace because it really is straightforward and little ever goes wrong. The group just sails on through.

So I queued up my warrior Gnome who was sooo close to level 60 and this would do it. I was in a good mood and asked the group if anyone else had the phrase “come at me bro” stuck in their head. One guy said it was there all day yesterday. Good sport. Another guy starts in on the tank for not being in Blood spec. And the Panda healer for not being in healing spec.

For some bizarro reason neither of them changed their spec. The tank pulled a group or two poorly and he got the BOOT. Luckily everyone loves the Furnace so we got a quick and fine replacement (as you know in some dungeons once the tank is out you wait and wait and wait.)

Soon, the Pathetic Panda healer is saying how HARD WE ARE TO KEEP HEALED. Whoa lil’ bear, how about if you switch to a healer? But no, another fool addicted to the spin move. Probably just queued as a healer to get in faster but really wanted to be DPS. He pulled his own furry self out all of a sudden. Luckily we got a decent healer replacement in a trice. Kudos to the Blood Furnace and its simplicity once again.

I do love a good dungeon. Fig. “A”