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oblique garnet
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justwait has been playing warrior on their reclears more nowadays

dusk locust
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tbh unless you're doing the raid way undergeared you should be able to get away with whatever survivability wise

neon tangle
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They are also gearing their BDKs, prot pallies, and VDH

fickle citrus
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So what you are saying is...... They are gearing everything.... just incase

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shocking

robust wave
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Well, prot has good dps, right?

neon tangle
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good AoE dps at least

dusk locust
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his original point wasn't that people have warriors it's that people are thinking there's a chance they'll be used

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(still talking bleeding edge here)

robust wave
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sounds like a fingers crossed sorta thing

lusty grotto
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crossing fingers for Limit

robust wave
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My only thought was, if you have something on lockdown, maybe prot tanks just help you do it a bit faster

lusty grotto
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then get ready for the masses here

nocturne schooner
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You mean those of us who lurk and don't post?

dusk locust
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well if top guilds use prot we'll be allowed in pugs again

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so that's neat

lusty grotto
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if limit runs it on prog, get those pins emojis ready

dusk locust
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^

oblique garnet
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Oh god please no

lusty grotto
robust wave
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lol

lusty grotto
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hey its fun!

dusk locust
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rev up your pins button

neon tangle
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I personally am excited for that happening

fickle citrus
neon tangle
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especially since warriors won't really be less punishing to play

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"but if world first guilds use this it HAS to be good"

lusty grotto
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listen, i know it sounds horrible but it's entertainment for slow work days

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can't wait for dec 11

fickle citrus
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really tho this is what we will need more sim

lusty grotto
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hold up, let me clarify that:

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"can't wait for dec 11, then to be tired of the same shit 3 hours later"

oblique garnet
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If limit actually uses prot warrior this will happen skyhold

lusty grotto
dusk locust
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"guys how do i sim prot war"

fickle citrus
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if Method use it I prodict a 98% chance of yes. If limit use it more like 89%

lusty grotto
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need to troll new people with Chef Nimchip

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method will never use it

robust wave
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i've been assuming that pugs strugle w/prot, cuz prot operates too differently from other tanks. we cant grip, or range silence. so we have to use LoS tricks

lusty grotto
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fuck method

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and sco

fickle citrus
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cause you know limit is worse then method so why do things the first losers way

robust wave
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I haven't tanked other classes, so I can't really know what they do. But players get used to one kinda style, and don't understand the shift

oblique garnet
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Ye but dont you just love it when they go after the run "Wtf is that damage" "How did you take so little damage" after pugging m+

fickle citrus
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those players should not be Main tanking a raid then

robust wave
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I mean, M+ pugs will always get confused by prot warriors, cuz we're too different from how DK and DH operate

oblique garnet
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Ye we dont really need to run away from the mobs unless its necrotic

robust wave
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So they'll try to play the same way, and the group wont work, cuz the tanks on one page, and they're on another

sand egret
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Prot viable in 8.1?!

supple path
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I just want god to descend from the heavens and scream at every member of the playerbase, "What is required in a +18 is not required in a +10, stop being a dooouuuucheee".

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because honestly warriors are really strong in +10s.

dusk locust
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i was on my priest alt in a pug. leader was totally ignoring guardians spriests etc for meta picks in this 10 key

supple path
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90% of pugs behave that way.

dusk locust
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even with somewhat decent io scores

robust wave
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Yeah, cuz (IMO) players don't know how to work around the strengths of other classes. The get decent at rolling out w/the popular ones, and then wonder why they fail when the comp changes

supple path
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My warrior averages about a 1% acceptance rate to groups with an 800ish io. My 25 ilvls lower, lower io score DK...probably 30%

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I just form my own groups with my keys anyhow, but it's pretty saddening whenever I try to join pugs.

dusk locust
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i almost never pug on my prot war

robust wave
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^

dusk locust
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the like 4 times i signed up w/ it i had trouble getting in maybe half the time

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it just depends

robust wave
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Its ok fam, my shoulders aren't that strong either

dusk locust
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tried joining a pug on my prot war with my shaman buddy

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didn't happen

supple path
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oof

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Yeah, I queue with a holy paladin a lot, they don't like that either. Can only imagine shaman.

dusk locust
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we signed up for like 6 groups and ended up doing somethig else

robust wave
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yeah, but shaman seem rad tho

dusk locust
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he's an excellent player and is generally one of our top dps in raid and in m+

modern brook
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eevery single enhance shaman I've played with in m+ tops meters consistently

dusk locust
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no way to really show that to a pug before joining tho

modern brook
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IDK why people say they're trash

robust wave
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I messed up and went down in a key. Bro brought out the rock monster, and the party was still up when i came jumping back into the fray

dusk locust
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and he knows his mechanics and interrupts

modern brook
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Gold Interrupts

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:^)

dusk locust
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lol yup we call him Jimmy

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the rock guy

robust wave
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Bro has top dps, and top interrupts when we run together

supple path
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People just massively overvalue the DH/rogue/moonkin/mage utility that 95% of the players you pug with never use any of.

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I think it's been 6 moonkins since I last saw a force of nature.

modern brook
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Whe i play my rogue and the tank doesnt adjust pulls for the shroud i get sad

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:^(

dusk locust
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there are some shroud routes i don't like at all

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underrot one i don't care for

modern brook
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underrot one is op

sick sentinel
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hey guys, I got a finger cramp from spamming devastate is that normal

modern brook
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YOu just need to not fuck the key up

dusk locust
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i really don't see why

modern brook
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cause the only hard part of that dungeon is before the first boss

dusk locust
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it's really not though

modern brook
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K well enjoy being wrong

dusk locust
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😐

robust wave
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@sick sentinel you just need to bind it to more keys, and use your whole hand

sick sentinel
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@robust wave thanks man

modern brook
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IDK how you can say that any of the trash in that dungeon is harder than hte mobs before the first boss unless you've literally never ran the dungeon

robust wave
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I feel like the shadow bolt worms are what gave my groups the most trouble

dusk locust
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i guess i'm just not willing to risk the key being dead if we wipe once

modern brook
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Planning around losing is bad ways to win, imo

dusk locust
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i dunno i'd rather time 5 keys than time 3 really fast and deplete 2

