[Rant] Most annoying experiences with people online

Originally Posted by DarkMageOzzie

That reminds me of something that happened in CoV. I had a friend who was like 15 I think. This one guy in his late 20s we were grouping with got into an argument with him and was swearing and talking like he was so tough and nobody better talk bad to him. Then he wants my friend to battle him in the arena without his pets when he's a pet class...

I remembered a really annoying experience I had in City of Villains. We had a team that had a Brute in it. Brute's are the closest thing the villain side gets to a tank and if their rage bar fills up they can do insane amounts of damage. It kind of encourages you to not take breaks inbetween fights. However this doesn't work in a team mission since the number of enemies is increased for every team member.

This guy I teamed with would not stop. He countless times ran ahead of the team or actually in a different direction then the rest of the team. Argued with me that since he's the Brute he should be leading the way even though I'm the team leader. I even died several times trying to keep him alive, finally near the end of the mission he dropped out and started telling everyone in his supergroup and coalition chat about how President Evil(me) kept getting him killed. Well one of the people in his coalition was in my team as well, told them what really happened and he was booted from his supergroup. Something is just so enjoyable when someone gets what they deserve.

Oh man! So many stories about CoX. I can understand the Brute's mentality. They want to SMASH, and they can't do that unless they have fury. Personally, I hate it when a team moves slow and I can't build up fury. When you're running with a Brute, expect the team to be rushed, because without fury, a Brute is just a weaker Scrapper with elemental attacks...

Here's some I'll share about CoX:

- My friend's first main character on hero side, was a Invulnerability/Mace Tanker. When he was trying to form a PuG at about level 43, some guy joined and commented "You're a Invuln!? You're living in the past! It's all about Stone tanks right now!" and left the party right after. I understand that after the giant nerf stick, Stone is the only BROKEN tank, but that does not mean that the other primaries (ESPECIALLY Invuln) cannot tank. For christ sakes, Invuln gets capped smash/lethal resistance! *sigh*

- Back to the Brutes. It is a common stereotype to ASSUme that Brutes are Tanks. This is false UNLESS they're a /stone. Brutes are your PRIMARY DAMAGE DEALERS! Villain side does not have a tanker class. What they have to rely on is constant teamwork that does not stop. They need to move as a group, but also move quickly. Brutes have no trouble holding aggro. Corrupters have great buffs, and provide great backup damage. Dominators help with mitigation. Masterminds add to the backup damage, and can act like a tank (if they're bots/FF or thugs/FF), and Stalkers are meant to be kicked from the team after getting everyone killed. Seriously NCsoft, this class needs to be helped out of the iron lung that is Energy Melee...

- Giant pet peeve of mine. People who belittle you for trying out odd job builds. I do understand when you run into a Brute, or Tanker that does not grab his/her mez (status effect) protection toggle. But to bitch at a Controller for trying to actually cause some damage instead of ONLY applying mez is just.... ugh.....

- Tankers that act like elitists. OK, the Tanker should always be the person to follow. Whether they are the team leader, or not. This does not mean that the tanker has the right to dictate what attacks you use. If I happen to be a Energy Blast, and I wanna use my AoE to finish up the damage on the majority of the mobs, I'm gonna do it. So what if the mobs fly all over the place? Use your damn taunt aura to get them back on you. For Christ sake YOU DO NOT EVEN NEED TO ATTACK THEM. Tanker taunt auras only require you to stand near them and you get aggro.

- /regen Scrappers that act like tanks. I don't care how high your regen is, that AV will one shot your stupid ass!

- Probably the biggest one is when I run in to someone that's fairly new to this game, but is a overall MMORPG vet. They assume all MMORPGs are the same (because a fair amount of them are...) and come into this game demanding one thing. "OMG NEED HEALZ!!!!" One lesson these people eventually learn is that CoX is a fast paced game that has you tearing through enemies. A large part of the assistance in this game comes from BUFFS. Stacking buffs can make your team unstoppable. They can get you to the point where you do not even need a heal at all. So to anyone here who ever plays CoX, remember. BUFF > HEALS!

How ya doing, buddy?

Actually, Brutes are one men armies. Of course, this is depending on several factors. Power sets, enemy damage types, and your level. Willpower Brutes can be pretty counter productive on a team, BUT they're at their best when they're in the middle of a giant crowd. (which is only common in a team of at least 5)

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by DarkMageOzzie

This was at like level 12 and it was before Electric Brutes were added let alone Willpower.

And if he's a one man army how come he kept dieing and blamed it on me for not healing him?

You misunderstand my intentions here. I'm not trying to defend his actions. I'm trying to state that there are times where it is justifiable for a Brute to use those tactics. To throw out one last off subject post, I'm starting a superteam this Friday. If you would like to join, PM me for details.

I'll throw 2 more gigantic pet peeves of mine.

- I play on Virtue mainly. The bad thing about this is that this is the RP server of the bunch. A large portion of RPers act like pompous jackasses when they find out that you are not a RPer and you're playing on "their" server.

- People that call power leveling "cheating". Also, people that completely look down on you for power leveling and farming. If I make a character because I want to use a certain power, but that power is only achievable at a certain level, what's wrong with having some friends power level me up to that level? I understand getting angry when people bug you about it when you don't wanna hear it, but I get crap by merely stating that I support power leveling. This is why I only do PuGs when me or my friend are leaders. This is just another example of other people trying to dictate how you should play the game.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Oh man, I've been trying out FFXI with my RL buddy. It's been good and bad. One of the issues I have with that game is the EXTREME linearity of the classes. Sure, there's some minor customization when it comes to picking your secondary job, but that game pretty much puts a gun to your head and forces you into a certain role based on your job. This, of course, leads to people going crazy on you for being a noob. I'm lucky I had my friend to show me the ropes. Darwinism would have run its course on me by now.

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