Intimi Still Very Viable?

[karnokvolrath]

I know a good intimi in the right quest can make things run dramatically smoother. That being said, do intimi have a right to get mad because the rest of the group is doing fine without him and hes not keeping up?

Setting - Gwelands on normal all are 7th and 8th, no caster. 2 ranger, 1 intimi, 1 dualkopesh fighter guy, 1 rogue, 1 cleric.

Action - We are mowing though things at will, cleared all but the last part. The intimi keeps getting mad because we arnt going slow enough for him to lead in. Mind you we arnt even going that fast, getting all traps, ransack, conquest, ext ext.

Finally he says hes gonna drop because no one will listen to him and that we will die withouthim. Everyone says? Come on its ok, we will slow down, we are almost done, blah blah blah.

So he says "Well look at the clerics bar!", The cleric responds "Dude, we have cleared two shrines i havnt even used".

So he drops, i hand the cleric a wand, we complete....I send him a tell basically saying hey man not to be rude, but you where just slowing us down, if we where all level 5 it would be one thing, but we where clowning that place, no deaths.

He replies, "You dont know how to play, i dont like zergers, ext ext ext." Then Tells me im going to be squelched, no biggie, squelched him as well...whateve

Mind you im not even a zerger, but i like things done quick and right.....Am i over reacting here? Sould a group thats blantantly doing fine really need to crawl to a GROULING pace, between EVERY SINGLE fight? It was taking FOREVER on a quest that can be ran with a blindfold on normal.

[hydra_ex]

In most quests, a designated quest is not needed, and will only slow the group down.

An intimi can save the party and make a quest much easier, but only in certain situations (usually against bosses, or high hitting mobs). Nowadays, the advice for an intimi-tank is not only to be able to tank, but also to be able to contribute by doing DPS.