Monday, June 13, 2011

Tanking and Healing Weekend

Another great weekend with great people. This weekend turned out to be fuller than I expected. I meant to do laundry, but sleep and recharging won in the end.

Who would have thought a birthday gift could keep on giving? Thank you to my best friend for one of best games I’ve ever played. It is such a fun past time that I’m watching less and less TV and playing more and more DC Universe Online. My PS3 is doing what I wanted it to do. Keep me from spending tons of money on the weekend.

I’m part of a league now and I’m ranking and building up their armor up for fighting with other players and with game challenges. The more I play the better I become with using my powers. I’m a strategist and like it when the “right” players in the right roles are playing.

• Tank
• Healer
• Controller
• DPS

Having good people in those roles makes your group unstoppable. A powerful Tank takes all the “heat/attention” in the game. So, the controller can stun enemies, give power to the group. The DPS can kill people and the healer can keep the group alive.

The first person you want to attack is the healer. The DPS and Tank can concentrate their attacks on him and the group while the Controller stuns enemies trying to get to their own healer. This is where mics come in. There is no way you can strategize without having a mic. If someone doesn’t have one, I wonder how do they play the game well? I think it’s essential. There was one moment where no one knew who the healer was to kill and someone found out said the same and we focused our attack on him. I don’t know if it sounds fun, but with the epic music playing in the background and the intense combat, I love it.

So, this week is all about building armor for challenges. We’ll see how far I get.

On top of that, I also went to a party Saturday night, brunch Sunday and Tony watching with a friend Sunday night. Umm, Ummm...good.