0. Better watch what you say... 11/02/2009 12:57:07 PM PST
During all of this discussion regarding the Radiance change I made a post about Stamina stacking, and how the choices made by the player base (to stack stamina) are a reaction based on our (players) experiences as tanks.
I illuminated that it is Blizzard who decides what goes into an encounter, and it is us (players) who decide how we react to it.
Recently a Craby individual has expressed that it is the player base that decides to do things, such as stack stamina, and that those are poor choices because it does not allow for the use of other gems that may be better, such as dodge, parry, str, etc.
Again, it was addressed that the playerbase simply took the data they were presented, made what they felt was the best choice, and moved forward.
Again, this was said to be wrong, by some ghostly forum figures.
Later on, it was put to all of us that there would be a dodge nerf in the coming patch, affecting only players in the IC instance.
I chose to take this event/change as a prime example on why the player base chooses to do what they do; in the instance of tanking...geming for stamina exclusively.
To make a long story even loooonger. In a post that was plain, to the point, was not rude, did not use foul language, and was completely factual, I was...given a short vacation by some little red fellow who was not as buttery as he should have been.
So to all of you tanks out there:
Beware, do not make your arguments to concise
Do be sure to QQ as to add some discredit to your writing voice
Do not include math
Do not point out instances that validate your point, unless there is some QQ to discredit yourself
Again, do not be concise
...I think this is the 8th vacation I have been given...and all from the same person, and for the same old reason.
2. Re: Better watch what you say... 11/02/2009 01:08:11 PM PST
Piece of advice: If you're given a "forum vacation" for saying stupid stuff, coming back to the forum and calling out the devs for your bad behavior isn't a good preventative measure for future (or permanent) "vacations."
Q u o t e: We made no attempt to balance the tank classes, so beating us up for not accomplishing what we weren't trying to do seems odd to me.
5. Re: Better watch what you say... 11/02/2009 01:18:28 PM PST
It was probably because you set a very poor tone with the title.
"Note to GC" can sound very condescending (in addition to directly calling to GC which you aren't supposed to do in the first place), especially when the content can be summarized as, "People choose the best stats because the best stats are best."
Its a gray area as to whether that warrants any action beyond a lock (or even a lock at all), he may have just been in a poor mood at the time, but you are likely to receive further action from this post since you are complaining about a locked thread being locked.
