The Most Epic Terrible Bad Pug Ever. With Pictures!

nick59349b14_ESO

Awesome story! Nice to see something funny on here for once.

Blacksmoke

First off kudo's to you for even sticking around I gave up on that long ago secondly.. Welcome to being a healer! You are going to experience this sort of thing at least once a week!

Frondale

Lol....I laughed so hard at your story telling I had tears streaming down my face....

Why did I laugh so hard???

Cause I too have been in such gnarly groups such as this having to be healer, dps and tank all in one (wearing cloth). The way you tell the story is epic and resonates exactly what I think when I get groups such as this.

I would love to see more stories from you in the future and I hope you get a good group sometimes like I do.

Well done for sticking with it. Unfortunately I usually do too.

Cheers
Fron

shadelon

Banana wrote: »

Classic. Youve got some patience I'll give you that.

I concur. You, OP, have the patience of a saint to stick it out that long!

Frondale

Dark_Aether wrote: »

Dantaria wrote: »

@Dark_Aether, it's beautiful sentiment... But I still disagree The abyss is still too deep here, imo.

You don't use blockade instead Forse Shock/Pulse, you use it with it So at this point OP still needed to explain basic game mechanics. "Guys, there are DoTs. Damage over Time effects. All good DD should use them". "Ok, so, you need 2 bars and do barswap. So, sorc. Use blockade and liquid then spam force pulse, then crystal frags if proc... Oh shi... you don't yet have frag morph, 'cause you didn't bother... and oh shi... you don't skill point for blockade... Ok, what's your Ult? You don't have Ult, omg, you kidding me...".

Vet dung is not the place for this. Like really. If I saw this on normal - "hey, guys, wanna some tips?". Vet dung with 500cp? This case is most probably hopeless.

If this guy honestly wanted to learn, if he understood that he needs to learn... He won't go on vet.

EDIT: grammar

I do agree that it is no one's responsibility to teach the game to others, not everyone has the time or patience for that.

OP did not emphasizes if he tried to help them or not. If he did, then that is what the story should be about, how bad they are and not willing to take advice to get better.

If he did not then that is what I have a problem with. If you cannot bother to help others, you should not bother to make forum post about how bad they are. You quit the group and move on.

I am sorry but I disagree with this.

It is not Vagabonds responsibility to teach others how to play their class. It is the players responsibility to know their class and keep up to date with what is meta for skills and gear.

However....the dungeon mechanics, if I do not know them I ask the group to give me a heads up and they often are very helpful. I do and have watched some video guides before going in.

Curragraigue

VagabondLife wrote: »

CarbonX wrote: »

VagabondLife wrote: »

CarbonX wrote: »

And this group with no resistance nor knowledge killed The Hive Lord? LOL!!! Yeah!

Sorry, but don't believe this thread.

No, we killed The Sentinel. You're thinking of the wrong dungeon. Maybe go back and read again.

The Sentinel is the last boss, I said The Hive Lord, it's the big kwama boss during the dungeon.

Oh wow I totally forgot about that guy, LOL, sorry! I had to go back to my screenshots to figure out what you meant. Here's that fight:








Honestly, he wasn't any harder than the rest of the dungeon. Trash packs included, LOL. Clannfear held aggro pretty good, and I'm decent at dodge-rolling out of the red. The others weren't, but fortunately I had a LOT of soul gems on hand.

I will say that this whole experience has inspired me to pick up a Necropotence set and start working on a pet build for my main. I'm pretty sure that with Clannfear along, my sorcerer could solo this entire game...

So this thread has become a nerf Clannfear thread

Love it OP, have certainly had similar runs before.

Wrecking_Blow_Spam

ZOS_JohanaB wrote: »

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Kind of ironic though because this thread is all about taunting how bad the players in this group are...

Although it's amusing to read, the thread itself goes against what you just said.

Faulgor

What a memorable experience! All my PUGs are fast and easy =(
Just 3-maned this very dungeon two days ago as a healer with 2 newbie DPS, no trouble.

I think I might take my bow build into some vet dungeons, just for a little excitement ...

anitajoneb17_ESO

Blanco wrote: »

I spent multiple hours at work each day during my first week of playing reading about the mechanics of the game, introductory guides, forum posts, etc in order to become acclimated to the game so I knew how to play.

If I were you I'd take my RL job more seriously (like, you know... a job) and ESO more lightly (like, you know... a game).

