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Re: Tank support group - 2011-03-28

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From: echinacea
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:00
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On Mar 28, 5:18 pm, Urbin <ur...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> It had to happen sooner or later. I got into a BFD group, most others were
> between 22 and 24, me at 25, a rogue at 28. The rogue kept pulling on every
> pull. The little rage I saved from the last fight was wasted on trying to
> get aggro back again (for the first time I was forced to Sunder left and
> right). I /said to please let me do the pulling. No reaction in chat and he
> kept pulling on happily. A few groups later I /said "Funski, would you mind
> letting me pull, you're making my life harder than necessary". No reaction.
> On the next pull I sit down, when the mobs are dead I try to kick him but he
> pulls the next group before that works. I say one last time that as a tank
> I'd prefer to do the pulling even if he is high enough level to tank trash
> pulls. No reaction. We enter the orc bosses room. I again try to initiate a
> kick but don't manage to do so before he pulls the boss and the adds. I sit
> down to watch things. The healer is up to speed and keeps everyone alive,
> the rogue easily holds aggro of the boss, the adds wander all over and hit
> everyone at will. The mob dies, I loot and finally I manage to initiate a
> kick. I give "after asking three times he is still pulling" as reason. The
> vote fails. The healer says: "Don't kick my Funski". Only then do I realise
> three of them are form the same guild. They start pulling the mobs by using
> the braziers at which point I had enough and left.
>
> Sadly, I couldn't teleport out during combat so I'll need to hand in the
> three quests the next time I pull BFD.
>
> I wonder if such people keep consta-pulling so the group is never out of
> combat long enough for a vote to kick.
>
> Oh well, I'm sure I'm on their shit list, they surely are on mine.
>
> Rant over.
>
> Cheers
> Urbin
>
> --
> Dun Morogh-EU (PvE)                               | Juran  (65), Druid
> Urbin  (85), Hunter  | Surana   (70), Mage        | Greeta (64), Rogue
> Mymule (81), Warlock | Kordosch (75), Deathknight | Gera   (26), Paladin
> Sunh   (80), Priest  | Taalas   (78), Shaman      | Vargal (26), Warrior

I wish guilds like that could be prevented from using random dungeon
finder.
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Subject: Re: Tank support group - 2011-03-28
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