User blog:OB75/Don't call me!!!

Just a little bit of a rant before this upcoming raid starts...

I'm sure many of you experienced it before; getting called on by 'friends' or even guildmates who get a raid boss, but only hit it once or several times before going inactive for the rest of the 2 hours, hoping that someone else will take care of it for them. I personally don't mind helping people out by burning a few pp for your cause, but I am not about to take out a 600k, or worst yet, 900k - 1.2mil boss while you sit back and reap the rewards at the end.

Now I know there are players out there who strive for the rank, and love it when people call them; kudos to you guys, you have the cash/pp to do it, why not. For the rest of us not willing to spend $100+ dollars, the potions are a precious commodity that we like to ration out over the course of the event, so that we get to the ultimate goal of the main boss, or even the hidden boss for those who play past the intermission.

BUT when these derps call you out for help, and sit there... that's another story. For 2 hours, you are tied up; and when there are actual friends or guildmates who DO want to fight their own monster, but need help, then they're stuck. I'll usually let it go once or twice with the same guy putting out calls and doing nothing, but there have been cases where the same player calls for help, does nothing for 2 hours, then calls another boss, and sits there again for another 2 hours... 3 to 4 times in a row!

Needless to say I gladly took the 5 point reduction in stats to drop their ass...

It's quite hilarious to see them on the message boards an hour or two later "looking for friends." Clicking on the ad, you see that they have a # of open spots, where as before, they were at capacity with their friend count. Guess I wasn't the only one fed up with being called on by this idiot. I was soooo tempted in posting a warning to people about the person's antics, but decided to just go my own way, and let the new friends find out on their own. lol

Well, sorry for the long rant for those of you who made it this far down the post; thanks for reading. What are your thoughts about these kinds of 'friends?'