Game grouping, part II
Well, three good groups in a row, you know there had to be a bad one in the near future.
Friday afternoon I'm tooling along headed to a mission when I get a tell asking if I want to be in on a 38/39 level group. I say, "Sure" and join up. You gotta have high hopes for a group where the guy sends a tell first even though I had my "I'm looking for a group" light off. I hate blind invites and ALWAYS refuse them unless my "Looking for a group" light is on.
Anyway, we finally get the group together and jump in. The tank, a guy named Forbiden Knight... Hold on a minute and let me rant about names again.
I'm a name nazi, no two ways about it. Maybe it is a character flaw but I would never be able to run around with a misspelled name simply so I could have the name. Misspelling as a pun or with a purpose is one thing but simply misspelling your name because you're too stupid to come up with anything else is just wrong.
Back to the story. So, we get in the mission and, before we all even zone in, the tank says, "Can I go?" and without another word, starts gathering mobs. We all try to follow and support him and kill the first batch when he says, "I was gonna herd." So we all stand back and let him go off and do his thing and he gathers a batch, we all kill them, etc. This goes on for a while till he gets in a room with about 40 mobs and starts yelling for help. I manage to get in and start blasting but the doorway soon becomes clogged with monsters and no one else can get in. It doesn't help that we're fighting DE either, those things are monstrously hard anyway. So, we soon start dying and the tank, who cornered himself in a room where no one else can get to starts cussing out the healers for not healing and whining about how high his debt is.
Anyway, we finished the mission (I took two deaths myself) and I make an excuse to part ways. Nothing I hate worse than someone who screws up then blames others.
BTW, they have added a new Inspiration called Break Free. When some mob sleeps or holds you, you hit this sucker and you're free again. I got in against a Rikti Headman Mentalist without a Break Free and got held and whacked to death without being able to fire a shot or run. I never leave home without 3 or 4 now.
Friday afternoon I'm tooling along headed to a mission when I get a tell asking if I want to be in on a 38/39 level group. I say, "Sure" and join up. You gotta have high hopes for a group where the guy sends a tell first even though I had my "I'm looking for a group" light off. I hate blind invites and ALWAYS refuse them unless my "Looking for a group" light is on.
Anyway, we finally get the group together and jump in. The tank, a guy named Forbiden Knight... Hold on a minute and let me rant about names again.
I'm a name nazi, no two ways about it. Maybe it is a character flaw but I would never be able to run around with a misspelled name simply so I could have the name. Misspelling as a pun or with a purpose is one thing but simply misspelling your name because you're too stupid to come up with anything else is just wrong.
Back to the story. So, we get in the mission and, before we all even zone in, the tank says, "Can I go?" and without another word, starts gathering mobs. We all try to follow and support him and kill the first batch when he says, "I was gonna herd." So we all stand back and let him go off and do his thing and he gathers a batch, we all kill them, etc. This goes on for a while till he gets in a room with about 40 mobs and starts yelling for help. I manage to get in and start blasting but the doorway soon becomes clogged with monsters and no one else can get in. It doesn't help that we're fighting DE either, those things are monstrously hard anyway. So, we soon start dying and the tank, who cornered himself in a room where no one else can get to starts cussing out the healers for not healing and whining about how high his debt is.
Anyway, we finished the mission (I took two deaths myself) and I make an excuse to part ways. Nothing I hate worse than someone who screws up then blames others.
BTW, they have added a new Inspiration called Break Free. When some mob sleeps or holds you, you hit this sucker and you're free again. I got in against a Rikti Headman Mentalist without a Break Free and got held and whacked to death without being able to fire a shot or run. I never leave home without 3 or 4 now.
posted by Big Ed at 12:40 PM
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