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world record attempt or whatever i'd shroud

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or if it's high enough that i know we'd barely make it otherwise

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no way in hell i'm shrouding that in a pug though someone always body pulls on accident

sand egret
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UR first part trash is >>>>> everything after than in terms of difficulty

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honestly, the gift of g'huun + dark resto combo on top of the Warcry is why its brutal

dusk locust
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i pull 2nd boss room pretty aggressively

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maybe that makes up for it

oblique garnet
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arcane torrent the gift

modern brook
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Every single thing that you have to pull is problematic***

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lol holy shit

sand egret
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well not everyone is a BE

oblique garnet
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spellsteals etc work on it aswell

uneven mason
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You don't pull the first section of UR trash

sand egret
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yeah, or the DH

dusk locust
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yeah we have a routine for interrupting that

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only real hard part is getting netted and then swiped

sand egret
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another reason why the DH is a hot pick 😃

uneven mason
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literally shroud it

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or don't do UR

modern brook
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^

dusk locust
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pugs fail that shroud

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too often

oblique garnet
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That pack is spicy on teeming weeks

sand egret
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yerp

uneven mason
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you can also clear the first pathroller, maggot and ticks on the left then windrush totem and invis pot like pros down to the boss and then ahnk+Res

modern brook
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@dusk locust you make thme try it before you puit the key in

uneven mason
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sorry on the right

modern brook
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im sorry i cant type today everyone 😦

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It is not a hard skip

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hug a side, spam sap

dusk locust
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maybe i'm just haunted by bad experiences

oblique garnet
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its also not a hard pack to kill either

dusk locust
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some pug always body pulls during that, or they body pull something later on

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if you shroud 1 wipe is dead key

uneven mason
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on teeming the UR Packs are nightmare materials above 10

modern brook
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Its ur

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if u wipe its a dead key even if you did it

supple path
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My pug highlight of the week was death running to last boss in motherlode then two people released.

dusk locust
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no

uneven mason
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esp the firstp latform with 2 infested every time +++

dusk locust
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wipe is absolutely not dead in UR especially after the 3 min increase

uneven mason
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yeah its not a dead key unless you wipe at a bad spot with the 3m in you can eat 2 wipes

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and still timer it

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the last boss is snoozer easy

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the last jog from Cawgbytt to last boss requires 4 whole trash pulls

modern brook
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maybe you can explain this to me cause I really dont get it:

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Option 1: skip garbage pulls, do first boss, continue on the key, if you wipe its a dead key

uneven mason
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uh

oblique garnet
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If you skip and dont have shroud up again its a deadkey

uneven mason
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Just reskip the trash

modern brook
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Option 2: Burn time killing maggot, first pat mom, big pack, pat on bridge, bridge pack, then first boss

uneven mason
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actually

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we used deathrun/ahnk the 2nd wipe

modern brook
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then wioe

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its not a dead key?

dusk locust
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that's not a burn i skip a bunch of stuff later

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you have to kill like 2 mobs after the 2nd to last boss

uneven mason
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wasn't a dead key until our BDK decided to some how accidentally yank both caster packs before 3rd boss.

modern brook
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its a burn because you're killing harder mobs

uneven mason
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4 totems RIP

modern brook
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that take more time to kill

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than literally the rest of the dungeon

dusk locust
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it's pug protection

uneven mason
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worms die in 15s?

modern brook
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my point is you're protecting nothing

uneven mason
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I mean

oblique garnet
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but you can just run away from the totems ?

supple path
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Yeah sometimes you do have to plan around a certain level of failure in pugs, even if it's then not 'optimal'

oblique garnet
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You dont have to kill them

uneven mason
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But really its only an issue on teeming weeks

dusk locust
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worms provide like 4 points (i dunno what % i don't use that)

supple path
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I've had a lot of groups where I was just like 'hahahaaaaa no way will these people do this skip properly'

uneven mason
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otherwise you can blow the trash up too fast to matter

modern brook
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Irc worms are 1.7%

uneven mason
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1.87

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they die fast too

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as do the big boys

dusk locust
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i'd rather aoe down a bunch of the beginning stuff

modern brook
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I just dont get why

dusk locust
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i solo interrupts on the priest

uneven mason
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Pro tip - the fattys do more damage than any thing else in the zone

modern brook
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would you rather do those pulls than a 2nd pack of boneybois

uneven mason
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whihc is why you skip em

dusk locust
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no need to depend on anyone

uneven mason
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so teeming weeks with double fatty

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you're going to have a dead tank

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due to no room to kite

oblique garnet
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What fattys?

modern brook
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^ also in teemingt they put a worm in the way of the skip

oblique garnet
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Those at the end of the dungeon?

uneven mason
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they put 2 worms on that platform

dusk locust
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you can get around the worm

uneven mason
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no the Bubbagirls at the start

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but yeah all in all

oblique garnet
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Matrons?

uneven mason
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thats why you skip that starting trash

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and (don't die)

modern brook
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^

oblique garnet
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but they arent that bad to kill

modern brook
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The current discussion being: Is it smarter to kill those mobs as pug protection

oblique garnet
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as a pug protection? 100%

modern brook
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"not that bad" is a useless metric dude

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Would you rather fight the matrons or literally anything else in that dungeon for %

dusk locust
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i'll take the first packs in a pug

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tbh

modern brook
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repeat for mask man, random target snare dudes, and the heal bitch

dusk locust
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but i think it's b/c i can solo interrupt the priest

oblique garnet
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Depending how high of an key im doing and if its fortified or tyrannical and we dont have a skip we will just bl the first platform

sand egret
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i started just bringing a warlock

supple path
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The hard to fail death run is mighty.

oblique garnet
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Warlocks only on tyrannical weeks

supple path
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And it also is great for later on when a guy stands in a totem and then instantly releases.

sand egret
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id say for for weeks I warlock

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fort*

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banishing the mask makes it so much easier

dusk locust
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lol that's the other one

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pug dies and instantly releases

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now they're stuck behind the stuff we skipped

sand egret
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the shocking amount of people who don't realize you dont have to kill the totems

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i had this dps rage at me because everyone but his melee ass side-stepped that shit

dusk locust
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they don't realize it b/c they aren't told

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instead they're called names and ppl rage quit the key

sand egret
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he got popped and was like "OMG TOTEMS"

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and we're all like...if you put half as much effort interrupting Withering Curse than you do raging at us, we'd be done with this shit alread.y...

dusk locust
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i always explain to pugs how the totems in atal work

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often they go "oh i didn't know that"

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even now

supple path
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Oh yeah, half the player-base in wow has no idea what's going on and is just trying to fly under the radar and not get yelled at.

dusk locust
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exactly

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you get way more mileage out of your pugs if you explain what you're doing

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people like to say nothing and then yell at them later

sand egret
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1st boss in SotS is always my fav

dusk locust
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rarely do i make it through that without someone dying

supple path
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I always like when people rage about a mechanic the exact second knowing about the mechanic no longer helps anyone.

