World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 10 | Page 59

World of Warcraft Community Magazine // 59

alive, with people screaming in

HEALTHY COMPETITION

When I was doing less DPS than
the other Warlock it gave me a

encouragement to that person
Confession time. Sometimes

benchmark of gear to catch up

I like being the only Warlock.

with. When I got close, it gave me

Do the little things make a

Want a closet? Me. Want

a reason to make adjustments to

difference? Yes. Even if you only

Healthstones? Me. (Drink

my spec, to rotations, movement,

did 100 more DPS per second

your Tonics you cheapos!!)

placement, and even priorities. I

to “Kill it, kill it, KILL IT!!”.

felt like I could never catch up,

because of food that 100 DPS
extra per second equals an

Except, it’s not; and, I really don’t.

and I actually got discouraged
until I started getting close

extra 66,000 damage to a boss
at the end of an 11 minute boss

One of the things about my guild

again. I had to have a sense

fight. 66,000 damage isn’t a lot

when I joined them that made

of humor about it, and made

of damage on it’s own, but when

them attractive is that there were

jokes about my own DPS to

you consider that it’s there just

two other Warlocks. While one

get through it on occasion.

for eating the correct food and

turned into a tank (their rightful

then doing what you would have

place, I’d argue, as they’re a

And then one night I heard him

been doing already it becomes a

really good tank); it’s nice having

say “I don’t care what my DPS

pretty amazing bonus. Just like

someone playing the same class

is as long as I’m the biggest

mistakes, the little things we do

as me as a healthy measure of

purple bar.” At first, I thought

right can push us towards a kill.

what I am doing right and wrong;

he was kind of full of himself,

and where I can improve.

I even got kind of huffy about
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