Death Grip immunityFollow

I'd guess a pathing issue with them being on a platform with no connection to your own.

Sorry,wasn't that obvious to me. I submitted a ticket and asked Blizzard that question, they told me that death grip cannot be used on boats or docks or zepplin towers, that this was a fix to death grip. Don't think they understood that the tower wasn't a zepplin tower, just a tower out in Zul Drak.

Although, I asked them why someone could stand on top of the mast and nuke you and you couldn't bring him down, I asked them if this was an exploit and they said currently it wasn't, but they were going to monitor the situation.

Seriously?

SERIOUSLY?!

http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=642

/facepalm

whats up with Theophany feeling like he needs to post his aggression? people come here with questions looking for helpful answers, not a prick nerd scrutinizing them for not knowing as much about wow or where to find the answers.

to Theophany: there are lots of stupid people that play wow. there are lots of stupid people that dont play wow. get the **** over it you aren't the best either.

While I agree theo can come across as a prick on many occasions, most of the regular posters here expect people to at least put forth the effort to find the answers to their questions before they make a post about it. Many questions can be answered with a simple search much quicker then making a post and waiting for a reply.

It's the whole give a fish, teach to fish thing. Think of it as a gentle prod to get people to at least attempt to look up the info before asking for it.

Well Theo posted an obvious answer to an obvious question, according to Blizzard it isn't pathing, it depends on where they are at will make them immune, so not so obvious. So if trying to make a person feel like a moron makes you feel good, I guess to each his own.

I started posted on here because you post on WoW forums, you have to filter through all the smart ##*@ answers, guess its the same everywhere.

Sometimes you're just too quick to judge. Death Grip is a brand new taunt. You know what else is a brand new taunt? Hand of Reckoning.

It did damage through Divine Shield and Ice Block until they made it not work on players at all.

The vast majority of the time someone comes here with a valid NEW question that hasn't been answered in the 16,000 previous posts, you will get an awesomely insightful response/discussion from the regular posters here.
I can completely understand how frustrating it can get when the same questions get asked over and over and over and over and over and...well you get my point. It falls on the question poster to do a little research prior to posting a question.

Think of it this way, in math class, could you walk up to your teacher and ask them if they would do the entire problem for you from start to finish? Of course not. They would look at you like you were an idiot (which you would be). They would expect you to put in a respectable amount of effort before they will give you some help.

Even when you do get some grief from regular posters here, it's NOTHING compared to what you could get on other forums. Go try asking a question like that on ElitistJerks and see what would happen.

Put a little effort in and you will get a respectful answer. If you're not willing to do so, go back to the O-boards.

Edited, Apr 30th 2009 10:22am by Jornam

yet somehow, by the grace of god, dozens of other posters are capable of answering the same questions over and over without being total douches about it. Hmmm...

Others just have more patience because they usually don't deal as much with the exact same question (or a question that can easily be answered by just googling "Paladin Bubble" or something of the sort) over and over again.

There are times when I'll go ahead and answer someone's question that I've answered a million times without being a douche, and other times, I get irritated. For me, posting all depends on how my day is going and whether or not I feel like helping out those that are too lazy to help themselves.

And I'm sure that goes the same for many others on here, whether they admit it or not.

True, if the person asking the question is aware that Death Grip is a spell and not a physical ability like Charge. The whole spell animation and fancy colors should give it away, but I've met people who only recently learned of auto-run, so give people a little slack.



This.

Maybe I'm being weaksauce, or maybe seven years in customer service has broken me, but I don't see how being rude to people helps in any way. You get to blow some steam, sure, but you'll also provoke people and cause unnecessary conflicts. If you feel that the person asking is being a complete and utter numbskull, simply don't reply. I know that this won't help your +1, but you'll just have to live with that.

As for blowing steam. You do play computer games, right?

I looked up the ability on Wowhead, but couldn't find any useful info in the 38 comments, so I copied the tooltip. Protects against all damage and spells. Okay, so I'm guessing taunts and snares are classified as spells. Fair enough. Nowhere does it say "all physical abilities," so don't use that as an excuse to be snide here.

If I hadn't played a Paladin myself, I'd be confused as hell by that tooltip. Why won't my non-damaging snares work? Why can't I land my taunt on the Paladin? Why does "all spells" exclude Mass Dispel? Are Blizzard megalazy when it comes to writing tooltips?

So, if people don't know how to classify Death Grip, and with a sh*tastic tooltip like that for Divine Shield, can you really blame them for seeking answers here? Personally, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt and answer their questions politely. Yet, somehow, you continue to be very rude about it.

I'm guessing all this 'I don't mean to be rude, but people need to help themselves' is just a load of bullsh*t you fling out in an attempt to hold the stuff together. Just say it like it is, Theo. You see people who know less about the game than you as lowly beings, unworthy of your time or a decent tone.

At least you'd be honest.

Edit: And in all honesty, I think you should move to a site more dedicated to theorycrafting. Not that your knowledge of the game has gone unnoticed here, but it seems that for every good, helpful and informative post you make, you also make a dozen where you ***** at people for not knowing what you know. Just saying.

Edited, May 1st 2009 10:12am by Mazra

Again, obvious to anyone who has played the game for some time, or has played a Paladin. If all you have to go by is the tooltip and spell description then it's not very obvious.

Not everyone thinks like you. All it takes is for one person to misunderstand or misinterpret something and you've got a question that, to many others, seem obvious or even stupid. The person asking the question, however, doesn't see this. So instead of just believeing the guy to be an idiot as you so eloquently put it, ask yourself if perhaps the person has misunderstood something along the road. Bring about clarification in a friendly manner and the person will be thankful.

Really, it's not so hard. You might even save some time on it, because basically you have to do what you do now, but leave out the derogatory terms. Unless you type 'Paladin bubble makes them immune to everything save Mass Dispel, idiot' faster than 'Paladin bubble makes them immune to everything save Mass Dispel', in which case you might want to consult someone about it.