Solo Artist Challenge - Page 14

Fazlazen · #1 08-23-2012, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Orruar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I know exactly what you're thinking of here, and I did Drusella with no puppet strings and no Bladestopper. Shamans get this awesome spell called Spirit of Wolf, which works just fine. Oh, I did use IVU pots to get to her, which I suppose you also must have a problem with.

I'm not sure what pulls Bladestopper is going to allow me to do that I couldn't do without. Tola's nukes are bigger than a Rune IV, so it would be unlikely to make a difference on that.

Since you are such a purist, I fully expect you to never use a sow potion (or else you become a shaman) or a WC cap (or else that makes you a druid).

I don't need to use a sow pot, I have a sow sword [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] ! Still, lol at your puppet string kills. Not shaman kills.

Triangle · #2 08-23-2012, 01:45 PM

Of course Orruar comes in right after me and makes Neh`ashiir look easy lol.

Triangle · #3 08-23-2012, 01:55 PM

It should be remembered that this competition is just for fun. We receive no real benefit to completing even the hardest kills. It is just a competition to push ourselves to see what our max is for solo/duo potential.

With that said, the rule lawyers have already ruined the raid scene, and I don't mean to be rude but I think I speak for everyone when I say you are not welcome to come and rule lawyer for us soloists/duoists at the same time!

azeth · #4 08-23-2012, 01:58 PM

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It is just a competition to push ourselves to see what our max is for solo/duo potential.

Exactly why those items should be disallowed. In no way does the use of those 3 acknowledge the spirit of the "competition".

If i log my rogue in, pop puppet strings and soulfire and complete the Grandmaster list - am i really a solo grandmaster? let's get real here

Orruar · #5 08-23-2012, 02:07 PM

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If i log my rogue in, pop puppet strings and soulfire and complete the Grandmaster list - am i really a solo grandmaster? let's get real here

Highly doubt you'd be able to pull it off, but hey, prove me wrong.

Triangle · #6 08-23-2012, 02:04 PM

I don't think a rogue can pull it off actually. It would be a nice accomplishment if one could though.

azeth · #7 08-23-2012, 02:10 PM

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I don't think a rogue can pull it off actually. It would be a nice accomplishment if one could though.

Lol there's the rub tho, no no it wouldn't be a nice accomplishment. Because it has absolutely nothing to do with playing a rogue.

Messianic · #8 08-23-2012, 02:16 PM

If you use puppet strings, the competition is no longer about a class or a set of classes beating a particular mob. It's about who can use puppet strings better because they are so much more a factor than anything else.

It's similar to why blood doping is banned for the tour de france and a list of drugs are banned from the olympics - those substances become critical for competing at all if they're allowed and it ruins the spirit of the competition.

But if people want to use puppet strings, NBD, they should just disclose that because it changes the nature of their success; but it should also be understood that even doing some of these with puppet strings is a horrendous task.

azeth · #9 08-23-2012, 02:19 PM

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but it should also be understood that even doing some of these with puppet strings is a horrendous task.

Indeed, well said.

Triangle · #10 08-23-2012, 02:21 PM

You guys can attempt to trivialize this all day, but I don't see for what reason other than to discourage the competition from continuing. Like I said we don't get any benefit from this outside of posting in this very thread except in having fun. I will say that I have had more fun doing this than any raiding. It is easy to throw 60 people at a mob with 32k and win. I might cast one spell during such a fight and it involves no skill on my behalf.

I will still try to push the envelope and see what other mobs can be done! What makes a legitimate kill anyway? As far as I am concerned the word legitimate encompasses just about everything within the game with the exception of exploits. We merely describe how the kill happened, and items of great power are reflected in our explanations.