Knowing the new classes

MANray_ - Sanctuary wrote: »

Of all people in a squad the Cleric is the one person that should never pull... Most Sins i've squaded with like to brag about being able to pull so you should have handled the job, and why was your Shadow Escape on cooldown anyway? Hope it wasn't just from dancing around mobs like some Sins will do sometimes...

The best way to learn about other classes (since not all players like to make an alt in each one) is to have someone teach you. This used to be common conversations back when the game got started.

Veno; Don't attack until the mob is close to me, i'll pull.
Someone else; What's that?
Veno; I use my pet so that only one mob will come at us.

Barb; Don't heal me until you see swords piercing the mobs.
Someone else; Why?
Barb; Because otherwise they'll come after you, i need to get aggro first.

Cleric; Stay close to me i'll BB.
Someone else; What's that?
Cleric; I'll use a skill that will keep everyone close to me healed.

It's your job to teach others about your class. I find it arrogant that you expect everyone else to modify tried tactics because of what YOU can do. Example;

Sin; Cleric don't heal me, no one attack the mobs. I'll draw them away and stealth out.

And if you don't have enough time.

Sin; Next time don't heal a Sin if you see he's trying to draw mobs away. We can stealth out and reset their aggro.

If you want to point your finger at someone's failure look in the mirror...

Edit; And to think you have the nerve to complaint about a Cleric that was trying to help you by healing...

First of all, I did not point finger at anyone's failure. I mentioned this is something that came to my mind, nowhere did I say that the mess was Cleric's fault. I have also mentioned that it was partly my fault. The only complaint I really had was Cleric putting blame on me for him dying when I was trying to save him.

Second of all, I was right in front trying to lure, waiting for Gluttonix to move away from his ads so I could pull when Cleric rushed to pull with his own genie. I do not feel it is my responsibility to tell a Cleric not to pull as most should know what their classes usually do anyway. Everyone was there to complete a BH, not spoonfeed each other. Most squads like to do fast and quick BHs so everyone is usually expected to adapt to situations on their own.

Third, Shadow Escape has 90 seconds cooldown. I do not keep it ready for when someone gets in a sticky situations and I need to draw aggro. I use it when I get in a sticky situation. In this case I used it before the boss to save myself from a Sac Assault mob.

Lastly, I found it inconvenient to tell a Cleric to not heal me when I was already running from 7 mobs and I only had the chance to tell the Cleric what I tried to do after he died. I was running far away from the squad for a reason. If I wanted the rest of the squad to help me rid of the mobs, I would have ran back and forth around others until they noticed me. In cases of emergencies, I expect people to adapt to the situation according to their common sense rather than follow the conventional guidelines. Perhaps next time I should teach people what to do before starting BH so in case the Cleric decides to pull the boss even though 4/6 people had a pull genie, they will know how to act according to what I taught them. Of course, if everyone followed guidelines there wouldn't be any oopsies and the BH would run so perfectly...

You can't always expect BHs to be the same as each players have their own styles of playing. One guideline taught in other squad may not work in the new squad. That is why I think rather than people only knowing their own classes, they should also know and experience what other classes are capable of so they can adapt better in sticky situations.