KochDerDamonen

Emothic wrote: »

You know, situations like these cold be easily avoided if you take the 1 - 3 minutes to educate these players on how to prooperly play a dungeon. Of which you did not and had to deal with this end result. I never truely understand these threads. They all complain about bad players, bad groups, in the dungeon finder. Yet they make no attempt to help educate the players. Instead of spending the time to write out a rant/complaint thread, you could of used that time to try and educate or pursade these players to use proper dungeon tactics.

Whenever I get in these situations I tell the playres what they need to do, or how to find a boss. But! I tell them in a polite and constructive manner. I don't insult them on how they play. If my advice is ignored then it is ignored. However, players will start to listen to you when your grouop starts wiping over and over again.

So I recommend this. Instead of wasting your time create a thread like this. Use that time to help those players understand the dungeon mechanics and make the whole experiance more smoother and faster during your run.

@Emothic Do you actually though? Because in all my time pugging (read: basically all of my dungeon runs ever) the most divisive thing I could possibly do (read: including anything from equipping heavy armor to healing with only one single spell or not at all) is make a suggestion to any of my groupmates.

Let's say ~60% of runs go smoothly enough that I don't feel the need to say anything. It might not be going super well, but we're going to clear the dungeon with the group in-tact, the group might not even talk to eachother for the duration. Another 5% of the time are times where I make a recommendation and end up helping a player learn something about their class/role/the dungeon itself. Now, the other 35% is divided amongst the times I say something and it is met with A) Dead air, no response from the person I am trying to address or from the group at all B)Brushed off by the person I address, at least I know they don't want to hear it at least... C) Absolute vitriol from the person I'm addressing and/or the rest of the group, fuming at me for having the gall to suggest they cannot shoot tiny fireballs at every boss until they succeed.

I am not abrasive, I try to ask how people are doing, ask about food buffs (Even though I can see them with FTC), armor durability (offer some of my infinite repair kits) and enchantments, opens the door to ask what spells people are using... Usually if we can get past the selection of spells it's smooth sailing from there on, most people get upset there or before.

sickboy2808

Thats the best amazing story i have read on this forum and i couldnt stop laughing. You have a great skill in your story telling as well as patience. Now i thought i used to be bad at Tanking ha.

The_Undefined

I seriously don't understand your patience. I would've dropped as soon as saw how the party wasn't paying attention or complying what so ever.

Also, I'm sure this has probably been mentioned, but they look like a bunch of alts that are fresh out of the dolmen camp. Probably going in for armor or something.

I see a lot of elitist garbage on these forums, probably the worst I've seen in any game I've played, but honestly... THAT is selfish gameplay. Refusing the play the game and wasting everyone's time in the process.

Good on you, poster, for sticking with it. I have no idea how you managed to do such a thing.

Emmagoldman

Very fun share! A love the random spams, steel tornado individual mob, or arrow light attacks.

I at times stick it out too. I try to help people but sometimes its too much lol

Runschei

Holy shetballs I know that sorc omg

seaef

The only mistake made was entering the dungeon as a healer.

So unnecessary.

Balamoor

Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »

ZOS_JohanaB wrote: »

Several comments have been removed from the thread for off topic conversation. Please keep the discussion concentrated on the topic at hand. Additionally we ask that you respect one another and refrain from baiting and rude comments please review the community rules to make sure you're following them as the conversation continues.

Kind of ironic though because this thread is all about taunting how bad the players in this group are...

Although it's amusing to read, the thread itself goes against what you just said.

Yeah the mods tend to have a do as we say not do as we do Philosophy, but it's their Railroad. I have helped manage several forums for developers, and not one of them would be okay with shaming other players, but it's all about the shame on these forums. You brought a Crown Crate? Heretic! Lynch him! Not the best player in the world? lets Screenshot that *** and talk down to them on the forums.

This has nothing to do with Triggers, Safe Spaces SJW or Snowflakes for all the deflectors out there, it's about common courtesy and not being a tool. But if ZoS wants to foster toxic forums, they shouldn't get upset when folks on the receiving end go elsewhere.

idk

on my Templar and NB if I am healing a dungeon I can contribute decent dps of more than 20k on the boss, Good reason to run on a healer is to help carry the dps.

Zoner

LO L

And here we have the fruit of dolmen grinding. Been here many times. All the foul-mouthed and bullish charm of Alik'r zone chat combined with the skill vacuum of a person who has spent the vast majority of their game time trying to avoid any actual challenge and get to max cp with minimal effort.

