No, it’s not what it sounds like. I has nothing to do with running someone through with a blade. Though, sometimes, in game, it’s tempting, like with the jerk that pulls a crap load of mobs they can’t handle and then runs right for the nearest player quietly slaughtering stuff. Alas, that is for another article. Today we discuss the concept of running people through a dungeon or instance.
It’s a fairly common thing for a group of players to recruit a higher level player to help get them through an instance. The higher player, if they are more than ten levels higher than the instance, is pretty much expected to handle most of the killing while the other players handle the looting, they may help with the killing once in a while.
I’ve been a part of a group that recruited a higher player to get them through a dungeon. In that case, we all helped with the killing and
we followed the instructions of the higher player so as to not make his job harder. Since I don’t do a lot of dungeons I was careful to follow instructions and it turned out to be a good run. In fact, at the end we all got invites to join a guild at the end.
I did one that was a run through where I was invited to tag along by the higher player while he ran his friend through the dungeon. The higher player was a bit wild and the place was frustrating. Still it was completed successfully. It wasn’t very satisfying though.
Recently I was asked to run some people through a dungeon. I tried to beg off but he was persistent so I agreed though somewhat apprehensively. My apprehension comes from several areas. To start with, I paly a dps hunter. Yes, I have a pet, no I didn’t train the beast mastery branch for solo leveling, I trained the marksmanship branch. Though I do mostly solo play. I’m adverse to dying and to high repair bills so I do my best to only pull one mob at a time. I’ve only done about 5 or 6 dungeons to begin with. Oh yeah, I’ve never tanked, with or without my pet.
So we start the instance and I get nothing but criticism. Some of it, admittedly helped me figure out what I was doing. Then some of it was rude, or at least irritating. They asked for my help. Give me a break. We made it through it and they only died once. This was there fault trust me. I guess, once I got going I must not have sucked that bad since they asked me to help with another dungeon, which I didn’t do.
I was tired after that first run and I couldn’t keep mental focus. I have a friend that will do several runs in a night and I think he’s nuts. He did remind me that he doesn’t usually tank those he heals and that makes a difference. Still, I marvel at his stamina for doing it. I have another friend that had to give up tanking for a while because the group he was running with made it so stressful it sent his blood preassure sky high. I so understand that now.
In all it was an interesting experience. I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand a person wants to be nice and help out others. On the other hand, you kind of feel like you’re being taken advantage of. And then there’s the question as to if that’s a form of cheating, although perfectly within the rules of game play. I’m not real sure I will do many more instances where there is a good 30 levels between me and the dugeon instance or the players that are recruiting me, with the possible exception of guild mates. It’s just very weird.
See you in the machine
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