Last year I wrote a post about not being special when it comes to joining a guild. While there were some minor flaws in my thinking, I think the logic still stands. After running tons of random heroics using the LFG tool on multiple toons, this notion now extends to those runs as well.

You ever notice when, even after you spend a few minutes telling a group what to do and what not to do on a fight, they do it anyway or ignore your instructions. I’ve run into this a lot when using the LFG tool and it is usually a DPS’er or two that are guilty of the transgression. You tell the DPS to do X, and there’s always that one person that seemingly assumes you are talking to everyone else and not them and the they proceed to do ‘X.’ It happens in the same fights in the same instances every time.

So, I present a laundry list of as many oft-ignored “do/do not do X” moments that bug the holy crap out of me:

• “…don’t stand in the fires/void zones/poison/soul wells/ice patches/lightning.” (pretty standard)

• “…kill the casters first.”
• “…get behind the boss, don’t get cleaved.”
• “…kill the charming totems.”
• “…make sure the same person that loots the staff loots the headpiece.”
• “…wait here while the tank pulls the mobs around the corner.”
• “…free the people trapped in ice, especially the healer.”
• “…kill Skarvold first, then Dalronn.”
• “…move if you are getting hit in the face by the giant, spinning axe.”
• “…melee move out when the boss whirlwinds.”
• “…kill chaos rifts first.”
• “…don’t get hit by the ice spikes.”
• “…don’t forget to jump and remove your debuff.”
• “…kill the Skirmishers/Shadowcasters first.”
• “…wait for the boss to kill the adds before pull–shit…”
• “…stay behind the boss, don’t get hit by pound.”
• “…kill the Guardians when they show up then get back on the boss.”
• “…switch DPS to the add before it reaches the boss.”
• “…don’t get hit by the slow-moving purple shadow crash things.”
• “…stay at the top of the stairs, but don’t LoS from the healer.”
• “…kill the raptors when they come out then kill King Dred.”
• “…no one but the tank use your skeleton’s taunt ability.”
• “…get out of the poison.”
• “…kill Erekem first, then the adds.”
• “…one person use the crystals to kill the water adds.”
• “…if you have the void shift debuff, kill the adds.”
• “…spread out because of shatter, it’s like Gruul’s Lair.”
• “…kill the adds to free the person during Ritual of the Sword.”
• “…move to the side that the frost breath isn’t on.”
• “…one person get spears.”
• “…run away during Disperse.”
• “…get out of the Runeshapers’ whirlwind/kill them first.”
• “…move away during corrupt soul/kill the soul fragment.”
• “…get close to Bronjahm during phase two. YES, even you hunter.”
• “…stop DPS during Mirrored Soul.”
• “…move out of the big, frickin’ laser beam.”
• “…get behind the boulder and clear your debuff when the stacks get too high.”
• “…move out of poison puddles/poison nova.”
• “…run from boss if he is chasing you.”
• “…move out of the Explosive Barrage.”
• “…stop DPS if you have Overlord’s Bane.”
• “…if you are marked to get hit by Rimefang, get away from other players.”
• “…get out of the rogue’s poison.”
• “…kill the priests first.”
• “…turn away from boss when he casts Radiance.”
• “… don’t get hit by exploding ghouls.”

Oh I’m sure there are oodles more, but those are the first that come to mind and ones that I notice people ignoring the most. There’s one for almost every instance out there. Add to list in the comments if one pops to mind.

Happy hunting.

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