Warlocks and Shadow Priests - guilty until proven innocent

No, this post is not about demonic sacrifices of baby orcs...

... just about my reactions to self-mutilations by casters of the shadowy persuasion.

Lifetapping warlocks can scare the shit out of me with the self inflicted health deficits they use to regenerate mana. And the backlash from a shadowpriest critting Shadow Word: Death can be even worse.

The aggro indicators in Grid or other raid-frames just aren't fast or accurate enough to distinguish between such self-inflicted damage that can be healed at leisure and "zomg that noob pulled aggro again - spam heals and pray"!

For safety reasons I assume the person in question is a noob and about to be mashed into a bloody pulp. In 5-mans I might notice in time that the mobs are still firmly attached to the tank and just throw a single Renew for topping them up. But in the chaos of a raid everyone is 'guilty of overaggroing until proven innocent' and causes me to prepare for a full-blown healing spam while I mutter curses under my breath.

Not that it matters in most end game encounters where random attacks outside of the good old aggro table seem to be the norm instead of the exception. There everyone is 'considered dead unless immediately healed to full'. And my curses in such encounters often go way beyond the "under my breath" threshold. ;)

The "you can turn of the loading screen hints" hint

Why oh why is there a hint on the loading screen that tells you that you can turn off these hints?

Why? I don't get it. Whoever came up with the idea for this option and the corresponding hint must be really emo. It is a stupid and unnecessary option to have in the first place. But the existential angst in the loading screen hint? Way over the top.