Comments: Sometimes, it's not so good to be the King...
Good write up. You were pretty neutral here, but I'd change "This inevitably resulted in whatever I was attacking ..." to "... inevitably resulted in whatever the tank was attacking ..." but we get the point.
I hope that things with the group go well tomorrow.
Posted by Paul at April 11, 2005 11:47 AM
I think your review was pretty accurate. I told Paul afterwards that the first 2/3 were pretty rough but I had a good time the last 1/3. Other than my armor being trashed(which has made me learn to carry extra) I had no problems wiping on the VAULT those few times. In general, I have been coming to accept death as part of the game(I just hate the run back...but it beats the hell out of negative XP).
I will say as a hunter instances are very difficult. Being the lowest level, it isn't always good to be the puller. Having lower DPS in melee than ranged you always want to put some distance between you and the baddies, which can have many negative outcomes on the group dynamic. I also got scolded a few times for "going ahead" when I was just trying to get a trap down in front of the group. Everyone is doing their best to keep us alive so I know why it happens. We just all need to be aware of the different abilities our classes have and try to support each other's usefullness as best we can.
One thing I noticed is that it wasn't always direct attacks that were bringing mezzed baddies out of their trance. I think some of the damage AOE totems, AOE traps and AOE attacks lead to waking the sleepers.
I will also say that our Warlock got a little upset with me for attacking a guy he was trying to mezz. I would have been upset too..."Dude stop UNDOING what I have DONE!" In combat it is near impossible to see a friendly attempting to cast a mezz or a stun. This makes communication essential. Once a target is mezzed it is easier to tell but a simple call out makes worlds of difference (thats why we have vent). It is also very difficult to not attack something that is attacking you. I appreciate the effort of someone trying to help me out by mezzing a baddy who is killing me, but as I stated above if I can't tell you are casting I have no way of knowing I am being helped.
Finally, I think in the Vault the warlock and I were coordinating well with Pet off-tanking. I think in the future we should try to utilize this more.
Overall, I think you did a good job leadering. You did much better communicating "this is what happens here" which really helped the group. Thanks again to you and Abyss for all the help last night as well, we chewed through several quests which helped me get 58.
Posted by Ryan at April 11, 2005 02:05 PM