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"Ugh why did you ignore that thing for the last 3 minutes that now no longer matters!"

sand egret
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or dps who bum rush tentacles in SoB before you get there. "OMG TANK?!"

dusk locust
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oh god yeah

supple path
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god, I'm off the charts this week on "I'm at half hp, eating mage food to heal up as the 100% out of mana healer begins to drink...and watch as 2 half hp DPS go flying into the next pack"

dusk locust
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healer falls behind on last boss SoB, dps rushes bridge

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instead of waiting

sand egret
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or generally dps who have 0 fucking clue to wait a GCD before unleashing all hell on mobs you're trying to drag back

supple path
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Ugh, I keep having the little health adds get killed WHILE I'm pulling this week + drop sanguine in stupid spots

sand egret
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or.when.they.stun.mobs.you're.moving.

supple path
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maybe I should do fewer waycrests and TDs

sand egret
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fucking DH's man

dusk locust
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when certain well known guys say that dps pulling mobs means the tank isn't going fast enough

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facepalm

supple path
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Maybe if the DPS weren't alls tanding in sanguine we'd have been ready to pull. asshats.

dusk locust
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healer is out of mana "tank go"

sand egret
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ohh that's a classic one

dusk locust
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dps pulls the next pack

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"it's ok i misdirected"

supple path
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They always pull it somewhere goddamn dumb too.

dusk locust
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mhm

sand egret
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I'm fine with misdirects....unless its Bolstering week....

dusk locust
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you're waiting for that templar pat in shrine, dps gets impatient and pulls

sand egret
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yep

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those guys are the worst

supple path
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Ugh, motherlode, doing one last pull for % before we skip...and the DPS just go flying into the mobs as I'm blowing up bombs, and promptly bolster the whole pack.

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Faster pulls is not always faster clears, and furthermore, get off my lawn.

sand egret
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esp with current timers....

sick sentinel
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pulling large groups with sanguine is a really dangerous thing to do.

sand egret
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depends on your real estate

supple path
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Yeah, it's something you do in very specific circumstances

sick sentinel
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15% max hp/s sucks ass

sand egret
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if you got enough space it really isn't bad

uneven mason
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pulling large packs is fine with Sanguine

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as long as you have a fucking football fields

supple path
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Circumstances the DPS who's pulling basically never takes into account.

sand egret
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the issue comes down to when the mobs die

uneven mason
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If a DPS Pulls in my groups I immediatly boot them, its generally easier to timer

sand egret
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if you can get two pools to trigger at once its WAY easier

uneven mason
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when I control the pull

sand egret
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than drop > move > drop

dusk locust
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lol

uneven mason
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if they yank mobs I'm not ready for, thats a instant kick

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like I've found if I had a flipperhanded idiot who is impatient

dusk locust
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if it's like a 10 i can see that

uneven mason
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they'll slow us down more htan just 4manning

sand egret
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i like to filter my group before the start

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with questions

dusk locust
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i don't invite DHs or hunters

sand egret
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that trigger certain people

sick sentinel
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if you keep your eye on the mobs HP pool, you can start to back pedal when they are around 20% or less to reduce time loss from sanguine as Pwarr

uneven mason
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^^^^^ @dusk locust

dusk locust
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and don't invite people with too high an io score

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that increases my success rate hugely

sand egret
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if someone whispers me after signing up saying "BID DPS"

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very high chance i'm not bringing you

modern brook
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MY favorite wisper when im mkaing a pug is 340 dk's applying

dusk locust
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"you need good dps?"

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hell no i don't

modern brook
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followed by "main is 1.1k"

old night
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FETID DOWN BOIS

uneven mason
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I mean DH is awesome DPS

sand egret
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eyyy

old night
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got his ass last night

dusk locust
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grats!!

uneven mason
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only one who beat me

sand egret
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👢 🍵 👏

uneven mason
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EY

old night
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my bootyclap game was strong last night

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oof, my parse was awful tho

sick sentinel
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i saw some asshat yesterday posting a group for FH 6 "375+" his ilvl was like 344 or some crap

sand egret
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haha

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that is why I love signing up for like +5s

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esp "chill" groups

dusk locust
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i like healing those

supple path
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I legitimately have a harder time in most 5-6 pugs than I do in 10+ I form myself.

dusk locust
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it's challenging

sand egret
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cuz its like, they just want their key and they gotta sift through a sea of schmucks at that range

supple path
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I've had no less than five dps this week who couldn't break 4k

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two were warriors (

sand egret
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so I like joining these groups, esp if I've seen them in the hopper for a while waiting on a tank

modern brook
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There was some poor shmuck asking for log review on reddit yesterday

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Who fit that description censuras 😦

sick sentinel
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were they fury warriors? that might explain it, i've only ever had good dps with arms

sand egret
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Fury + Explosive week = 👌

supple path
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One was fury, one arms.

