- Jan 12, 2004
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Let me start by saying this -I don't group much. I also have only been in 2 instances since playing WoW. 1 was in Ogrimar and the otther one was WC near the XR. As a Undead shadow spec'd Preist (lev 36 now) who plays 1 hour here or 2 hours there -I've really gotten accustomed to soloing all my quests. I can easliy solo 3-4 level mobs above me and that has worked out really well. I rarely group and when I do, it's just for to finish a few quests that I absolutely cannot solo, sometimes those are quests marked Elite.
So, I found someone in my 190+ person Guild who was around the same level as me. We got all excited because most of the Guild is 50+ leveled. We hooked up the next day and he asked me if I was interested in getting some "good XP" and running a Scarlet's Monastary quest he was currently doing. I've never been there and informed him of this. He gave me directions and informed me it was by the UC and that signs would lead me there. As he sent me an invite, I joined in the middle of the rest of the party saying things like "..but do we really need another person?" and "...I'm not really sure why...but ok." My buddy quickly replied, "He's a Preist.....how can you say no?!" You could tell he just wanted to get me int he action and was just generally a good person.
So, I join up and greet everyone in a friendly tone. The party consisted of:
- 55 Hunter
- 42 Warlock
- 41 Warrior
- 43 Shamman
- 36 Priest (ME!)
As you can tell, I was the lowest leveled person in the party. As soon as I got into the monastary I'm escorted by my buddy to the rest of the group who is hanging out right infront of the main building (church?) where the lord (boss) is. My buddy just tells me to run to the party who is on the other side of the courtyard. I mind sooth one mob, but OH NO (!), too late. A mob behind me is agro'd and begins to attack. My buddy tells me to run so I do. I sheild and heal myself. My buddy beings attacking the mob, and gets the agro. But wait....now I have 2 more adds on me. Apparently my mob didging skills arnt enough for this cramped coutyard. I sheild/heal/fade/fear...but nothing is really working and a couple of them are still attacking me. The entire party tries to save me, but it's too little and too late. I die. I appologize for the inconvenience and am quikcly rez'd. We sattle up and regen and laugh it off. We walk into the main building (they were almost done with the quest I'm now informed) and begin to pick off mobs working our way to the king. Here is where my unexperienced-ass comes into play and really begins to show. The Lord is in the center/back portion of the building. He has a few small rooms to his left and right with mobs in them that I assume (no one told me what was going on) must be killed before attacking him. As we pick off the mobs tucked away to *his* left, I begin healing everyone and my mana is drained quickly. Being they are all such higher level, they have more HP and there for....require more heals that a person closer to my level (especially the 55). My buddy throws some mana potions my way. I ask if anyone can make water (for some reason, I thought Warlocks could make water...not Mages). No one says a word. I ask the Warlock if he can make me some water and he tells me that he cannot. I appoligze quickly and reali........WTF!!!!! All of a sudden I'm being attacked. I spin around and see someone shouting "YOU MUST PAY!". But something isnt right. His attack it taking off 1/4 of my health with each swing. I sheild, heal, fade and fear.....but it's too late. I'm dead. The party goes crazy and I notice everyone's health quickly draining as I'm in ghost form running back. Everyone dies except for the 55 hunter and the 42 shammy. I plan on doing a corpse run but my buddy tells me to "No wait, stop!....wait for the rez". I do, and the rez comes. Once the dust settles, everyone begins to ask WTF jsut happened and who pulled the boss. Before I can claim responsibility, the warlcok I was chatting with says, "It must have been the low level". Confused and emberassed, I respond with a "Yea...it was probably me" and swollow my pride. I appologize again and everyone pretty much ignores me except for my buddy and we move on. Once everyone has replenished we press on to the other rooms and clear out the mobs. The Hunter leads the way back to the main chamber and sets his Hunter's Mark on the boss (the same one that killed me). He sends his pet and everyone follows. There is no plan of attack or discussion of what should take place. Its utter chaos. Everyone begins attacking and I sit back just keeping an eye on everyones health and saving my mana for that or a rez. Then something spectacular happens. The Lord runs away to some back room and calls on some demon or mistress of his. She pops in, "Omg my lord, I love you! Now lets kill!" and begins to run full speed toward me. I Fade and shes still flaming full speed to me. I sheild as her onslaut beings. I post in the party chat, "HELP!" and then "I'M BEING ATTACKED". I'm suddenly dead. No one was even able to run to my aid, they were too busy trying to protect their own asses. In fear of them dying, I realize that I really need to ghost run back to my body and heal my party before everyone dies and I really look stupid. As I run into the instance, my return to my physical form, DOH!!!!
