World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 10 | Page 61

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lone dots while we killed each
other slowly with the brands,
something a guild that is nearly
ten years old should never
be doing. I cried in whispers
to my friend between pulls
because everyone was usually
so good at communicating.
Bouncing brands was,
traditionally the other two
Warlock’s jobs in normal, and
then other varying combinations
(Hunter/Hunter, Hunter/Warlock)
when we came in on heroic.
Somehow, these combinations
didn’t work out. The rest of
the raid would be too slow in

manner. We were, as they say

While everyone could see the

getting the brand to them in

dressing the line; dot became

information, it’s on everyone to

the essential third phase, or

form and Imperator Mar’Gok

help shoulder the entire weight to

they would be unable to get

was dead within an hour.

help share the burden of getting
a thing right rather than just

away, people backpedaled, or at
one point only one person was

It wasn’t that our raid leadership

looking to the raid leadership

bouncing brands which made

had failed us by not calling these

with expectant eyes and then

me want to pull my hair out.

things out for us before the two

huffing about it privately. That

of us had decided to. It was that

isn’t to say you should always

The last time, I wound up

they simply had too many things

be hustling people along, but

bouncing brands with my fellow

to say, address, communicate,

decide: Form, or the dot?

Warlock, and it was suddenly

and do. A lot happens in some

drastically different. If we noticed

fights. The person calling for

Reset please, reset please…

people not moving fast enough

healing cooldowns sometimes

RESET PLEASE, RESET PLEASE.

or too fast, our desire to push

can’t be expected to help

through the phase pushed one

people with their debuffs

One of my earliest marching

another to hustle people back to

and the tanks are a bit busy

memories is of my visual

us and away from us in a timely

communicating with each other.

instructor repeating the words
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