IYM ytrede sig i <j3r862$q7b$1@dont-email.me> med dette:
>On 9/2/2011 2:15 PM, John Gordon wrote:
>> In<j3r10c$5ks$1@dont-email.me> ToolPackinMama<philnblanc@comcast.net> writes:
>>
>>> BTW speaking of the incident I mentioned... I was unfamiliar with the
>>> dungeon - had never been there on any of my toons - so I had no way of
>>> knowing how close to the end we were. I didn't know what to expect,
>>> wasn't sure what I was fighting or how to handle them.
>>
>> In a situation like that, one strategy is to focus on another member of
>> the party who is the same type as yourself (ranged/melee) and just do
>> what they do. Move where they move, attack what they attack.
>>
>
>What he said...It's much easier to "blend in" as dps, or heal if you are
>not familiar with the instance than tank. But as John said, if your a
>mage, for example, you can set your focus to another ranged like the
>hunter or lock and stick near them and hit what they do (UNLESS
>otherwise instructed by the tank)...in *many* cases, not all. There are
>boss fights you need to spread out, etc. but nothing in any of the
>regular cata dungeons should be that detrimental. If you are a cc
>class, know your generic symbol (mage = moon, hunter = blue block, etc)
>or read the chat if the tank specifies something else. Other than that,
>you can get through the instance, and in most cases no one else would
>know the better. If fact, many tanks que as dps the first couple times
>in an instance they are not familiar with to get to learn the instances
>(directions, bosses, abilities, as well as watch the tank to learn how
>to tank it).
>
>
>The other thing you can do if your just not comfortable doing that is to
>que up for a specific dungeon, then do your homework and read up on an
>instance or watch a tankspot video of it while your in que. Who said it
>had to be random? After you run it, you'll be comfortable with it. Do
>this for the few (or any) unfamiliar instances to you and then you can
>que randoms without worry! :)
When I run with my mage, I always tell if I'm not familiar with fights
as dps, right from the start. At the same time I tell I've healed it a
lotta times as holy priest.
Next I say, tell me when I shall do more than dps and avoid damage.
Never experienced a goup that wasn't fine with that and did give hints.
As holy priest, I always ask if all are familiar with the instance, and
if not say so now, so you can be instructed about what to do.
I got macros for saying the stuff, and hardly ever meet anything but
positive responce from ppl.
Been over geard as healer for the hc for the last 3 month, but doubt
that is the reason ppl heed my 'call' to order, in disordered groups.
I know I'm rare, but if I meet a 'noop' player who admits, when I play
my holy priest. I gladly sticks with him/her and do more instances.
-- whipes doesn't matter, my guild is paying for repairs anyway --
chacing the achivement:-D
Repairs didn't matter before either though, because I have this belif:
Teach one to be better, then he/she will teach others too, and in the
end you will meet better players.
However slight an improvement is, it is none the less an improvement!
--
Allan Stig Kiilerich Frederiksen
"When you try to change a mans paradigm, you must keep in mind that he
can hear you only through the filter of the paradigm he holds."
-Myron Tribus