So for the 4th time in a two week period the almighty random number generator has decided that Oculus is to be our daily heroic today. What the fuck. When the daily is Oculus you better fucking hope that you get home in time from whatever you do to pass the daylight hours, in order to get into a guild group. Because if you don’t you’re fucked. The dungeon is designed so badly, it is the bane of every raider who still needs to farm triumph badgers.
If wow dungeons were school children, Oculus would be the boy at the back of the class who eats glue, draws cocks on the furniture and smells faintly of his own piss.
“But wait”, I hear you say, “I like Oculus and think it’s awesome”. If you’re saying that then you should immediately delete your wow characters, format your c-drive and go and seek professional help for mental retardation. This dungeon isn’t just bad, I’m pretty sure it’s actually evil. It’s like they took every aspect of the game which was annoying and buggy and shoved all those ideas into 1 place, and then made it have an extra long corpse run just for good measure.
So lets go through a few of the main factors that make a shit WotLK dungeon shall we?
- Place it a fucking long way from Dalaran? Check.
- Put random pathing agro mobs around the summoning stone? Check.
- Lots of shitty caster mob trash that doesn’t let u pull stuff properly? Check.
- Vehicles? Check.
- Mobs that are immune to specific damage types (fire, frost, nature etc)? Check.
- Possibility to get lost if you haven’t done it before? Fucking big check.
- Gimmicky boss design which only seems to exist to annoy the fuck out of people? Check.
- Lots of moving or waiting around for stuff and very little actual killing? Check.
- Insta-kill boss abilities that pretty much 1 shot ppl who don’t know about them? Check.
- Buggy crap trash mobs that will agro you in the middle of a boss fight for no apparent reason? Check.
So you’re starting a pug for Oculus because, like me, you really do need those 2 triumph badgers and everyone else in the guild has already done it OR told you to fuck off (the sensible ones) and flatly wont do it no matter what. The first hurdle is actually managing to get people to do the dungeon, even on daily day very few people are willing to do this piece of shit which can make getting a trade / lfg pug difficult.
Lets assume that we have a group now, so the fighting already starts on who should have to fly all the fucking way out to the ass end of nowhere in order to summon, usually it ends up that I’m flying no matter what. It’s either that or wait 3 hours for one of the brain dead troop in my group to realise no one is going to summon his lazy fat arse. Now you’re at the stone, where there are probably 1 billion alliance all having a tea party because apparently alliance fucking love this dungeon or some shit and can’t get enough of flying around on their red penis drakes like the fucking RPers. So after you’ve painfully waited for them to summon their oculus-loving brethren and fuck off, you start summoning your failboat group and it seems like every fucking pink arcane penis snake in the area just homes in on you and attacks one after the other. Of course they wait until you think you’re safe to summon and then one spawns right behind you and spits it’s arcane spunk ball on you just as u have 0.5 seconds left on the summon. All this and you’re not even in the fucking instance yet.
Once you actually make it inside, hopefully your server has been upgraded so the instance servers aren’t making people head butt the portal for 30 mins to get in, you buff and start going. The tank probably hasn’t been here before and tries to ranged pull one of the whelps and then gets faceraped while you heal him and wait for him to realise that he needs to actually run into them. You slowly make your way to the first boss, probably pulling agro on a shitload of whelps on the way which the tank and dps ignore, and you have to kill this fucking retarded boss who keeps porting you on top of him as if it’s some kind of punishment. I mean does he smell or something? I guess it’s supposed to be annoying because you’re meant to be dodging the pink bomb things but since they hit for like 5 damage no one gives a crap and just heals through it.
Now the fun starts, your brainless team of cocks have no idea what colour drake to take so you explain it, and then they promptly take the wrong ones anyway. You fly over to the first platform and start shooting mobs, then you realise your team is still fucking miles away and so u fly back and try not to die in the way and persuade them to just fucking follow you and kill stuff. Oh and don’t forget, as you’re a healer on a healer class drake (green) anyone who dies while on a drake will blame you for not healing even though you fucking can’t until the final boss anyway.
