What happened to this player-base?!

[SpankWustler]

We all became part of Lil' B. He is now known as the "Player-Based God".

[Zerich]

Lol, thanks for all of the responses. I just am getting back from a 6ish month break. But I was more referencing other mages doing the same staff trial preferring to compete over mobs, instead of teaming up to multiply their kill count. I know that people are always camping against each other, because there's usually only a chance for one of a loot to drop. It just confused me, why someone would camp against someone, when it would only be beneficial for both people to team-up.
Believe me, i've sent /t's and /sh's to the people/general-area about it.
/sigh

[Francisco]

Depends on what the mobs are that you're talking about... I can think of any number of reasons why I wouldn't want to team up with some random person in Abyssea...

- Trust is a large issue. I don't need a random person taking my Key Items from chests, lotting my drops, making NM fights harder than they need to be by playing like an idiot.

- I don't plan on killing those specific mobs for long, and don't want to be bothered with being followed around the zone.

- My lights are capped, and I don't want you getting kill shots.

- I'm just messing around, and don't want to feel obligated to pay attention or keep pace with anyone else.

- I'm leveling combat skills, and don't want anyone killing the mobs faster.

...those are some common ones.

[Valonquar]

Sometimes people get all pissy when I'm farming upgrades solo while they have a full pt... but I am honestly after all 4 possible drops because I have too many jobs leveled now that need gear that isn't horribly outdated pre75 junk. Sure I miss out on procs, but I still end up getting the stuff I want faster than in a PT most of the time.

[Alhanelem]

Everyone rather compete for mobs in [A] than teaming up. I didn't know I was playing WoW.

Are you just meeting people doing stuff and asking to team up? If you want to do something, it's best if you join up before people get started with stuff. Except in events like WoE where everyone gets rewards, people generally want no more people than they need to accomplish a task. This doesn't mean that something is wrong with the playerbase.

In abyssea specifically, some monsters are simply in too high demand and some kind of adjustment is necessary to reduce head-butting.

[svengalis]

Lol, thanks for all of the responses. I just am getting back from a 6ish month break. But I was more referencing other mages doing the same staff trial preferring to compete over mobs, instead of teaming up to multiply their kill count. I know that people are always camping against each other, because there's usually only a chance for one of a loot to drop. It just confused me, why someone would camp against someone, when it would only be beneficial for both people to team-up.
Believe me, i've sent /t's and /sh's to the people/general-area about it.
/sigh

Well that doesn't make any sense. Sorry I don't have an answer for this one.

[svengalis]

Sometimes people get all pissy when I'm farming upgrades solo while they have a full pt... but I am honestly after all 4 possible drops because I have too many jobs leveled now that need gear that isn't horribly outdated pre75 junk. Sure I miss out on procs, but I still end up getting the stuff I want faster than in a PT most of the time.

If you are talking about farming seals solo I am going to have to disagree with its faster solo. Even if I needed all four seals from that NM I would set up a party for each one I needed because you get them way faster with procs. +2? Yeah it's probably faster to farm +2 solo.

[Greatguardian]

It was faster for me to farm seals in a group even if I need all 4. It's one of the perks of having, like, friends and all.

[Teraniku]

It was faster for me to farm seals in a group even if I need all 4. It's one of the perks of having, like, friends and all.

Yeah there's nothing better than popping a mob 4 times in a row then having to pop, farm item, pop , farm item..

[Dazusu]

Everyone rather compete for mobs in [A] than teaming up. I didn't know I was playing WoW.

That's how the game used to be. "What happened to the player base" should have been asked when people were campaigning for the end of HNM/competitive end-game.