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Zodiac Meteor

Imma Firin Mah Rojway!

Join Date: Aug 2008

At the Mac Store laughing at people that walk out with anything.

E/Mo

23 Jun 2009 at 01:22 - 1

Everyone has been in a PuG at least once. Most of them are bad, but which one (If you had one) made you go OMG this is an awesome PuG!!

My experience:

My friend Elnore invited me to do Vloxen HM with my infuse spam, so I came with Z-quest. Unfortunately we only had one person who was a guildy, the rest were pugs and that made me go

So for 10 minutes we set up build and everything. We had 1 Imbagon, MS assassin, Hundred Blades warrior, AP necro, Enduring scythe warrior, some holy scythe dervish, Ele healer and Infuse spammer.

Sounds good right? RIGHT! We beat the dungeon in less than 20 minutes! We rolled the mobs without pulling. The dungeon was suppose to have a lot of rezes but we killed so fast that dead men can't rez. The end boss took us ~1 minute because we had all the physicals (5) with great dwarf weapon. Zoldark couldn't stand let alone cast a spell. We breezed the entire thing with only 3 deaths (1 death by boulder

) That was my best PuG ever as we didn't even stop to rest between fights and had essence of clarity (which helped us beat it so fast).

Don't be shy, I know some one has been in an amazing pug, share it!

Nick Of Troy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2008

New Zealand.

Human Alliance [HA]

D/E

23 Jun 2009 at 01:27 - 2

To be honest, I'd say around 90% of the PUGs I've joined via Zaishen Missions have been fantastic. We almost always complete the mission firsttime and everyone is polite and fun to play with.

My opinion o PUGs has definatly gone up since the inplimentation of Z-quests

IronSheik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2008

Wolfenstein: Goldrush

Zombies Go Nom Nom [Nom]

N/

23 Jun 2009 at 01:33 - 3

Mine has gone down with z quests, if I go on monk it's all random invites as soon as I say Monk Lfg, they don't even ask me to ping. So as a test today I joined a pug as a monk with a running build, good times.

Helix Dreadlock

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

Imperial Sanctum

Legendary Drunken Masters [DUI]

E/Me

23 Jun 2009 at 01:36 - 4

You lucky SoB -.-"

Nessar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2008

West Siiiiiiiiiiiiiide

Gwen Has A Thing For [Pyre]

23 Jun 2009 at 01:41 - 5

My most recent good pug was when I did Urgoz. I didn't expect to find a good pug, but hey, I only went once to finish urgoz. Everyone was really good at letting the perma aggro, monks were good healers, bip was amazing. Only thing that bugged me was the elitist mesmer, but she was tolerable.

I dont think I'll *ever* find a good pug for Urgoz ever again...

Thamior Shamus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2009

Pshyco Ninjas [oGod]

R/

23 Jun 2009 at 01:43 - 6

group of R3 pugs making it halls in HA.... and we werent running a gimmick.

kets

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2009

HALL OF HEROES YO

Hyperbolic Time Chamber[SSJ]

W/

23 Jun 2009 at 02:29 - 7

last week i was at HA with my friend, and we were both monking. so where like hey we got 2 good monks lets just tabway and get some noobs, we flawlessed an rspike, two bspikes and won halls, turns out every1 in our randomway pug group was r9+ and after carefully looking some how we had formed a randowmay balanced, was perfect r9+ balanced but made in a tabway.... anyway i thought it was funny ^_^

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

23 Jun 2009 at 02:36 - 8

Most 2/6 teams in zaishen quest.

Verene

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2009

[SOTA]

D/

23 Jun 2009 at 02:47 - 9

My brother and I were going to do Vizunah Square, and he decided "Let's PUG it". The team we ended up with from our end was awesome. We only had trouble because the team from the local side died before we even got to the first cutscene, and everything else just went downhill from there (we had to spread ourselves thin to try and make up for the other side sucking...unfortunately we ended up spreading a bit too thin at one point).

