A new patch is coming. A new season looms. That magical time of year when tryhards and min-maxers rise from their spreadsheets like caffeine-fueled groundhogs, blinking into the sunlight, clutching Icyvein builds like holy scripture, and quoting their favorite streamer DPSDaddy as if channeling divine commandments straight from the Titan Pantheon.
I used to think WoW was a game. Turns out it’s actually a competitive, unpaid internship where your worth is measured entirely by your ability to parse and top a meter in a 14-minute dungeon. And heaven help you if you play a B-tier class — people stare at you like you just wandered into a wedding reception wearing Crocs.
“Why are you playing Blood? It’s not the meta pick.”
Because I like it, Greg. Is that okay?
I remember a simpler time — when just clearing a dungeon without spontaneously combusting was considered a win. You hit your buttons (mostly in the right order), dodged a cleave or two, maybe faceplanted into some fire — but hey, the boss died, loot dropped, and Azeroth was saved… until next Wednesday.
Now it’s:
“Why did you pull that mob?”
Because we’re in a dungeon, Steve. Pulling mobs is literally the point.
But no — now every move must be frame-perfect, boss positioning pixel-precise, and don’t you dare forget the skip strategy that requires a blood sacrifice and six WeakAura timers. So fun!
And DPS meters? Because nothing says “fun” like arguing over decimal points of damage in a dungeon that most will forget by tomorrow. Missing a kick will get you ex communicated.
“I topped the charts!”
Amazing. May your imaginary followers on Warcraft Logs fall to their knees in awe.
Watching folks min-max a +2 dungeon is like showing up to a fast food job interview in a tuxedo. Sure, it’s impressive… if the job actually required it. Spoiler: it doesn’t.
“But if you’re not pumping 500k DPS with your perfect SimCraft setup and your trinket that requires a lunar eclipse to drop, are you even trying?”
No, Sharon, I’m not. I’m playing a video game, not auditioning for the Olympic qualifiers.
I picked the wrong Covenant back in Shadowlands… and lived to tell the tale.
So while everyone else is glued to their RaiderIO, optimizing their already optimized builds, chasing orange parses, and reading combat logs like ancient scrolls predicting their divine ascension to Mount Meta… I’ll be over here, avoiding it all like the plague — in the fine company of my risen ghoul (his name’s Frank).
I’ll be queueing for normal dungeons — stress-free — just to Death Strike kobolds in the face… then stealing their candles. I’ll be collecting transmog sets like fine wine, taming and leveling battle pets nobody asked for, and rolling my umpteenth alt to venture through old zones the player base collectively forgot existed — because gasp — they’re not “current content.”
I’ll be over here, gleefully ignoring the meta and embracing my blatant heresy.
Some might call it unambitious… I call it fun. And freedom.
EDIT: Due to popular interest, I’ve commissioned some heretical pamphlets detailing more about the The Chill Hard Crusade. Please, help yourself — read at your leisure and spread the word.
that is why I have chill guild where we do stuff for fun, not for metric. Well there are some folks that want that kind of challenge but it is not mandatory to play top tier class/race combination with certain specialization etc.
I don’t have DPS meter cos I don’t need to have one - I’m not someone who will race to world first etc.
That is why I’m telling you - there is more of us out there. Sure I will read icy veins to get better insight, but that is it.
Only sad thing that could happen is when you will find dungeon group that is running like it is any% speedrun SGDQ etc events.
We both know that the meta is also trickling down to us normals players.
You can even see people wanting meta specs for lower keys and normal raid cause they think they can substitute any lack of skill by that.
And jus finding a guild and friends isn’t possible for everyone
I play the same character/class/spec every season, every expansion since Wrath. I play at the level I’m happy with/most comfortable. I consider myself very average.
I’m not saying people don’t meta chase, ofc they do. Some people only ever choose what is strongest. However that is not to say that there isn’t a huge chunk of the playerbase that don’t.
As much as it was an entertaining read, pugs are what they are. Can’t really do much about them.
Want a smoother, chiller run? Friends/Guilds/Communities are the only viable solution.
My dear Puny, you raid mythic, you push 3k, you have 46k achiev points… You are not average. Not sure why you keep saying it but it’s not the first time I’ve seen it
And like I said before I can’t win. The forums either calls me a rubbish (in less polite terms) boosted player or people like you feel I’m above average.
Soon as I hit 3k for mount I stopped pushing. My guild is not CE and doesn’t get through the bosses fast like those competitive guilds do.
Its a mixture of both, you parse 4-47 on mythic bosses so you’re getting pretty carried in that content but at the same time you’ve done that content so thats above what the average player does every season.
Thing is average players do not set foot in mythic raids, nor do they push 3k m+ OR have that many achievement points. So based on those numbers it’s definitely above average. Your performance in said content is irrelevant really. Both to the discussion and in general. Screw logs
