Worst. Priest. Ever.
You would think that by the time you get through 27 levels of playing a class, you would have some clue about being in a group of two. Yes, the number 2. Let me set the stage for you.
I was running through Duskwood with Protectr (Level 27 Protection Pally) to go turn in a quest in Darkshire, and passed the path to Stalvan, when I Blessed a priest. He gave me a Fort buff and asked in the /s channel if I was questing. I said I was about to kill Stalvan. With that, I sent the invite and he accepted.
We went to the area and I immediately noticed that he was running out of mana on level 30 ghoul. Not a good sign, but I trusted that he knew that Stalvan would be an endurance fight for 2 lvl 27s.
Never trust a priest who uses /s chat, I suppose. I don’t know, but that’s the only thing that I can say could be a tip-off about what followed.
Twenty seconds into the fight (just after I told him to start using his wand), we got an add, because he wouldn’t follow me as I dragged Stalvan back to the area where we already killed the wandering mobs. Noooo. He stood there and aggroed on in the field, so I had to go rescue him and hope he could heal me. No such luck, as he was already out of mana.
By the way, his response to my:
[Protectr]: Wand him.
[Idiot]: Wand?
No, I’m not kidding.
After we died, I told him once again to use his wand to do damage to conserve mana to heal me, unless he wanted to tank and me heal him. He said he didn’t want to do that because then he couldn’t do as much damage.
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I fell short of yelling and calling him a stupid noob and ask him how old he was. I told him to just do it or we’d die again. We died again.
[Idiot]: What happnd that time? It wouldn’t let me cast any spells or heal you.
I logged off and went to watch TV.
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lol, something similar happened to me once but the guy was a 35 pally i think. Some people just shouldn´t be allowed to play
Man, if you can’t figure out how to play by 35, you really suck! I could understand it if you had someone level your toon to 60 for you, and you get to Outland without a clue, but who gets leveled to 27 or 35?
I’m at level 28 now with something like 30 hours of /played time.
lol
I know the pain. What is worse imho is when u go to BRD as a pally tank and the mage in the group who is lvl 53 keeps pulling all the agg because he refuses not to blizzard the 4 mobs you just pulled and decides to sheep the guy with the skull on his head 2 secs after pulling (would of thought this was an accident but he did it 3 times). Oh, and then he calls you a noob tank because he died 3 times because of doing the blizzards repeatedly even after being told to stop and leaves the group. Lucky him, I was in the middle of typing /kick just then anyways.
Also, I was in Mana tombs last night and the leader of the group (pally tank, I respec’d to holy) asks why I have the 64 mage on ignore. I can’t remember so I take him off and what happens….skull getting sheeped, blizzards at the wrong time etc. Only this time no one dies (I’m lvl 67 and know how to heal) but the tank gets mad and leaves the group. I’m writing the above about BRD and it dawns on me…riskyjubles..ignore…doesn’t know how to play…thats right, same guy. I knew he was on ignore for a reason.
Dang, man! That’s funnier than my story.
I was running Ramparts on my 61 rogue and a 67 Tankadin couldn’t figure out why we were out-aggroing him. Finally, I told him that auto-attack only generates so much aggro and to start using some of his mana on such wonderful devices such as Consecrate and Captain America’s Shield. Eventually, I did the same thing you did, Gitr: Called it a night and spent some time with she-who-must-be-obeyed.
Sometimes it a lot less aggrivating to clean the kitchen “just so” than to put up with a player like that.
Is it wrong that, as a hunter, I’m overly excited to see that all of these stories are NOT about huntards??
Proof exists that other classes can be just as bad at ruining a group experience.. Joy!
I suppose that any enjoyment procured at the expense of another class is fair game in my book.
Well, there is a chance that he is a “casual” gamer, who is new to MMOs. Wow was my first true commitment to an MMO - and at first (about 1.5 years ago) it was a little overwhelming. What caught my eye was “wand?” - because I remember wondering who can use a wand, and how it will work..:) Of course, I was lvl 8! Funny to remember, especially now having a couple of 70 mains, a pile of 50-something alts, etc..etc..:)
It is possible that he might have an experienced friend or two running him up lvls, and when he is left alone, he hasn’t learned properly.
(Because it’s just simply -not- possible that this Priest could’ve been playing by themselves here and there and had just not heard of a wand or thought about using one.)
Heck, I’ve been playing since day one on uncountable numbers of alts and I’m still finding things out.
I suppose it’s possible, but I know for a fact that a wand is a quest reward at least once before level 25. Since he was out to kill Stalvan, he’s figured out the ! and ? above NPCs and has thus experienced quest rewards.
I’m a firm believer that he simply falls into the bucket of players who can’t figure out their class because they are either stupid or lazy.
I’m still learning things, too, but not game basics. By level 10, a paladin who has been playing other classes finally looks up information on equipping a ranged weapon of some sort and discovers that the only options are ranged trinkets when they become available, or ranged spells with talents at the appropriate level.
It just doesn’t make any sense to play a game that you pay for in willing ignorance of the mechanics.
After a while I just tell them I am a failure and they should mark all my pulls. Clapus<—-feral druid.
I think it annoys them more when I don’t see any fault with their playing style.
I read this entry and the replies to it with great interest. We are talking about two lvl 27’s right ? Here’s my two cents, as I experienced it myself.
Let me start out by saying I’m 32 years old. Before november last year, I had never even heard of World of Warcraft, or any kind of MMORPG for that matter. I’m not part of the computer generation, I never played games as a child, or as an adult even. I accidentally picked up World of Warcraft because it reminded me of Dungeons and Dragons, which I used to play way way back as a kid. This, of course, was simply done with a circle of friends in someone’s living room, using books and dice. So I felt nostalgic, and bought the game.
I rolled a Night Elf Hunter, and basically understood about classes and stats on gear due to ancient D&D experience. And off I went, exploring Azeroth.
Most likely, everyone who has encountered me during the first 40 levels, must have figured I was a standard huntard. Why ? Because I didn’t know people in game, I have no friends playing WoW, and I certainly didn’t feel like spamming local channels in order to ask my questions. I spent (and still do) the majority of my time reading. I am convinced that I still don’t know all there is to know about my class, and that I make stupid mistakes, even though I managed to get myself to lvl 61.
Here’s the thing. It’s okay to be a noob. I understand that it’s frustrating for people who have 4 lvl 70s showing off their imba epics in IF to be confronted with one while lvling their number 5, but the game is there for everyone. Long time players will leave, new players will take their place, and they have A LOT to learn. If you are not familiar with games like these, or any games when you start out with WoW, all the information that is thrown at you can be most overwhelming. The bottom line is that it is just a game. Perhaps, Gitr, you would’ve done this guy a great favour by helping him out a bit more. Seeing how you seem to be knowledgeable about the Priest class (you have a lvl 70, don’t you), would it have killed you to refer to a few helpful guides, or to just clearly explain what he could do to improve his gameplay ? (The fact that you didn’t probably DID kill you the second time actually). Obviously ‘wand him’ didn’t mean much to this person, and keep in mind that you COULD indeed be dealing with a 10 year old who is trying to the best of his abilities.
On behalf of all people who are starting out to play WoW : it is OKAY to be new. The fact that you people have a whole bunch of lvl 70s lying around doesn’t mean that you should flame kids like these, or players who have a harder time getting into the swing of things. There could be multiple reasons as to why it’s harder for them. And seeing how you all have so many lvl 70s lying around, start being a bit more helpful and supportive. New players will learn. When you group with them you will die less. Everybody wins !!!