For the love of .......

[Gramul]

I think Duty Finder is where most people go to learn the basics of a fight, myself included. I would never be annoyed with someone having no knowledge of a fight I found in DF.

Once you know the fight and are experienced, by all means only play with like minded players. But Duty Finder is totally random, if you don't want people new to a fight then don't use it. Other than Titan EX and T5 I haven't watched any videos beforehand and have done fine so far.

I'm not knocking people who do research a fight first, or want to play with those who do, just don't expect everyone else to do the same.

And I would never kick anyone for it either. I'm fine with communicating strategy and sharing information first hand. Hell I've done it for most of my runs. But if we take into account that DF really is random, it means that the ignorant players looking to discover first hand are going to be mixing with the players looking for the fastest route to clear a piece of content. Now, that does not mean the clearers should get upset at the ignorant for not knowing, but that also means the ignorant are willingly refusing to discover information that will help the party clear the run. Again, this isn't about the individuals experience, it's about the group experience. And while personal discovery is fun for you, it's wasting the time and efforts of those who actually know how to clear the run, making it less fun for them. Group content is about working together, and I don't see the advantage of ignoring what can only help lead to success for everyone.

DF is a two way street certainly, but slower traffic should move to the right if they don't want to keep the same pace.

Now, for solo fights, go all out, test your knowledge and fight with tactics (real shame about that early gargoyle fight being nerfed). That's fun and fits the individual benefit more than the party benefit.

did you watch videos of people playing mario before you played it?

Mario isn't really a co-op game.
And when it is, it's amongst friends in the same room.