In an apparently strange turn of events, we’ve been seeing a ton of hits coming in from the SomethingAwful forums.  Turns out that some members of their “Goons” hit upon our “Ten Reasons You Should Buy Everquest II” posting from a few months back as part of the recruiting effort for the local Everquest II chapter of the Goon Squad (And a big CWG welcome to guild “What” on Unrest server).

In any regard, they have one of the most comprehensive overviews of the basic lore, class descriptions, and overall gameplay of Everquest II I’ve seen in any one place.  Take a look for yourself. 

While perusing the EQ2Players forums this morning, I came across this little gem of a “guide” written by Estean from the Butcherblock server, who tends to lead a lot of open or “pick-up” raids. Whether you play Everquest II or Warcraft, I advise you to read through this list (which I’ve recopied below the break). I’ll admit that I got a chuckle out of some of his descriptions of raiders to avoid:

The Early Bird - This is a person who leaves the raid early - They have no concept of time or how long a raid will take. Many times the early bird leaves when there are problems with a mob. A person who does this consistently is cancer to a PuG raid. Identify quickly and Chemo that cancer quick.

The Over Aggroer - MA’s mean nothing to this clown. The parse is everything. If they constantly grab agro from the tank, well the tank sucks according to them. They will not change their playing style and can often wipe the raid. Often these idiots will cast huge damage nukes/ca’s at the beginning of the fight with no regard for agro.

It made me think, though. Do I ever fit one of these problematic archetypes? Do any of my guildmates?

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