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The arms was dangerously crazy though. He spent the whole instance shouting stuff like, "HKA TOALTLA TABXCD"

sick sentinel
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well, like, i'm 367 in arms spec, and i pull about 13-14k single target on a patchwerk type fight with a 345 weapon

supple path
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(which doesn't mean anything, just random gibberish. was very odd)

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Yeah, I really like arms in m+ and think it's criminally undervalued by a lot of people - particularly on grievous weeks with second wind

modern brook
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fury + Explosive week is just a poverty survival hunter on explosive week though

supple path
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Explosive week in general is so amazing for warriors though, just need to keep group the fuck away from my victory rush healing orbs.

lusty grotto
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Listen this is why I ask people to play with my hpal

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In here

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(don't tell vel)

oblique garnet
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Nim youre from na so i cant ever play with you unless i move to usa :<

sick sentinel
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i prefer monk healers and druids personally

outer dew
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@oblique garnet notlikethis

sick sentinel
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priests can be iffy but are generally good too, shamans suck

oblique garnet
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Tofu i still have like one more split run that i have to do tonight but after that its all about pushing 😄

outer dew
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notlikethis

oblique garnet
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@outer dew i got that 16 fh key and im not afraid to use the exploit to 2 chest it 😄

outer dew
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ugh i should push a bit today

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LMAO

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don't do this to me

odd sedge
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Any source on azerite traits for M+?

uneven mason
oblique garnet
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2 Archive and DC

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Or 1 Archive 1 BFi and DC

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Depending on how lucky you are

uneven mason
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Thats my setup

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course I logged out in arms

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RIP

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nothing like speed soloing island expeds

lusty grotto
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we need an emoji for "check the icy veins guide"

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i guess that falls into check the pins but

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idk

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but wait

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he asked source

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🤔

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shit i'm not making any sense any more

sand egret
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any...more?

uneven mason
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👁 🙈 ravager

daring marlin
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Nimchimp always makes sense

signal prawn
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Do we think prot azerite traits are going to change much in 8.1? As in, which we go for... I'm wondering if things like Bloodsport will be more competitive

daring marlin
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Use whatever is highest ilvl.

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You get mych more choice in what’s on each piece in 8.1 at least

lusty grotto
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i mean bloodsport is good now

keen spire
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Do yall think any of the other tanks are going to be on our level for dps come 8.1?

lusty grotto
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its just not better than others

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NUUUUU Sinister

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notlikethis

keen spire
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I mean, I fuckin shit all over every tank I've ever grouped with for dps

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so

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I don't particularly care

lusty grotto
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the answer is always yes

keen spire
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but it would be nice to know if I made an alt

sand egret
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the reality is you'll have access to double the traits, so you'll see more opportunities to use the others, in particular combined with the ability to deterministically get those traits @signal prawn

supple path
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I just want my 3x azerite veins + impassive visage suit, damnit.

sand egret
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Bloodsport is actually at the top of my "i want to try stacking 3x" list

lusty grotto
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hmm 🤔

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it'll be fun to try for sure

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but i want that 3x BoM 2x BFI 1x DC dream

signal prawn
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The two changes I'm most excited about for m+ are ranged attacks can now be blocked and necrotic will be physical dmg

lusty grotto
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wait

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wait wait wait

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hold the fuck on

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necrotic will be physical dmg?

signal prawn
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yup!

supple path
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Yeah, no more AMSing it for DKs

lusty grotto
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how did i miss this

supple path
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I'm curious if BoP will remove it.

lusty grotto
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i have been in here since 2015

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i blame Chef Nimchip selfies

cinder nova
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Jesus pugging M+ is so bad.

signal prawn
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running around at 380 and just dicking on other dps is so amusing though, until the magic damage starts

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prot right now is basically a dps with a shield

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#bringgladback

sick sentinel
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only complaint about prot warrior is not repostion mobs button for M+

lusty grotto
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🤷

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walls are my friend

signal prawn
#

it's called shockwave and leap away

lusty grotto
#

so is RoP

sick sentinel
#

no idea what rop is sorry

lusty grotto
#

ring of peace

#

monk bro 😃

#

i always have RoP 😃

cinder nova
#

Honestly

uneven mason
#

I just introduced the HDH (only one who beats me in DPS generally for trash) in my guild to Boost's logs

cinder nova
#

WM doesn't seem designed with M+ in mind

uneven mason
#

I think he's questioning his life choices

supple path
#

Don't worry, instead of reactively using a button to instantly solve the problem, we can avoid it in the first place through proper planning, positioning, and LoS kiting! It's the prot warrior way!

cinder nova
#

The route changes

#

and sanguine can be a real cocksucker in narrow corridors

signal prawn
#

isn't the highest dps on mythic zul still a prot war?

uneven mason
#

No

sick sentinel
#

what i meant though is like DK has death grip which pulls the mob right your feet by force

uneven mason
#

Rogues passed him up

sick sentinel
#

warriors don't got nothin like that, which can make it hard for sanguine for example

lusty grotto
#

no need to explain what death grip is

#

LoSing is your friend for sanguine

#

(or RoP lol)

uneven mason
#

frost mages too

supple path
#

Or typhoonkins

uneven mason
#

I throw markers and tell my group, "If you see the red X out, YOU SHOULD BE STANDING BY IT WHILE I PULL"

supple path
#

Ooh, that's a nice one. I need more cat herding macros.

uneven mason
#

mmhmm

lusty grotto
#

yeah if i put a marker out my team is just gonna troll me

uneven mason
#

I'll move the macro

#

mid fight

#

as a "go there"

#

its like being a hunter

#

but with worse pet AI

supple path
#

DBM was messing up on the heartsbane trio in Waycrest and keeping skull on the first target this week.

#

And 2 of the dps in my group just STAYED ON THAT TARGET

sick sentinel
#

i use markers mostly for showing correct paths so we don't aggro shit we aint supposed to

lusty grotto
#

Lol censuras

supple path
#

They're definitely trained to follow markers.

uneven mason
#

Boost is still #2 on HC Zul

#

+++

lusty grotto
#

Don't you guys have the "yall guise herd bout MDT?" macro?

#

I'm jk, I do have markers bound to my F-keys

#

I'm honestly not looking forward to pugging this week, I lost 2 of my team to unsub, and last week was fucked up without them

#

Was whoring my hpal here so badly

#

It's an easy week sure but still

sand egret
#

it's been interesting thus far for me

#

overall pretty simple

lusty grotto
#

Do yall need a 2nd prot dps, let's go

sand egret
#

only did a few +12's but they weren't bad

#

had that one Hpal for my Tree Boi that....confused me to say the least.