No problem, right? I try to mind sooth the mobs and run past them .Yea, that wasnt happening. The first mob agro's me and I die faster than greased lightening. The party finishes up killing the mobs in the main building and begin sorting out the loot. Well, they come across some "Healing mace" and my buddy sticks up for me and says, "We should probably give that to the PriesT". Everone agrees, and begins wondering where I am. I become so frustrated that I tell everyone I've screwed everything up, and that we should jsut forget it. I'd lsot my temped and looked even more stupid. These people probably thought Iw as a 13 yr old kid on his dads computer. They asure me that they can get me to the loot, np. They rez me back at the door, and the shammy begins to escort me. We get about 1/2 through the courtyard and are eventually overtaken by 3 mobs. I become so frusted with the whole situation and my inexperience I go mute in party chat. People are now bickering amugst themselves if the effort is even worth it. I appologize again for the inconveneince and tell everyone to move on. As the party breaks up, I PM my buddy telling him how sorry I am for being such a total instance newb and for making the whole situation that was suppose to be just fun.....a drag. He asures me that it's really not that big of an issue and tells me he will see me tomorrow.
After the party compelte disbands and I corpse run I kinda just sat there thinking about what just happened. I felt so completely turned off by what had just taken place and compeltely disappointed in myself. I logged out, turned my computer off. I've never expereinced that kind of disappointment or greif in a single player game. One can always F6 and then F9 when there is a problem. there is no quick saves or do-overs here. The feeling sucked.
This has been theraputic for me and is the reason I'm posting this.
/confession 0
So, I found someone in my 190+ person Guild who was around the same level as me. We got all excited because most of the Guild is 50+ leveled. We hooked up the next day and he asked me if I was interested in getting some "good XP" and running a Scarlet's Monastary quest he was currently doing. I've never been there and informed him of this. He gave me directions and informed me it was by the UC and that signs would lead me there. As he sent me an invite, I joined in the middle of the rest of the party saying things like "..but do we really need another person?" and "...I'm not really sure why...but ok." My buddy quickly replied, "He's a Preist.....how can you say no?!" You could tell he just wanted to get me int he action and was just generally a good person.
So, I join up and greet everyone in a friendly tone. The party consisted of:
- 55 Hunter
- 42 Warlock
- 41 Warrior
- 43 Shamman
- 36 Priest (ME!)
