Comments on: Are You a Good Player?

By: Kinless

Kinless — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:56:14 +0000

Ah, no. It’s not about the gear. It’s about having fun. I have as much fun with a new level 5 Paladin, and playing with my wife’s latest new character. Gear is just one part of it. Having fun is another. (I’ve got my eye on that Ranseur now!) Being social, getting to know folks, testing boundaries, and so on.

A good player has fun. (Otherwise it’s just a job, and you aren’t playing.)

By: Growl

Growl — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:48:49 +0000

Yeah – I’ve gravitated to the “true” hybrids for most of my WoW career. Despite an unhealthy love of Hunters and too much time spent leveling warriors, I tend to always come back to my druid or my Shaman. They make the most sense for my playstyle.

By: Gitr

Gitr — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:39:44 +0000

Kinless, I could tell for a very long time that you can play. I’d say you’d be hard pressed to find a blogger who can’t because they won’t want to put their wares out for all to see, let alone have anything to say in the first place.
Grats on your Kara gear.

Firelight, there isn’t anything in moderation… strange. Perhaps try again with a few different words, because that one got through. Sorry for the problem.

By: Firelight

Firelight — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:33:30 +0000

Hmm thats odd!

I wrote a reply and its not appeared – even though it said i’d duplicated it when i tried to post it again! O.o

Help!

By: Firelight

Firelight — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:29:45 +0000

Totally agree with you Kinless!

I’m nearly 2 years into my WoW playing and i still have loads of fun playing the game!

Just last night I was lauging out loud properly talking to a friend i’d not seen for 6 months as he’d switched server, then switched back this week and has joined the guild i’m in. Talking to him about something that happened back in the old days…

Picture this:

40 of us standing in Molten Core about to start the 3rd boss (forget his name – the one that looks like the 1st boss in front of that big dog boss) and we’re talking about keyboard short cuts and jokingly i said:

“Alt-F4 FTW!!”

Suddenly about 15 people went offline!!!

Fits of laughter errupted on Teamspeak, i practically wet myself..never in a million years did i think anyone would actually press it!!

And at the moment the Guild i’m in are a real fun bunch! But when we need to buckle down and do something the jokes end and we get it done!

How many guilds can say they’ve cleared 3/6 bosses in SSC, have Gruul and maggy on farm, and can go to Tempest Keep for the first time and down Void Reaver on the 2nd attempt!

Thats fun! I love it!! And the fact i can DPS as a paladin is a myth that i’m living…!!!

By: Kinless

Kinless — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:19:53 +0000

My Shaman, at 60, healed in Molten Core and got his full set of Tier 1. At 70 he can hold his Elemental own DPS-wise in the instances.

My Warrior, at 60, PvP’d into the full set of blue PvP gear. Now at 70 he has gotten 4/5 of his Dungeon 3 set, the missing piece is a Kara upgrade, some miscellaneous epics (like tanking sword and tanking shield), and is tanking in Karazhan and Heroics.

My Paladin, Druid, and Mage, played in conjunction with my wifes Mage, Druid, and Paladin, seem to accomplish some pretty good things.

I’m in a guild clearing Karazhan, next stop Gruul’s and beyond.

But the true measure: Am I, after practically three years, still having fun? Yes. I think *that* makes me a good player.

By: Gitr

Gitr — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:14:33 +0000

That’s an interesting approach. I never thought about using a hybrid to meet your playstyle. I’m loving pally because I can be either of my favorite roles, but not to their fullest at the same time.

I’d rather tank 2-4 things in an instance very good and be able to heal myself while grinding than be gimped as a good single/double target tank and not be able to save my butt while soloing.