why do people run ahead of the pattern in shroud?

[slimkj]

Extreme repetition leads to boredom and a desire to change up.

[xxScoobyDooxx]

I like variety, missionary gets boring after 100+ runs .... spice it up you may enjoy it more .... pfft.

[Memek]

Gotta love people who try to micromanage in Shroud part 1 - "omg, you are at the wrong portal, everyone hit the same portal or we all dooooooomed".

But seriously, everytime i run Shroud, 11 players run the wrong pattern. Noobs! It's tough i tell you...

[Slap_Happy]

Personally, hmmm.. pikers know why

for me its if the casters are doing there job and wailing the mobs i can hit auto attack and get a beer so its a pike without a pike beautiful if u ask me

[bobbryan2]

it does not seem to speed things up. if any thing it might slow the group down due to confusion.

Is it just people stroking their ego by trying to take a portal down all by them selves?

It does speed things up...
It's not just people stroking their ego.

If you get confused by people taking on their own portal... then... it's not going to be a fast shroud anyway.

[Rodasch]

As long as everyone is actually beating on an active portal who should be, it all works out in the end...whether they're all on the same one or a few on different ones. Just make sure you're with the group if your haste is about to run out and there's only one arcane, or have your own haste handled.

[dmslasher]

Well of course part 4 would go quick with multiple casters (if they aren't just standing around like some do for some odd reason), it's only Part 1 that becomes slower the more casters you add. hardly matters; only if you're one of the people, who (like fuzzy mentioned) must shave off as much portal beating time as possible.

yeah everyone hates part 1 but i would rather get thru part 4 faster then part 1 cuz part one is easy. its part 4 that has all the party wipes. ive never seen ppl wipe in part 1.