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

23 Jun 2009 at 03:08 - 10

most of the pug i've been with are good, lucky me.

the OMG good pugs is a long ago experience, when we pug to the hall of fame, first time holding hall

samerkablamer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Mirror of Reason [SNOW]

P/W

23 Jun 2009 at 03:18 - 11

13min pug uwsc

Momir

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

[SSW]

Mo/

23 Jun 2009 at 04:04 - 12

Failing Gate of Pain 5 times...Wait, you mean good pug times....Ummm, can't think of any but those rare times when you get a good group and just roll the Vanq's

Master Ketsu

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

middle of nowhere

Krazy Guild With Krazy People [KrZy]

R/

23 Jun 2009 at 04:13 - 13

Held halls three times with randomway about a year ago.

We had no monk.

As for PvE pugs, occasionally rolling is no surprise. Monster AI is ridiculously easy to exploit and kite. In most pugs I have ever been in usually only 0-2 players know this and know how to take advantage of it. In the rare times you Get a team full of people who know this...all of the sudden even the so-called "hardest" end game areas become easier than becoming good at playing a pyro in Team Fortress 2.

One thing I have learned about PvE pugs is that it is almost always better to have an empty party member slot then a scrub. Scrubs tend to react idiotically to monster aggro and will eat your monks blue bar very quickly, resulting in a potential wipe. I have successfully beat missions with nothing but 3 hero's and no henchies that I lost to with a full 8 man pug simply because some dipstick decided it would be a bright idea to keep spamming flare on every enemy while tanking six or so Lv28 melee monsters with nothing but 60 armor and the help of a monk's rapidly depleting energy.

the Puppeteer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2007

23 Jun 2009 at 04:26 - 14

never had a "Surprisingly Amazing OMG PuG"

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

R/

23 Jun 2009 at 04:33 - 15

My first and last PuG was Hell's Precipice in NM. We didn't even make it off the log. lol

AKB48

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2008

みやき町

Mo/A

23 Jun 2009 at 05:33 - 16

When my RA team beated the crap out of 4 TA teams.....all had monks and they were pretty decent, not OMFG THEY ARE GoOoOd but solid, which was kinda surprising i guess.

Darth The Xx

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2008

Sen'jin Village

The Infamous Cake Bandits [cake]

Mo/W

23 Jun 2009 at 06:22 - 17

I was in RA and monking, decided to run just WoH and arcane echo on my bar for laughs, we made it to 23 consec, was pretty damn funny watching all the TA teams rage.

ZenRgy

Zookeeper

Join Date: Jul 2005

Australian Discussion Posse HQ - Glorious leader

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N/E

23 Jun 2009 at 06:25 - 18

This one time, I joined a pug for a pve mission. We beat it.

4thVariety

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

European Union

ADL

E/

23 Jun 2009 at 06:45 - 19

@Zodiac Meteor

(1) If your group has an Imbagon, then any place in GW plays like this. Even more so now that Paragons have been buffed.

(2) The more Pugs chat before a mission, the better they are. I hate to say it, but those only typing "Hi, lol, omg, rdy, and cu" are most likely some guys with no inherent ability to really play the game socially, hence the lack of teamwork and success.

Stick to those two rules and you will be a happy pugger. Don't be afraid to kick deafmutes.

bart

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

23 Jun 2009 at 06:53 - 20

Once upon a time when the world of GW was young, PuGs were fun especially in those that did Sorrow Furnace. And then came heroes...

pOmrAkkUn

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Bangkok

Me/Mo

23 Jun 2009 at 12:59 - 21

Best pugs for me was IWAY r6+ team.

U know what I mean. xD

Ghost Omel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

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W/

23 Jun 2009 at 13:24 - 22

Hmm.. i Was fund of PuGs beofre EoTN release actually......I think the most exciting PuG i had was after the release of Nightfall.. on the Gate of Pain mission (Shiro and Lich one.. havent beeen to NF for a logn long time).Yeah we did it in HM and we had a makeshift builds.. just trying to have some fun with the game expecting to loose... well what can i say after one War quit and i was only melee left...we managed to Hammer lich back to hell and Send Shiro back to the Rifts =)

Was very nice PuG indeed.....I never complain aboutr them on the rare occasions that i do go into them.. I mean after all Pixels are just pixels.. And playing technicaly is there to waste time (SO winning or loosing regardles is still a waste of time....)