As you can tell, I was the lowest leveled person in the party. As soon as I got into the monastary I'm escorted by my buddy to the rest of the group who is hanging out right infront of the main building (church?) where the lord (boss) is. My buddy just tells me to run to the party who is on the other side of the courtyard. I mind sooth one mob, but OH NO (!), too late. A mob behind me is agro'd and begins to attack. My buddy tells me to run so I do. I sheild and heal myself. My buddy beings attacking the mob, and gets the agro. But wait....now I have 2 more adds on me. Apparently my mob didging skills arnt enough for this cramped coutyard. I sheild/heal/fade/fear...but nothing is really working and a couple of them are still attacking me. The entire party tries to save me, but it's too little and too late. I die. I appologize for the inconvenience and am quikcly rez'd. We sattle up and regen and laugh it off. We walk into the main building (they were almost done with the quest I'm now informed) and begin to pick off mobs working our way to the king. Here is where my unexperienced-ass comes into play and really begins to show. The Lord is in the center/back portion of the building. He has a few small rooms to his left and right with mobs in them that I assume (no one told me what was going on) must be killed before attacking him. As we pick off the mobs tucked away to *his* left, I begin healing everyone and my mana is drained quickly. Being they are all such higher level, they have more HP and there for....require more heals that a person closer to my level (especially the 55). My buddy throws some mana potions my way. I ask if anyone can make water (for some reason, I thought Warlocks could make water...not Mages). No one says a word. I ask the Warlock if he can make me some water and he tells me that he cannot. I appoligze quickly and reali........WTF!!!!! All of a sudden I'm being attacked. I spin around and see someone shouting "YOU MUST PAY!". But something isnt right. His attack it taking off 1/4 of my health with each swing. I sheild, heal, fade and fear.....but it's too late. I'm dead. The party goes crazy and I notice everyone's health quickly draining as I'm in ghost form running back. Everyone dies except for the 55 hunter and the 42 shammy. I plan on doing a corpse run but my buddy tells me to "No wait, stop!....wait for the rez". I do, and the rez comes. Once the dust settles, everyone begins to ask WTF jsut happened and who pulled the boss. Before I can claim responsibility, the warlcok I was chatting with says, "It must have been the low level". Confused and emberassed, I respond with a "Yea...it was probably me" and swollow my pride. I appologize again and everyone pretty much ignores me except for my buddy and we move on. Once everyone has replenished we press on to the other rooms and clear out the mobs. The Hunter leads the way back to the main chamber and sets his Hunter's Mark on the boss (the same one that killed me). He sends his pet and everyone follows. There is no plan of attack or discussion of what should take place. Its utter chaos. Everyone begins attacking and I sit back just keeping an eye on everyones health and saving my mana for that or a rez. Then something spectacular happens. The Lord runs away to some back room and calls on some demon or mistress of his. She pops in, "Omg my lord, I love you! Now lets kill!" and begins to run full speed toward me. I Fade and shes still flaming full speed to me. I sheild as her onslaut beings. I post in the party chat, "HELP!" and then "I'M BEING ATTACKED". I'm suddenly dead. No one was even able to run to my aid, they were too busy trying to protect their own asses. In fear of them dying, I realize that I really need to ghost run back to my body and heal my party before everyone dies and I really look stupid. As I run into the instance, my return to my physical form, DOH!!!!
No problem, right? I try to mind sooth the mobs and run past them .Yea, that wasnt happening. The first mob agro's me and I die faster than greased lightening. The party finishes up killing the mobs in the main building and begin sorting out the loot. Well, they come across some "Healing mace" and my buddy sticks up for me and says, "We should probably give that to the PriesT". Everone agrees, and begins wondering where I am. I become so frustrated that I tell everyone I've screwed everything up, and that we should jsut forget it. I'd lsot my temped and looked even more stupid. These people probably thought Iw as a 13 yr old kid on his dads computer. They asure me that they can get me to the loot, np. They rez me back at the door, and the shammy begins to escort me. We get about 1/2 through the courtyard and are eventually overtaken by 3 mobs. I become so frusted with the whole situation and my inexperience I go mute in party chat. People are now bickering amugst themselves if the effort is even worth it. I appologize again for the inconveneince and tell everyone to move on. As the party breaks up, I PM my buddy telling him how sorry I am for being such a total instance newb and for making the whole situation that was suppose to be just fun.....a drag. He asures me that it's really not that big of an issue and tells me he will see me tomorrow.
After the party compelte disbands and I corpse run I kinda just sat there thinking about what just happened. I felt so completely turned off by what had just taken place and compeltely disappointed in myself. I logged out, turned my computer off. I've never expereinced that kind of disappointment or greif in a single player game. One can always F6 and then F9 when there is a problem. there is no quick saves or do-overs here. The feeling sucked.
This has been theraputic for me and is the reason I'm posting this.
/confession 0
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