Hey all. My name is Earthcaller. My main is a Feral Druid. My Alt is a Resto Shaman.
That said, let me rant and rave a little about pugs.
Lately, while trying to level my Shaman (and subsequentially gear him to heal raids), I've found it increasingly difficult to find pugs to run non-heroic instances. This is more specifically due to a severe lack of tanks, although finding a group of competent people first and foremost is difficult in of itself. Why is this occurring? Is it simply because everyone and their mother is doing at least Kara? Or is the allure of welfare epics (read:Arena Gear) too strong for people to play the game's main content anymore?
Now, please do not misunderstand me. I loves me some PvP action, even as a gimped feral druid in arenas (Unless of course their team consists of rogues and warriors, then I go to town.) But I think PvE plays a much larger part in the game that PvP ever has. Granted, with the introduction of Arenas, PvP is no longer simply an afterthought in the game anymore, and thankfully, craptastic world PvP objectives (Silithus, anyone?) aren't the only thing that is left for PvPers to kill and maim to their little heart's content.
I don't know. It just all seems like a little Catch-22ish to me. In order to start at a competitive rate in Arenas, you need decent gear. In order to get decent gear, you need to run instances. In order to run instances, you need to find groups, which is nearly impossible now thanks to Arenas.
Does anyone else find something wrong with this equation?
On a side note, I should probably Make a relative post concerning Druids and their current state in-game. Maybe I'll get to that...eventually.
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ChaosshamanIt's true a lack of tanks exist, but it is not as bad as some people may think. The real problem lies in that tanks just don't want to do PUGs. It can be way to much stress on a tank having to deal with dps classes that just won't: let you establish aggro, attack the correct target, not constantly break crowd control. To add to this some players always will blame the tank in this situation. I have been leveling up my warrior recently and I just plain refuse to do a PUG most of the time. As a feral druid you must know the feeling at times. Anyways that's my two cents.