Playing Leapfrog

I almost entitled this post "Jumping the Shark" but I didn't want to imply that any climaxes had been reached or that it's all downhill from here, because that's not even close (maybe after I get to introduce the Lich King to my fire elemental). It's about bypassing content, something I don't actually enjoy doing.

Death of a Salesman

Something you don't see so often on Aman'Thul is the gold seller. Don't get me wrong. They exist. They're in the trade channel stealing our moolah. They're just less prominent.

Aman'Thul is a high-population Oceanic PVE server. Nothing special about it. I've only been back here three months and don't know many people and the dungeon finder is more conducive to befriending people from your battlegroup rather than server. One thing really stands out. Where are all the friendly neighborhood gold spammers?

Shaman, heal

This is a short conversation that took place in Azjol-Nerub. This is the instance with the spiders where group members are targeted and encased in a giant web. To free them, you just attack the web.

Tanks who can't, shouldn't

Tanks who can't, shouldn't. It's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to Cataclysm with promises of skilled based play coming back to the scene.

There is a syndrome called tank envy. This was particularly prominent in the Burning Crusade. Gone were the days of 40 man raids and in was ushered a new era of 10 man entry level and 25 man advanced raids along with 5 man heroic dungeons. Tanks were the leaders, the tough guy. The ones who didn't die unless their team let them down. Guilds literally fell apart when their main tank left.

Mages who don't buff

Mages who don't buff shit me to tears. Really. this is referring to 5 man randoms and by mages I actually mean mages, paladins, druids and to a lesser extent priests. I would say it would be okay if they could at least buff the tank and healer but you know, that actually pisses me off more. The boomkin who shifts out long enough to toss MotW on the healer and noone else. Sometimes mages buff me because they *think* I'm the healer. Heh, heh, heh.

Huntards

I have a new theory about them. Really, there are a lot of bad players. I don't mean new players who are learning, but intrinsically awful players who never learn. These players are bad no matter which class they choose. They make miserable mages, terrible tanks and horrible healers. It's just harder to notice. There's a huntard hiding inside most of the people you pug with. Sometimes it spawns into an actual huntard. That's when the proverbial shit hits the fan.