What was the most bizarre PUG you ever been to?

Cold

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

UK

Just to start the discussion, some time ago I captured Life Barrier elite and urgenly needed to infuse my armor. I play Mo/Me and for the run I decided to try my new elite. So I dressed as a bonder and looked for a group. And I ended up in a group of 7 necros ) I put LB on every1 and so we run. And I should tell you, we run like the wind blows That was the blood sucking run with lot's of minions. Perhaps the best PUG I ever been to.

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

4 warriors, 4 monks into FoW. We dropped every groups of monsters faster than any group I had ever been in before. Funny thing was, we were all w/mo and all using swords!

Also that I recruited one of my first members from that group who as a result is the reason I even have members to this day.

chippxero

chippxero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

norfolk

Super Anti Rabbit Squad [SARS]

Mo/Me

5 man smiting team in FoW.

We were rebels, we'd challenged the system and won, we'd never again be stuck at the back of a group answering to the yells of 'Heal' and 'Res', we defined ourselves as fighters, as men of legends.

:'( protection monk LFG

Shusky

Shusky

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Flying Purple Hippos

8 Ranger - 8 Pet PUG at Thunderhead Keep. We could have won, but we HAD to try killing the Mursaat using the door bug.

Xero Silvam

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Holland

PM me if you want to know

Mo/

2 days ago in TopK.

This picture was taken the second round after we had beaten a r184 guild.
This is a all blind invite PUG group and as soon as I had accepted, he pressed the start mission button. Well i thought for myself: 1 fame round ftw right? :P
(This is the truth, I don't care if you think I'm lying.)

We also took down a 2 trapper, 2 necro 4 w/r Iway team.

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

8 necros of various flavors capping Well of Power in Mineral Springs. We rocked, never even had one death!

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shusky
8 Ranger - 8 Pet PUG at Thunderhead Keep. We could have won, but we HAD to try killing the Mursaat using the door bug.
yeah i love doing crazy buidls at thunderhead , we did this insane build

2 monks (me monky)
2 bip/blood ritual necros
4 trappers

it was hilarious we owned! it was so easy once we got the fort , just had 2 trappers and 1 necro and 1 monk at each door ....lol it was great.

Yichi

Yichi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Guild Hall, Vent, Guesting, PvE, or the occasional HA match...

Dark Alley [dR]

8 man W/Mo hells precipie finished no problem with only 2 deaths

Gildor Took

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Australia, 3rd rock from the sun

Mo/

7 w/mos (with mending) and 1 orders necro in Thunderhead

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

THK - 3 Rangers, 2 Warriors, a Mesmer, and 2 Monks, one of which was using Fire Storm. Worked perfectly.

MMSDome

MMSDome

Raged Out

Join Date: Sep 2005

me and 3 other guildies got bored so we got our worst characters and grabbed 4 henchies and won 2 rounds in tombs

kitten

kitten

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

The White House

[FRAG]

Me/N

One of my guildies (Ranger primary) needed to do the RoF Mission, and I had promised to help. I'm having a blast playing my SS/MM Necro, so I party up and become the leader. Ranger and a Necro... good luck getting a group, right? Suddenly I start getting requests to join the group and I accept just about everyone... when I realize that we now had a group of 4 Rangers, 1 Monk, 1 Necro. I advertise for a tank, and suddenly i have another healer and a tank.

One of the monks is skeptical, but we start anyway, and the mission was done in a matter of minutes. We were all pleased and patting ourselves on the back. Since Abaddon's Mouth was next - we agreed to stick together and PWN that mission too... well, after i hit start mission the tank and one of the monks bailed. We danced to our deaths and tried again. Immediately a pair of monks joins us, and we ask if one of the three monks wants to smite for fun. The pair leaves us, and advertise in Local Chat that they are available, but not for NOOB TEAMS. We all had a hearty laugh at that. We advertised that our AWESOME team just completed RoF in record time, and we need a new tank and healer. The ranger requests came pouring in... but i held out for a tank and healer and we started, and completed Abaddons with just a little trouble, but it was great! Probably one of the best PUGs that I've been in for a while.

4 Rangers, 2 Monks, 1 Warrior, 1 Necro.

DvM

DvM

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Survivor Squad[SS]

was in a tombs group, we had a w/mo with mending >.> he said he dident ned helaing. so we agreed with the other team they could kill him first, then we ressed him, he got kileld again, rressed him, then got killed again.

once he had 60 DP we started the real fight, we even won

DevilStick

DevilStick

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

East Coast US

My first character, a R/N, got into a PUG at Hell's Precipice with (if I remember correctly), three other rangers, a W/R, a nuker, a N/Mo and Mehnlo. No human monk primary. All the rangers and the W/R took traps.

It was late, it was my first attempt at Hell's Precipice, and it was a motley crew. But it was a classic I'll always remember.

We trapped and trapped, almost got wiped out three times, we were backtracking to fight monsters to wipe out DP. But, two and a half hours later, we cleared it. We had to go back and kill bosses to reset res signets to get the rest of the party back.

We laughed, we cried. We cheered each other when the Lich died for the third and final time (didn't know about keeping him on the *exact* center at that point).

I've been in a lot of really great PUGs, but that one will always be a good memory for me.

sun is in us

sun is in us

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Organic Soup

Of the Day

Me/

4 BeastMastery builds that got lumped together in CA (3 rangers and meself..an E/R)...no Iway involved. Due to the negativity regarding BM you just don't see many people trying them.

