PuGs: Combat the Suckness

Everyone has their personal philosophies on PuGs–or pick-up groups. Some of my guildies actually refuse on a matter of principle to PuG. At all. Not one spot. Others have no problem with it–and do so daily to make sure they get their points for the day.

I fall in the camp of I won’t PuG all by myself, and certainly do not want to PuG a tank, or a healer. DPS is ok. For that–I want to lay out some pointers and tips directed more at the DPS PuGers. While certainly–these tips would apply to all of us, it’s the DPS that I feel really needs a bit of help.

4.0.6 Mini-Rant.

Oh, hai guys! Just wanted to show you what I got from Blizzard in patch 4.0.6. It’s my worgen bird form.

It is pretty sweet.

It is also probably what form will be most useful for my druid in the coming weeks, since he’ll be just farming stuff.

Crowd Control Basics

Crowd control – a mysterious two word phrase that prior to the release of Cataclysm hadn’t really been uttered in the majority of the World for over two years. AoE tanking and damage were all anyone really needed in Wrath of the Lich King, and many of the crowd control abilities were removed from players’ action bars. With the release of Cataclysm, mobs have toughened up and players are no longer hideously overgeared for the content, creating a renaissance for this lost art.

I’m planning on covering crowd control in two or three posts. This post will cover the basics – what crowd control is, how it’s basically used and a list of crowd control by class and spec. A reference guide for the dungeon runner, if you will. A future post will cover more advanced topics, including macros.