#

but he was an outlier

lusty grotto
#

2 prot m+ imo

sand egret
#

if we had AoE taunt, that'd actually be legit this week

lusty grotto
#

Should do maroks 5 prot on explosive week

#

"we clear trash super fast but take 2 hours on bosses" depending on 1st affix lol

sick sentinel
#

starting to learn to macro stuff for my Pwarr, still alot to learn though

old night
#

dual shields

sand egret
#

yes.

crisp dawn
#

hi guys long time no read

#

i searched the web but i didnt find any good info for a better prot with 8.1

#

did blizz just ignore the problem?

sand egret
#

well you should work on your searching skills 😃

#

check the pins

#

it's all there

crisp dawn
#

i should come here in the first place instead of trying to search on my own 😄

#

and then give the pinners cookies

sand egret
#

the tldr is we're going to be in a better place, and 8.1 does directly address some issues but its very much more of a QoL update (not saying that we aren't getting buffed as well)

final mist
#

@plain ice Don't be rude.

onyx vessel
#

True problem is plebs think games easy

#

Games hard

crisp dawn
#

im not saying its easy. the problem i see with prot is that its very punishing vs other tanks

onyx vessel
#

Back to work for me kek

crisp dawn
#

so any sane player would take another tank where they can relax a bit and dont to be so uberfocused all the time

uneven mason
#

?

#

I mean, I find prot very zen to play

outer dew
#

i find prot to be pretty intuitive

#

lol

uneven mason
#

nothing feels clunky anymore

#

just measured

#

I think playing prot makes your brain bigger

sand egret
#

I still stand by that it's not a matter of focus/less focus but rather what you need to be aware of at a given moment. Prot just requires forethought

tulip matrix
#

Is there a WA made with the blockable spell list by Sense?

uneven mason
#

because I fall asleep playing my BDK now

#

What bladesong said

outer dew
#

iunno

#

brew feels

#

pretty brain dead to me atm

sand egret
#

brew is the definiition of after thought

uneven mason
#

right

outer dew
#

3x ISB

#

-> blackox brew

#

spam isb

sand egret
#

its a built in 10 seconds afterthought

outer dew
#

100% uptime

uneven mason
#

"Press this every 7 seconds"

ionic ridge
#

Hey guys, I've seen Sense running double archive

#

Is it the new go to ?

outer dew
#

double archive is probably becaue of having 385's + wants more damage

ionic ridge
#

So, with 375 is it viable ?

outer dew
#

i mean

#

are you having problems

#

dying?

zinc mauve
#

titanforging is so stupid

outer dew
#

can't TF the azerite pieces though

plain ice
#

azerite pieces can't titanforge

#

^^^

zinc mauve
#

i run my guildie through a mythic 5 and he gets 395 legs with a socket

plain ice
#

oh.. well yea

outer dew
#

LMAO

#

story of my life

plain ice
#

that's a diff story gg

#

that's quite frustrating m8

#

feelsbadman

outer dew
#

git guud

zinc mauve
#

not to mention my healer is still stuck with 360 shoes while our mage got 390 shoes from a mythic 8

#

an alt btw

outer dew
#

i haven't moved in ilvl

#

for a month

#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

supple path
#

Hah yeah, my DK got 390 pants from the first warfront I did on them, and it was just like 'are you serious'

plain ice
#

i had a friend who was convinced that rerolling to a tank guaranteed you higher ilvl pieces and more drops...

#

like actually convinced

#

tinfoil hate type-stuff

ionic ridge
#

Next level stupid

plain ice
#

because he thought blizz wanted people to play tanks

#

and was rewarding them

ionic ridge
#

Wait it's actually a... good idea

plain ice
#

ahaha

ionic ridge
#

Would be nice tho

plain ice
#

it would

daring marlin
#

@uneven mason i’m ok with bdk in dungeons

#

but raids I doze

outer dew
#

brm

#

is

tulip matrix
#

It's just the placebo effect of wanting something

outer dew
#

a snooze

#

LMAO

tulip matrix
#

and actually getting it when you dont actually expect it

plain ice
#

i made a BDK alt recently to see what all the fuss is about

#

i was like

#

wtf is the point of this class. i can't fall off mountains and survive

#

this sucks

ember arrow
#

indeed

surreal stump
#

every alt, omg gliders on cooldown wtf do i do now!

#

"dies"

cinder pasture
#

I used to be a panda,, that reduced fall damage spoiled me so much when heroic leap was on cd...then I race changed and started dying more often 😂

stark sage
#

path not found
dies

surreal stump
#

lol

#

truth

plain ice
#

kinda want to mess with a panda monk

#

fat boy panda seems fun

neon tangle
#

Who doesn’t love smashing barrels

limber tulip
#

sure beats prot

ember arrow
#

antioxidant with le epic meme

strong forum
#

timed temple 16

#

:feelsgoodman:

ashen trellis
#

Still waiting for the large prot warrior changes that just had to wait until 8.1 to implement. You know, those changes that they didn't have time to implement during BFA beta.

crude dust
#

They probably misspoke and meant 9.1

ashen trellis
#

We are less then 2 weeks away from 8.1 and all they did was take ip back off the gcd. Its god damn hilarious actually lol

open bluff
#

ranged block

#

not exactly a major deal but it's more than just "IP off GCD"

strong forum
#

ranged block is INSANE

sand egret
#

and ya know, mitigating general gaps in SB...

strong forum
#

like not even joking

#

ranged block is gonna make so much shit so much more chill

sand egret
#

cuz -2 seconds of SB is totally nothing and not gonna affect us at all....

strong forum
#

thats huge aswell

sand egret
#

psh what are you tallllkin about..../s

ashen trellis
#

did I miss something? What do you mean ranged block

#

Shield block is still melee attacks

#

Unless im stupid and am missing something

vocal nimbus
#

In 8.1 you will be able to block ranged attacks

outer dew
#

means

#

you can block "throw wrench "