WhiteAsIce

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

R/

24 Jun 2009 at 00:55 - 23

I usually have bad experiences with PuGs. My only fond experience was with Rotscale HM for the bounty. Our group consisted of me as a R/Rt Splinter Barrage, 5 W/Mos, 1 earth warding Ele, and 1 Monk. Surprisingly, no one died, and Rotscale was down within 2 minutes.

Short

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2009

Protectors of Fate [GoF]

N/Me

24 Jun 2009 at 07:13 - 24

Yesterday, doing Eternal Grove NM on a new monk character I decided to join a PUG advertising for a monk. Only when I got into the mission did I realise that I had a Double Dragon Warrior with a Minion Master MOX, a spirit spammer ranger and a ritualist (Who wasn't that bad but didn't understand any english) with a fire ele MOX. Dear God. Nevertheless we kept 11 Tree Singers up, not too bad. And after that mission I have to say, UA is the most useful skill ever if half your team dies.

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

24 Jun 2009 at 07:47 - 25

For the Zquests, i have mostly good pugs and rarely fail. That may be because i have such a fabulous monk with "win!" written in her DNA, but i must be modest and give credit to all those amazing wammos, MM's, SH spammers and barragers.

Yoom Omer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

Israel

One Life to Live Again [Life]

E/

24 Jun 2009 at 07:58 - 26

The great one I remember was Hell's Percipice, on the week they added the endgame prophecies stuff. I joined a PuG, and we did it Balanced (It was in the Ursan times), HM, No consumables, without a single death. Good times.

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

24 Jun 2009 at 08:08 - 27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Short

Yesterday, doing Eternal Grove NM on a new monk character I decided to join a PUG advertising for a monk. Only when I got into the mission did I realise that I had a Double Dragon Warrior with a Minion Master MOX, a spirit spammer ranger and a ritualist (Who wasn't that bad but didn't understand any english) with a fire ele MOX. Dear God. Nevertheless we kept 11 Tree Singers up, not too bad. And after that mission I have to say, UA is the most useful skill ever if half your team dies.

Holy crap! I was there ... okay, not, but I joined different pug for eternal grove NM yesterday that i thought would fail mission but we ended up owning it. even with 12 singers!

Assassin (me & my two heroes. Playing on non-unlocked account proved to be challege. But hey, WoH minion bomber worked!)
Warrior (competent leader, i have no idea what his build was)
Ranger (ignite arrows barrage and his heroes that were not any better)
Seccond ranger (i *think* he was beast master).

'ignite way':

MetalMan

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2007

Some Guild.

W/Mo

24 Jun 2009 at 08:13 - 28

R5/6+ HA team (balanced

), ended up owning some top teams, won halls, and would have won again if some RtL hadn't continually ganked us an entire match.

glacialphoenix

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2008

Singapore

Royal Order of Flying Lemmings [ROFL]

Mo/

24 Jun 2009 at 08:25 - 29

Hmmm. The PUGs I have best memories of were the ones I finished Dragon's Lair M+B and - I can't remember which one exactly, but it was one of the Ring of Fire missions. The Dragon's Lair PUG proceeded to give me a tour of Droks when they found out I was a newbie (I joined post-Factions), and the Ring of Fire people practically walked me through the mission. <3 Oh, and that Dragon's Lair PUG? I remember them being very prepared.

The most astonishing one, even though we failed: I was in a mission with a warrior. Said warrior had an astonishingly fail build, and I was preparing for the worst case scenario as is so common.

I swear I did not expect to see, after every few mobs: "Casters, are you OK? How's your energy? Tell me when you're ready to move on." (I still can't decide if he was fail or win.)

FlareStorm

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2008

R/

24 Jun 2009 at 08:37 - 30

Great one just tonight with Gate of Madness. Couple of noobs at the mission, but they listened to the veterans, their questions were actually intelligent. Great synergy in game, great synergy in chat. One of them joined anothers' guild, everyone had fun.

