MeinMMO demon Cortyn is currently showing a dark side again and is taking down a bunch of complaining players in the LFR of World of Warcraft. But it’s also just too much fun …
When players think of Priests in World of Warcraft, they usually picture friendly healers who only use their abilities for good. But then there are the “true” Priests, to whom Blizzard has given plenty of abilities for trolling. Sometimes out of ignorance, sometimes out of pure malice, they become a scourge to their group members.
In the fight against Raszageth, there are several phase transitions where you need to jump from one platform to another. This is achieved through a “knockback” effect from the boss. You position yourself correctly, get knocked back, and then land on the target platform.
In theory.
But Priests have the wonderful ability to give other players the spell “Levitate”. This causes the character to float a few centimeters above the ground and has a reduced fall speed. What that means when you just buff the group at that moment, you can see in this nice clip from the WoW subreddit:
I’m sure every Priest has at least considered doing this – even if it’s just to find out if they can mitigate their fall damage.
If you didn’t spot it right away: All players with the Levitate buff fly way too far and simply overshoot the target platform. They land abruptly in the abyss and are instantly dead. In the video shown, the Priest had only good intentions, as he wanted to help the group and mitigate fall damage – he realizes far too late that he has doomed them to a quick death.
Meaner Priests (like you and me) can wonderfully use this ability to troll or to unleash righteous wrath on those who deserve it.
Especially in the LFR, where the people with the least knowledge often type the most insults into the keyboard, it is extremely satisfying to grant the complainer Levitate at the last moment. Does that make me just as toxic as him at that moment? Yes, maybe a little. But my satisfied smile, when I imagine the complainer currently biting his keyboard while yelling as he flies into the abyss, is worth it to me.
At least sometimes you can do that. Most are already dead in phase 1 anyway.
