My first LFD Pug :)

[Ghallo]

I look at GS to understand if someone is actually paying attention. If someone has a GS of ~2k and is pulling in 1800DPS I actually feel like they are new to 80 but working their tail off. I had some huntard that was doing a remarkable 600dps (with Pet added in...) and they had a GS of 4500. That person is just looking to get pulled through the instance. I am going to votekick them every time.

So get GS, it helps you understand a player's limits. And judge them on it - if they have a GS of 3000 and are doing 3k DPS ... ask them their secrets!

I have never kicked a player for a low gearscore. One thing I think Bliz got right - if you have the gear to get into the instance, you have the ability to clear it if you're a decent player. That doesn't mean 0 wipes, but who cares? I'm playing this game to have fun.


In the end, the new LFD actually revived my interest in MBoxing, because if there was content I couldn't work through I could PuG it to see how it worked a few times. Really helped me to improve my game. Heck, just learning to not try to CC helped a ton. Can't believe how many wipes I wasted on trying to resheep something - AoE FTW!

[Gormand]

I look at GS to understand if someone is actually paying attention. If someone has a GS of ~2k and is pulling in 1800DPS I actually feel like they are new to 80 but working their tail off. I had some huntard that was doing a remarkable 600dps (with Pet added in...) and they had a GS of 4500. That person is just looking to get pulled through the instance. I am going to votekick them every time.

Umm WTF were they doing? I would have thought autoshot+pet would pull more DPS then that. The only thing I could think of would be really low weapon skill if they had just switched bows/guns.

But yeah I agree votekick someone for doing that low DPS with that gearscore.

[Dramoth]

Umm WTF were they doing? I would have thought autoshot+pet would pull more DPS then that. The only thing I could think of would be really low weapon skill if they had just switched bows/guns.

But yeah I agree votekick someone for doing that low DPS with that gearscore.

Sounds like they have concentrated on a single type of ranged weapon and just had something really sexy drop for them.

If had been them, I would have brought up a bunch of white ammo, wandered out into an area where things cant really hurt you, put pet on passive and kite stuff around while you level up the skill until at least 300... by then you should be doing reasonable damage by then.