I’m probably not the first one to observe this, but has anyone noticed that Ret Pallies are the primary source of Mage QQ? I’m serious!
The largest group of people yelling that mages need nerfs? Ret Paladins. All those threads that start with “mages are overpowered” or “arcane is OP”? Nearly all of them started by a Ret Paladin or a Ret Paladin’s alt.
Occasionally, a warlock or a warrior, or even a hunter, will show up and cry, but most of them are Ret Paladins.
What gives?
Is there some sort of weird logic where Ret Pallies think that they’re forum avatar will confuse people? It does look very similar to a mage’s avatar, and an untrained eye could easily miss the distinction. Even the symbol doesn’t really help. A glowing stick with a knobby bit on the end or a glowing stick with a somewhat larger knobby bit on the end.
If you’re ever in doubt, the Ret Paladins will be the ones screaming for the mage class to be nerfed. Occasionally, you’ll see a mage calling for nerfs; don’t be alarmed, this is merely a Ret Paladin in a clever disguise.
Why the hate? Why the spewing of bile?
What did we mages ever do to you?
I mean, in raiding, I get that it’s sort of a one sided relationship. Y’all offer us Replenishment, a Blessing, and some seriously kick ass debuffs. All we can offer in return is food and transportation.
Is it PvP? Are Ret Paladins sick of getting wtfpwnd by mages all the time? If it’s this, there’s a whole lot of Paladins out there who need some quality time with a reflective surface.
In all seriousness, what is up with this? It’s as prevalent as mages complaining about warlocks last expansion.
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There are two Death Knights in Stay Frosty.
No, no, there are much more than two, but I’m talking about two specific ones.
So, these two Death Knights are brothers. There In Real Life names are “Vince” and “Tony”.
Think about that. Death Knights. Named Vince and Tony. They are family.
Now, I don’t know about you, but my brain had a little anuerism at the thought of a Death Knight mafia.
Just think of that dead, hollow voice saying: “It’s a big woild, ya know; tings get broken. Yer gear, yer arm… yeh could use some protect’n, ‘s’all ahm’ sayin’”
Imagine the sheer terror you’d experience if two guys, Vince and Gutripper, showed up at your door.
I mean, Vince is perfectly willing to boil your freaking blood as a hobby. You don’t even want to know what Gutripper wants to do. (Hint – it has something to do with his name.)
I’m just saying, if the Lich King abandoned this whole “annihilate the world” thing and started up a protection racket, he could be pretty damn successful.
Really, are you going to refuse someone who can arrange for your children to be eaten by zombies?
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If you’re wondering “What the hell is up with this blog’s strange post titles?”, I can explain!
Whenever I can’t think of an appropriate title, I simply use a phrase or sentence that was said/typed that day.
Today’s example is when, while cooking, a family member grabbed a paper towel in order to clean up a small spill on the stovetop.
However, aforementioned paper towel was on fire. Hence the question, “Why is this on fire?”
All we can offer in return is food and transportation
And arcane brilliance, don’t forget that. The +int buff is actually really handy combined with Replenishment; Ret. pallies have been having serious discussion concerning whether +int is a stat they want to seek on their gear.
(The conclusion is: barely no. You’d want it if the extra mana regen lets you cast more spells, and Retribution is close to the point of needing extra mana regen, but barely not into that condition.)
I’m not going to lie: It warmed my heart yesterday when I ran an instance with a Retadin and a DK as the fellow deeps and I absolutely annihilated them on damage meters .
If you must know, I’m level 79 Arcane (56/3/11) and did ~1700 DPS; level 79 Retadin did ~1500, level 80 DK did ~1400. Smiles.
As far as your forum observations go, I was thinking the same thing when I was perusing the forums at work (shhhh!) the other night, seeing all sorts of Retadin tears spilt and smeared across mage threads about how Arcane Barrage is “unfair” and “needs to be on a 10 second cooldown.” How Slow “needs a 15 second cooldown or a highly restrictive manacost/cast time.” How Ice Block has “ruined the game since it became available to non-frost Mages.”
I haven’t played WoW for very long, but I have enough experienced friends to know how much Ret Pallies dominated for a long stretch. So armed with that knowledge, I proclaim that their tears taste like lollipops and also make my pants happy.
Actually I think as far as this strange thing balance goes mages are pretty ok across the board. Something needs to be done with the frost tree but that seems more like finetuning.
Ret paladins complaining about mages? strange… sure you’re a little sensitive to spell damage… but if you’re that much into pvp you can some decent stuff in engineering to annoy mages… rocket boots are great for closing distances… plenty of shield stuff in there too… extra ranged dps…
Then again after playing a warlock for so long my brief foray into ret pvp is like taking candy from a baby.
I thought the post title was rather fitting… ret all fired up… but why?
Ret Pallys do more consistent damage than any class in the game right now, and even though a good mage should have no problems with a Ret Pally, it’s very hypocritical for them to QQ about us.
Why is this on fire is a perfectly valid question to ask in the course of everyday life. I find that most things aren’t supposed to be on fire, thus leading to the question as to why they are on fire.
My ret pally b/f whinges all the time about mages & the fact I got two, both alliance and horde drives him nuts.
On another note your title make me giggle, although I wouldn’t let you loose in my kitchen
What exactly does “more consistent damage than any class in the game right now” actually mean? DKs tend to have the highest potential DPS right now. Have you seen WWS parses from geared 0/32/39 DKs. OMFG.
By the way, pallies suck. Mages FTW.
Darkdalamar, Drak’Tharon
(yes, i’m specced Frost, even though Blizzard hates frost)
I’m never gonna give you up Squirtle, Never Gonna let you Down!
Whenever I see a DK or Pali , I know it’s gonna be a hard one…talking from a shammy’s point of view. Mages are pawned pretty quick by my elemental rampage.