Telltale grinder trait: they will speak to you as little as possible, wait for you to go ahead and clear everything, and then hit the hard mode scroll at the last boss expecting you to carry it for them, despite their total lack of contribution. They will then confirm that they did in fact get their two keys and drop group unceremoniously without another word.

Floki_Vilgerdarson

Trolls in dungeons.

Yubarius

GCVDJ11T wrote: »

LOL.. the only thing that would make this better is if the Tank was sporting an ice staff....

No because he would have been stuck in a perpetual heavy attack loop but at least he would have been taunting mobs XD XD

Marabornwingrion

I also had amazing high CP damage dealer in veteran dungeon, so if you don't mind OP I'll share my story here.

Today I went to vCoH 1 from group finder, cause I still need Ilambris mask in divine. Anyway, after I ported in I saw 684 CP (more CP than me and I play over a year) nightblade DD, I thought "nice, it will be a fast run". But it wasn't.

This DD had more health than the tank (over 35k), on one bar had dual wield and was using flurry, on second bad inferno staff... I asked him: "hey xxx, are you magicka or stamina nightblade"? He answered "magicka" and then he went back to flurry spam. Not gonna mention he was using assassin's blade on targets with nearly full health...

Killing bosses were going quite fast, but I was curious so I looked in combat metrics. I was doing 82% group DPS on my magicka templar DD with heals slotted... I'm sure healer and tank were doing more damage than him.

I haven't kicked him, I wanted to finish the dungeon as we started. But I just gave up on last boss and left the group...

I started thinking: how is this possible that guy with more CP than myself completely don't know what he's doing in dungeons? The only answer that came to my mind was... XP events.

For ***** sake ZOS, stop this double XP madness. I know additional XP can be useful while levelling alts, but having it for few weeks in a row is just a disaster. And add some "undaunted training" to prepare people for their roles in dungeons.

Jaybe_Mawfaka

That's the type of guy who makes threads on forums about "elitists players attitude"

zaria

On the other hand did my fist pug today
Queued as healer. As it was my first pug I forgot to set dungeon to normal
Found out but also found out it was fungal grotto 1 so I tough I give it an try.

Smooth run outside 4-5 death on the aoe on last boss but we ressed each other so no wipes.

Volrion

VagabondLife wrote: »

So I've been playing around with my templar alt, and yesterday I decided she was ready to try healing some of the easier vet dungeons. First group finder run, Elden Hollow 1, went very smoothly. Second run I get Darkshade Caverns 1, and I open up the group list to see this:




Cool, I think, this should be easy. Famous last words...

I load into the dungeon, and the tank is already off fighting the first pack of trash, so I don't have a chance to inspect my groupmates, but right away I can tell something is very wrong. Nothing is dying. There's no AoE, at all. I throw down a Blockade and some Shards, and immediately everything is trying to eat my face off. Apparently there's no taunting, either.

The tank doesn't seem to notice, and just keeps grabbing more mobs. One of the DPS keeps going out of range and every time I move back to try to get him, he moves back too. Meantime the tank has run off to the next room, so I abandon the wayward DPS and race after the tank, passing someone's Clannfear on the way - wait, why is there a Clannfear? Then somehow the missing DPS is right in front of me, except it's not, it's someone's MERCHANT wandering through the fight, and why is everything still trying to eat me, and also where the hell is the other DPS???

So before the next trash pack, I take a moment to breathe, and look at the DPS, and I see this:




They are both ranged magicka, both have staves, and are both wearing full heavy armor - yet somehow only have 20k and 22k HP. With the tank wearing Ebon. Maybe, I think hopefully, they're both wearing costumes, and they have a proper set of robes on underneath? Of course, that doesn't explain the Clannfear, or the merchant. I sort-of-lightheartedly ask in group chat if we can put away the merchant and switch to a DPS pet. The templar responds with "Lol." The sorcerer says nothing, and the tank simply races on ahead. I sigh and follow. This is going to be a long haul.




Here's a picture of me, watching the next trash fight in amazement. Since the tank isn't actually taunting anything, everyone is just left to fight their own mobs, one-on-one. Well, except for Nuzhimeh, who mostly just stands around looking bored. I honestly can't blame her. Clannfear is somehow managing to kill his mob faster than the sorcerer is. And of course the templar, who is doing nothing but heavy attacks with a Resto staff, is killing his mob the fastest of all.

So eventually we get to the Patriarch. Well, I think, at least this one will be easy. It's one mob and he doesn't move, how bad could the group damage really be?




