Claim System + Call for Help Code = Win

[blowfin]

Because they don't know how it works and refuse to take 5 minutes to educate themselves.

How are people supposed to know what to research before they are effected by it? They don't know how it works sure, but stating that people have refused to educate themselves on something that's never been an issue for them before is a bit silly.

[Karbuncle]

How are people supposed to know what to research before they are effected by it? They don't know how it works sure, but stating that people have refused to educate themselves on something that's never been an issue for them before is a bit silly.

Actually its not silly at all.

Its called being prepared. People do it all the time.

I know before any fight, I always look up a good strategy, what to expect, where/when to kite if neccessary, what TP moves to look out for, What Debuffs it can inflict, etc.

Basic things about the game. I would say "Knowing how to keep a mob red" would be "Basic education of the game". Especially if they're so afraid of "Vultures", you think they would research a way to keep mobs red. It just seems like a basic preventative measure.

There is a line to be drawn, but learning the basics of keeping your mob from going unclaimed seems like something people would want to do, especially with all the hate/knowledge of "Vultures" camping ???'s etc.

[Greatguardian]

How are people supposed to know what to research before they are effected by it? They don't know how it works sure, but stating that people have refused to educate themselves on something that's never been an issue for them before is a bit silly.

That only holds true for the first time someone has run into trouble with the claim system. If they lost a claim and did not know why, and then didn't bother to try and learn why that happened, they cannot blame the game if they lose claim a second or third time.

All it comes down to is the simple fact that people have absolutely no basis upon which to complain about a game system when they have not even attempted to learn how said game system even works.

I am not going around slamming people who lose their claims on NMs and calling them ignorant. I am replying to a mass of people who are posting on these forums, bashing the current state of the claim system and demanding change to it, without even trying to understand it first. There is absolutely no excuse for that.

Most of these people would have been much better off simply saying "This happened. Why did I lose claim? Do DoTs not hold claim? I thought my WAR voked the mob, does that not work either?" instead of creating page-long whine-posts, GM threats, blaming "Abyssea" for "Changing how claims work", and accusing everyone but them of Hacking and Botting.