#

and not get one shotted

#

lmao

sand egret
#

prob should read the pins before posting woes

ashen trellis
#

On ptr. shield block still says blocks melee attacks

#

Maybe it's a universal block change I didn't see

#

but the tool tip lies, if what you guys are saying is ture.

outer dew
#

would solve all your woes

#

if you read pins

#

lol

ashen trellis
#

Welp. Ill see my self to the door.

vocal nimbus
#

Pick it up in the way out, you can use it for some blocks

sand egret
#

don't take it the wrong way, it's just people put the time and energy to go on there, test things out and verify stuff. Not reading it, asking the same questions (which happen in here at least 50 times a day), can wear thin. 8.1 is, at least around these parts, seen as a welcome improvement over 8.0.

chrome falcon
#

well this PTR nerf was inevitable

#

that was way too much mastery

oblique garnet
#

@outer dew fk i underestimated the adds in last part of siege and fked 16+

outer dew
#

LMAO

#

you need someone with poison cleanse

#

or they'l fuck you

#

reaaaaaaaaaaaaal

#

hard

oblique garnet
#

Nah theres the strat where you basically fence hop

outer dew
#

oh

#

did you really

#

run that far?

#

hmm

#

maybe I should give that a try this week

#

sitting on a +14

daring marlin
#

lol

oblique garnet
#

Ye like the adds on last part are fucking insane

daring marlin
#

Love when people don’t read dem pins

#

lul ip off gcd and that’s it?

outer dew
#

i'm not surprised

#

lmao

oblique garnet
#

Only way you can reset necrotic is with fence hopping so you gotta do that

outer dew
#

esp because you can't RoP/stun the commander

chrome falcon
#

doesn't bop clear it now

oblique garnet
#

Still magical

chrome falcon
#

i thought they made it physical?

outer dew
#

just rull Dark iron dwarf ;^)

daring marlin
#

fireblood doesn’t clear necrotic

#

IF ONLY

oblique garnet
#

8.1 mattacate

outer dew
#

darn

#

that mastery nerf

#

is actually kind of sad

oblique garnet
#

Feelsbadman it was so easily timeable key and i fcked it

outer dew
#

smh

#

happens all the time mang

#

you gotta run same shit with same people

chrome falcon
#

remember that the mastery nerf looks worse than it is

outer dew
#

to get the feel for it

chrome falcon
#

it looks like they halved the mastery but that's only at base ilvl

#

at higher ilvls the nerf is proportionally less

outer dew
#

who doesn't want more mastery though?

chrome falcon
#

the trait is still extremely good

oblique garnet
#

Nah honestly it was because i completely forgot the fence strat in the beginning

outer dew
#

oh

#

for the trash before first boss?

#

yea

#

you just fence hop there

#

but the one before the entrance you just gotta lust

oblique garnet
#

Not before first boss

outer dew
#

qq

oblique garnet
#

Not really

outer dew
#

iunno

#

that shit tears people up

#

like there's no real benefit on lusting boss for that one

#

and by the time you get there

#

you lost one lust

oblique garnet
#

Gotta los and focus the marksman no need to bl tbf

#

They die pretty fast

outer dew
#

because you get there around 33-34 miuntes

#

i think

#

by the time you clear the rest of the trash

#

you're already ~30

#

so you lose one lust

oblique garnet
#

Got motherlode key from it tho

outer dew
#

ML is a nice key

oblique garnet
#

Its a free one with warlock

outer dew
#

druid works too or any NE healer

oblique garnet
#

Lul alliance

outer dew
#

lul why you do this

#

lmao

oblique garnet
#

Idk why you still play alliance man

outer dew
#

because

#

i have too many toons

#

on alliance

#

i can't afford to move them over

#

smh

oblique garnet
#

I have one lvl 8 alliance

#

Thats the highest ive ever gotten one

outer dew
#

why you abuse me

#

qq

sand egret
#

they key to those big SoB poison packs is the dispel, or having a dedicated stunner for their casts

outer dew
#

if you can find me a guild

#

that's decent on horde

sand egret
#

i haven't done fence hopping, i wanna try that

outer dew
#

that'll take me as a tank

#

sure

oblique garnet
#

On na?

outer dew
#

yea

#

LMAO

oblique garnet
#

I cant help you there bud

outer dew
#

exactly

#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

#

I got a trial next week for a guild

#

wish me luck

#

qq

oblique garnet
#

Blade that doesnt help since its necrotic and the commander is blasting at you

#

So you have to fence hop

sand egret
#

yeah I guess for necrotic that is a problem

#

i was speaking to the poison dot itself, tbh

#

shit still trucks

oblique garnet
#

That wouldnt be problem if it werent necrotic

astral crystal
#

poor rogues

keen spire
#

Damn, we're not allowed to add reactions? Is that new or have I just never noticed?

vocal nimbus
#

Not new

keen spire
#

laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

lusty grotto
#

hello\

keen spire
#

Hello

lusty grotto
#

im back after 13 beers

keen spire
#

o/

#

welcome sir

#

welcome

lusty grotto
#

listen, don't / me

keen spire
#

o7

lusty grotto
#

\

keen spire
#

you got it

#

\o/

lusty grotto
#

of course

keen spire
#

So Nim

#

What's the occasion?

lusty grotto
#

it's friday

keen spire
#

Fuck yeah it is

#

Have a good weekend planned?

lusty grotto
#

waiting on that LFG healer queues

#

😉

keen spire
#

Bruh

#

I should get my damn Holy Paladin up already

#

Been focusing hard into Prot warrior

#

But now there's nothing to do for like two weeks for me

#

On the prot anyway

lusty grotto
#

waiting on that AC paladin to heal me so good

#

yeah welll

#

leveling up you find out why Prot warrior is so great

keen spire
#

Oh I know how it goes homie

#

The only thing I enjoyed leveling more than my prot warr was a VDH

#

But the endgame was quickly outpaced

junior ivy
#

hi prot people

keen spire
#

Hi catfriend

lusty grotto
#

hello friend of cats

keen spire
#

Prot outpaced VDH for me, I mean

junior ivy
#

i miss warrior discord

keen spire
#

Come back?

