And this is why I dont PUG anymore

[Multibocks]

small update: My DK was able to get pants last night in VH with an awesome all plate group Dk, Dk, Dk, Dk and paladin healer. I wouldnt have wanted to be the healer, but it worked out great. Cherry on top was that all present already had the pants 8)

[Ken]

I stopped multiboxing for a month or 2, so I did quite a few PUGs(I estimate about a hundred). There were never loot problems, however there were quite a few people that had absolutely no clue about how to play the game (e.g. the aggro problems related to non-focussed fire you're talking about).

<- Biggest loot whore ever.

I'm sorry, but your icon gave it away already :D

[Dominian]

I normally do VOA 25 on all chars during a weekend and im shocked to how manny people who do under 1k dps even in ok gear, ive seen people who do 600 dps and when theyr asked to push it they maybe make it to 700-800..

Normally we just kick people who dont make it to 1k, there is no real good reason to not make 1k unless you tank or heal. If they blame theyr gear/spec its theyr own problem and need to upgrade it, but in 99% of the cases its the actual players.

[elsegundo]

I decided while at work i would try to PUG heroic VH for the legs. So Im in a group that can BARELY take down the mobs before next portal, however the healer was awesome so as long as I kept stuff off him we lived. Anyways halfway through the mage posts the damage done recount. Yep I'm first on the list as the tank, not too surprising given that I use Howling Blast and AE a lot. However the DPS of the group is unbelievable. Mage does about 1800, not too bad and I'm at 1700.. woot! The terrible dps warrior in my group is 900 dps. That's not a typo. Clue #1 to kick the guy.

But wait! Does he have bad gear? /inspect Hmm he has some epics, lol whats this? A couple defense items. I ask if he tanks and he says no, he looted that stuff for the strength on it. Oooookk. Clue #2 to kick the guy.

Clue #3 is that he doesnt assist me at all. He picks a target that I am not dpsing and goes all out (well 900 dps all out.) It forces me to change targets to get aggro back so my healer isnt sucked dry.

Despite the clues I decide to continue instead of leaving as I was feeling generous. Maybe I could get that guy an upgrade, because he definitely needs the emlbems. So we make it to Cyanigosia and to my surprise the plate legs drop. I realized my mistake as soon as this noob started typing "NEEEED OMG NEEEED" to which I calmly replied, "Hey I tanked this instance and those legs are WORSE than the ones you are wearing." Too late, he needs and wins roll and then leaves group. At least the other guys in group offered sympathy.

Seeing as I have never beaten VH with my shaman group I was quite happy to do so in a PUG, however my spirit was dampened by the loss of some good tanking pants. Which my DK could really use. Oh well, just another lesson to never PuG again.

Oh and I was PUGing because at work I can't MB. If you were wondering.

i had a bit of sympathy for the noob warrior actually... until he rolled on the pants. i would blacklist him, send a letter to his guild master, and spam lfg for a while.

[Vyndree]

spam lfg for a while.

Oh, please don't.

I understand ninjas are annoying, but I'm actually more like to put YOU on my never-group-with list if you're a LFG ninja spammer. By spamming the LFG you're not just making it hard for so-and-so-ninja to get a group, you're making it hard for EVERYONE in the channel to find a group while having to wade through your spam.

Keep legitimate talk to legitimate channels. Don't make LFG as bad as Trade.