Had another fun time in Partycrashers thanks to some dipshit called Icanhasheal last night.  Doesn't mention until we're on our way to the theatre that he's never done it before, and constantly whines about people not stopping for buffs despite being told that it's not a big deal and we're running for the next 3-4 minutes anyway until we get to the party, so no one cares. 

When we finally get to the final room with the tieflings, both Grace and I were exceptionally specific with our directions just for the sake of telling the new guy not to be a shithead.  Don't open any doors, and make sure to go right after we exit the first room so we can do a room by room sweep.  He calls out "It's no big deal, I can heal through this, they don't seem tough" and runs down and opens the last door.

And you know, it's not like it's that bad.  We had a damned competent party.  But he's sitting there trying to pretend he's just an innocent who made a mistake by not listening, when he's really being an intentional fuckwit who doesn't give a shit about what the party wants to do.  That's the bit that really makes me want to slap the fucker in his stupid grill.  He originally joined on his fighter, and I really wish I remembered that name so I could remember not to run with him, either. 

Eladiun wrote on Oct 17^th, 2011 at 3:06pm:

Epic, ofc.  I doubt I'd even try the room to room thing at level unless I was with a particularly bad party or soloing it or something. 

Oakianus wrote on Oct 17^th, 2011 at 3:08pm:



Easy XP

Eladiun wrote on Oct 17^th, 2011 at 3:10pm:


Frostii/Shizam/thornlord is a solid player.  Leads epic raids all the time and does a good job in them.  But two key rules:  1) respect the star.  2) respect the time limit. 

Sometimes even good players lose sight of that first one.  Give the guy a break.  He's gotta listen to Eladiun and Perma on teamspeak constantly.  I'm surprised he hasn't had a mental breakdown, honestly.

Yeah, it was Thornlord he first joined on, and then switched out to the FvS.

Not sure if Oak noticed, but it wasn't just the last room he opened. He first went and opened the room off the bathroom shrine after I said, "Don't open anything, people are shrining." Then he went and opened the next room immediately, and continued to open every single room so that pretty much everything was aggroed. The only reason it wasn't a complete loss was that we had a good group that managed to not become totally overwhelmed, but in a pug that's not guaranteed. You want to do things your way, start your own lfm.

On top of it, while he was running around opening doors, he kept saying shit like, "It's okay, you can't handle this? I'll kill it all for you." Personally, I would have been all for everyone stepping back, taking the guy at his word, watching him die, and then the rest of us finishing it without rezzing him. As it was, it was obvious that he wasn't remotely close to the one taking most of the trash down. Then he finished by saying, "That was it? What a boring quest," and leaving.

He's Helper's Guild, btw.

What Oak said. Respect the star is an important one, especially when you pug and don't really know how the group will end up working. I could excuse it if it was one slip up, like "oh sorry, I opened this room because I thought we could handle it, but if you want to wait on that stuff one by one that's cool." But when he keeps doing it over and over while waving his cock around? That's griefing. There are plenty of competent assholes around, and I'd rather not run with them.

BTW....

HollowHeart - 20 rogue.  300 HP with a boat buff.  No lie.

For the math:

120 = 20 Rogue Levels
20 = Free HP we all get
30 = GFL item
20 = Toughness Item
100 = 20 con = 10 base + 6 item + 2 boat.

That's right folks.  Base 10 con.  On a melee toon.  No shroud item.  No Toughness feat.  And thus no class toughness enhancemnents.  Total moron.

Also, Myddo reveals no threat reduction gear.  So this utra squishy DPS that likes to sneak attack to get massive aggro ends up getting pwned regularly.

Oakianus wrote on Oct 17^th, 2011 at 3:39pm:


I've grouped with frosti a fair bit. Worst thing I could say about him is he is sometimes a bit impaitent, but I could probably say that about half of the people I group with  .

Not saying it didn't happen as you describe, just a bit surprising from him.

Now I'm starting to wonder. Oak, are you and I the same person? 

Grace wrote on Oct 17^th, 2011 at 4:11pm:

Yes.  You're dual-boxing and really good at doing a dude's voice.

Feel free to fall back on the bed while a musical sting plays and you realize how much of your time on DDO has been a delusional lie.  It's considered standard at this point.

Asheras wrote on Oct 17^th, 2011 at 3:35pm:


I looked at myDDO for this and I think your off a bit on his base CON.

Reason is that it shows a +2 next to the 20 CON.  While this is most likely a bug that has been in myDDO since the beginning, it does become a nice feature in that it shows the Bonus based on the Character's base + Tome.

In this case the +2 indicates that the CON is 14 or 12 + 2 Tome.


120      Base Rogue
20      Feat Hero
30      GFL <- Belt
20      Greater Element <- Alchemist Pendant
40      Con 14
==
230      

Now I don't see a +6 CON item per se, but myDDO shows a 20, which would be 60 More HP for 290.  Of course the Epic Items or the Hat could have this stat on it.  Now if the 20 CON is with Ship Buffs that would mean only a +4 CON Item. 

This is also a Drow, so to get to a 12 CON is 6 Stat points or 14 is 10 Stat points at build.

I believe the last 10 HP is made up from Argo Favor.

So either said rogue did not get ship buffs or does not own a +6 Con Item.

Player also does not have a GS HP item which would only net 25 more HP due to already having the Greater on the Pendant.

If anything he could potentially have at least 345 HP (+2 More Con and two tiers of HP on GS) still lowish but still has room to grow.

I'm not defending his HP, just pointing out you might want to check your math.

Calvet wrote on Oct 17^th, 2011 at 3:45pm:


Aye, what Cal said. He's always been a solid player and fine around me. Not just defending a guildie.

I guess everyone can have their bad days. I know I do. Wait.... maybe I mean bad years?

Terebinthia wrote on Oct 17^th, 2011 at 5:38pm:

Meh.  Maybe if this many folks are willing to say something decent about him, I'll give him a second chance in the future.  Not that a lack of chance from some rando noob in a no-name guild really means a fuck to anyone anyway, but still.   

I mean, I gots me a witness here, though.  To be fair, it was like 3AM at the time, so maybe he was just tired/drunk/stupid.