I'm too low? (Rant)Follow

Hello everyone. I don't normally post, but today I had a situation that I need to get off my chest. Sorry for the long post.

Here the events that lead to my displeasure. I was leveling one of my many alts in Westfall, trying to complete the part with the Knuckle/Highwayman and someone else quest to run VC after. Now I was only level 15 and the mobs were 17-18. I was not having any trouble with these guys at all by myself. In fact, Frost Mage FTW. There have been several other people in the same area doing the same quest, so I'm sure they are near VC in the chain. No worries for a group here. Well, among the people questing here is another mage (level 20) having trouble finishing. Nearly every pull some would help them finish the mobs off.

Everyone turns in their quests in and quickly a group is formed for VC. This was going to be easy. 18 War, Pally, 17 Pally, 15 Druid and me (Now 16 Mage). We get to Moonbrook to summon the 18 Pally (wanted to train level 18 skills), no biggie. The warrior leaves the group and the level 20 Mage is invited. I think "OK we still have a good tanking group with healers still, we can do this".

All of a sudden I get booted, Warriors back in, and they have a full group. Conversation goes like this:

Me: "What just happened?"
War: “You’re too low for VC"
Me: "Excuse me? I’m higher than the Druid"
War: "(insert Mage name) can do a better job too."
Me: "You mean the mage who couldn't complete his quests that you and I both helped him with?"
War: "Maybe next time."

I couldn't believe this could happen. I was so mad; I dumped all my VC quests and did the mage robe quest, and most of Redridge. I had hit level 18 in a little more than an hour, when I got a pst from the still level 18 Warrior.

War: "Grats on 18. Still need VC?"
Me: "Nope, I dropped the quests."
War: "NP, I can share them with you."
Me: “Didn’t you already run VC?"
War: "We couldn't complete it. Kept wiping."
Me: "Karma, maybe next time."

I guess in the end I was better off, but why do people just naturally assume that a players level automatically translates to skill? Has this ever happened to anyone else?

Wouldn't get to bent out of shape if I were you. Maybe the person who kicked you didn't know that the other mage was a dud. Difference between 16 and 18 at the level in VC is something to be considered. But a bad player sucks no matter what the level.

Sorry to hear about your experience.

Don't sweat it. WoW is full of idiots. You just happened to run across some.

Finding a group for VC is usually pretty easy. If you got booted, just look for another group. Mages are always welcome into parties. Even better - put a group together yourself.

Then, you can take your frustration out on the mobs while you clean house :)

EDIT - I forgot to address your level. Yes, lvl 16 is kinda low for caster DPS in VC. You would have had a lot of your spells resisted on the bosses. I would recommend that you are not more than 2 levels below the final boss of an instance. The only ones that can get away with that are healers (since heals aren't resisted).

Of course, you can still do it...but it will be harder. If your group is up for the challenge, then all is good.

Edited, Jan 29th 2008 12:34pm by YJMark

Yeah, the very first part of it is fine at lvl 16. VanCleef is not. Of course, it is not impossible to kill him with a 16 in the group, but it seems they had trouble anyway. He certainly would not be better than another mage at a higher level unless they were completly stupid.

Old instance design is less than great. The ideal level for the start and end of the instance is different, especially in Uldaman.