Meaning XP stoners of course.

I pug alot, and have quite a bit of TR'ing left to do on my casting toons.  Half has 3 FvS lives, Perhaps 3 Cleric left before final Wizzy build.  Soulbro is doing a Wizzy life.  Brothanumsi needs to get a Wizzy life in.

Running Halfdeadd through the level 15-20 range was hell.  I'd put up a pug for whatever quest using the bravery mechanic.  Half the party dies on the way or doesn't know where to go.  Many more came in and died from the couple of trash mobs I ran past.  Even more summoned hirelings and died anyway.

But the guy who set me off was running some ranged build when I was farming Rainbow.  Joined, popped a hireling, died multiple times.  After 3 runs I asked him to leave.  He was smart enough to hang in the slayer zone so I couldn't kick him and sent the most whiny tells I've ever seen in my playtime so far.  Of course only to enter the quest and die anyway if the wind blew his way.  Third time I've cursed at somebody over the mic in 3 years now.

So anyway, what are you guys doing?  Don't see much in channels TR wise.  I'm guessing folks are using the buddy system?

Honestly I've had good luck. Asking up front has helped. I'm not a flatout zerger by any means so adjusting to not leaving trash behind isn't terrible to me. That works through Vale anyway. Amrath I wouldn't do unless I knew at least one other person in the pug. 

With a few exceptions I haven't had terrible experiences, maybe because I don't recall a group with more than two. Actually, about two weeks ago the stoner bailed everyone out when most of us lag jumped into spikes in Rainbow. He had read enough to max UMD on his rogue and had gotten lucky to not fall in. So he was able to raise the cleric.... then he turned and fell into the spikes.

I just used a stone, beware!  Epoch coming to a pug near you!

Epoch wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 8:54am:


I used a stone too in Khyber. Barbacoast will ruin your day.
An absolute unoriginal gimped WF Wizzard.

If you pug frequently, that level range has gotten pretty awful. Or hilarious. Vale on elite is manageable for the most part, except for Let Sleeping Dust Lie, but morons could autofail that pre-stone as well. Amrath is out of the question though.

I'm not pugging guild is big enough and if I'm on at an odd hour, the buddy European Refugees channels have enough people in them for me to fill/find a party.

I never assume I am going to get the 10 percent for no deaths. I just put up an IP LFM, pop a hireling and go.

I am finding the 1-20 game is pretty slow on G-spot. I ended up soloing ADQ1elite last night on my level 14 Arty.


BTW, are any of you seeing a lot of jump lag lately?

Epoch wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 9:20am:


Ok, will do so!!

(To the other vaulties: is Talariia a violent trisexual drunken mutant or is he really giving me usefull info? I mean, if I were Epoch I would have given the trisexual drunken mutant....)

Madcow430 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 5:51am:


For the most part, my tr projects have been shelved while I get some people to cap for epic destiny farming.  This is pretty true of most of my guild, but that's about the only metric I have for comparison.

Madcow430 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 11:29am:


Been noticing it myself past couple levels since a lot more trap boxes are past or in the traps. Jump and make it past only to rubber band back into the middle of the trap and DING.

Maybe I should go 2 rogue for the evasion.

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Also ran a Hard Power Play yesterday and the rogue runs out onto the electrified grid over top of the animated armor chest and stands there while his (sub 300) hps slowly tick down and he dies.  This is the reason I don't pug and fully expect anyone I do pull in to be a near complete waste.  My advice is stick with your summoned panther and/or hirelings.  At least they respond to commands once in awhile.  (stay away from all epic melee hirelings except for the rogues though.  Sub 600 hps @ lvl 23 and less DPS than Mussussaba (Moose rocks) the lvl 22 rogue hireling.

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Rainbow and jumping to the safe spots in VON5 in the trap hall. Mostly rubberbanding as opposed to freeze lagging. I've definitely noticed it though.

Maxwell Edison wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 1:12pm:

I think I was in that one too (as the non-dying drow artificer), except you didn't mention the wall attack in part 3 where 6 people died, and it took 30 minutes for the %$$# to finish the puzzle with his pet in tow - after I offered to finish it in 20 seconds, he refused).

Good times, but not really,

Ought of Sarlona