Comments on: A Farewell to Armed Bears

By: Gyrafall

Gyrafall — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:37:20 +0000

I believe I owe you thanks again. I didn’t know that about Morchok, which means I’ve inadvertantly done several people quite a bit of damage in the past.

This appears to happen to me freqently. I once repeatedly wiped an Azjol-Nerub run I was healing because I didn’t know about Pound, and was standing next to the tank on Anub-arak so that he could grab the little mobs that aggro’d me.

By: Gus

Gus — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:12:23 +0000

Ah I have done Morchok on tank, heals and as dps when im dpsing on my rogue and on my dk I do stay for the black phase mainly because I know I can survive it and second because it is a dps gain for melee rather than waiting behind the pillars.

When doing heroic its a very different animal the dk and the rogue now have a job to soak and survive rather than dps while trying to put decent numbers.

As for the heals I usually have no problems healing the heroic but some people think that all the druid heals are instant cast hots and get annoyed when
You stop to cast anything (even if You are the top healer in the group)

By: Bristal

Bristal — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:16:42 +0000

The problem with the game community IMO is the divide in game experience between the haves (those playing with trusted friends) and the have nots. And the spectrum in between is just chaotic.

That creates players that have wildly different game experiences and expectations. Couple that with an arcane, player created system of game information, and an impossibly archaic method of communication in-game, and you have the equivalent of a blindfolded softball game where everyone has a bat, only half the players know who’s up, and the umpires are officiating 24 games at once.

When it works, it’s the best and most amazing game on the planet. When it’s bad, you may feel either homicidal or suicidal or both.

Focus on building the overall community such that there is true value and reward to leadership and taking personal responsibility, and maybe we don’t have to quit to win.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:06:00 +0000

I agree with both your post, and the one referenced.

A lot of the impatience is due to people having a limited amount of play time, and wanting to get the most done in that time. For instance: I’ve got 45min before Mom says I have to come down for dinner, I should be able to get two runs in. The same could be said for the college student, the man home from the office, the dad. This person is setting up their expectation to be able to accomplish something in a given amount of time and anything that threatens to derail their progress is a threat.

It’s easy to forget that in an online game, we’re not always playing with reasonable adults and at the end of the day if the experience isn’t enjoyable, then it’s time to change the experience.

The current culture of Warcraft is one of intense selfishness.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:20:27 +0000

Ya know, BBB ... I've been tanking since BC and I feel ya on the points about getting upset about your own performance. I've also felt frustration at all the points you made here. I'm tellin' ya, I wish there'd been a resource like this long ago. Woulda saved me lots and lots of hair.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:12:47 +0000

If I keep waiting until I have the “right words” to comment on this, I’ll never comment. Thank you, BBB. :) Thank you for this post, and bears on camels, and all the stories you’ve told on this blog. Reading your blog was part of what made me try bear before giving up on druids completely, and I finally got to love my druid! I hadn’t enjoyed the game that much since I pet-tanked during Wrath with… well, my hunter’s bear. (I sense a theme here.)

Even if I couldn’t make myself take full advantage of it, the fact that you offered support to me has meant so much. I just don’t have the words to express it. And leaving WoW really is the best decision for me, for a lot of reasons, but it’s not one I’ve made easily and I’m glad Twitter will let me keep in touch with all my WoW-playing buddies.

You’re an awesome person, and remember… BARE DURIDS IS ALWAYS FRENDS! (“”\ ( -.- ) /”")