Answer: Bad. Really bad. Of course this probably has something to do with it:




Yup, there's BOTH of our damage dealers, heavy attacking like their lives depend on it. I have yet to see either of them use a single skill, and I begin to wonder if their bars could actually be completely empty. Is it possible to get to CP 561/600 without ever opening your Skills menu?

Finally, we get to the last boss. Despite their heavy armor, both of the DPS are squishy as hell, and have been getting regularly one-shot the entire run. I can't imagine where they've put their 600 CP, but it clearly wasn't into any sort of damage mitigation. It doesn't help that they've apparently never seen Healing Springs before and keep fleeing out of my green circle, straight into the boss's red one. And the templar absolutely refuses to stay at anything less than max range. Here's me trying (and failing) to keep heals on both the templar and the tank:




So of course on the first try, someone reads the scroll without asking, and we wipe almost immediately. We try again, normal mode this time, and wipe a few more times. Almost all of them end like this:




It's kinda hard to see behind the death recap there, but that's basically the sole surviving group member, the sorcerer, hiding behind his merchant while Clannfear tries valiantly to solo the boss. (He might have made it, too, if the sorcerer had ever bothered to throw him a heal. I don't think he knew he could.)

A few more tries in, I suddenly realize that it's just me and the tank on the boss - both DPS are nowhere to be seen. Eventually I spot the templar hiding in the bushes on the opposite end of the room, light attacking away at a random spider add, which isn't remotely close enough to the boss to heal him. Well, at least he's not taking any damage over there, because I'm starting to run out of soul gems for this guy. Pretty soon the sorcerer follows his lead, making a run for the bushes with Clannfear and Nuhzimeh trailing along behind. And that's when I realize that the tank doesn't actually have aggro, as the boss proceeds to follow Clannfear across the room, abandoning the tank completely.

And that is how it came to this:




This, folks, right here. Clannfear and Nuzhimeh killing the boss, while the tank sulks in a corner by himself, both DPS plink away at a harmless spider, and I pose for screenshots so I can prove I'm not making any of this up. THIS, right here, THIS is what group finder is all about!

And with that... I really need a drink.

Amazing. Thanks for the laugh

Iarao

you are waaaaay too patient. :P i dont have 3hrs to waste. upon arriving i would have said: clannfear is tanking pet for when you are solo. we have a tank so we dont need a tank pet. get your dps pet out. upon rcving the lol, i would have repeated but added: NOW!
5,
4,
3,
2,
1
and then i would have left. or if the pet had been taken care of, the merchant was next. actually the merchant may have been first up. i admit i'm a crappy fighter with my vertigo but i wont waste my time with that nonsense. i think you were trolled. you wasted how many gems??? and 3 hrs. plus wear and tear on your gear. no thanks. i highly recommend this approach next time .

QuebraRegra

VagabondLife wrote: »

Enslaved wrote: »

Or maybe they just trolled you and tank, trying to see how long would it take for you guys to leave group. There are ppl like that...

If that's the case, I'm betting they were sorry. Once we got the boss down past 50% I basically refused to let anyone stay dead. We were gonna kill this thing, and that was that.

Here's the conversation after we were done:

Tank: Was that on hard mode?
Me: Not for you guys. I think for me it was.
Tank: *leaves group without answering*
Sorcerer: *leaves group without answering*
Templar: *does a /playlute and asks me if I want to dance*
Me: *logs off and pours myself a double shot*

you have no idea how you just hard earned that AWESOME!

"Tank: Was that on hard mode?
Me: Not for you guys. I think for me it was."

Might be one of the greatest things I've ever read

stapeliad

This, folks, right here. Clannfear and Nuzhimeh killing the boss,

This is so funny I actually cried a little.
At least we know the merchants, when really desperate, will do something... LOL

Jamascus

VagabondLife wrote: »

So I've been playing around with my templar alt, and yesterday I decided she was ready to try healing some of the easier vet dungeons. First group finder run, Elden Hollow 1, went very smoothly. Second run I get Darkshade Caverns 1, and I open up the group list to see this:




Cool, I think, this should be easy. Famous last words...

I load into the dungeon, and the tank is already off fighting the first pack of trash, so I don't have a chance to inspect my groupmates, but right away I can tell something is very wrong. Nothing is dying. There's no AoE, at all. I throw down a Blockade and some Shards, and immediately everything is trying to eat my face off. Apparently there's no taunting, either.

