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Manijin · 07-08-2008, 09:25 PM

So, in WoW, after Burning Crusade, I had just regeared as an elemental shaman and decided to start pugging instances (since group play is really the only kind I enjoy all the time). So we get a group together, and we realize that 3/5 of the members have NO idea how to work well in a group.

We work through the first few pulls of the instance no problem, and I'm making sure that (being a Shaman) I drop a lot of defensive totems to help us stay alive. Our Healadin is doing a great job (covered in healing cloth, so that was nice), and even though our Warrior tank can't hold aggro, we're doing alright.

Well, one guy decides to pull before we decide on the pull, and we overpull. A LOT. Our group gets REALLY disoriented, the Warrior ends up putting on a Two-Hander, and all hell breaks loose. The Healadin can BARELY keep up with the damage our guys are taking. So I switch out to a FULL defensive totem array, and start spamming chain heal. It was the ONLY way our group lived through the encounter. When we finished the last enemy, the Healadin says on chat:

"Man, am I the best healer ever or WHAT?!"

Naturally, everybody in the group agrees with him, and rather than correct him on this rather erroneous statement, I chuckle to myself, happy to let him have the glory, because in the end, it was my willingness to put group survival above my DPS that saved the day. (I ended up getting next to last in DPS cause of all the healing I had to do :P)

07-08-2008, 09:25 PM	#39 (permalink)
Manijin 'Cuz we'z da biggest an' da baddest! Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 54	So, in WoW, after Burning Crusade, I had just regeared as an elemental shaman and decided to start pugging instances (since group play is really the only kind I enjoy all the time). So we get a group together, and we realize that 3/5 of the members have NO idea how to work well in a group. We work through the first few pulls of the instance no problem, and I'm making sure that (being a Shaman) I drop a lot of defensive totems to help us stay alive. Our Healadin is doing a great job (covered in healing cloth, so that was nice), and even though our Warrior tank can't hold aggro, we're doing alright. Well, one guy decides to pull before we decide on the pull, and we overpull. A LOT. Our group gets REALLY disoriented, the Warrior ends up putting on a Two-Hander, and all hell breaks loose. The Healadin can BARELY keep up with the damage our guys are taking. So I switch out to a FULL defensive totem array, and start spamming chain heal. It was the ONLY way our group lived through the encounter. When we finished the last enemy, the Healadin says on chat: "Man, am I the best healer ever or WHAT?!" Naturally, everybody in the group agrees with him, and rather than correct him on this rather erroneous statement, I chuckle to myself, happy to let him have the glory, because in the end, it was my willingness to put group survival above my DPS that saved the day. (I ended up getting next to last in DPS cause of all the healing I had to do :P) __________________ WAAAGH!!!