the whole point of focus is so you can use your abilities quickly without clicking to change targets and change back. while you may have "learned" how to react quickly enough without using focus at all, other players aren't going to be as talented (personally, i disagree that people can click fast enough to make focus not worthwhile). horde communication is lacking in general, but focus cc is a big part of killing targets as well.
this is a retarded subset of the discussion anyway since willy's individual use of focus is not the end-be-all problem of the horde team. additionally, even if the entire horde team uses brand new focus macros, coordination will still be necessary to make any progress.
I agree for the most part. When it comes to focus frames, I simply don't use them. My UI is set up to where I have what amounts to a focus frame above everyone's head. I can click it if I need to do something, and for me, in a BG, setting focus frames each time I wanted to be able to focus someone, would actually take longer than simply clicking the person to begin with. Part of what makes a focus frame so good, is that you can tell specifically what someone is doing, without targeting them. This is something I can do with Tidy Plates without having to use a focus frame.
Focus macros are something I only use in arena because there is just too much going on in a BG for me to use them effectively. In arena, it's 2 or 3 targets, which are represented by Gladius, and I have macros set up for any CC abilities that target the specific arena frame, not the focus frame. This saves time in that I don't need to target the person at all to CC them, but then again, we're talking about an environment where there's plenty of time to use things like that effectively.
Willy take a look at your screen shots from last night you know how often we actually beat MB? not once, every game with 5 of them regardless of our vent communication we lost.
They are playing on a lvl that you and many other horde cannot be bothered to even attempt, they are playing on a lvl well above me and I am tryign to get better, where as you insist that mediocrity is ok.
I'm not saying that mediocrity is okay. I am saying that many of the veterans who play on horde are good players, not mediocre. Given the right environment where everyone is in vent and using it well, where we don't have 3-5 under geared scrubs, we will do just as well as the DH crew. Getting to that point, is difficult though. Half of us, it seems, only get into every other game. The games we get into, usually half the team isn't in vent, and most of those that aren't in vent, are the 1500hp BG heroes we keep getting in games.
What I'm saying, is that the few games we did communicate well in, it definitely showed. If and when we get to a point where everyone is in vent, where we don't have the 1.5k HP heroes showing in force, we will then be able to determine who needs work on their personal skills. We will then be able to take the time to address those issues and help people out. Assuming that the horde aren't on the level of the DH kids, when we are still playing in random pugs, is kinda foolish.
Don't make the mistake that Donteventrii is making, by assuming that things are just a lost cause and not even trying.