The tank doesn't seem to notice, and just keeps grabbing more mobs. One of the DPS keeps going out of range and every time I move back to try to get him, he moves back too. Meantime the tank has run off to the next room, so I abandon the wayward DPS and race after the tank, passing someone's Clannfear on the way - wait, why is there a Clannfear? Then somehow the missing DPS is right in front of me, except it's not, it's someone's MERCHANT wandering through the fight, and why is everything still trying to eat me, and also where the hell is the other DPS???

So before the next trash pack, I take a moment to breathe, and look at the DPS, and I see this:




They are both ranged magicka, both have staves, and are both wearing full heavy armor - yet somehow only have 20k and 22k HP. With the tank wearing Ebon. Maybe, I think hopefully, they're both wearing costumes, and they have a proper set of robes on underneath? Of course, that doesn't explain the Clannfear, or the merchant. I sort-of-lightheartedly ask in group chat if we can put away the merchant and switch to a DPS pet. The templar responds with "Lol." The sorcerer says nothing, and the tank simply races on ahead. I sigh and follow. This is going to be a long haul.




Here's a picture of me, watching the next trash fight in amazement. Since the tank isn't actually taunting anything, everyone is just left to fight their own mobs, one-on-one. Well, except for Nuzhimeh, who mostly just stands around looking bored. I honestly can't blame her. Clannfear is somehow managing to kill his mob faster than the sorcerer is. And of course the templar, who is doing nothing but heavy attacks with a Resto staff, is killing his mob the fastest of all.

So eventually we get to the Patriarch. Well, I think, at least this one will be easy. It's one mob and he doesn't move, how bad could the group damage really be?




Answer: Bad. Really bad. Of course this probably has something to do with it:




Yup, there's BOTH of our damage dealers, heavy attacking like their lives depend on it. I have yet to see either of them use a single skill, and I begin to wonder if their bars could actually be completely empty. Is it possible to get to CP 561/600 without ever opening your Skills menu?

Finally, we get to the last boss. Despite their heavy armor, both of the DPS are squishy as hell, and have been getting regularly one-shot the entire run. I can't imagine where they've put their 600 CP, but it clearly wasn't into any sort of damage mitigation. It doesn't help that they've apparently never seen Healing Springs before and keep fleeing out of my green circle, straight into the boss's red one. And the templar absolutely refuses to stay at anything less than max range. Here's me trying (and failing) to keep heals on both the templar and the tank:




So of course on the first try, someone reads the scroll without asking, and we wipe almost immediately. We try again, normal mode this time, and wipe a few more times. Almost all of them end like this:




It's kinda hard to see behind the death recap there, but that's basically the sole surviving group member, the sorcerer, hiding behind his merchant while Clannfear tries valiantly to solo the boss. (He might have made it, too, if the sorcerer had ever bothered to throw him a heal. I don't think he knew he could.)

A few more tries in, I suddenly realize that it's just me and the tank on the boss - both DPS are nowhere to be seen. Eventually I spot the templar hiding in the bushes on the opposite end of the room, light attacking away at a random spider add, which isn't remotely close enough to the boss to heal him. Well, at least he's not taking any damage over there, because I'm starting to run out of soul gems for this guy. Pretty soon the sorcerer follows his lead, making a run for the bushes with Clannfear and Nuhzimeh trailing along behind. And that's when I realize that the tank doesn't actually have aggro, as the boss proceeds to follow Clannfear across the room, abandoning the tank completely.

And that is how it came to this:




This, folks, right here. Clannfear and Nuzhimeh killing the boss, while the tank sulks in a corner by himself, both DPS plink away at a harmless spider, and I pose for screenshots so I can prove I'm not making any of this up. THIS, right here, THIS is what group finder is all about!

And with that... I really need a drink.

I feel like they were trolling you. They got together ahead of time and decided to have fun with the healer...

QuebraRegra

stapeliad wrote: »

This, folks, right here. Clannfear and Nuzhimeh killing the boss,

This is so funny I actually cried a little.
At least we know the merchants, when really desperate, will do something... LOL

is that the new meta? Hmm, methinks I'll try this with Pirharri the smuggler tonight :P

Jeremy

VagabondLife wrote: »

So I've been playing around with my templar alt, and yesterday I decided she was ready to try healing some of the easier vet dungeons. First group finder run, Elden Hollow 1, went very smoothly. Second run I get Darkshade Caverns 1, and I open up the group list to see this:




Cool, I think, this should be easy. Famous last words...

