Thundering Affix is the worst

Worst affix ever. Multiple things make this affix unattractive and not fun. Pugging Keys with this affix is horrible. (I’m talking about pugging here, not a formed guild group or the 5% that run with a consistent group)

Most people can not handle this affix or understand it and it’s quite a pain.

Most people just run and clear it asap. And they run around like a chicken with it’s head cut off, to anyone that is close, whether it is the correct mark or not. It just cracks me up. I’m fine with it being cleared fast, even though it’s a dps loss but it’s better than being stunned and killed.

People just do not check the marks above their head.

Melee classes are so frustrating as they NEVER MOVE. They just stand still and expect ranged and healers to always run to them. I absolutely hate it. And at some point, I will just pop my shield and let the stun kill them.

The tank never moves … which is okay I guess, I’ll run to you. Same with the healer and in intense situations, i’m okay with that.

There are the people that run away from you, not paying attention, and it’s frustrating.

Some boss and dungeon mechanic require people to spread out, making me chase these people all over the map.

Some mechanics require you to stack, losing the dps gain right away.

As mentioned above, if this affix is messed up … it stuns and most likely kills both players. Not all the time, but most times. I get killed because some rogue is not paying attention and running away from me, as I am chasing him. So dumb.

There are bosses like the 2nd boss of Shadowmoon Burial Grounds that phases you to make you kill a version of yourself, but thundering can still happen during that phase and on high keys that can wipe people or become quite frustrating.

The amount of crap to dodge, run out of, ect has gone way up with the new dungeons. You can clearly tell the difference between old and new dungeons. Night and day difference. The old ones seem more relaxed, less chaotic mechanics going on. The new dungeons, it’s like a giant sh*t storm of things happening at one time and then throw in Thundering lol.

Some groups are way better than others as some players get it. But man, even these “elite” players in high keys do half of this crap mentioned above.

To the people that do not move, I am getting tired of chasing you or always running to you. I hope the stun kills you because I’m popping a shield.

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If people can’t properly play around thundering in first minute you may aswell just leave since they are not gonna time it.

Though most of the time people are doing just fine.

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Ya a lot of people don’t like it.

Excuse me, sir. I often fel rush to a ranged player if they have the opposite. Half the times I clear the healer. Don’t group me with the other lazy melee.

It is annoying, but unless you are pushing high keys you don’t necessarily need the damage or healing increase from the debuff.

This just tells me who has an addon to track this affix and who doesn’t, and the higher keys I push the less I see people moving to the wrong characters to clear.

With the amount of visual clutter, I don’t blame them.