Comments on: Karma, Warcraft Style

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:57:16 +0000

I follow the story, yet cock my head sideways at the language.

What kind of freaky, fucked-up universe am I living in when “greed” is a verb and “ninja” is an insult?

By: Perry

Perry — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:54:14 +0000

Thanks for translating that into English for me. :)

Actually, the simplification reminds me of one of my favorite bits from The Simpsons:

Hibbert: Homer, I’m afraid you’ll have to undergo a coronary bypass operation.
Homer: Say it in English, Doc.
Hibbert: You’re going to need open heart surgery.
Homer: Spare me your medical mumbo-jumbo.
Hibbert: We’re going to cut you open and tinker with your ticker.
Homer: Could you dumb it down a shade?

By: J1

J1 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:17:35 +0000

My main is a frost mage, so I only get into groups via random chance. Rarely do I get involved with guild stuff. Right now a bunch of the obsessives (they’re already 80) are running the end-game instances. Heh.

I have a Paladin alt because that way I can be a tank or a healer. Those seem to be the most-requested for classes. Of course, said Paladin is only level 23, and he’ll probably never get too high. Once I hit 80, I’m going to try to get enough money for the chopper before school starts. That’s going to be difficult.

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:07:55 +0000

Andrew: Yeah, it’s *generally* a good idea to lay down the loot rules early, if you’re the group leader. That said, by end game, most people understand that in a pug, you need on upgrades, greed on anything else, and pass if there’s a disenchanter.

At lower levels, a lot can be explained away by not knowing what they’re doing, if this isn’t just an alt. In which case, education is good, so by the time they get to end game they have a clue. :D

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:05:59 +0000

Perry: The non-warcraftian summary is… guy was being a douche to Nick. Nick, being more valuable than the douche, got him kicked out of another group because new group would rather have Nick than the douche. :D

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:44:58 +0000

Oh man, I love it. In the few pickup groups I’ve done, I’ve been lucky in that everyone seemed pretty cool. I can totally see where someone acting like that would make enemies real fast.
Once Nick even made the offer to re-roll and pay out to the winner of the roll, that guy should have just shut the hell up. (OK, he shouldn’t have opened his trap in the first place, but I digress)

The one problem I have with pickup groups is the lack of communication on picking up dropped items. I have had a few people roll “need” on stuff that they can’t even use. In a group, I always roll greed unless I know 100% certain that the item is an up for me and no one else can use it. Pisses me off when a mage, warlock or healer “needs” a high end weapon or armor.
On the other hand, I’m only level 50, so I haven’t been doing groups/instances in areas with the really good stuff that’s hard to come by.

By: Perry

Perry — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:33:12 +0000

Yeah, I don’t think I understood a single word of this. (I know, I was warned.) :)