A mage in World of Warcraft becomes the “pet” of his raid group – and he probably doesn’t even know exactly what happened.
Whoever wants to participate in raids in World of Warcraft, especially at heroic difficulty, needs a capable group and good gear. With a low item level, one usually won’t be taken along. However, a mage thought freshly at level 80: I’ll just sign up. And indeed, he was taken along the whole raid and was practically integrated as a mascot in the group.
What happened? In the WoW subreddit, dermagos showed a picture of his raid group. They had, as so often before, defeated Queen Ansurek at heroic difficulty. This time, however, they had a rather unusual participant with them – a mage who signed up for the raid with an item level of 477.
That is actually far too low to be able to play at this level. Normally, one needs gear that is at least item level 600 – even better if it’s a little higher.
The raid group apparently viewed this as a challenge (and a joke) and invited the mage nonetheless. He was allowed to accompany the raid the entire time, even though it seemed obvious that he didn’t belong there.
What kind of mage was this? The mage probably simply didn’t know the requirements to participate in the raid and signed up out of ignorance. The chat shows that he also doesn’t properly understand many basic mechanics. For example, he didn’t even know what the spell “Arcane Intelligence” is and had to be explained by his group how to add the spell from his spellbook to his action bar.
Everything suggests: The player is an absolute novice, just a “newbie”.
How does the community react? This story is extremely well received in the WoW community. People enjoy both the cluelessness of the mage and the nice idea of still taking him along the whole time and celebrating him enthusiastically:
- “This is the stuff of a new core memory. He will never forget this night. A good thing, we all had to meet people like you when we were new. This is basically the modern version of encountering a group of max-level characters at Darkshore who escort you through the area.” – Foreign-Horror9086
- “Thank you for giving this player a lasting memory that might change how he sees WoW. He will remember it for a long time and laugh about it later. I would too.” – DigitalDH
- “A friendly or nice low-level character (or one with weak gear) can often find themselves as the ‘pet project’ of the group or at least the healers. Especially when there’s not much else to do. Nothing is more satisfying than keeping the lowbie alive during the challenging fight.” – Lombardyn
How useful was the mage? In one of the screenshots, you can see the group’s DPS meters, and also that the mage doesn’t perform particularly well there. He ranks 18th out of 20 participants and finds himself among the healers. This is probably appropriate for the mage’s gear and understanding of the game. The mage’s measurable performance was virtually nonexistent – yet the morale and joy of the raid group seemed to be lifted by the mage’s mere presence.
Have you also experienced a beautiful moment in World of Warcraft where something good just happened to you that you perhaps only understood much later? In the game’s community, there are often particularly nice incidents – such as a streamer, who gifted several million gold as presents to happy players at Christmas.
