Lots of drama here I see. Someone messaged me today with this thread
http://www.ddovault.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1283142904/165' after I rejected him from a VoD run (which was succesful by the way). Otherwise I had no idea about this forum.
So I'll post a few things to clear up some drama:
0. YES I did fail maybe 2-3 hounds + VoDs 3 weeks ago. I have failed 1 attempt at an elite shroud.
Other than that I complete 95-100% of raids which I lead (including hard VoD/Hound/Shroud about 2X each and many normals).
I guess people remember the bad runs more than the good.1. Since failing those runs, I now prescreen people in my runs to ensure they have appropriate weapons and minimum HP requirements. Since doing this, I basically complete 95-100% of the time like i said.
2. I've been playing the game for 2 months now, I run all quests pretty damn fast/efficiently for the most part. As a F2P player, I now have Min2 weapon, spectral gloves, bloodstone, leviks bracers etc. I think I'm doing ok for myself considering I started with no items. I'm clearly not the best, I don't have ToD Rings/belts, but i'll get there someday (when I buy devils of shavarrath).
3. The ONLY reason I began leading raids was that I wanted to run Hound/VoD and I just wasnt seeing PUG lfms up for them. Of course, I had run them at least 3-4 times before and i learn fast, so I had a good graps of the general strategy and how to lead etc. I had sound mechanics, I knew what composition of classes to take etc. I saw some people posted that I wanted to be the "star". This is nonsense. When I began leading raids, I knew that I didnt have the items to tank. So I always let someone else tank.
Now I have appropriate gear and I tank Hound with solid fog clicky and VoD with dmg aggro no problem every time.
Bottom line is I enjoy COMPLETING quests/raids in an EFFICIENT manner. I'll do whatever it takes to get the job done4. Krazydamage is my alt, Crazydamage was actually my first character, and he has WAY better items than krazy (now have Min2, spectral gloves, bloodstone). So I find it funny when people love my bard (who basically buffs then pikes, or maybe TWF melees for decent dmg in vale walkups or pretty low dmg vs harry/sulo, although I tend to use tendon slice to help out).
Summary Version
Yes I did fail a couple runs, but I complete 95-100% (guess I'll have to start asking people that do run with me to post a good word in here).
I started with NOTHING 2 months ago. F2P 28 point build, no adventure packs. Now I have Min2, spectrals, bloodstone, leviks etc. For a long time I was using a metalline pure good weapon which I icy bursted.
Beating raids with minimum gear and now mid-tier gear takes some decent skill /build planning.
Feel free to try out runs with EITHER of my characters, Crazy or Krazy. Like I said, I complete 95% of the time.
Hate if you want. I am having fun with this game. I started with nothing.