Comments on: It’s the things you don’t notice that really matter

By: WoWAceUpdater is Dead, Long Live CurseClient « Armaggedon’s coming

WoWAceUpdater is Dead, Long Live CurseClient « Armaggedon’s coming — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:02:34 +0000

[...] Ok, so while I am on the subject of Addons, Mods whatever you want to call them, I am reminded of my recent post It’s the things you don’t notice that really matter [...]

By: gnomeaggedon

gnomeaggedon — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:09:08 +0000

1. Yeah I hate that too. I can cope with them getting extra dps, I can’t cope with loosing the debuff because I missed the rotation for some reason, and all it would have taken is one from them to keep it up.

2. Yeah decursing I feel the same. Sure I am slack on Attumen, but these days Dave the Tree hugger could practically solo him. I like to think I have giving everyone else in the party a threat reduction buff by not removing it.

Sheep.. Turtles I am pretty anal about them (and I am not from New Zealand).

I downloaded some addon the other day that notifies team mates when they have targeted my turtle, or prospective turtle… scares the living hell ot of players in BGs, but has proven to be useful there (where no other comms are occurring)

By: pewpewlazerz

pewpewlazerz — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:00:12 +0000

Personal pet hates:

1. Mages who think I’m their Scorch bitch and never do their part to keep the debuff up, meaning 15% of their dps is actually mine. That’s something that never gets noticed when the post fight epeen stroking is going on.

2. Likewise with decursing, and making sure something that gets sheeped, stays sheeped.

3. On the subject of sheeping, what is it with Sheep (or Turtles if you’re me) that seems to trigger an irresistable urge for dps warriors and rogues to pop Whirlwind or Blade Flurry whenever they’re standing next to them?

By: Fish

Fish — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:45:28 +0000

I think the fact that you dont notice could be a good thing, it means you’re concentrating on your job. Debuffs, lack of buffs, heals, etc make it harder to do your job, so you notice.

One of my favorite things about wow is what you notice in different roles. When healing, I barely notice what we’re fighting, I’m concentrating on the group. When tanking, I notice ONLY what I’m fighting (I dont DPS much).

By: Morane

Morane — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:25:00 +0000

Personal opinion : The best healers are the ones you don’t even realize are there:

- They stand in the back where you don’t see them
- They don’t pull aggro
- Your health bar doesn’t budge
- The group doesn’t need to stop for a mana break

The same could be said for tanks, except it’s kinda hard to miss a plate covered cow bashing guys over the head with an axe.

@krizzlybear: that’s a great quote, I really need to carve some time out to watch more Futurama.

By: krizzlybear

krizzlybear — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:40:32 +0000

An awesome quote from Futurama of all things.

“If you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all.”

By: gnomeaggedon

gnomeaggedon — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:21:10 +0000

Worse.. there are no other mages… so everyone stays cursed except for tank & me…

And yeah.. it’s like hybrids.. they often get forgotten too.

By: Larísa

Larísa — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:52:16 +0000

Hm… so you don’t give a damned about cursing and then you thank the other mage, doing it for you at the cost of ending up lower on the damage list… cunning…

Just kidding. You’re right. We often look at the huge and easy numbers when evaluating stuff and miss the small but very significant things. Good point.

By: gnomeaggedon

gnomeaggedon — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:23:32 +0000

lol no I wouldn’t yell at a Priest for Attumen’s curse, just for Maiden’s.

I have worked out a neat trick for increasing my damage meter rating on Attumen.

I used to decurse everyone…

Now I decurse the tank and myself.. only…

The tank can hit – thus generating aggro…
I can hit, thus rises in the charts…
No one else can hit…

Sneaky me…

By: Cynra

Cynra — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:10:44 +0000

You yell at the priest for Attumen's curse? That's horrible! Know why? It's a curse! Curses can only be decursed and not dispelled, which can only be done by mages and druids! That said, I tend to be very situationally aware while on a healing class. I see the heals, I know what's going on, and I focus on a lot of things. About the only thing that I notice on my DPS classes are that the tank is holding threat and that I am getting heals as needed. Again, healing mindset!