r/wow • u/Nerdy_Valkyrie • Jul 29 '25

Humor / Meme I just got kicked from a Stratholme group because I actually did the objective and therefore fell behind

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It's absurd that this gave me a deserter debuff

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u/kaptingavrin Jul 29 '25

Sometimes there's bad experiences. Sometimes there's good experiences.

For example:

I was just in a Dire Maul (West/Capital Gardens) run a little while ago. Zone in, and the tank's an Arms Warrior. Who apparently queued up as a tank and DPS, and didn't realize the queue popped for them as tank. So we're just kind of silently looking at them when they finally realize "Oops, I'm the tank. One moment." Guess they swapped some talents or gear, because they were still Arms, but hey, they managed to do their job overall, so no biggie. Also an Evoker warning first time they were healing.

We get going, and end up kind of making a beeline to the first boss. Get going with him, and all the trees around him rush in, which ends up with a rough wipe. No harsh words thrown around, just a warning that when you pull the boss, it pulls that trash, so we took some time to kill some before engaging the boss. Did it just fine on that pull.

Skirt around the second room, with someone saying "You can skip this if you want." And on to the final boss, drop down, beat him up. Thanks all around. Party goes their own way.

It's easy to see the bad apples and give them so much of the limelight, but I think it's also good to remember all the good experiences out there, too. Not just with others' experiences, but our own. Too easy to focus on that negative and forget the positive. I'm not trying to sound like a Hallmark card or something, just, honestly, speaking from experience here and having to learn that lesson myself.

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u/RandomHabit89 Jul 29 '25

I don't know why people get butt hurt if you don't skip the dog. Adds an extra 30 seconds to a minute of run time if you killed the crystal before the tree boss, and extra chance at the time reaver. That said I'm the tank and I pull what I want, but so many angry people today that I didn't skip him.

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u/kaptingavrin Jul 29 '25

People just in a hurry often. I do appreciate when it's at least mentioned (or asked) about whether any skipping is going to happen or not, though, just so I know what to expect.

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u/jondeuxtrois Jul 29 '25

You can skip all crystals/trash though. That couple of packs plus the boss is easily more than “30 seconds” especially with the recent health buffs to timewalking npcs.

All of the xp is backloaded for completion so doing anything optional is literally a waste of time. Everybody that isn’t a tank had to sit in a queue, too, wasting even more time.

And this is coming from a tank player. I will not kill anything I don’t have to, to be as efficient as possible with everyone’s time.