Comments on: On Gear and Crutches

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:29:54 +0000

I don’t know, I try to make sure that any toon that I’m going to be doing anything of significance with is at least in order. That could just be a difference of philosophy on play, though

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:28:29 +0000

I think you took the wrong thing out of my post. It really wasn’t about belittling people in LFR, it was more about looking at what I was able to do at a much lower level of gear – that whole segment was meant simply as an example. I did add a clarification into the post to that regard.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:24:57 +0000

I don’t know about you, but for me the reward is knowing that I did well and wasn’t just phoning in a performance. As far as gear goes, it certainly can and does make a difference, but not always the amount of difference that people want it to. If you are playing poorly no amount of gear is going to fix that, and you are still going to underperform for your gear level.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:22:47 +0000

I don’t know – perhaps they are all playing in their offspecs. But even if that is the case, I don’t know that it’s a reason to not care about your performance

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:19:15 +0000

If the game did give you an indicator, do you think it would matter?

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:16:29 +0000

I’m totally down to LFR! Just let me know when

Your green geared warrior is a great example! So many times it’s just having a basic understanding of what you are doing that can set you apart from the pack. It’s not even that the others out geared me, so much as it is was that I understood what I was doing.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:13:17 +0000

Exactly!

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:11:49 +0000

Unfortunately, this post isn't even really about LFR. It's more about the mentality in general. I do wish people would take a little more time to look past their iLevel to see where they could find an opportunity to improve.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:09:56 +0000

I also get frustrated at the mentality that “x doesn’t matter” – largely because at the juncture that you decide to participate in a group activity, you are no longer engaging in solo play and your contribution to the group does matter. If you are just learning, that’s fine! But to say it doesn’t matter because it’s “only xyz” is unfair to everyone else in your group.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:04:52 +0000

“I take it that the point of this post was to show how much improvement can be had from non-gear related sources.”

Yes! This is exactly the point that I am attempting to make!