I load into the dungeon, and the tank is already off fighting the first pack of trash, so I don't have a chance to inspect my groupmates, but right away I can tell something is very wrong. Nothing is dying. There's no AoE, at all. I throw down a Blockade and some Shards, and immediately everything is trying to eat my face off. Apparently there's no taunting, either.

The tank doesn't seem to notice, and just keeps grabbing more mobs. One of the DPS keeps going out of range and every time I move back to try to get him, he moves back too. Meantime the tank has run off to the next room, so I abandon the wayward DPS and race after the tank, passing someone's Clannfear on the way - wait, why is there a Clannfear? Then somehow the missing DPS is right in front of me, except it's not, it's someone's MERCHANT wandering through the fight, and why is everything still trying to eat me, and also where the hell is the other DPS???

So before the next trash pack, I take a moment to breathe, and look at the DPS, and I see this:




They are both ranged magicka, both have staves, and are both wearing full heavy armor - yet somehow only have 20k and 22k HP. With the tank wearing Ebon. Maybe, I think hopefully, they're both wearing costumes, and they have a proper set of robes on underneath? Of course, that doesn't explain the Clannfear, or the merchant. I sort-of-lightheartedly ask in group chat if we can put away the merchant and switch to a DPS pet. The templar responds with "Lol." The sorcerer says nothing, and the tank simply races on ahead. I sigh and follow. This is going to be a long haul.




Here's a picture of me, watching the next trash fight in amazement. Since the tank isn't actually taunting anything, everyone is just left to fight their own mobs, one-on-one. Well, except for Nuzhimeh, who mostly just stands around looking bored. I honestly can't blame her. Clannfear is somehow managing to kill his mob faster than the sorcerer is. And of course the templar, who is doing nothing but heavy attacks with a Resto staff, is killing his mob the fastest of all.

So eventually we get to the Patriarch. Well, I think, at least this one will be easy. It's one mob and he doesn't move, how bad could the group damage really be?




Answer: Bad. Really bad. Of course this probably has something to do with it:




Yup, there's BOTH of our damage dealers, heavy attacking like their lives depend on it. I have yet to see either of them use a single skill, and I begin to wonder if their bars could actually be completely empty. Is it possible to get to CP 561/600 without ever opening your Skills menu?

Finally, we get to the last boss. Despite their heavy armor, both of the DPS are squishy as hell, and have been getting regularly one-shot the entire run. I can't imagine where they've put their 600 CP, but it clearly wasn't into any sort of damage mitigation. It doesn't help that they've apparently never seen Healing Springs before and keep fleeing out of my green circle, straight into the boss's red one. And the templar absolutely refuses to stay at anything less than max range. Here's me trying (and failing) to keep heals on both the templar and the tank:




So of course on the first try, someone reads the scroll without asking, and we wipe almost immediately. We try again, normal mode this time, and wipe a few more times. Almost all of them end like this:




It's kinda hard to see behind the death recap there, but that's basically the sole surviving group member, the sorcerer, hiding behind his merchant while Clannfear tries valiantly to solo the boss. (He might have made it, too, if the sorcerer had ever bothered to throw him a heal. I don't think he knew he could.)

A few more tries in, I suddenly realize that it's just me and the tank on the boss - both DPS are nowhere to be seen. Eventually I spot the templar hiding in the bushes on the opposite end of the room, light attacking away at a random spider add, which isn't remotely close enough to the boss to heal him. Well, at least he's not taking any damage over there, because I'm starting to run out of soul gems for this guy. Pretty soon the sorcerer follows his lead, making a run for the bushes with Clannfear and Nuhzimeh trailing along behind. And that's when I realize that the tank doesn't actually have aggro, as the boss proceeds to follow Clannfear across the room, abandoning the tank completely.

And that is how it came to this:




This, folks, right here. Clannfear and Nuzhimeh killing the boss, while the tank sulks in a corner by himself, both DPS plink away at a harmless spider, and I pose for screenshots so I can prove I'm not making any of this up. THIS, right here, THIS is what group finder is all about!

And with that... I really need a drink.

I can appreciate the humor in your post. Though I can't ignore the fact it comes at the expense of other players who (and I'll admit they appear to be genuinely bad players) at least they were not A holes or quitters. They stuck it out - did not turn on each other in a fit of a frustration - and even appeared to maintain good spirits up until the very end. It also ended in success despite all the difficulty.

So this story does not even come close to the most terrible bad pug ever. I have experienced far far worse. If anything, this story does this group a compliment in perseverance, yourself included.