The Overwhelming Power of StupidityFollow

I didn't get past reading the words potsoriginal and stupidity.

Name me a trashgroup where more than 3 casters are far away from each other.
Actually, make that four.

Run to one, throw down D&D, brainfreeze and drag it to the second while strangulating a third and then DG the fourth.





Now as a druid:
Feral charge one and pray, or LoS but with most dps that's a lost cause as they'll start dps too early for any LoS, if the possibility is even there.
As a DK you can pick them all up with a bit of targetswitching and a plan, as a druid you have to live with the realization that there's @#%^ all you can do about people eating spells because you're running between casters trying to hold aggro on all of them.


Edit: I'll say it. If you're a DK and whining about caster mobs you're trash that needs to learn how to play.
You can rate me down for being an elitist now.

Edited, Apr 1st 2010 7:25pm by Aethien

Without trying to be an *******... I giggled when I read that post. You just confirmed exactly what I said, except that you pulled out a different conclusion. If you don't get what I mean by that, reread the posts; the parallel is really there. The only thing I have to add is that nobody's whining about caster mobs as a DK - we're just saying that it can be helpful if someone 'takes down that lone caster' as life isn't always as easy-peasy as a Death Knight as it seems.

How can you two actually stand to be in the same guild?

I know it's me. I just want you to say it.

I had a group giving me grief over wearing the cloth exp shoulders on my hunter in a dungeon at level 78.

I just posted the recount report and replied, "skill>gear". Still, the idiocy ticks me off.

Ugh, ya I FF a ranged at the start, then taunt + FF if I lose it. So what I can hold 2 then, if I tank the rest of the pack on the 2nd?

Worst part is that neither spell has a very big animation. I mean if a pally throws down consecration, you notice. It's a giant circle of yellow glory on the ground. We're all extra jumpy about ground animations anyway; don't want to be known as the one who stood in something they shouldn't! So it works well.

On the other hand, if I FF a ranged, it's really hard to tell. I mean a barely visible puff and that's it? Really?! Most people wont even notice. I'll have a well-intentioned DPS see a caster that looks like it's not picked up and go attempt to handle it alone, when in fact I got a decent hold on it. Frustrating...

Maybe they don't have DG but if you have problems to gather caster as a warrior L2Gag Order.

Supposedly we have 4 caster scenario as Aeth described. Heroic Throw one(silcenced and is running to you), charge middle one and Shield Bash it (silenced and is now following you). If you started with HT-ing far left proceed to far right and use Concussion Blow on the one you are passing by and proceed to last one on which you will stand with three of caster with you and one stunned. When stun wears of you can: 1. Shield bash it and get it to you. 2. Taunt it until some mobs die off. 3. Charge with warbringer. Spell Reflection on cd for extra threat.

It's not all that difficult. As usually with warriors it requires more movement but with all silences, stuns and charges something is usually off cd.

Edit: I linked first level of gag order, the second has 100% chance. Clarification for those unfamiliar with warrior specs.

Edited, Apr 3rd 2010 10:57am by himdraug

That's not how it works. Suppose we have 4 casters. Heroic Throw one, charge another. OMG LEET DPS FOR THE ROXXORS! KEEL EEEET NAO!

That's how it works. If you can't round them up in 2 GCDs, you're **** out of luck.

My Warrior is only level 76 or so, so I lack all the necessary abilities, but I'm familiar with tanking in general and having played a Druid most of my time in this game, I'm familiar with tanking multiple casters without the abilities needed for it. Warriors do come close to the caster tankability of the Death Knights. They only lack some kind of magic absorb defensive thing and they'd be somewhat alike, except for the fact that my Death Knight can be a Blood Elf and thus has an AOE spell interrupt, but that's nitpicking.

Paladins and Druids lack the absorb as well, but Paladins have Sacred Shield which is like a mini-absorb that pretty much runs all the time. And they can silence up to three mobs at a time. And so on. We all know the survivability of Paladins is nuts. I mean, my own Paladin hit 80 and barely got crit immune before he was soloing bosses in Oculus - unintentionally, but still.

Druids these days can take a beating and hold aggro well on single targets and that's about it. They lack the survivability of Divine Protection or Shield Wall and have a mediocre defensive cooldown, like the Death Knight. Unlike the Death Knight, though, Druids lack a bunch of abilities for dealing with casters.

The way I see it, each class was meant to have a specific role (in direct contradiction to developers' claims):

Death Knight: Caster
Druid: Melee
Warrior: Caster & melee <- tough
Paladin: Caster & melee <- lolezmode

It's sad, really. Paladins get the single target TPS of Druids, the AOE TPS of Death Knights, the survivability of Warriors and then a ******** of other stuff just to completely throw the stuff off-balance.

Luckily casters like to stand and cast.

Heroic throw one, charge and shield bash another, together we go to #3 and let loose a shockwave, #4 will be intercepted, shield slammed and concussion blowed so he should stay with us a while. back to the 1st 3 who will get our full attention with thunderclap, cleave and everything now.

Managed to get killed in this short time? Congrats, you are a class A idiot. /target /golfclap /laugh

My poor druid has so much blisters on her paws that she can barely walk

Quit slacking you noob.

Warriors, you can nail 3 but 4 is a little tough. Heroic throw one, charge another, walk it to 3rd for shield bash, 4th you just conc blow/stun and hold aggro while spamming spell reflect. Nice thing with warrior is that when you have them all gathered up Shockwave keeps them all down. Having a healthy amount of stuns is handy although it is kind of annoying how they took my revenge stun from me.

Edited, Apr 3rd 2010 11:18pm by manicshock