Splidz
03-01-2005, 12:00 PM
Like many of you, I have come to associate Goon Squad with getting ganked. I've been jumped by numerous Goon Squad in the past, and rarely is it a fair fight. It's usually someone who vastly outlevels me, or a group of them of mixed levels. The times when I kill off a ganking Goon Squad member often see me getting hunted down by a whole bunch of them.
Well, today I played for about 45 minutes at lunch, trying to complete this one Warlock quest where I had to cleanse an orb. I had to make my way to Tabetha, this mage in the middle of Dustwallow Marsh. Man, was it ever tough getting there, as the aggro is insane in there, and they were all level 38-41, which is tough to impossible for a level 36. I ran most of the time and died a couple of times on the way.
After finally making it in there, I had to supply the mage with this infernal orb I had gained from a previous quest. She warned me that she would use the orb to summon a demon. She said it was a "fel beast" and that I better have my buffs and potions ready, as well as a whole group of friends, because this guy was tough. I'm like, "whatever", so she goes outside to summon him. WHAM! Out pops this enormous level 40 elite demon, who slays my imp in about two swings and then heads towards me. That's when I see the level 47 Goon Squad mage, looking right at me, from the forest. Here we go, I think - I have no hope in hell of taking down this demon, and now I'm going to get ganked in the process.
So I run into the house, hoping the demon won't follow me (he does), and start whacking him with my sword, causing him all the pain of a index-finger flick to the ear. Next thing I know, fireballs are hitting the demon like crazy. Has my imp resurrected somehow, I wonder? Nope...it's the Goon Squad mage. He's working the demon over like crazy. I run out there and bandage up, then start hitting the demon with everything I had. Together, we took him down. The mage was a little low on health, but we did it. So I ran back inside and turned in the quest as fast as I could, before he changed his mind.
It just goes to show ya: not all Goon Squad are bad. I'm going to spare a lower level Goon Squad member or two, just because of him.
Well, today I played for about 45 minutes at lunch, trying to complete this one Warlock quest where I had to cleanse an orb. I had to make my way to Tabetha, this mage in the middle of Dustwallow Marsh. Man, was it ever tough getting there, as the aggro is insane in there, and they were all level 38-41, which is tough to impossible for a level 36. I ran most of the time and died a couple of times on the way.
After finally making it in there, I had to supply the mage with this infernal orb I had gained from a previous quest. She warned me that she would use the orb to summon a demon. She said it was a "fel beast" and that I better have my buffs and potions ready, as well as a whole group of friends, because this guy was tough. I'm like, "whatever", so she goes outside to summon him. WHAM! Out pops this enormous level 40 elite demon, who slays my imp in about two swings and then heads towards me. That's when I see the level 47 Goon Squad mage, looking right at me, from the forest. Here we go, I think - I have no hope in hell of taking down this demon, and now I'm going to get ganked in the process.
So I run into the house, hoping the demon won't follow me (he does), and start whacking him with my sword, causing him all the pain of a index-finger flick to the ear. Next thing I know, fireballs are hitting the demon like crazy. Has my imp resurrected somehow, I wonder? Nope...it's the Goon Squad mage. He's working the demon over like crazy. I run out there and bandage up, then start hitting the demon with everything I had. Together, we took him down. The mage was a little low on health, but we did it. So I ran back inside and turned in the quest as fast as I could, before he changed his mind.
It just goes to show ya: not all Goon Squad are bad. I'm going to spare a lower level Goon Squad member or two, just because of him.