Blue about trash respawns: It's not blizz, it's us that sucks

Dendory · 03/28/07, 8:07 AM

Respawns are nature's way of saying you're not doing very well. Generally we intend for groups to get about 2-3 attempts in on end-bosses in the 5 person dungeons. But if you get in a bad group and you're not properly geared, prepared, or able to perform the tasks, then it's a good indication that you and your group need to work in one or more of those areas if you hit respawns. It's one of the few mechanics that lets you know your group... well, sucks, or that the guy that AFK logged and you all waited for was the cause. You can then take that and apply what you've learned to your next attempt.

I respawns are helpful in a way. It keeps a group moving, and if we hit respawns it tells me that I need to find a better group and tell the new group how horrible my last group was. Now if you're trying to learn encounters with your guild there's probably not much you can do except sigh and hope those two or three people in the group (That everyone knows are horrible at the game but no one ever says anything to. Well, except that one guy that went too far, started swearing at them, and then got kicked out.) get their act together.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...86814433&sid=1

Daboran · 03/28/07, 8:09 AM

Bring discussed at Rapid respawns to be the demise of (non-über-hardcore) raiding? already.

Caithen · 03/28/07, 8:09 AM

Well, the follow up post gives some context for the raiding trash (which is all the discussion here), so I think there is no need to be quite so wow-forums about it all.

http://news.thottbot.com/?authors=-1...&posts=4244117

I'm guessing you're referring to end-game raids and learning encounters that maybe few have even heard of. My response is geared more towards the 5 person instances, and even Kara. The end-game instances I would consider on a different level and the number of attempts and obviously the use of respawns probably don't apply as evenly.

Of course if there are significant respawn issues in specific end-game dungeons then the Raid & Dungeons forum is probably your best place for that feedback.

Pane · 03/28/07, 8:12 AM

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Antarius · 03/28/07, 8:19 AM

God that last paragraph is so true, and speaks to me on so many levels after 5 guilds in the last 2 years oh how I wished I could be "that guy"

Still, There are plenty of other threads about trash respawns.

Usually, if I'm ever in a group so horrible to get respawns, I'm usually thankful that it gives me an excuse to duck out of the group and try to make a mental note not to group with those people again.

And it works well in 5 man content. Why they decided to do something completely different for raid content is beyond me.

Kaubel · 03/28/07, 8:21 AM

Hey thanks for keeping us informed about what Blizzard says about random, non-important crap. You're like Google or something!