in theory, yes. in practice, no. world first guilds only recruit the best of the best players. players who get only 99s/100s on logs (not that logs matter that much, it’s just usually the case) as well as being able to follow mechanics near perfectly for hours at a time, as well as having the time and desire to spend hours outside of raid looking at all the latest theorycrafting for their class, doing WoW chores 24/7, etc etc. it doesn’t take a WoW savant to be in a world first guild, but not every mythic raider could be in a world first guild for a multitude of reasons. I’ve been in average mythic guilds and the level of skill, commitment, and drive of the players is seriously peanuts when compared to people that are in top 10, even world 100 guilds.
But in a sense you’re right because the main reason why is because of the time investment and commitment that frankly the US has a disadvantage in. Compared to EU which has more lax vacation policies, most of us Americans cannot compete when it comes to taking weeks off at a time in order to do progress on a raid and compete for world first. Unless you’re a streamer or self-employed which is a small minority.
Yes this is the “rick and morty” of video games. You have to have a very high intellect to be able to understand the complexity and the greatness of not just the game play but the story line too. Simpletons should stick to easy to understand games like path of exile.
I was not speaking about myself but Okay, here’s +10 extra clout points “Lessor Mortals”, now go brag on Twitter about the points you received for destroying someone who rarely take the General Forums seriously.
I am sorry, I was not sure rather reply with the person who I was actually speaking about or remove this reply and not speak at all; since you’ll find it to be not worth my time.
To reward you for this post; showing that you’re a well-educated gentleman, here’s a cookie!
An additional note, I always sign my posts with a Red Triangle when speaking out of character. (It’s not that I am in Neo-Cult or anything, I simply like Triangles.)
I dont know if intelligence is the right word, but you need to be able to keep track of many things at once. Spatial awareness I guess?
To be a top player you probably need to have above average reflexes and muscle memory. But even then there’s probably a lot of average or below average people in intelligence who are top players, so idk.
Everyone’s intelligent in their own way and come up with countless feats that even surprises myself, it’s the very reason why I value Human Life and saddened to see what has been occurring to them this ghastly year.
I think certain types of people are better at it than others. People who are good at memorizing and executing patterns are naturally gonna be better at WoW than someone who isn’t. I don’t think it has anything to do with overall intelligence though, everybody’s brain works a little differently
Anyone can read a guide on how to play their class. In an ideal world, you would be able to read the abilities and see how they work with eachother. That would be good class design.
Bad class design, however - has been plaguing this game for years. Rotations make no sense for many classes (unholy DK is a great example - absolute train wreck, IMO). Sub rogue in Legion is another example of terrible class design (That ended up being fun, somehow?).
The blame once again, as always - falls on Blizzard. They design their game in a way that sees them getting bailed out around every corner by addon/guide developers.
Not really. The game is pretty easy. It really does make me wonder sometimes though, when people die to really easy mechanics. Pugging heroic ny’alotha was a nightmare because of two bosses: il’ganoth and vexiona. The main failed mechanic on vexiona was a clearly telegraphed, somewhat slow breath ability.
The moment you guys start linking debunked behavioural analytics which have been blasted by modern science for lacking any sort of consistency or predictive value, that’s the moment I know the exact type of intelligence I’m dealing with…
Just stop placing value on nonsense HR behavioural “types” they don’t exist and are largely used by firms to separate people into desirables and undesirables without any solid science backing their claims.
(It’s not that I am in Neo-Cult or anything, I simply like Triangles.)