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Alex C:
Then again, maybe I'm the wrong person to ask about such things, since I've never really gotten any leverage out of being purposely harsh that my normal demeanor didn't already afford me. At my last job interview, they said they actually checked my references, which was a bit surprising, and my old boss said that yes he remembered me well and that I was "Professional but terrifying." Apparently this was meant affectionately? I got the job, so I guess people are okay with this.
Chesire Cat:
I do wonder what "Professional yet terrifying actually means"
torontoguy2k8:
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--- Quote from: torontoguy2k8 on 05 Nov 2009, 22:21 ---So in my opinion it's totally worth the effort and time.
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Unless you actually like doing that content, no, it's really not, since quest greens and blues in Northrend will give you 90% of the benefit just for doing stuff that you already would be doing anyway, (unless you're some weirdo who doesn't quest at all while leveling). I ended up with around one or two items per slot from Borean Tundra alone, with virtually all of the quests required being easy. I walked out of there only having to fight one elite that I actually remember needing a friend for, which was fine by me since the fist weapon I got out of the deal outperforms any rogue mainhand in BC short of the Hand of the Deceiver or the Warglaives. There's literally at least 80 quests per zone in Northrend, and many of them give decent enough rewards that you'll likely want to do many of them just so you can disenchant things if nothing else. If you also do quests with the appropriate factions in mind, it's also quite easy to have the rep needed to pick up a few faction blues by the time you're 80 as well; I personally didn't have any problem hitting 80 and immediately tackling Naxx 10 with my shiny new Reaper of Dark Souls-Fang of Truth combo, which outright stomps BC gear. Honestly, bothering to do tier 6 content just means you'll be dusting a few greens earlier than others. There's nothing wrong with doing the things you enjoy, but if you were to look at things in terms of progression and opportunity costs it's hard to argue in favor of farming BC content at this time.
Of course, the above probably doesn't really matter since I don't get the impression that you really give a crap about getting your character into raid ready shape as quickly and efficiently as possible, which is fine. In my not so humble opinion, the best reason to get geared is so you can go see the content you want to explore, and if Black Temple and Sunwell are the content you want to see, then you're obviously making the right move.
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I see where you're coming from yeah. But at the same time, Both me and Anna aren't the type who are all "OMG must progress and do L33T raidz" so for us taking out time and doing BC raid content while leveling isn't so bad. Also, Anna likes her achievements, so going through BC raid content at least once for her is on the to do list.
Like she said, I already have a character that raids. He's currently doing 10 man ToC and Ulduar. Only because my new guild is kinda small, but we get shit done :) I'd love to see Anna get that far (Hence inviting her into my guild) but at the same time if she wants to relax and experience other content, more power to her. Neither one of us is entirely fond of questing. It's kinda dull in my opinion, but it IS the most efficient leveling method.
Another benefit to leveling to 80 in the same set of gear, is that Wrath greens and blues awarded from quests sell for a decent amount of money, so that's one of the positive aspects of it. While I leveled Ulfgar to 80 in his tier 6 gear, I was NEVER broke (And I'm a hunter. We're an expensive class!) so it's not completely pointless. Besides, Tier 6 raids are fun as hell.
Oh and Anna, don't feel bad. Yeah you're pretty much getting carried through (basically anyone pre 80 is when you look at the 80s that run these things) but they're cool with that. They encourage people to come, even if you're horribly undergeared. And having a boyfriend that will give you free gems and enchants is always nice too.
And I totally agree that you REALLY have no right to treat people like utter garbage based on in game performance. The only time I have ever ripped someone a new one is when they were either being offensive/racist/prejudice, spamming like a moron solely to piss people off, or playing the Anal/Thunderfury/whatever spam games in trade chat.
Alex C:
--- Quote from: Chesire Cat on 06 Nov 2009, 13:37 ---I do wonder what "Professional yet terrifying actually means"
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Well, I did make a new EMT-B's eyes bulge damn near out of her head once when I responded to a question with "Only if he's not really interested in walking again." I don't think she could have backed away faster from the guy if I had came at her with the defibrillator. At least I'm not as bad as my uncle though; he got better, but when he first started working at the Mayo Clinic as a nurse he was told that he was very good but would be better off working with comatose patients. Kind of a mean way to put it, but it got the point across.
clockworkjames:
I never said I treat people like shit on vent, you are still missing the point there is a way and reason to say things.
I don't swear, I don't namecall, I tell them what they are doing wrong and how to correct it in a stern but controlled way. I don't see the need to tiptoe around slackers, if someone is doing something wrong there is no reason to be vocal and heard on vent to tell them quickly and accurately what they are doing wrong, what they should be doing and what the result of each action is.
Sometimes you need to call them out on it, tell them what to do and get it sorted.
I have had RL's alot more verbal than me, but each time I got called out on something in this manner, you bet your trinkets I didn't do it again.
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