… You were Need rolling on healing gear AND DPS gear? The Rogue was right to get pissed off at you. Just because you CAN fill multiple rolls doesn’t give you first dibs on the gear for all of them. Choose a main spec for the run (doesn’t have to be the same as the role you’re filling) and stick to it.
Now, if melee DPS is your primary spec and you just switched to healing because that’s what this group was missing, it’s okay for you to Need roll on DPS gear. But you have to make that clear at the beginning–you can’t just snag all the caster leather and then say, “Oh wait, I can use this, too” when the melee leather starts popping up. Gear class matters, too–if, say, you’re a Paladin and not a Druid, the Rogue should get first dibs on the leather items, because they can’t wear plate.
Plus, if you’re getting gear for a spec you use a lot (healing), it would be **nice **(if not necessary) to pass the melee leather to the Rogue so that you don’t just get everything.
But from what you said (that you don’t get a lot of DPS gear from raiding), melee DPS is NOT your main spec–it’s something you do on the side, for fun, or whatever. So you, my friend, were a ninja in that run.
Because people don’t always follow the loot rules.
1.) Someone could have someone click Greed after everyone else has agreed to pass, or they could click Need after everyone else has agreed to click Greed.
2.) You could have an unscrupulous Master Looter keep an item for themself or pass it to a friend instead of the person who won the roll.
3.) An Enchanter could decide to keep all of the shards for themself instead of distributing to the group (if that was what was agreed on).
4.) Some hybrid could not understand that “multiple specs” doesn’t equal “all of them are your main spec” and roll Need on anything they can equip.
5.) Someone who doesn’t understand what stats are good for their class could roll Need on items or gear that they can equip but don’t do them any good (or don’t do them as much good as someone else). E.g., a Warrior taking Holy Pally plate, or a Hunter taking a melee weapon over a melee character.
1.) eBay, eBay, eBay. No knowledge of capital cities + no clue what vent is + “my gear is great that makes me win” = bought the account.
2.) That said, dueling (or any PvP) is a pure crap way to check PvE DPS, unless you plan to just stand there and let the person hammer on you. If you can’t be bothered to test him in an actual raid situation, at least put him on a target dummy. That’s what they’re there for. PvP where you’re both fighting isn’t going to give you any useful information, and even with just him hitting another person, they’re not going to last long enough to give you useful data.
Every guild should have a “no re-invites” policy. 99% of the time, letting someone back in who gquit or was kicked ends in more drama. I speak from painful, painful experience.
I’m trying to stick it out on my druid until past 20 to see if it’s something I like, but I still have a little trouble getting things to click. Bear see things, bear swipe, bear say ouch and pop out to root/moonfire/heal/mash their face in with a big stick.
I danced back and waved before riding off.