Curse

-Loki- · Feb 17, 2007, 06:43 AM // 06:43

I've had a lot of good pugs through Prophecies, Factions and Elona, I pug most of PvE. However, I've had a lot more bad pugs than good pugs. The good pugs tend to be very good, doing missions with little problem, whereas bad pugs are, most of the time, ridiculous. It's very odd to find a pug that's not quite bad, but just can't work together.

Lafayette · Feb 17, 2007, 07:26 AM // 07:26

On the whole I really enjoy PUGs. I find them a lot more enjoyable than heroes/hench, even with incompetent, rude or afk people. Maybe because I mainly play my monk and healing AI is really boring.

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Originally Posted by TheRaven

4. The Mo/W who joined our "GLF Monk for FOW" group. Monks are in short supply here and we really needed a healer. We asked for his build and he said he was a healer. He didn't ping his skills. Actually this may have even been before the skill pinging was implemented. Once we warped into the fissure I noticed that he was carrying a Fiery Dragon Sword. He also pinged "I'm wielding a Fiery Dragon Sword of Fortitude and a Shadow Shield"

Not a good sign.
We engage the first group and of course the first guy into the fray was our trusty monk and his precious FDS. Turns out he had all warrior skills on his bar + healing breeze. But, because he is a monk with healing breeze he insisted that he was indeed a healer!

This reminds me of some stunners I've monked along side in FoW. One Mo/N spammed (literally, spammed) Order of Pain. An Mo/R had a pet, five bow attacks and Orison. I've played with others with varying degrees of build competence and playing ability, like an ele nuker insisting in team chat that he would tank because he had Pheonix; a warrior set up as a runner who attacked from the back with a longbow, then proceeded to tell us all of his genius; and another ele, a paragon of brilliance not unlike your wammo-in-monk's-disguise, who, brandishing his leet Chaos axe, was determined to solo the entirety of Menzies' shadow army without our help using, as it happens, cyclone axe.

That said, I monk with PUGs in FoW a fair bit and most have been capable, if a little uncordinated. Though there have been a few gems, most notably monks (some of whom I've liked well enough to stay in contact with), who make up for all the rest with friendliness and competence. Unfortunately, it's often hard to tell before hand whether someone is capable, even when you know their skills.

CyberMesh0 · Feb 17, 2007, 02:09 PM // 14:09

My faith in the PUG was somewhat restored near the beginning of Factions release- I had made an *gasp* Assassin, and was in Nahpui Quarter. I had just warped in and was invited to a group with 1 human ritualist, 2 healer henchmen and 4 human assassins. To my astonishment we not only beat the mission, there was only one death and we didn't have *any* ignorance issues.