NEWS FLASH! Monks on strike at Thunderhead Keep

So I've been informed, the strike was originally started because a certain someone started dancing with a monk who regularly goes afk in THK. This someone insulted a warrior aaannnddd..

Well said...

I respect every player that deserve to be respected. Everyone should do the same has good players don't come that often. And i wont give respect to a monk who afks in middle of mission just to get the mission done without effort nor will i do it for any professions.

OoO i met those monks in mission a few times, make that too many times

I have to say being on strike is the most fun I have ever had in this game. It's like a grand event and it's completely grass roots.

If you are upset over the strike that is your loss. As many people have said, you can use henchies. Also, it is possible to play without monks. Period. If you can figure that one out then I will monk for you any day.


Laz

ROFL

that is exactly what I do. Usually after that wammo/necro tank notices he is getting no heals he starts saying "I am following Mylo Aires" (my monk) and if he is real nice and doesn't take too much aggro, I will put him back on my 'ok to heal list.'

(I used the male pronoun because it seems that the males toons are worse at this...don't know why)

omg and u guys are askin respect?!

I am a new player, and not very good, but i want to be healed too. Is that too much to ask?

True, I did it last week with a N/mo and myself as a W/Mo. Took henchies..no prob. Henchies did a great job.

What are they striking against/for?

I am not asking for respect (maybe cuz I have a mesmer and I am used to getting NONE), but it would be nice if people didn't aggro the entire map of monsters.

MONK FOR HIRE!

10 ECTOS TO HELP YOUR GROUP DO THUNDERHEAD KEEP.

Pm me in game.

lol
IGN: delicate beauty

What I don't get:

You guys are upset about people agroing the whole map, but what do you think of other professions?
Do you think we like it when a noob agroes the whole map and the team dies? Do you think we like it when we are nearly done with a mission/quest/farm-run, to die and have to restart?

There is not need to ask for respect when one can demand it. j/k My point was that players who burn through a monks energy by playing stupidly will pull the rest of the group down if they are allowed to continue. For this reason they get the chance to straighten up or kiss the dirt.

If your new, don't worry. Most monks are good at giving commands.

yes yes it would be nice even tho sometime it happens by accident..

You know what would also be nice, monk who'd stop bitching all the time, warrior who'd stop running, players who'd stop afking, no more rage quitters. Yes alot of things would be nice. Maybe we should strike about everything to make this game better. Good idea! Let's all strike and remind why this game is soooo much better then any other games out there!

Do like other monks ive seen, ask for battery when in an all pick up group...

Oh man....this is the best thing I've seen in this game so far

I'll see y'all when I get off work

haha, do what my monk did...do thk/ascencion/ring of fire with guildies...duh

Respect.

Nobody gets it cause nobody gives it.

I went to UW last night. Paid for the group. Had to, cause I'm the ranger. Trapper, BTW. Full WS and high expertise, can solo trap enough to lay waste to a group of Aatxes. But I'm not a solo player, I enjoy camaraderie in group and besides, I need backup (rangers, the do anything class, do need help sometimes) so I was carrying other people. I ended up getting through 4 groups of mobs because our warriors were drawing ALL the aatxes to the traps meant for one group.

The nuker refused to nuke, the mesmer tripped over their skill bar (backfiring an aatxe?) and the poor poor monk was stuck with trying to manage all that.

But, NOBODY listened to the directions I was calling, EVERYONE ran in eight different directions, and without my spike build I couldn't drop them fast enough for us to survive.

If people (monks, rangers, whatever) want respect, they have to earn it. I wanted to throw rocks at everyone in that group.

Besides, you want an underappreciated group, take rangers. We can replace wa/mos any day (yes, I can out-dps a hammer warrior.), know all about energy conservation and aggro control, can interrupt, spike, trap, prevent resurrection (can a monk do that?), pull, call and generally be a team unto ourselves (seen it with 8 man trapper teams). Yet we're called ineffective and stupid because a few of us wanna be rambo.

We have been consistently denied groups since the release, yet we still continue to play. Most of us don't even say anything about not being able to find a group, we call guildies/take henches cause we KNOW unless it's something special nobody wants us.

Maybe we should strike.

my mesmer got kicked from groups twice, because the 2monks wanted a battery necro...

Quoted for truth,
couldn't have said it better, and about the fact that 'we' don't go with groups unless guildies/other rangers is true, at least in my case.

And yet... as groups of rangers... there's no mission we can't dominate.

Absolutely not. Any competent monk will give you a try (or maybe even more than one!) and some helpful advice about

1) Not getting too far away from him/her
2) Not aggroing the whole map
3) Stopping to rest when they run low on energy

Where you are then presented with a choice: you can either listen to the advice, follow it, and then be successful ... or ... you can be a jerk and say "STFU, NOOB, I CAN TAKE TEH WHOLE CHARR ARMEE AT ONCE!!!oneshiftone!!111!!" and then wonder why the monk stops healing you. The choice, for most people, is an easy one

Meh.The players who actually know what they are doing (such as doing THK with only henchmen, such as I) just laugh at your uproar.

As we play, you dwindle your time away spamming messages in an outpost.

Great Job.