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05-13-2010, 05:06 AM
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I'm hardly a PvP fanatic. Occasionally I'll run into a battleground when I have extra time on my hands, usually after getting my two frost emblems for the day and wrapping up some daily quests. But often, I'll duck into a battleground and realize that there is no way we'll win; commonly, this is either Eye of the Storm or Isle of Conquest. There's no cooperation, one-quarter of the Alliance is doing just enough to avoid an AFK report, and the Horde seems to run with a Navy SEALS level of coordination. It would be perfectly justifiable to drop out and go do a few quick daily quests while I wait for the deserter debuff to go away.
My mouse hovers over the "leave battleground" button.
I want to click it.
I don't.
There's something about the Deserter (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=26013) debuff that just gets under my skin. I can't help but picture someone clicking my 'toon and seeing "Deserter" attached to my name. They think, "Well, now, that there's a coward!" Inside, I know that it's just as reasonable as dropping from a bad dungeon PUG (even more so, if I drop from a turtled AV). But then I think, "I'd be a deserter." I'd end up spending the next 15 minutes wandering around Netherstorm or Silithus, keeping clear of other players, contemplating rolling a warlock and other self-hating activities. So I stay and rack up another "L" on my personal record.
But it brings up the question: what do you put yourself through to avoid guilt in World of WarCraft?
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I'm hardly a PvP fanatic. Occasionally I'll run into a battleground when I have extra time on my hands, usually after getting my two frost emblems for the day and wrapping up some daily quests. But often, I'll duck into a battleground and realize that there is no way we'll win; commonly, this is either Eye of the Storm or Isle of Conquest. There's no cooperation, one-quarter of the Alliance is doing just enough to avoid an AFK report, and the Horde seems to run with a Navy SEALS level of coordination. It would be perfectly justifiable to drop out and go do a few quick daily quests while I wait for the deserter debuff to go away.
My mouse hovers over the "leave battleground" button.
I want to click it.
I don't.
There's something about the Deserter (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=26013) debuff that just gets under my skin. I can't help but picture someone clicking my 'toon and seeing "Deserter" attached to my name. They think, "Well, now, that there's a coward!" Inside, I know that it's just as reasonable as dropping from a bad dungeon PUG (even more so, if I drop from a turtled AV). But then I think, "I'd be a deserter." I'd end up spending the next 15 minutes wandering around Netherstorm or Silithus, keeping clear of other players, contemplating rolling a warlock and other self-hating activities. So I stay and rack up another "L" on my personal record.
But it brings up the question: what do you put yourself through to avoid guilt in World of WarCraft?
This article has been brought to you by Seed, Aol's guest writer program (http://www.wow.com/2010/02/03/the-new-wow-com-guest-blogger-program/) that brings your words to WoW.com. Watch for the next call for submissions and a chance to submit your own article. The next new byline you see here may be yours!
Filed under: Breakfast Topics (http://www.wow.com/category/breakfast-topics/), Guest Posts (http://www.wow.com/category/guest-posts/)
Breakfast Topic: Dodging guilt (http://www.wow.com/2010/05/13/breakfast-topic-dodging-guilt/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Thu, 13 May 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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