Things OT Can't Teach You

[Ephirith]

I don't really have problems with bards who are being polite and reasonable. Yea, conventional full groups should probably be in a dungeon. OT and the other outdoor zones do have some tremendous advantages for certain people:

1. Enchanter/Shaman charm duo with single pulls, no caster mobs, and plenty of room to maneuver so my brother can learn the mechanics of charm duoing in a safe environment. Shamans can actually charm animals in this level range, and there aren't many good places outside of OT in this level range to do that.

2. Fear kiting

3. Greater flexibility in group composition: You don't need to wait around for the perfect classes, you can usually make do with what you've got while LFM

4. Virtually zero risk. A wipe and long recovery murders your xp.

5. Before the proliferation of bards, there were endless pulls that you didn't have to break.

6. Casual players can more easily drop in and out of groups without obsessing over ending the party or calling in a replacement from far away.

That said, there are so many awesome dungeons in this level range that I think it would be a shame to grind it away in Overthere... I certainly don't. But then, I don't expect everyone to have the same preferences as me.

And regarding all this rhetoric about a dungeon being a learning experience that teaches everyone what to do, it goes both ways. If you're going to demand this kind of shit from other people, maybe you should stop swarming from 1-50+ and learn to be a bard?