Thank you, dungeoneer community! You are awesome! (two stories)

Blood_again

I want to say thank you to all the people who run dungeons in any kind.
You make dungeon runs live and exciting. Whatever group I've ended up in, 90% of runs are fun in one or another way.
Well, 10% are struggle and some of them I ragequit. This post is not about them. This is a post of gratitude and joy.

I want to add two stories of my DD alts running Undaunted pledges with LFG-tool.
I run pledges with different alts usually 3-4 runs a day for two things: fulfilling my set collection and gaining skillpoint for quest. Undaunted key is a plus.


The first story is about manaNB in vet Banished 2.
Simple start - got the quest, said "Heya", looked on group.
Heal and Tank were less 100CP with non-standard hp amount - not a problem, I've seen lots of lowCP players who tanked and healed pretty well.
Another DD was a little over 160CP - probably had no ready build yet, but fine too. If things went bad, we just wouldn't do HM. My alts 25k would be enough if Tank worked.

First trash start was suspicious, because tank was standing and waiting for 5 sec before start. It could be "checking skills, stats and group", but could be also "somebody do it instead of me".
Yep, that was it, fake tank. I saw him casting only surprise attack, mobs were everywhere.
Also no healing was detected and my dmg was 80% of group. Amazing!

Before the first boss I desided if I was in carry mood or not. No, I was not and there was no hurry.
So I did my fair damage until boss aggroed on me, after that I mostly did shield and some strife just to let people do their part of job. Boss reaggroed to somebody - I could damage again. Fair play.
I ressed dead people 5 or 6 times, watched pseudo-tank tried to hide from boss in different places, did fair execute, made 56% of group dmg. Well, that was funny.

The next was mr. "burn the whole room" Maw. I had no time to advise about fire line trap because battle started.
This time I strifed more, because mr. Maw hurts, but I did the same - keep 50% damage of group, no damage if aggro was on me.
Maw had 75% when the room was in fire, yep, people run when they are burning. After ressing guys a few times I found all of them dead again and stopped healing myself - people like playing, not just lying dead.

That is usually the moment when negotiation starts. Yep, it started.
"I can try to slot taunt" - said the DD. Very kind of him, really. He tried to do his best. I guess he accepted himself like somekind of big brother to those fakes.
"I can try to heal, if you give me a healing staff" - said the Healer, and I laughed as crazy. Actually, no, he couldn't wear our healing staffs due to CP. Jump outside to craft him one for his CP... I was not in the mood.
"I can do 50%, the rest is yours," - I said, - "Tank taunts, healer heals - then we run it easy". Before I added that I could help with tactics, fake Tank and fake Healer disappeared

Well, it was not a catastrophe. I called a tank-companion, we started to discuss tactics with DD. I guess we wouldn't have killed Imiril yet before somebody joined us through LFG-tool. Unfortunately this DD left the group before we even pulled, so the run was ended.
Later he wrote me to PM like "Sorry, bro, I didn't want that you spend too much money on your gear repair".
It was sad and funny at the same time

It is the end of the first story. As you can see, a run with random people can be fun even if it was not succesfull.
So I want to say thanks to those three guys - that was fun to run with you.


The second story is about manaDK in vet Bloodroot Forge.
Short preword. I once had very bad experience running vet Bloodroot the first year it was released, so later I ran it just 3 times for the hats with my main and forgot about it for good.
Preword 2. My alts are not very strong, so I usually run 5-keys scheme with them. That day I've made a mistake. Last time I ran WGT with this alt - the eldest DLC dungeon as familiar and comfy as house-coat, so I ran vetWGT. I didn't check the current scheme before queuing with WPamA addon and found in only when invitation popped up.

So I found myself in vet. Ok, I won't quit at start, so let's try.
Also it looked like Tank and Healer were not fakes, so why not. At worst case they would find another DD instead of me.
"HM?" - asked the Tank?
I had a bad feeling. I did DLC HMs on my main only.
"We can try" - I answered carefully.
"Can try" - answered another DD.

First stacks skipped, first mini went very smooth. Guys played wonderful! But on a hagraven boss I checked dps and found that I do 60+%, which was strange.
Have to say, this alt build is very old. BSW, IA, Groddar, 3 HA while on front bar, dropped alchemy. It was good before DK talons became meta.
This plus 60% - I was assured that our bright HM plans are just doomed.

Then we wiped once on Stoneheart, because I somewhy forgot to focus on adds.
Then tank become optimistic and started collecting 2 stacks at once.
Finally we wiped once on last and did HM on second try...

Honestly, I was very surprized. That was first DLC HM on my alts, especially when my main didn't have it. I went there by mistake And I wasn't carried as I was afraid at start, because my alt kept those 60% on last too.
I'm sure it was possible only because all the group really did their best. No way to do it with this build without strong buffs and debuffs from your group.
Thank you, guys! You are amazing! You are rock!
I am proud that I could play in a group with you, and I take this achievement as unexpected and surprising present.

It is the end of the second story. That run was really cool and exciting despite all my doubts.


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And thanks to all the dungeoneers! It is really cool to play together with you!
Let's have more fun during the Undaunted celebration!