#

where'd you go?

junior ivy
#

just stopped playing wow

keen spire
#

😮

junior ivy
#

been busy a lot

keen spire
#

teach me your ways

#

lol

#

jk

lusty grotto
#

it's not uncommon

keen spire
#

Life gets in the way, I guess

#

good kind of busy?

junior ivy
#

yeah new job

lusty grotto
#

hard life

keen spire
#

Oh sweet!

#

New jobs are good

#

What do you do? If you don't mind me asking

#

lol

lusty grotto
#

dont worry cat, one day you will find enough energy (and money) to play again

junior ivy
#

its just customer service call center job lol

#

for an american health insurance company

lusty grotto
#

oh

#

that's good

keen spire
#

Do you like working in insurance?

#

I've heard good things and bad things depending on the person

junior ivy
#

all i can say is it makes me thankful as hell to be canadian 😂

keen spire
#

Oh my

#

you're not kidding

#

xD

lusty grotto
#

haha

keen spire
#

Health insurance is a fuckin nightmare, yo

junior ivy
#

yep

#

huge nightmare

keen spire
#

especially for us folks that actually need to use it regularly

#

goddamn chronic illnesses

junior ivy
#

you got copays coinsurance deductibles premiums etc and even with all that you gotta worry abouyt is this doctor/hospital in my network

#

and is this procedure/medication covered

keen spire
#

Yep

junior ivy
#

and how much will be covered, etc

keen spire
#

fuckin a

steel mauve
#

i just tough it out and hope i dont die 😉

keen spire
#

lol

lusty grotto
#

ayo

junior ivy
#

im just like hey im sick lemme go to hospital get treated and walk back out and go home

#

hahaha

keen spire
#

#baller @steel mauve

lusty grotto
#

nobody really loves working, until it's working to survive

junior ivy
#

i like having money

keen spire
#

yo work can be fun if you're passionate about what you do

junior ivy
#

i wasnt working for a bit, was on unemployment, so i had lots of time for WoW lol

#

too much time for WoW tbh

keen spire
#

^ been there

lusty grotto
#

yeah

#

it happens

#

but!

keen spire
#

start to feel complacent

steel mauve
#

ive been out in the mid teens temperature building a house for work

lusty grotto
#

i gotta tell you

keen spire
#

yikes

junior ivy
#

now ive been work + gym every day and i get up at 7am and get home at 830pm and have no time for a life, i dont wanna spend my free time on wow anymore

lusty grotto
#

that playing after working def feels more rewarding

steel mauve
#

was 20 degrees F tuesday, about 15 wed 20 yesterday and 30's today

keen spire
#

Well that's good in some ways, cat

#

DAMN iron

#

Cold af

junior ivy
#

pft.

keen spire
#

and for sure, Nim. I agree with you for sure

lusty grotto
#

hey

junior ivy
#

20 fahrenheit.

lusty grotto
#

gym is awesome

oblique garnet
#

Whats that in celcius?

lusty grotto
#

i hit it 3 days a week

junior ivy
#

yeah i am loving the gym lol have a persona ltrainer session sunday

#

to learn how to lift weights

lusty grotto
#

1 hr after work at least

keen spire
#

Noice.

steel mauve
#

-6 late

keen spire
#

All these prot warrs swole irl too

oblique garnet
#

And you call that cold?

junior ivy
#

i dunno anything about working out so i gotta be taught haha

#

omg -6 is nothing

lusty grotto
#

im not swole at all LOL

keen spire
#

Yo I get cold in the low 60's

junior ivy
#

-6 is like "do i need a winter jacket or will a hoodie suffice?"

keen spire
#

California boy

oblique garnet
#

Its -17 atm

lusty grotto
#

im skinny as fuck

steel mauve
#

well when you're outside for 8 hours straight

junior ivy
#

late where are you at

oblique garnet
#

Finland

junior ivy
#

ohh

keen spire
#

DAMN

junior ivy
#

cool

keen spire
#

That's dope

#

I've heard Finland is a sweet place to live

lusty grotto
#

jesus christ is it like 8 am there?

oblique garnet
#

3 am soon

lusty grotto
#

nice

junior ivy
#

omg there was a guy from norway in my guild and he raided with us

#

at 5am his time

#

lmao

keen spire
#

woah

#

dedication

lusty grotto
#

my friends left today to iceland

keen spire
#

forever?

lusty grotto
#

and i couldn't cause i had to visit my family in Puerto Rico

junior ivy
#

id love to go to puerto rico or iceland 😦

keen spire
#

^

oblique garnet
#

Last winter it was nice it got to -40 so if you wanted cold beer just open up window and leave the beer for 2-3minutes there and its ice cold

keen spire
#

Both would be sick

lusty grotto
#

shit i'd love to visit all of them

keen spire
#

That's so fucking funny omg

lusty grotto
#

perfect @oblique garnet

keen spire
#

That kind of cold is just.. surreal imo

oblique garnet
#

Its nice

junior ivy
#

we get -40 a few times a year here in canada too

#

you walk outside and like you can feel the mucus in your nasal cavities freeze, its a weird feeling

keen spire
#

I am legit wearing a jacket and a scarf right now.. and it's 72 controlled indoors

junior ivy
#

and your face hurts

#

so much

oblique garnet
#

The only issue i have with winter is that i dont remember the last time i saw sun

junior ivy
#

cause its the only part of you not covered

lusty grotto
#

72 controlled is damn nice

#

hmm

keen spire
#

Yeah man

#

California is nice

lusty grotto
#

that could be an issue @oblique garnet \

keen spire
#

I recommend it

oblique garnet
#

Yeah the sun is up for around 2 hours during winter for 3-4 months or so

keen spire
#

If you cry in -40 weather, will your tears freeze to your face?

oblique garnet
#

Yes

junior ivy
#

yeah

keen spire
#

😮

#

dude

#

what if you impaled your eye on your own tearsicle

#

😮

#

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

oblique garnet
#

We would still have to go to school no matter how cold it was

keen spire
#

No snow days for Finland?

