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Breakfast Topic: Emoting
It's those little things that make Azeroth a fun place to be -- and these days, it seems no MMO can get away without a /dance emote. The list of emotes you can perform ingame is quite long (hit the "Read" link for the official rundown), and you can even create your own using /me -- although opposing factions will only see indecipherable gestures if you use anything but pre-approved commands.What's your favourite in-game emote? If you could add your own to the pre-approved list, what would it be?If I'm questing in a contested zone and I really don't want to be bothered, I tend to fire off a macro at approaching Alliance players -- /hug, /kiss, /bow -- which is supposed to tell them that I'm feeling peaceful and want to make my offerings to the Earthmother rather than kill Alliance. Unfortunately, I end up getting ganked anyway, but c'est la vie. A more specific emote might help -- "Player is deeply absorbed in her given task and does not feel that today is a day for war" -- but people would likely gank me out of spite. I don't mind ganking, but there are some days when you only have an hour to play and you really want to get all those bear livers!
Breakfast Topic: Your worst PuG
We've probably all had bad pickup group experiences -- from the healer who thought he was a tank to the hunter who decided she could do just fine without her pet, some of them haunt us to this day. The Leeroy video is funny because it's true, after all...Let's get it all off our chests today -- what's the worst PuG experience you've had? Even worse, was it your fault?Probably the worst re-occurring PuG nightmare I run into is the kamikaze mage. She thinks she's invincible, she decides she wants all the mobs' attention on her, and as a druid I have to judge whether to keep her alive or try to get aggro myself. Neither usually works. I know I've been guilty of playing my class badly, especially when new to a class or rusty after playing others for a while, so I expect I've afforded as much amusement to others as these have to me.
Breakfast Topic: BG Twinks
Battlegrounds are fun, most of the time, but sometimes you run up against a team that seems to have it all. They're at the top end of the level bracket, with the best equipment available, and level 300 enchants on everything -- plus, they have bags full of swiftness and free action potions at the ready, and you don't stand a chance. Yes, BG twinks are not new, but they are causing some fuss on the boards at the moment.What do you think? Should people be allowed to invest their hard-earned gold in lower-level alts and dominate the battlegrounds? The main example of twinking here is the enchants -- should there be a level restriction on high-end enchants?[Thanks, Josh]
