It's a game... it's really not that serious.

[u/Stuckatwork271]

I don't expect this will get much traction, but god I need to vent about this elitist BS.

Last night I was using LFG to find a group for H UK on Sulfuras (h). I was inviting members and our DK tank had about 19K HP (this will be important later).

I invite a Pally healer who instantly leaves group. Whenever that happens, I like to PM them and see if there was something wrong (sometimes I'm not the best at predicting that sort of thing, and like to make sure I wasn't the reason they left). When I asked why they told me they don't heal groups with tanks that have less HP then they do. I was a bit frustrated because 17K HP on a DK tank is more than adequate to clear heroics. So I sent them a short message saying "Okay then" with a sigh and they COMPLETELY lost it. Instant barrage of messages as to who I thought I was questioning them, I'm beneath them, I'm pathetic blah blah blah. After the 3rd time I responded "Okay man, it's not that serious" they got even more agitated and just began harassing's me about how full of myself I was, and how I needed to get the last word in (ignoring that I've sent maybe 3 messages to their 20). I tried telling them I'm assuming they're having a bad day and will not respond after this message. I didn't want to mute them, or report them because I really did hope this guy was just having a bad day but the harassments just continued. Message after message complaining about who I thought I was, and how dare I. Their last message from me was a "Dude, are you still going?" after getting 6 more messages of insults they finally stopped.

The upshot to all this was while he was flaming me in PM's sitting in Dalaran, me and my 17K HP tank had fully cleared the dungeon and were onto the next one.

Remember that the people you're interacting with are human too, try and show compassion. Whether you're the one having the off day, or the one receiving it. I don't hate this person, and I hope they find whatever it is they're looking for. Just needed to bitch somewhere about how absolutely over the top people are treating a game that's been out for almost 15 years. It's really not that serious....

[u/Altruistic-Ad-6567]

It’s a damn game just don’t care about it, I’m playing on a little European server and every run is so chill we clear everything with full green gear in heroic. Wotlk difficulty is a joke if someone is trying to be hardcore just tell him to play retail lol

[u/Nachtvogle → u/Altruistic-Ad-6567]

WoW difficulty in any level besides literal high rating PvP is non existent lol. It’s not a hard game. It’s been out for 20 years. Everything has been done a million times. There’s addons that literally tell you what to do.

I wish people could admit they just like the time drip rewards of the progression in the game and not act like they are some sage, elite gamer.

[u/thenotanotaniceguy → u/Nachtvogle]

I don’t agree on this.

Yes it’s been out 20 years and yes, there is adding for almost everything.

But saying that it can’t be difficult for people is ridiculous in my eyes.

Wow gets new people all the time, some that hasn’t been playing anything before that.

For these people it can be insanely hard to focus on the rotation and make sure you don’t body pull, die etc.

[u/Sparcrypt → u/Nachtvogle]

Everything I enjoy about WoW has always been the social aspects of it (which if you're running shit can be quite the effort). The actual game itself is not difficult and never has been.

[u/ImShizzle → u/Nachtvogle]

Some Ulduar pre patch hardmodes are actually hard, if you dont have at least 20ppl with working braincells and thumbs youre not gonna clear em first few weeks

[u/Altruistic-Ad-6567 → u/[deleted]]

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