This was a major problem for me as a raid leader in WoW. Our team consisted almost entirely of RL friends and coworkers. I ended up in awkward situations. Especially when someone wasn't very good or we kept hitting an enrage timer because their dps was below the tanks. I learned to walk a tightrope.
Also the nights when 12 would show up for a 10 man raid.... sucks having to ask people to sit out. Bitterness starts to build.
Guarantee all the people that say they are passing on D3 will be playing it. It's just "cool" to hate on Blizzard while secretley playing everything they put out.
Still no way to turn of XP in LOTRO? Meh. I won't reactiavte until they add that. I don't see why Turbine won't add that when there are threads with hundreds of posts in their suggestion forum that have been asking for YEARS.
Everytime I try a new MMO I ask myself why I'm not playing RIFT. It's been fun everytime I play it. LucasArts should purchase TRION and put them in charge of SWTOR imo!
The Guild Counsel: Raiding and dealing with the dreaded 'bench'
Mar 15th 2012 8:51PM (Massively)Also the nights when 12 would show up for a 10 man raid.... sucks having to ask people to sit out. Bitterness starts to build.
ArenaNet focuses on community in latest dev blog
Mar 15th 2012 3:18PM (Massively)Diablo III launches May 15th [Updated]
Mar 15th 2012 2:57PM (Massively)Command & Conquer browser MMO enters open beta
Mar 15th 2012 2:51PM (Massively)Epic in scope: SWTOR's James Ohlen explains plans for the future
Mar 13th 2012 3:36PM (Massively)The reality is that is probably the date that you lost a server first kill or something and now "the game sucks". There's always a story.
LotRO's Great River update flows today, patch notes released [Updated]
Mar 12th 2012 12:22PM (Massively)gPotato closing Prius Online, compensating players through April 10th
Mar 11th 2012 6:52AM (Massively)The MMO Report: RIFT's two Adams
Mar 9th 2012 3:20AM (Massively)World of Warcraft: Cataclysm post-mortem reflects on success, failure, and lessons learned
Mar 8th 2012 3:23PM (Massively)Hyperspace Beacon: One step forward...
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