Heroic Halls of Wretchedness

Zone into H HoR as my random, totally PUG daily. I notice that the first two bosses are down, which is odd, since that is usually the killer. I’m advised that this I am the fourth tank and I “better be good” and “heals are fine.” I’m also told this is the second healer. All warning signs, but I figure it’s the back half of H HoR so it can not be too bad.

We trigger the Banshee Queen and she starts down the path. We all move down to the wall when the Retribution Paladin – the one that had spammed gear scores when I entered – races down to Arthas as he’s summoning and starts engaging the mobs. I taunt, slap down Death and Decay, and struggle to keep threat on mobs pulled far, far away from me. During this ordeal, the healer is spamming his 900 HPS on the Retribution Paladin, all in vain.

The Retribution Paladin is raised just as Arthas starts to summon for the second wall. Once again, the Paladin races down to the pack, drops Consecrate, and gets eaten by Arthas’ aura. The healer thinks this is a sign to DPS and pops a Hand of Reckoning so he “can help brun down the mobs”. The Shaman, in party chat, reflects mournfully, “This is why we’ve gone through three other tanks. I hate PUGs.”