#

smh

oblique garnet
#

No

sand egret
#

bruh

keen spire
#

^

junior ivy
#

school gets cancelled here if the roads are so bad buses cant run, but not just cause of cold

oblique garnet
#

Its valid excuse if the bus is late but still had to go

#

Like it wasnt cancelled

sand egret
#

hence the name

junior ivy
#

thats like my work lol. it never gets cancelled, they dont care if youre late on storm days but still excpected to show up

keen spire
#

o.o

#

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

junior ivy
#

im really good at driving through like a foot of snow though lol

#

i got my learners permit at the beginning of a relaly bad winter when i was 16

keen spire
#

Just affix a plow to the front of your car

#

like death race

#

throw some spikes on it for good measure

oblique garnet
#

I had a rwd car and its horrible during winters

junior ivy
#

i dunno what wheel drive my car even is

#

i dunno anything about cars

#

its a silver honda civic though

oblique garnet
#

FWD probably its good for winters

keen spire
#

That sure is a car

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I drive a Hyundai Accent

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Manual transmission

oblique garnet
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I sold my car since i rarely use it and maintaining it during the winter is just not worth it

junior ivy
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this was my car 2 days ago

astral crystal
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needs more snow

junior ivy
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after i cleaned half the windshield lol

oblique garnet
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Ye thats your average winter morning and its so annoying

junior ivy
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my old car when i lived in montreal

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after a big snowfall

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lol

oblique garnet
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Id rather walk to a bus station than do that

junior ivy
lusty grotto
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jesus christ

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fuck that

oblique garnet
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Man the snowplow driver didnt like your parking clearly lmao

junior ivy
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hahhaa

keen spire
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omg lol

junior ivy
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yeah i just took the metro to work that day

keen spire
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That's insane

lusty grotto
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thank god for remote work

oblique garnet
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Remote school is also nice

lusty grotto
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hell yes

keen spire
lusty grotto
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dude that's at least 5 inches more than i've ever been in

oblique garnet
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I actually want to move to usa after i graduate

lusty grotto
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how long is that

oblique garnet
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3 years give or take

lusty grotto
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hopefully things will get better here by then

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not to get political but raises shield block

hard wedge
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Better do something more then just shield block

lusty grotto
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honestly though you have a lot of interesting places in EU

oblique garnet
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Yeah but the cost of living in finland is not the best

junior ivy
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yeha i cant imagine wanting to live in america when you got all of europe

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but ive been all over america and its not exciting to me anymore

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lol

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ive been to like 22 states i think?

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and im not even american

oblique garnet
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You say theres alot of great things about europe but honestly its not all that great

lusty grotto
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truth be told, cost of living in what you see in most media is absolutely absurd

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like ny,cali is ridiculous

oblique garnet
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Im not talking about rent etc

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Im talking like basic groceries food etc

junior ivy
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the good places to live in america have high costs of living too sadly

lusty grotto
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oh it goes into that too

junior ivy
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the places no one wants ot live are cheap though

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to

steel mauve
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california is awful for cost of living

lusty grotto
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yeah fuck cali

junior ivy
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basically all the desirable cities have high cost of living

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😦

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id totally live in claifornia tthough..

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i loved california when i visited

lusty grotto
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shit i love the merge of cultures but the traffic...

junior ivy
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it was my favourite state

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i spent a month there

lusty grotto
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i'd love to visit again sometime soon

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but shit

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living there..

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no thanks

junior ivy
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yeha it sucks. i loved it though 😦

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i also really like vermont and maine, probably cause theyre so much like canada

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haha

lusty grotto
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i mean that's fine

oblique garnet
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There are more jobs for programmers in usa than there are in finland

lusty grotto
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same as oregon now

junior ivy
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californias the only state that id be like whoa i wanna live there

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maybe colorado

lusty grotto
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holy shit it was expensive

junior ivy
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colorado seems cool

sand egret
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🤔

lusty grotto
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yeah colorado is something ive been wanting to visit for a while

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and not necesarily for the pot

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red rocks call to me

junior ivy
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but my reasons for wanting to visit colorado are kinda meaningless ever since october 17th...

sand egret
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red rocks is wonderful

supple path
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CO's great, of the 5 states I've lived in, definitely my favorite.

sand egret
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i've seen many a show there

lusty grotto
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i've always wanted to go to a concert there

junior ivy
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yeh colorado seems awesome

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but canada has legal weed now too.

supple path
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And man, there's legal pot, then there's Colorado legal pot - there are 8 dispensaries within a 3 minute walking distance of me, hah.

sand egret
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well a bunch of states do now too haha

oblique garnet
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Oh damn its still illegal in finland and will probably be for the next 20 years when all of the current government idiots die

junior ivy
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yeah but in canada its FEDERALLY legal

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we can take it on planes.

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we can smoke otuside the airport and then bring it on the plane

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no worries about feds ever cracking down on it or anything

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the mall near me already has dedicated cannabis smoking areas

lusty grotto
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bruh

supple path
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Yeah I think the CO policy is "wink wink, nudge nudge, that would be illegal to take on a plane sir, wink wink, and I would be forced to fine you 50 dollars."

lusty grotto
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i gotta tell you

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legal pot

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is amazing

sand egret
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but is it like mall food courts...

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cuz i dont trust those

oblique garnet
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I know nimchip

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Ive been to amsterdam

junior ivy
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it really is amazing

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i have such a big collevction right now

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of like 8 different strains

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cause i keep buying new ones to try

supple path
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It's pretty trustworthy, Bladesong - the stuff comes with nutritional info printed on it with ingredients/exact %s, even, heh.

lusty grotto
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amsterdam was amazing but i went there like 5 years ago

sand egret
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i was being sarcastic lol

junior ivy
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its not even technically legal in amsterdam

lusty grotto
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so my views are probably skewed

junior ivy
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just tolerated and decriminalized

sand egret
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it's legal here too

junior ivy
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theres oinly 2 couyntries where its legal

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uruguay and canada

sand egret
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lived in Boulder for years 😃

supple path
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Ah, Boulder, where it's illegal to not be high.

sand egret
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yarp

lusty grotto
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everyone that is against pot i always say... have you ever been stressed that you cannot sleep? try pot. and they always end up converted.

supple path
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Which makes tripping over the drum circles a sincere danger of course.

lusty grotto
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wait isn't red rocks in boulder?

junior ivy