Somehow you manage to lead your merry band of retards to the first boss, and you dismount and pull him, at which point one or more flying blue drake trash shits will add on you for no reason and probably start ice blasting you as the healer. The chance of your group noticing this is pretty low so you will just have to heal through it and hope they kill the boss before you end up a frozen tree stump. Now the real fun, unless you’re running with a death knight for death grip – only the ranged dps can actually dps down the bugged trash drake shits – wait you didn’t bring ranged dps or a death knight? Oh well you’re fucked then.
Now you’re at the middle boss who makes you fly around 3 platforms killing random crap before he’ll actually fight you. And some of that crap are elementals which are immune to a few types of damage, which is always fun. Finally you get to the central ring and fight this total cock of a boss, the dps get him down to about 20% and then he disappears and because they’re all idiots they don’t know why (even though you told them earlier, but who reads party chat anyway these days?). By the time they realise what’s happening (or read your party chat msgs telling them to move the fuck behind a pillar) they’re too slow to get out because of the frost bombs and get 1 shotted. You then end up killing the boss with tank dps and rezzing 3 guys afterwards.
You’re nearly there now though so you ignore the failures and get on up to the final boss. Don’t even try to dismount and buff the drakes or anything because if you do some fucking cock will pull him and you’ll be left standing there with your dick hanging out waiting to die. The last boss is always fun, and hey it’s easier now right? Because the gear makes the drakes scale upward? Right? Well yeah but you’re in a pug so while you might be sitting pretty with a 110k hp green drake the guys actually doing
the tanking and the damage are probably in quest blues and crap. If by some massive miracle you actually manage to kill the final boss with your rag tag crew of brain farts then you’re finally free. But wait! Just as you’re looting the chest (and someone is probably going to open the chest and then go AFK for 5 hours so u cant loot the fucking quest item anyway) some fucknut will pull one of the remaining whelps which will now come along and proceed to rape you from range while the quest green mage u brought tries to dps it down. And if you die, well that’s just awesome – now you have to release, corpserun, zone in, run back to the first boss location, grab a new drake, fly up for 30 mins to get to the chest and finally loot your mother fucking quest item, hearthstone, call people cunts, leave the group and then your DSL will decide to disconnect until 03:01 the next day.


#1 by Yanum on September 12, 2009 - 05:06
I never find oculus much of a problem but yes the bug with blue drake attacking when on a boss is nasty.
#2 by Aleex on September 12, 2009 - 17:21
Cows Cows Cows… :>
CUM ON, THE INSTANCE IS LAIK PURE FUN, IT EITHER TAKES 15 MINS OR 45 MINS, IT’S COOL MEJT.
/happeeh 2 badges (does 1% extra badges/day count?!)
#3 by hoi on September 12, 2009 - 18:24
cows loves cock :’(
#4 by Isvarm on September 12, 2009 - 19:52
Fucking best blog EVER!!!!
#5 by Cows on September 12, 2009 - 19:57
no thats cake!1111
#6 by Keeva on September 14, 2009 - 10:50
I think I love you.
#7 by Tweat on September 14, 2009 - 17:38
14/9/09 – Occulus Daily again – FFFFF
#8 by Malm on September 15, 2009 - 14:38
HAHAHAHA
#9 by Littlebark on September 16, 2009 - 01:45
My sentiments, exactly.
I could get my “Champions of the Frozen Waste” tittle, but guess what instance I have yet to complete?
-bleep-ing Oculus.
#10 by Cows on September 16, 2009 - 07:10
On cows I had Naxx Immortal, Twilight vanq, and all of the Ulduar titles but no champ of the frozen wastes until the first time Oculus came up post-3.2 :/
#11 by Cassandri on September 16, 2009 - 15:03
“Put random pathing agro mobs around the summoning stone? Check. ”
I started laughing here and didn’t really stop.
Oh yeah those initial whelp pulls… LOL tanks think they can dodge frostbolts or something i think
Thank you thank you thank you for such a great read.
The super sad part is that Blizzard were really proud of Oculus.
