World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 7 | Page 71

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what they need to do, instead

which you might fall into without

meters and not paying attention

of just giving them the material

recognizing it, then it might be a

to the fight that I botched

and expecting them to teach

good idea to remove or at least

mechanics. I know it is nice to

themselves. Having someone

hide your meters during a fight. I

see how well you are doing, but

who knows what to do more than

have been known myself, to get

I suggest hiding the meters at

you do means that they can teach

excited with how I was doing, and

least during the fight to remove

you things you didn’t even think of.

almost stop everything to see

yet another distraction from what

exactly where I was falling in the

you should be focussing on.

For some people, having the

charts. When I really was doing
I have written this from a DPS

meters on screen at all times

well, I would get a confidence

is a great tool for letting you

boost that could propel me to

perspective, but that doesn’t

know when you are doing things

greatness (or probably just not

mean that it doesn’t apply to

right and when you aren’t. For

terrible) throughout the rest

Healers or Tanks as well. While

others, it can serve as a major

of the fight. When I was doing

the actual practice is different

distraction, causing you not only

less than satisfactory, though,

between the different roles in

to screw up your rotation, but

I would fall farther and farther

a raid, the idea is the same. ■

also the mechanics of the fight.

behind. In both accounts though,

If you fall in the latter category,

I spent enough time looking at my

By Andrew Spalding

The GameOn Magazine