PuGs

Recently, something I read made me re-evaluate my mindset about PuGs.

Do you realise that when you consistently keep grouping with the same few friends over a long period, that the few of you will easily breeze through instances more quickly than before? This is because as you become accustomed to each others' playing styles, you will, conciously and unconciously, compensate for each others' flaws and weaknesses. It is this synergy that allows you to perform your jobs without thinking, because you know what the other guy is going to do, and when he is going to do it.

The reverse is also true of PuGs. When you throw a group of people who have never played with each other before, it is going to take them time to attune to each person's varying style of play. Have you realised that you can have a fairly well geared PuG raid who know how to play, but still end up bottlenecked at a particular boss, wiping endlessly? This is the crux of it. They are wiping not because they don't know how to play, but because the synergy is not there.

That notwithstanding, I will still stay away from PuGs as much as possible, because there are simply too many people out there who are just asking to be carried.

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