So my last couple of entries have been extolling the awesomeness of the WoW random dungeon finder - and it is completely awesome! There is a weird paradox though. A group in WoW generally consists of 1 tank, 1 healer, and 3 DPS classes. So, you'd figure, as a DPS class you'd get into a random group a ton faster, since they're needed in quantity 3 per group. But it's exactly the opposite! DPS classes have to wait much, much longer.

In general, tanks get grouped the very second they click "join queue." As a healer, I usually get in instantly, and always within 20-30 seconds - and that matches up with what other healers are saying. DPS classes, though, have long waits. When I queue my hunter, I wait between 15 and 20 minutes, and that agrees with what other DPS player are saying.

But why? You need 3 DPS players per group - shouldn't they be getting grouped faster? It has to be that there are many, many more people playing DPS than are playing tanks and healers. Maybe the specialized "win/lose will hinge on this player" roles of tank and healer are just a little too much for a lot of players? I don't know - it's odd though.

So, just to get maximum playing per session, I've been queuing as my druid, and picking Healer and DPS for role. Of course, I always get pulled for Healer, and that's fine. I have done a few runs as my offspec, though, and that's been fun too. Of course I had to uncheck Healer role, and had long waits, but it was worth it.

Speaking of which: Moonkin. That's what I chose for offspec, and it's a blast (literally!) Imagine a 7' tall bipedal owl-creature. With antlers. That casts very, very high damage nuke spells. And, if the RNG is with him, even higher damage! So high that the form is given a massive bonus to health and such. Since it's super easy to pull aggro... ;) Very fun offspec though.

I'm also still playing Dragon Age very heavily, and looking forward to the DLC coming out today! What the heck "secret plans and goals" good that puppy-dog-of-a-King Cailan have had?! I have to know.