Recount and hostile groupsFollow

So I was running regular Halls of Origination when I had one of the most hostile groups I have ever encountered. I have gotten very used to seeing myself on top of the DPS meter in every instance pulling a consistent 9k. It's not super awesome but I just turned 85 yesterday and I'm still not geared enough to get into heroics. A boomkin commented on how good his DPS was considering he was in healing gear. He was pulling 4k and I told him that was horrible. Suddenly I had the entire group calling me a scrub and the tank (druid) took exception to this and decided one up me on the charts.

Now according to my recount, the tank in DPS form was pulling 10k (which he was quite proud of considering his item level was 355 and mine was 327) but the boomkin (who was talking the most crap) was still hovering around 4k. So here is my question: When he posted his recount data, it showed me on the bottom. But when I posted mine, I was right behind the tank (who went cat) by around 800 DPS. How come his recount was showing me so low? And since when did overall DPS for the entire dungeon (except during special fights when you do insane DPS like on grim batol) not count anymore? I'm arcane spec'd by the way. Is 9k just not very good for normal instances?


Edited, Jun 4th 2011 4:30pm by flaminroids

Things went smoothly as always actually. I never pulled aggro and I even set up a table in the beginning. I was just wondering why the recounts were so different.

More importantly, who was on the top of the damage meters? If someone else links a different report than you, look at the numbers for HIM, and then look at YOUR numbers for YOU and see which is higher, if it's bugging you.
Discrepencies of distance, pugs, and other factors will get recount to display differently every so often, especially if one of you has a very old version of the addon.

Especially talking Arcane. I mean, the OP can be nuking the HELL out of the mob, stopping to regen mana for half the fight, then nuking to death at the very end.

This isn't a mystery.

The Bear went Cat for a fight and linked the numbers for that fight. To be honest, 10k Kitty while tanking is very impressive, because standing in front + Kitty doesn't work well at all. He probably would have been better off just going Bear.

The obvious thing here is that at least a few of these guys were in a premade - same server probably same guild - and so you said something to offend one of them and it sent the other(s) into a nerdrage.

Besides that, positive feedback is always better. I wouldn't be surprised if the Boomkin was also a fresh 85 - yes his DPS was abhorrent but he probably just changed spec/gear/etc and was happy to see an improvement. Over the internet, tone and attitude are often hard to convey, and people will just assume that when something is said, it is being said in the worst/degrading/spiteful way possible.

From my experience, if you encounter a premade when you're in DF PUG, especially when you're DPS, it's best to keep your mouth shut as much as possible due to how easy it becomes for them to boot you from the group. Something only needs to be said if the group is unable to progress due to shortcomings (which is nigh impossible in Regulars.)

Usually just let it go. Being in the right has very little to do with it when you're fighting online, and winning those fights generally nets no benefits.