I hate WoW-Heroes. I hate Gearscore. Well… strike that.  I really have a problem with how players use these otherwise useful tools for perversion within the game.  C’mon, you know what I’m talking about… “WTF N00bcakes, you can’t tank a heroic because your GS too low!”

Nothing can make me so angry, so quickly as hearing that in party chat. It’s probably in trade chat too, but trade chat is so obnoxious I’ve relegated it to a hidden prat tab…. But party chat?  Whatever, Blizzard hasn’t queued us up for anything we can’t handle (and I’m pretty certain I could even handle HoR if people would oblige me with some crowd control on the damn hunter).

Anyway, I had this whole rant planned… and then I got sidetracked… and then Blizzard just obliterated the whole mindset of Gearscore bragging rights with their April Fools post…. EPEEN for the win!  What, you say?  That was weeks ago?  Yeah, yeah, yeah… I’m a slacker behind the times…  I had some other stuff going on!

Anyways, now, whenever I see some yo-yo say “Dude, 2300GS FTW!“, I just picture that WoW-Penis extending out of the top of their head and then the giggles start!

So, what are the actual uses for a ‘gear score’?  For the addon and me?  Not much… I like Rating Buster better.  I honestly don’t care about my gearscore.  Remember, Artie’s no raider. I’m perfectly fine for 5m heroic content. For WoW-Heroes, the usefulness there is for those that are in fact raid inclined.  For example, as a fresh 80 in blues / greens, don’t subject yourself to ICC25 man.  Follow the suggested instances using the green / yellow / red timeline… save you and your friends or pug-mates some hassle.

My thoughts?  Just like in real life, we can’t all be John Holmes.  Use what equipement you got, but use it well.

Cheers!