If they removed the 20 second call-down-and-mount-drake-spinning-you-in-the-complete-opposite-direction animation I wouldn’t hate is so much.
#12 by Real Big Kitty on September 16, 2009 - 23:31
The whole list of main factors that lead to Oculus sucking really made me laugh. Then your use of the pejorative term “faggot” took away the funny. You likely may not care, but this is no different from using racial slurs. Your style is direct and says what many of us are thinking. But try writing without the directly offensive terms and epithets that offend an entire community…
#13 by Cows on September 17, 2009 - 00:37
Grow up, this is not an offensive term at all in the right context. Do you really think that I’m calling these people homosexuals? And even if I was it is only because of your predisposition to thinking that homosexuality is somehow bad and therefore an insult that causes you to think it’s a derogatory term to any real life group.
#14 by Tauth on September 17, 2009 - 02:52
Due this is the most funniest shit i have ever read. lol you are crazy man but all of it is so !!!!! true lol., nice blog
#15 by Lyram on September 17, 2009 - 17:59
I look forward to your using the word, Nigger in a similar situation then. You are using an anti-gay epithet to show how bad something is. You are the one who needs to grow up.
#16 by Cows on September 17, 2009 - 18:15
The PC Police have no place on this blog. If you don’t like the content, then don’t read it.
#17 by Dickie on September 17, 2009 - 18:32
Come on now, it has nothing to do with PC police, blah blah blah. It does have lots to do with some decency and consideration.
Reading your post in context, it does appear that you are putting poeple down because you percieve them to be gay. That is what you using by using that language.
Pulling a “this is my blog and I speak as freely as I want” doesn’t alleviate the use of derogatory language. Sure, write whatever you want, but don’t act shocked or indignant when someone calls you to the carpet for it.
#18 by Wormwood on September 18, 2009 - 18:16
Awesome blog and an especially awesome post!
I did Ocu ONCE to get the achievements, haven’t been back since and won’t be either, no matter how many badges I miss out on.
Also, all the fags getting their panties in a twist over a blog post about a video game need to chill the fuck out. It’s okay to be gay, no-one’s being homophobic here, move on.
#19 by Cows on September 23, 2009 - 07:13
I changed my mind and removed the so called ‘anti-gay’ words. Not because of pressure to do so but because I don’t want the overall theme of the post to be derailed by the PC Police.
As I said before it saddens me that people actually thought this post was being anti-homosexual. Clearly some have a sort of twisted desire to see themselves as marginalized even when they’re not so they can act out with faux righteous indignation.
#20 by Bigjazz on September 24, 2009 - 10:14
LOLOLOL MOAR DRAGUNZ<33
#21 by Chimy on September 24, 2009 - 19:41
Some people just can’t resist the urge to hop on a soapbox. Funny stuff. Ignore the politically correct crap. If a word isn’t used in a derogatory context, it’s not derogatory. Now, I’m going to go eat some crackers and place a faggot in the fireplace all while smoking a fag.
#22 by Weggo on November 13, 2009 - 00:33
Don’t hate the game, hate the players. Completed all oculus heroic achievements last year while pretty much everyone had max 5 man heroic gear and it was with pug group where soon after the run we became good friends. Ofcourse I have had my hard time with random ppl too but same goes with pug naxx, lets dance anyone?
#23 by Weggo on November 13, 2009 - 00:36
And yes I can honestly say that I like the oculus as a instance
#24 by Weggo on November 13, 2009 - 00:38
Also, if u need to rage so much cause of the game, I cannot but only think that u are the 1 in need of some help.
#25 by Amajan on November 16, 2009 - 09:49
Your debate on words reminds me of one of the latest Southpark Episodes: The F Word …
#26 by Finarfin on November 18, 2009 - 13:49
I my self also got issues with Oculus.
the main issue is that
A# depending on drakes on end fight ppl can master there own class but when it comes to vehicles some ppl never learn.
B# the aggro mobs around the stone…. .SOLUTION MOVE THE Frigging stone.
