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We were in a guild that was originally formed in WC3 that was the first guild to down Onyxia. Leader was an asshat, we reformed. That leader was an asshat, and then we reformed again. I was elected leader.
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So you were the top guild on horde side, or were competing to be top guild from launch till burning crusade.
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When she hit max level, i knew she could raid - I'd seen her play in all the dungeons up to raid, and we were critically short on warlocks. If you played during molten core, you would know how essential warlocks were in so many battles. I petitioned to let her move to from a 'casual' rank to a 'raider' rank.
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I do not know how your server worked around MC, but as the top guild horde side on Blackrock, we had multiple applications from various classes to fill any raiding need most with some type of gear/experience.
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At first it was just called out as blatant favoritism. "The guild leader's whore" - this was a term that people used. Mainly behind my back, but of course I would find out. We were on progression mobs which entailed many, many wipes. The overreaction to any wipe caused by her, in comparison to the multitude of wipes caused by a LOT of our raiding members, was out of this world.
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The guild leader's girl friend with no experience or gear jumps to an active raider over other qualified people in the guild who have been waiting/farming gear for a raiding spot. You don't understand why people complained or overreacted to this scenario?
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When TBC came out we all leveled up and she decided to reroll into a new class. She had the alt, a shaman, already geared up from alt runs.
At the time, she was playing a very unpopular spec - the 'elemental shaman'. Those of you who might remember, there was a time when ele shamans only had 1 instant, no DoTs, and no way to cast while they moved. Blizzard has since rectified this issue, but the overarching complaint was that on movement based fights (read: all) ele shaman just couldn't keep up. Analysis showed them bottom of DPS, just below boomkins.
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Guild leader knowingly allows girlfriend to play the worst possible dps spec/class in the game. On an alt no less, which more than likely has worse gear then the previously raid equiped main spec toon, which people already resented gearing up in the first place.
Yes 10 new levels in BC, all new gear; however, I recall still having some naxx 40 items on when i went to karazhan. Although, I could be mistaken on this.
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So we got to raiding shortly after TBC released, Karazhan, and that's when the shit storm blew up once again. Coming in at 6th place, even though she was off by maybe a half percent of total dmg from 5th, was a huge confidence killer. She was ridiculed for being 'bad' at her class. Melee shamans were way outperforming at this point, and her contribution was being downplayed. Never mind the fact that she was part of a group that was server first to clear Kara
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Server first to clear Kara. You are still in a highly competitive raid scene. Your guild downsized with the release of BC from 40 man raid force to 25. There is now more competition for raid slots. Further, Kara is only 10 man. Making the server first 10 man spots even more competitive.
What was Kara like, 2 tanks/3 healers/2 dps with CC/ and 3 flex spots? So your girlfriend's alt reroll with blue quest gear, the lowest performing dps per your damage meters, and has the non maximum dps cookie cutter spec takes one of those 3 spots?
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- that she played a class with tangible benefits to our caster dps -- that she had clutch instant heals when needed -- that she provided bloodlust and never fucked up -- her marginally less dps than the mage was enough for her to get tormented by members of our guild. It goes without saying that on times she raided with 'pugs' she was number 1 dps by a wide margin.
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Overlooking the above flaw is OK because she could click bloodlust when told to? A melee shm can click bloodlust and bring "outperforming" dps.
A mage brings more dps and a mage could hard CC. Which at the time was a big deal. Not sure your argument on this one.
She out dps pugs who just faceroll their keyboards? Again solid argument.
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I'm 100% positive it was conflated with me being the guild leader. Back then, leader was a full-time job for me in addition to anything else I had going on. A 40 man raid meant at least 66 active raiders, constant recruitment, and tons of drama.
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It absolutely had to do with the entanglement of being the guild leader.
I could care less how you use your interweb powerz, and/or feel the need to e-defend your wife; however, acting like you were never in the wrong and there was zero justification for the reaction others gave you in a competitive server first guild is just comical. Take off the rose colored glasses.