What frustrates you in raids?

#0 - June 17, 2008, 10:18 a.m.
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Let's do a Top-X of most annoying things during raid time.


Constant disconnects by a crucial player. Generally one of the main tanks.
Loot lovers screaming about unfair distribution. Seriously, shut up, it'll drop again next week.
Repeated overaggro by the same DPS players.
Players asking for a summon in raid chat. Whisper a warlock damnit.
Some player ninja pulling and causing a wipe. (Bonus points if the ninja puller manages to stay alive himself)
Asking for a heal over teamspeak, constantly and every single time your health drops below 90%
Buffers, slacking. Having to tell them, every single wipe to buff up fast.
Players asking buffers for specific buffs, while those are obviously still busy buffing. Have some patience, or whisper them instead.
Dead players, not running and demanding a rez so they can go afk and watch porn.
Going afk during a boss fight without letting others know, receive a Battlerez and not accept it.
Going afk a few seconds before a ready check.
Strange afk times. Also known as "brb 2 minutes" (or muffin time in our guild) only to come back 15-20 minutes later.
That guy who doesn't know how to use "push to talk" on teamspeak and is constantly causing feedback.
Players wanting to kill boss X before boss Y and whine about it because they need loot.
Long discussions over whisper during boss combat. Then be outraged because you get no response within a minute.
People not understanding, or bothering to listen to tactics.
Players who don't understand that fire is in fact hot.
Casuals going "ding" in guild chat. Or anyone for that matter.
Slackers who show up 5-10 minutes after the usual raid start time, then demand an invite because they were "on time".
Raid members putting other players on ignore. How stupid can you get really.
Drunk or sick during raid, and irrational behavior. While it's of course very honorable that you're still willing to raid when you're not fit to, sometimes it's best to just go to bed early so you'll be good and fit the next day.
Players bringing their "real life" issues into the raid. If I ever care to find out why little timmy his poop is black instead of brown, I'll be the first to ask you. No really...
Emo players, whether they go "emo" because we're doing wipes for 2 hours, or because loot distribution isn't handled the way they like it.
Players crying about their repair cost. If you wipe a lot, obviously you'll have repairs, just deal with it.
Players who forget to equip resistance gear for relevant fights.
Shamans without ankhs.
Druids without acorns to battle rez.
Warlocks who show up for raids without soul shards.
Players who find out during raid time that some of their addons aren't working.
Players using wireless to connect to their internet router.
Players using wireless mouse / keyboard running out of battery power mid-raid.


Can you think up some more?
#24 - June 17, 2008, 2:12 p.m.
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Express yourselves, but please not by swearing :-)