PuGs » Lady Jess

Stupid is as Stupid Does

May 242011

Forest Gump got that right! I have recently broken my “No Pugs EVER!” rule. If I have a guildie along, I’ll do it. Today for example. I log in, get my Revered status with my guild on my druid right? I go grab my Armadillo and Guild Page pets, because…priorities you know. While I was shopping I grabbed the heirloom helm and cloak for my long neglected Shaman, Brennah. I haven’t played her since winter sometime before school started. Guildmate Algie is on her dwarf warlock (when did THOSE become allowed??) and suggests I take her on a test run. So we queue up. Me as healer, her as DPS.

First run, Maraudin . No problem at all. Healing is easy, quest complete, let’s queue again. Dire Maul! Tank’s name is Blunderbeard. Dwarf warrior, quick little guy but I managed to keep up. Good tank too I must say. We trooped right through, noone died, and we queue again. Hey look! Blunderbeard is back woot! He was easy to heal the first time, and we’re in Dire Maul again. We get a druid…named Brodruid. Should have known right THEN. To understand how terrifically awful this druid was you need to check his armory. Now, I understand maybe he has just changed specs and is still wearing gear from feral. I just went through that on my druid when she went from Resto/Balance to Resto/Feral (cat). Yes, you read that correctly that’s another blog post ok?. But a GREY CLOAK??? Seriously? And this balance spec druid was dps’ing IN CAT FORM!! Even with that odd mix of gear, GET INTO boomkin form and CAST SPELLS! You’ll do more damage. And the random pulling of entire packs of mobs. Seriously, it killed him twice. I don’t heal stupid. I rezzed him only because even if he WOULD have run back, he’d have just brought MORE mobs with him.

Have I mentioned I have not played my Shaman in at least FIVE MONTHS?? And I was so worried I’d be the one that sucked and killed us all. But no, we never wiped. Not once. With Blunderbeard tanking and holding aggro like a pro, Etheltrude the Dwarflock bringin the pain and my healing we survived all the stupid. But the next time I see the name Brodruid…I’m doing this…..

The One Where I PuG

PuGs, WoW 4 Responses »

Aug 312010

My little shammy hit 40 yesterday. At which point the Project began. You see, I decided I do want her to get to 80 before Cataclysm releases. But I’m not a fan of questing in Azeroth and Outland. So, I’ll dual spec, and PuG alot of the way through! Maybe even PvP! I can PvP as a healer. Just not as DPS. Yes, you read that correctly. I, Jess, hater of PuGs and PvP, have chosen to make use of them both in large quantities to level. So, after some speccing (thank you Stop) and trading in of honor points, I hopped in the Queue. About twenty minutes later, I’m healing my first dungeon, Uldaman. A place I have never been.

First, we all port in, only to see the tank…back his way out of the portal. You weren’t subtle by the way. You’re a BIG BLUE DRAENEI we saw you!! So we wait. We get another tank. I should have known it was bad when he had more X’s in his name than a spambot. We got Super Pally (can you feel the sarcasm?). He ran off while I was drinking. I let him die the third time. Which was funny, because the mobs all aggro on me, the hunter, and the shadow priest. Funny why? Because with a swap to my dps totem set…and some fast chain healing, we got the troggs dead without us dying. I rez the tank, and get “What happened?” I inform him he shouldn’t run off without the healer. The hunter at least showed some appreciation.

So what’s he do next? Takes off AGAIN. And now he’s pulling about four stone golems and a sundry of iron dwarves. It’s at this point, I realize, I cannot heal stupid! I should have made a dash to the doorway in order to self rez safely. My bad. It was a wipe. The tank then leaves, and the group falls apart. I take a break, head to Tanaris to get quests gathered.

I put myself back in the Queue while I did so. And a group popped. Back to Uldaman, with an awesome tank. No, really. He hardly took damage, he held aggro like a pro, he let the healer drink, and explained boss fights and reminded us to run to him if we GOT aggro. Toxicsushi…you’re a pro, and saved my opinion of pugging for the moment.