We flawlessed to (as I remember it) 14 victories. Casters just did not have a chance with 4 disrupting lunge pets on them......they got mowed.....

KamikazeChicken

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/

A PUG that actually cleared UW, save the chaos planes. >.>

jciardha

jciardha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

International Districts

The Labyrinth of Night [LoN]

Me/

Abbadon's Mouth with four people. A monk, an ele, a necro and me, the mesmer. That's it. The other monk and all the tanks quit on us, yet we somehow beat that mission. Go figure.

Another one was in THK, where all the tanks quit (again), leaving us with an ele, two monks, and a ranger (me). We'd just gotten inside the city too. Nevertheless, the four of us went on to clear the entire city, and finally died trying to defend the keep against the mursaat.

The common thread for all of us in those PUGs: Death before dishonor, er, quitting.

QuixotesGhost

QuixotesGhost

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

1 Warrior
2 Necros
2 Rangers
1 Mesmer

For Thirsty River. I still have no clue how we stayed alive... but we hugged those Blood Wells and didn't let go.

Two April Mornings

Two April Mornings

No Luck No Time No Money

Join Date: Nov 2005

Amherst College, MA

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Me/

8 mesmers at thunderhead ftw!

Effendi Westland

Effendi Westland

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Isle of the dead

[DVDF][LDS]

P/W

Yer Abbadon's Mouth with four people i know that one. Though we had the trusted Lina and Menhlo with us

Beyond that 2 rangers, 2 necro , 1 warrior, and an ele. The warrior died tanking and, big surprise, dropped, one ranger quit on us after he had gotten his skill, but we still managed the mission, i'd never thought we would make it

Inureface

Inureface

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Asian in Lousiana

The Endbringers

R/Me

4 Ranger 2 tank 2 monk group at THK. Screw trapping; barrage and cyclone axe w/poison FTW!

Vilaptca

Vilaptca

Pre-Searing Vanquisher

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

8 Necro FoW team. Did surprisingly well. Though we had an issue with a N/W who thought they could tank and aggroed everything frequently. Other than those aggro incidents and losing 3/4 of the team from them, we did fine. Actually we did quite well, quite a bit better than many of the PUGs I've been in.

Stamps

Stamps

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

StS

Me/E

GvG on Wts Rank Twelve [EBAY]

Xion

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Goda Vos

R/Me

1 monk, 1 ranger, 2 ele's Hells percipice

started with 8, 4 dropped by the first bridge, and we decided to push on and kick the lich's arse

VGJustice

VGJustice

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Tyria, cappin' ur bosses

Boston Guild [BG]

R/W

let's see.... probably the DNK PUG I had. My R/W ended up being the tank, using Healing Spring and Ungent to stay alive. Worked, too.

Defendpeace Necros

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Three Fame [Run]

W/

almoust a PUG, today, in TOMBS playing IWAY 1 warrior droped, we got in halls with healer henchman. and winning favor with 5 wins helding halls with henchman. 4 ppl was from guild only.

Valheru

Valheru

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Valheru Blood

R/Me

ehh The Wilds mission.

everyone was drunk and we had a blast.

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

5 W/Mo mending paladins, 1 mesmer, 1 necro and 1 ele in FoW. What was I on to join that? :S

That was just odd. All the W/Mos were the traditional 'Leeroy Jenkins is our Idol' rushers, which would have been great, since there were no monks. Would have, that is, if they understood those hexes Shadow Beasts use. All 5 died in the space of 12 seconds on the first pack of mobs. GG

Hypermonkeyman

Hypermonkeyman

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Charlestown, Mass.

...god dam i forget

E/R

lol mine was 3 mesmers 1 monk(me) 1 ranger and 3necro odest build ever just randomly invited ppl to do defend droks(Yes i am still on it even though got it like 2 montths ago) well lets see i turned out being tankage no one but me braught res we had a uber minion army all the nercos were mm o and nuthing went un hexed by time we got to boss at end we had 2 mesmer 1necro me and the ranger o and 20 minions i have no clue how he kept im alive we then beat da crap outa every thing till at boss we there imediatly 1 mesmer and the necro lag out 20 minions go nutz omg uber evil so ranger dies then minions atk boss he gets near death i jump out and heal mesmer and res ranger he at about half way then outa no were like all the minions go nutz and eat me imediatly the mesmer flips out says i suk and leaves ranger is like er and leaves

other one was maybe a group of 8 monk it was funny no one died we cleard all snake dance just oddest thing cuz we had like 2 bonders 3healers and 3 smite we just owned im all

DFrost

DFrost

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Ultima Thule

Legacy of Echovald [Echo]

P/

Well a few days ago I was playing my monk in a PUG, we were doing some Ascalon quests. Things started to get a bit hairy since the group didn't focus fire, so I told them about target calling just in case someone didn't yet know about it. First the warrior said "don't need it, i'm good". Huh? After the second time, he started calling targets manually, like "devourer", "stone fury". After that some ranger took the lead and started calling targets himself, thank god.

And today, once again with a monk, our elementalist thought I was a henchman! Did I suck so badly that it made me look like Alesia, or was it just because I didn't talk much? Seriously, after the Garfazz quest (s)he was like "Geez, Frost is a real person, I thought he was one of those you can hire".