Only annoying thing was people saying "OMG this group rocks" all the time

(I was Flare Prime the Ranger in game if any of you are reading this. Thanks!)

Hugh Manatee

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2007

Nice But Deadly[nice]

N/

25 Jun 2009 at 02:14 - 31

First or second character going through the jungle for the first time, we went through the whole thing and got to the desert with 1 pug. From the wilds to amnoon, these were good guys. Epic Aurora Glade win to, we were near wiped, 1 guy left and he ran the crystals solo.

There was a guy in pre, we wiped out all the charr(this was before the title or they put anything good up there, it was just a strait up adventure).

SurrealFi

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2008

Me/A

25 Jun 2009 at 08:25 - 32

In the early stages of nightfall I, as a prot monk, joined a random PuG in Gate of Pain, three monks (Including Dunkoro), four wammos and 1 necro. The leader knew what to do and what the bonuses were (which tbh the rest of us random dudes didnt have a clue about :P) and lead us to battle. We managed GoP without any deaths, later on GoM with a couple of deaths on Shiro, and the last mission without fail. Great times.

Abedeus

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Niflheim

R/

25 Jun 2009 at 08:36 - 33

Okay, maybe that's karma, but after 4 bad PuGs I got a good player. H/H'er, R/P with spears and a pet, MM hero, healer and I think a nuker. Did good job, too bad he didn't speak English, at all. Would've gotten Masters if he wasn't that slow.

elpedro

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

England

Pirates Of The Searing [YoHo]

Me/E

25 Jun 2009 at 10:23 - 34

As a player since the beginning, PuGs were generally the most fun I got out of GW for a long long time, even more so than when I started a guild up and did things with guildies.

That great excitement of having no idea how well you are going to perform as a team, no titles to show and limited armor types so you couldn't judge players well until you played with them.

Sorrows furnace was the best for me. Missions in general were fun to do. Does anyone remember THK, when you would just wait for ages spamming "Lf monk, 7/8"?

bitchbar player

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

still lost

Guy In Real Life [GIRL]

Mo/

25 Jun 2009 at 11:37 - 35

Back in the day when thunderhead keep was hard i used to pug it ones a day to help people get true that mission (for those that dont know lots and lots of people wernt able to get past it).
I loved to do that and i see it as a challenge. Yeah Pugging can be great fun although i don't think it will be as fun anymore as those first few months of prophesies.

AngeliqueSynner

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2008

Florida, USA

Sacred Storm [Strm]

N/

25 Jun 2009 at 12:30 - 36

I haven't had any truely amazing PuGs. But there are a few good raids. Went from Ice Caves to Hell's Precipice in a little over 3 hours with only Dunkoro for heros, as we couldn't find a monk.

Also had a good one in Tahnnakai that there were no heros in. Beat it with almost 12 minutes to spare on masters. :]

Bill Clinton

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2009

25 Jun 2009 at 12:53 - 37

I dont remember my most amazing pug, but I had one recently.
Zquest for Rragars Meangerie, had failed it like twice already due to incredibad players. Decided to form my own team, it was splinter barrage tank 'n spank but NONE of the players had done it before, like three of the rangers had to go and buy splinter weapon before we could go.
After ten minutes of explaining how it works and stressing that the tank must go in first, we went in. Completely and utterly roled the entire dungeon, every single PUG in that team was a competant listener and played perfectly, as if they had done that role 100 times before. Was fun times.

Amnel Ithtirsol

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

AU

League Of The Fallen

Mo/

25 Jun 2009 at 13:02 - 38

Quote:

Originally Posted by samerkablamer

13min pug uwsc

^ This, a few weeks before the last SF nerf. It was truly unbelievable...

Also, a 1:20 HM DoA Full Run PuG back in Ursan days... few people with brains and two very good monks IIRC...

Deadshot Seven

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

A/

25 Jun 2009 at 16:05 - 39

15 wins in RA with me, another assassin, an incredible ranger that interupted everything somehow, and a monk.

Eh.

vaxmor

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Ascalon

R/

26 Jun 2009 at 09:59 - 40

I was in this epic pug once, the W/MO had a hard res.