I play World of Warcraft. That declaration aside, WoW has a certain degree of bullshit that makes it work. It mainly has to do with the classes. For example, Paladins. Paladins are bullshit. For the last year, Paladins have seen improvements, repeatedly, where other classes have been basically peaten to within an inch of their life with the nerf bat (and believe me, it takes a while to kill someone with a nerf bat) It seems that in the coming months Paladins will FINALLY get nerfed, much to my chagrin (as I was enjoying my own Paladin) but yes. Paladins are merde de vache. Well, that's cow shit. Anyway. Why? They do the most damage, they are nigh indestructible, they can rezz, they get a self heal that crits for more than what priests can heal for...basically, the Light shines out of their asses.
Warriors, it seems, were disputed bullshit. Some people contended that they were hard to level, others said they were totally over-powered. I would say that they definitely were overpowered, although I would never have called them bullshit...basically because my main is a prot warrior. But it boils down to- a prot warrior can basically solo anything that's not in a raid or a heroic. Or used to.
Other classes that are accused of bullshit: mages (overpowered), hunters (overpowered, they start with a pet that serves as a companion tank), shamans (they walk on water, they can resurrect themselves from the dead, and they need on melee stuff for offspec...they're the Jesus class...and yes, they are bullshit), death knights (how can you kill that which is already dead? )
Basically most classes except for priests and warlocks get accused of being bullshit. PVPers accuse rogues of being bullshit, but then, every PVPer should really in fact be rolling rogue. And people who play priests are masochists. Warlocks are ok, I guess. Except for the fact that healers hate their guts.
So that brings us to druids. Druids are the epitome of bullshit in WoW. Admittedly, the first 50 levels are kind of slow, and if you're a healer or a tank, they are kind of perilous. But let's see-
DPS- as DPS, you just need to make sure you are in kitty form and hit the target. Also make sure you're wearing leather. No one really cares how much DPS you're doing, and the party will make concessions when they see the kitty slinking around. If you are a Critchicken, let me tell you, you are more bullshit than I can convey in this rant. Stop taking my aggro. Stupid bird. Im glad you go OOM when you cast ...what's that? Innervate? Oh. Wow. You are Class A bullshit my friend. Fuck you.
Healer- So you go OOM 90% of the time in dungeons until you get to the late 40 levels, but hey, it's ok. No one's dead. No one really cares that you stop for a drink and they just pull, but hey, you have a battle rez, so it's all cool. Right? Don't have a heart attack. Once youre in TBC, I've hardly seen your mana bar budge, so...wow.
Tanks- This is me. As a bear the first..oh, 50 levels were definitely dicey. Giving the healer a heart attack over how much spikey damage you take is great. I can't keep aggro for very long, but hey, people should understand, I'm a bear! I don't go around casting holy light or anything like that, ok ? I have claws and shit. Oh what's that...I got the damage reducing talents...oh boy. Um, so yeah, that's at least 4 elite mobs hitting my big bear butt, and I still have 85% of my health left. Have fun with your shield and block stat! Hahaha!!!!
The clincher is this- you know how happy you are to be able to get your gryphon in the arid sands of Honor Hold? Well...as a druid you turn into a freaking bird. It's pretty fun. But it's pretty much the same, isn't it? You go to the trainer, you spend 200g....wait what? You spend...2g. At the druid trainer. 2....gold. You make 2 g from level 1-15 if you don't do professions. 2 freaking gold. Not 200. Not 300. 2.
And don't forget I can just turn into a mutated sea lion in the water.
Druids are indeed bullshit. I love it.
