Llewndyn's Top 10 Signs You are About to Wipe

[Llewndyn]

Top 10 Signs You are About to Wipe

Hi, Llewndyn here, massage artist to the stars, mustachioed wine aficionado, and that guy who consistently ruins your tee time, back with yet another totally awesome and not repetetive or lame "Top 10" List! Recently, I was saddened to realize that my bard that bears my forum namesake is completely and irrevocably gimped, and rerolled him as a cleric. From there, awesome ensued. As a cleric willing to join any and all LFGs no matter how gimped they are simply to prove I can heal a group through anything no matter how low the ACC is (that's Average COnstitution CoEfficient to you) and still complete the mission with few if any deaths, I am foreseeing a LOT of phun tyme forum fodder. But enough talk, have at you! (I love that line from Castlevania SotN)

Llewndyn's Top 10 Signs You are About to Wipe:

10. You join an elite Tear run and you are not only the solo healer and the only one who can carry a sword because you are with 4 wizards and a sorc, but you also still manage to lead kill count despite not being able to use magic because of the constahealing. /edit: I play a wizard and I carry a greataxe and have 22 STR. I know a lot of wizards and assorted casters who can melee WAY better than any of my lame gimped characters, because I consistently see them /edit

9. Upon joining an LFM the leader first invites you to their guild, named "DeathDemonKillerGothPunchyfaceMcDooooooom", then when you decline challenge you to PVP, then when you decline start bragging about their 20 AC before doing an elite carnival run at level 6.

8. You join an LFG that says, literally, "HLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ hellllllp" and it's for Kobold Assault. Seriously people I really needed heals in there, those kobolds crit hard!

7. "We need 2 clerics" - This means wipe in almost ANY mission, but doubly so if it is Waterworks.

$. You have to Jump in and intimidate the mobs because the fighter tried to kite them away and died because your heal was blocked. You would ask the 3 wizards to help but they are all running away because you ran out of DVs and all those fireballs they blasted at that Clay golem did nothing

6. "Clerics are supposed to stay in back that's the only way to survive for them"...... in Irestone?

5. You have to relieve yourself in a half full eggnog container because you know if you leave you will have to complete the mission on your own

4. "Where There's Smoke, PLZ link weps"

. Your radiant burst at level 7 heals more than 75% of EVERYONE'S health, including the barb and the monk, and they all had 30% health and lower....

3. Your group has to stop and strategize before taking on that Ogre in part 4 of Waterworks and you are all level 5 or higher.

2. "Hey let's invite Araknia!"

~. You are able to watch MacGruber while doing Recover the Lost Tome because of all the time spent waiting for everyone to die 3 times while running through traps and the lightning hallway and wait on the shrine to reset.

1. You forget what you did and pour yourself an eggnog to help ease the pain

As usual, if I am off base let me know, and feel free to add your own comments. Until next time, zip it up and stomp it out!

[silvertrit]

1st to give you rep!!!!

[Dulcimerist]

People actually have to use the shrine in Recovering the Lost Tome?

#5 and #1 made my stomach turn! LOL

Another addition could be you're in a group and the barbarian constantly has his sprint and expeditious retreat going pretty much constantly. I was in a group where one did that and would run past a mob and aggro two full mobs on the party at the same time.

[yawumpus]

8. Wiping on kobold assault (and crits therein):

To be fair, kobold assault sits in the Harbor between a bunch of other well run newb quests. Expect a newb group with korthos gear and korthos experience/skill level to jump right in. If they don't wipe, they should quit. DDO is going to be too easy for them.

Seeing HLZZ PLLLLLZ!!! much later is a much worse sign. Also, complaining about crits at that level is pretty pointless. The only fort available is 25% and typically replaces a (lesser) false life item, toons *will* get critted at this level. I'll admit that the crits in Irestone are something to complain about, but you should simply never be critted a few levels after that.

Now for my recent pugging nightmare. I was going to jump in and do some slayers in the Vale before the 10% xp went away when I got a tell from someone wanting to join me going to Meridia (and then was willing to go slaying with me). Even split: wizard/cleric. Oddly enough, we got pretty far before wiping.

[Atree]

When you're the cleric and have to solve 8 puzzles in Shroud pt 3 ...

[PNellesen]

People actually have to use the shrine in Recovering the Lost Tome?

There's a shrine in Recovering the Lost Tome? I've never stopped long enough to look

[brian14]

Now for my recent pugging nightmare. I was going to jump in and do some slayers in the Vale before the 10% xp went away when I got a tell from someone wanting to join me going to Meridia (and then was willing to go slaying with me). Even split: wizard/cleric. Oddly enough, we got pretty far before wiping.

Excuse me, but if running Vale as half of wizard/cleric duo (which one were you?) was a "nightmare", then how were you planning to do it ALONE?

[Mavnas]

Excuse me, but if running Vale as half of wizard/cleric duo (which one were you?) was a "nightmare", then how were you planning to do it ALONE?

I've noticed at times on my various low level chars with halfling dragonmarks that grouping with a squishy causes me to blow through my limited healing potential much faster than I would solo. Additionally a second person can be idiotic and over-pull. I can totally see how one person soloing carefully could be better than two not working well together.

[Krelar]

Excuse me, but if running Vale as half of wizard/cleric duo (which one were you?) was a "nightmare", then how were you planning to do it ALONE?

I think you miss understand. I'm pretty sure he's saying the other player was a wizard/cleric with equal levels in each.

[Irinis]

5. You have to relieve yourself in a half full eggnog container because you know if you leave you will have to complete the mission on your own

Really didn't need to know that. TMI!

1. You forget what you did and pour yourself an eggnog to help ease the pain

TMI!!!!!!!!!!!! Ew.

[andbr22]

When you run eChrono (or ToD) and leader don't say any thing (interesting I didn't met any "silent leaders in eDQ)...
When in ToD you have 2 newbie Kiters, and second kiter prefer to nuke Shadowmaster than FW the stairs.
When in ToD Hortho tank go death or at least incaped (well it not auto wipe, but make run at least much more resources consuming).

[yawumpus]

I think you miss understand. I'm pretty sure he's saying the other player was a wizard/cleric with equal levels in each.

This is the case. I don't see how it would be a nightmare with a pure wizard and pure cleric.

[Mavnas]

This is the case. I don't see how it would be a nightmare with a pure wizard and pure cleric.

A noob playing any class is still a noob? Just because someone didn't totally gimp themselves by multiclassing wrong doesn't mean they know what they're doing.

[Llewndyn]

Really didn't need to know that. TMI!



TMI!!!!!!!!!!!! Ew.

Would it have been better if I lied and said it was only #1?

OK I'm done, I'm sorry, I promise...no, don't you do it, get away from that neg rep button....don't do it... DANGIT!

[brian14]

I think you miss understand. I'm pretty sure he's saying the other player was a wizard/cleric with equal levels in each.

Now it makes sense. IOW, clr7/wiz7 or clr8/wiz8? Yeessshh...

I suppose not entirely useless in Vale. If his partner is a good DPS, he can just stay invisible and spam heals. One thing he does not lack is SP.