World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 10 | Page 59
World of Warcraft Community Magazine // 59
alive, with people screaming in
HEALTHY COMPETITION
When I was doing less DPS than
the other Warlock it gave me a
encouragement to that person
Confession time. Sometimes
benchmark of gear to catch up
I like being the only Warlock.
with. When I got close, it gave me
Do the little things make a
Want a closet? Me. Want
a reason to make adjustments to
difference? Yes. Even if you only
Healthstones? Me. (Drink
my spec, to rotations, movement,
did 100 more DPS per second
your Tonics you cheapos!!)
placement, and even priorities. I
to “Kill it, kill it, KILL IT!!”.
felt like I could never catch up,
because of food that 100 DPS
extra per second equals an
Except, it’s not; and, I really don’t.
and I actually got discouraged
until I started getting close
extra 66,000 damage to a boss
at the end of an 11 minute boss
One of the things about my guild
again. I had to have a sense
fight. 66,000 damage isn’t a lot
when I joined them that made
of humor about it, and made
of damage on it’s own, but when
them attractive is that there were
jokes about my own DPS to
you consider that it’s there just
two other Warlocks. While one
get through it on occasion.
for eating the correct food and
turned into a tank (their rightful
then doing what you would have
place, I’d argue, as they’re a
And then one night I heard him
been doing already it becomes a
really good tank); it’s nice having
say “I don’t care what my DPS
pretty amazing bonus. Just like
someone playing the same class
is as long as I’m the biggest
mistakes, the little things we do
as me as a healthy measure of
purple bar.” At first, I thought
right can push us towards a kill.
what I am doing right and wrong;
he was kind of full of himself,
and where I can improve.
I even got kind of huffy about
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