I think if I were to ever try being a healer, it would be as a resto shaman. Might be something I attempt come Cataclysm, since I'll want a token goblin to try out. I may try tanking on Wynn someday, but only in a all guild group where they'd be really patient, understanding, forgiving, that sort of thing. ^^;
Ohman, I so know what you mean on MT personalities. I've been mostly lucky since, but in vanilla, we had some of the worst control freaks/prima donna sorts, as well as one tank who like to *FREAK OUT* with even the most minor of stress. The guild I ran with in BC mostly were average tanks, though one guy was HORRID like was he just autoattacking or something? I could pull threat off him with *dots*. But back then I met one of the most mellow, nice tanks ever, and he's still a friend of ours, even though the bunch of us left Hellscream for Eldre'Thalas. And I've known two female tanks, though the one in vanilla was mostly OT (since the true MT was the control freak/prima donna sort :p ), and she was pretty decent. Though our current MT, a paladin, is a woman who's become a friend of mine and is on my flist. :D I guess she's been MTing since mid-BC, was recruited to our guild on Hellscream for that role, and obviously we drug her with us to E'T. We share a common fondness for male belfs, and at times used to traumatize the guys we raided with with our emoting and nigh-naked dancing (sadly, all our friends are used to us by now, so it doesn't phase them anymore XD )
But I'm too much of a perfectionist on it, trying to maximize my dps. OH MY GOD YES. I understand this, *so* very much. I have stressed about dps since freaking vanilla, when I was a terrible rogue and had reason to stress, all throughout the time I've been a lock and chasing after better players to try to be like them. It doesn't matter if I'm told I'm being too hard on myself, being self-critical, that I'm good, I always feel I should be better. I absolutely can't understand people who slack, because I'm always trying as hard as I can and feeling like I should try harder--even on old content or trash or whatnot. Even if at times I know certain classes do better, or certain do better on specific fights, I always feel like I need to improve.
Honestly, if I applied this sort of thinking to finding a new career and/or writing (fan or original)...man, what I could do. :/ The only other way I seem to push myself in that way was in school.
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Date: 2010-08-20 02:31 pm (UTC)Ohman, I so know what you mean on MT personalities. I've been mostly lucky since, but in vanilla, we had some of the worst control freaks/prima donna sorts, as well as one tank who like to *FREAK OUT* with even the most minor of stress. The guild I ran with in BC mostly were average tanks, though one guy was HORRID like was he just autoattacking or something? I could pull threat off him with *dots*. But back then I met one of the most mellow, nice tanks ever, and he's still a friend of ours, even though the bunch of us left Hellscream for Eldre'Thalas. And I've known two female tanks, though the one in vanilla was mostly OT (since the true MT was the control freak/prima donna sort :p ), and she was pretty decent. Though our current MT, a paladin, is a woman who's become a friend of mine and is on my flist. :D I guess she's been MTing since mid-BC, was recruited to our guild on Hellscream for that role, and obviously we drug her with us to E'T. We share a common fondness for male belfs, and at times used to traumatize the guys we raided with with our emoting and nigh-naked dancing (sadly, all our friends are used to us by now, so it doesn't phase them anymore XD )
But I'm too much of a perfectionist on it, trying to maximize my dps.
OH MY GOD YES. I understand this, *so* very much. I have stressed about dps since freaking vanilla, when I was a terrible rogue and had reason to stress, all throughout the time I've been a lock and chasing after better players to try to be like them. It doesn't matter if I'm told I'm being too hard on myself, being self-critical, that I'm good, I always feel I should be better. I absolutely can't understand people who slack, because I'm always trying as hard as I can and feeling like I should try harder--even on old content or trash or whatnot. Even if at times I know certain classes do better, or certain do better on specific fights, I always feel like I need to improve.
Honestly, if I applied this sort of thinking to finding a new career and/or writing (fan or original)...man, what I could do. :/ The only other way I seem to push myself in that way was in school.