C# the bosses in there are all movement intensive to survive. some ppl got problems with this. trust me i have both healed and tanked HC where ppl never move no matter how mutch AoE is around them…….. and in Occ all bosses needs moving to survive
d# the welps in the begining is a pain mainly because
* the mobs are spread out
* the mobs are casters
* there is nothing i can pull them with like a corner
—- ends up tanking 3/4 of the welps and the other 1/4 will hit the healer … thanks for that blizzard.
Worth mentioning i have PuG.ed Oc successfully with ease but the healer was very overgeared think ToC10 and i was in partly UL25 gear (tanking) ….
i tried heal this instance once i hit lv80 as a restro druid in blue gear and lets me tell you it was a pain that lead me to swear never to return to the Frigging instance.
several things struck me.
1# 1 boss summons adds that are RANDOM at best and warrior AoE threat …. in blue gear…..
2# one boss kills a blue gear character if he is standing in wrong place the drakenoid with low blue/green gear its fatal.
3# the mage is a constant pain to tank due to moving away and with 2 locks dotting him up having dot’s ticking on him while i can’t build threat as he is in the center…..
4# endboss is a wuzz with either setup you pick … so as long as you have killed the other bosses the endboss is easy.
#27 by Aegis on November 19, 2009 - 15:39
The above is all a true story
#28 by Wytheron@Die Arguswacht (EU) on November 20, 2009 - 10:25
I’m one of the “mentally retarded” guys then.
I really like The Oculus because it is different to all the other HC instances. It’s exactly that differences which make this instance so individual and special. For me it’s always a pleasure when it is chosen for Daily Dungeon. *EG*
There’s no irony or sarcasm intended. I really mean it.
The Oculus brings an alternation to the other dungeons which are always the same pattern.
In The Oculus you can show that you’ve got skills.
Oh, and maybe it is the people on your server, but I’ve made the experience that it is quite easy to run for all the achievements (6!) even with random groups. OK you need something like TS to coordinate your group and explain stuff but that shouldn’t be such a big problem.
BTW: I’m playing a Resto Druid and I’ve never had a problem healing this instance. Not even when my gear was crappy back then.
I thank Blizzard for this dungeon.
-Wytheron-
#29 by Sacrotes on December 8, 2009 - 18:37
Laughed my balls off reading this. Heroic Oculus Daily is the ONLY daily I’ve not completed for acheesement.
Oh yeah, and with regard to the bitching about using “faggot,” where’s your concern with using “retard,” “cunts,” “brainless,” etc. I think I feel pretty comfortable saying that if you complained about the use of the word faggot in the original text you’re a cocksucking faggot. Doesn’t bother me at all that you enjoy balls being slapped against your chin while the head of a purple monster is damaging your tonsils, but for fuck’s sake stop being a pussy about your sexuality. You homos all call each other faggots at the gay bar anyway (don’t ask how I know that).
I’m off to get a ricola since my throat is sore.
#30 by nim on December 8, 2009 - 18:50
Sounds like a newb QQ’ing over an EASY instance. You stated that if anyone liked Occy then they were a RETARD, but infact, YOU SIR ARE THE RETARD, failing on the easiest fucking instance on the planet and exagerating all of the simple mechanics of the instance. Besides, you must be a newb if you are concerned with farming useless triumph badges which are completely meant to gear our scrubs like you who can’t do any of the real content and rely on purchasing the 232 tier loots. SO SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU FUCKING RETARD!
#31 by Cows on December 8, 2009 - 19:09
Damn man you completely got me, my gear is all 232 and I suck
. Crying irl right now ;,(
#32 by Malm on December 11, 2009 - 13:04
Hahaha such a clueless fucktard.
Wonder if he realizes this was originally posted ~3-4 months ago, when we went to get 2 emblem of triumph right as Coliseum was released.
#33 by fictive on December 26, 2009 - 11:31
This has got to be the funniest blog post I’ve ever read. I kid you not when I say I was crying with laughter from reading this
And I totally agree, this dungeon is a big fat pile of shit waiting to fuck you up in every sence of the word.
Thanks for the laugh!