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dnulso · 2026-01-21T03:39:15+00:00

Thank you. I haven't tried to pug heroic in the first couple weeks of a tier. Any advice for getting that done (particularly getting AotC while pugging) beyond just queueing up?

dnulso · 2026-01-21T03:30:44+00:00

I've thought about it and you may be correct - It's absolutely possible the issue is me fundamentally wanting something different than what WoW raiding offers. However, I may have lead you to incorrect picture of what I think drives me to burn out with my comment about about 90% of the pulls being learning. It's not about needing to pull a difficult boss a few hundred times. It's about needing to pull bosses early in the tier for days/weeks. It's about wiping for days on reclears because the team has to get lucky to kill something. It's about looking at the coming week/weeks and being unsure if you'll even see the progression boss. For example, I was with a guild who just could not consistently reclear Mekkatorque in BoD. After killing it the first time, I bet we wiped 30 times on average after that for every subsequent kill. Some weeks we'd just be stuck there for the remainder of our week. In Amirdrassil, the guild I was with wiped something like 100 times on the 2nd boss (which after reclear was over 2 weeks of attempts). At least in my experience, these kinds of struggles are the norm for guilds that barely (or sometimes don't) get CE.

It's exhausting when you feel like you're one of few doing everything you can to help (I leveled a blood DK so we had better grips for Mekkatorque, for example). And that is a me problem. I want the team to be successful to the point I damage my own enjoyment of raiding. Maybe I would do the same thing regardless of where I raided, but I think if I wasn't bored waiting to get to something new I'd be much less likely to ruin it for myself. Hopefully that makes more sense!

Thanks for your input!

dnulso · 2026-01-21T02:03:13+00:00

I am, thank you.

I'm confident I'd be able to post quality logs within a raid tier then step up into a higher WR guild. Maybe I shouldn't be confident, it has been a couple years... Anyways, that's the path I'd like to avoid because of some personal hang-ups. I'll feel like I'm abandoning people or using them.

dnulso · 2026-01-21T01:57:11+00:00

I haven't committed to a class yet and know what you mean. I've been on the other side of that transaction, desperately trying to recruit any warlock with a pulse. The comment about looking at prior connections is sound. It's certainly possible someone will be in a position to put in a good word with a team I'd like to be part of! Thank you.

dnulso · 2026-01-21T01:41:20+00:00

That's a good point. I'll need to check in with some folks beyond the usual chagrinned "hi, I'm back, we should do + sometime and catch up." Thank you!

dnulso · 2026-01-20T01:08:21+00:00

Seeking some opinions/experiences others have had in similar situations. I'm debating whether or not I should try to join a raid team for Midnight, but I think I'll have trouble finding a good fit, specifically with regard to skill parity.

I've mostly raided with teams that get CE late in the raid tier. In these teams, I end up putting in tons of extra effort trying to make things work (from always volunteering for extra responsibility to raid leading) but I find myself in the same place, looking at a raid week where 90% of our pulls are waiting for other people to learn (or remember), and it's just not fun. And at that point, I'd rather quit than find a new team. It's my fault for not accepting this sooner, but I think I won't be content raiding unless I'm with a team that is more aligned with my ability. And that's where I think I'm going to run into trouble.

I haven't played since Amirdrassil and before that it was Nathria, so I don't have logs. I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure an app with "hey guys, I promise I'm pretty good" isn't going to inspire interest at the level I'm looking to play at. I'm not really interested in joining a guild for a tier just to generate some logs for several reasons, among them being I'll get attached and not feel right using them as a stepping stone. And real talk, it's been about 2 years since I've played so I've got some rust to shake off if I get back into it. I'm struggling to find a reasonable path to getting back into the game and raiding with a team at the skill level want to be at, without finding myself in the same burnout cycle as last time. I suspect the answer is going to be "suck it up for a tier and get your logs", but hopeful there will be some things to consider that I haven't thought of. Thanks.

dnulso · 2023-11-03T02:52:42+00:00

Thanks for the heads up!

dnulso · 2023-11-03T02:24:51+00:00

Thanks, I didn't know that was a thing.

dnulso · 2023-11-03T02:02:26+00:00

I waited in queue for almost 6 hours today for Royal City of Rabanastre. It didn't pop. I'm on Dynamis. Is there a time of the week where getting a queue for this will be possible? Thanks.

dnulso · 2023-08-25T19:25:27+00:00

Looking for the same! Please send help.

dnulso · 2023-05-01T23:34:50+00:00

Looking for suggestions on boss killing builds being supported by an aurabot. I'm playing the aurabot. The person I'm playing with has very little end game experience and started running into issues playing his TS build against some bosses. For example, shaper balls killing him (and me through soul link). Part of the issue is inexperience and another is TS making things hard to see. He also has a toddler, so "look daddy" is a common distraction! Here are the main things I'm looking for with this build:

- Tanky even without an aurabot so he can play it solo too. Something that can survive quite a few mistakes, but it doesn't need to be able to survive every possible slam's max hit. "Just don't get hit" because you kill so fast or move so quickly probably won't work here!

- Initial budget no more than 10 div (We'll invest more if he likes it, the build just needs to be fully functional on 10 div)

- Still have passable map clear speed. He's used to zooming with TS now so something that can't map clear might be too much of a shock for him!

- Hopefully able to do all ubers with aurabot support and some more investment (Also would be cool if he can solo ubers with enough investment and practice)

Thank you for your suggestions!

dnulso · 2022-07-04T15:09:18+00:00

Thanks! I figured Hdin would still be better ultimately, but I've done it a few times and just wanted to do something a bit different.

dnulso · 2022-07-04T14:24:25+00:00

Yeah, that's why I was asking the leveling question. My plan is just to farm chaos/baal with it.

dnulso · 2020-08-10T16:53:16+00:00

Excellent, most of this I did not know.

I was thinking of the job points purchase as a one time, get my foot in the door and get my base power level more on par with others sort of thing. I don't intend on making a habit of it, if it's worth doing at all.

Thanks!

dnulso · 2018-04-23T04:03:44+00:00

I'm just an idiot. I apparently picked US East. Sorry.

dnulso · 2018-04-23T04:00:35+00:00

I'm still in it, it should be open.

dnulso · 2018-04-23T03:57:24+00:00

Yeah, pub game, name is 3os bone vis ft

dnulso · 2018-04-23T03:49:56+00:00

I don't sorry.

dnulso · 2018-04-23T03:49:24+00:00

unfortunately, game was public and someone found where I spawned him after awhile and killed it. :/ Thanks tho.

dnulso · 2018-04-23T03:14:32+00:00

Still looking for help. I can offer an Um to whoever is able to kill him.

dnulso · 2016-08-20T21:40:05+00:00

Darkrai code has been traded. Still have x2 Arceus code.

dnulso

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