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Dec. 9th, 2020 09:36 amI like the aesthetics of this new expansion, but so far it's beginning to look like it might be as much as grind as the previous one (just with a story that sucks less).
The guild is starting its first raiding tier on Friday, and as one of the guild officers, I would typically be along for that. The problem is that our GM has set the minimum gear level at 175 - which is reasonable.
I'm currently at 148. There is little hope that I could get to 175 by Friday, and even though he's insisted that he wants me to join them, I've put my foot down and said that I won't come unless I meet the gear level - at least, not until they've cleared the first few bosses ate least once. I don't mind getting carried for the first bit while I get gear, but I refuse to tag along as a hard carry when they are working on new progression.
Part of the problem is that I've actually been putting in fewer hours than a lot of other people in the guild. Also, we've had at least 100 new people join since the start of this new expansion, so we are currently running with a glut in almost every class and role. This means that we are practically tripping over healers at the moment.
Which is bad for the under-geared ones like me.
I was commiserating with the others in the officer channel last night. I said, "The problem is two-fold. Either people don't announce that they need people for a dungeon run until they've already filled the tank and healer spots, or they advertise right as I'm in the middle of a Torghast run, and the spots get taken before I'm done."
The other problem is that we have some seriously hardcore keeners who are already almost out-gearing the current tier. When Otto B. Farminpurpz is looking for a healer to run his M+ key, is he going to select the healer who isn't even geared enough for an M0, or the one who can help them power through the place in 20 minutes?
One of the roadblocks when you are behind the curve is that as others pull further ahead, it gets harder and harder to convince them to step back a bit and give you a hand in catching up.
Not that I'm particularly upset about it. While I'd like to be raiding with the guild on Friday/Saturday, it's not the end of my world if I don't. I'm just not feeling quite as invested in this game as I used to, and I'll find other things to do with my evening. I love some of the aesthetics of this expansion, and I like the storyline so far, but... I've been doing this for over a decade. I can live with backing off a bit.
The guild is starting its first raiding tier on Friday, and as one of the guild officers, I would typically be along for that. The problem is that our GM has set the minimum gear level at 175 - which is reasonable.
I'm currently at 148. There is little hope that I could get to 175 by Friday, and even though he's insisted that he wants me to join them, I've put my foot down and said that I won't come unless I meet the gear level - at least, not until they've cleared the first few bosses ate least once. I don't mind getting carried for the first bit while I get gear, but I refuse to tag along as a hard carry when they are working on new progression.
Part of the problem is that I've actually been putting in fewer hours than a lot of other people in the guild. Also, we've had at least 100 new people join since the start of this new expansion, so we are currently running with a glut in almost every class and role. This means that we are practically tripping over healers at the moment.
Which is bad for the under-geared ones like me.
I was commiserating with the others in the officer channel last night. I said, "The problem is two-fold. Either people don't announce that they need people for a dungeon run until they've already filled the tank and healer spots, or they advertise right as I'm in the middle of a Torghast run, and the spots get taken before I'm done."
The other problem is that we have some seriously hardcore keeners who are already almost out-gearing the current tier. When Otto B. Farminpurpz is looking for a healer to run his M+ key, is he going to select the healer who isn't even geared enough for an M0, or the one who can help them power through the place in 20 minutes?
One of the roadblocks when you are behind the curve is that as others pull further ahead, it gets harder and harder to convince them to step back a bit and give you a hand in catching up.
Not that I'm particularly upset about it. While I'd like to be raiding with the guild on Friday/Saturday, it's not the end of my world if I don't. I'm just not feeling quite as invested in this game as I used to, and I'll find other things to do with my evening. I love some of the aesthetics of this expansion, and I like the storyline so far, but... I've been doing this for over a decade. I can live with backing off a bit.
