Well I can speak to the dangers.

The first time I ever charged a training dummy my Talbuk kept going
Past the dummy…

Jumped the fence

Over the mountainside

I could have sworn that even the NPCs were laughing at me

I have a BM-spec for raiding, but I just can’t bring myself to get rid of my other pets to make room for all the spirit beasts. I’ve really come to like my pets.

But anyways. Grats

/salute

From Arcturis,down to the lowest level pets .Have given at least 10 spirit beast’s per type to many people .

Would like to say grats on his site,awesome just found it due to the link on Hunstamn Lodge.

I look forward to contributing and reading…

Tku for a outstanding Site…Whuumper/Queldo’Rei

Just a few of my recent experiences. Reminds me why I spend most of my time soloing.

The very next instance (Halls of Stone) the next hunter zoned in without a pet and ran the whole instance without it.

At the end of the run, I just had to ask. He said he doesn’t use his pet except in raids. I wonder who he’s raiding with. I’d like to know where to send the sympathy cards.

It might sound boring but I don’t have the attentionspan I guess.. Plus; on weekends I often play drunk… So I don’t really know where I’ve been and done and what NPC’ers done to progress the storylines.

Whatever FTW!

I’m disappointed with the ending of this expansion as it seems the Lich King went out with a whimper instead of the awesome strength he started out with.

That said, as fun as the fights are, Ulduar > Tournament. Finishing a raid in an hour is efficient, but not enough to hold my interest long term.

I understand that a person’s goals in this game can require them to raid in a hardcore fashion, but there is certainly a cost/benefit ratio involved. If part of the cost of your gear is becoming a different person in it’s pursuit, a mean-spirited, inflexible person, I would hope that one would find this an unacceptable cost.

I do not raid in any fashion, because I cannot commit to a regular play schedule (job and grad school commitments have to come first), but I do have in-game goals that make the it seem like work sometimes. That’s usually when I take a week or so off, and do something else that I enjoy. Jason’s point that this game is intended to be a stress reliever is important, I think. We all have plenty of stress inducers in our lives, and should be trying to reduce the number. Take a step back and re-evaluate your priorities before this games turns you, too, into an asshat.

Regarding the fact that we’re kind of getting slain. Well, it’s comparable to gladiator-fights in the ancient Rome, is it not? Fighting for your life is what people did back then to proove their worth, and it’s what we do to proove, that we are able to take down the Lich King. Those not capable will die. It’s a risk, really. The Argent Crusade needs the best of the best, and what better way is there to find that out, than to make the trialists fight for their life?

As for the protection of the area. I do find it peculiar that the Black Knight and the Lich King were able to enter the Tournament Grounds without anyone noticing it. Admitted, that is strange. But I don’t think the security level is lov. Looking at the tournament grounds, you will find a wast number of guards always on the watch, a great number of champions of The Horde and The Alliance, beasts in all kinds of shapes, not to mention all the Faction Leaders, and Tirion Fordring. I feel safe in that invironment.

So no, I don’t think it’s been a failure.