Poll: Gear progression, horizontal or vertical?

[NadienKirisame]

Stuff and things

I personally don't don't care if you are a bit off and I never said you had to be perfect. But then it isn't me that is really going to take that other guy in better optimal gear over you... Most of the time I just go with it when I used to lead raids and as long as things got done it didn't matter too much but then again as I said I'm not the one that really cares much as long as people are having fun and stuff is getting killed.

And it isn't really that black and white though some groups will be that way... but in the end you are either pulling your weight and helping things die or everyone else has to pickup the slack and try to push through. If everyone is giving 100% but you are only giving 75% because you want to play this way with this gear set... is it right that the rest of the people in your group have to suddenly do more then 100%? Because if they do not you don't win the fight?

The cat is bemused =-.-=

[Gamer3427]

Words.

I will say, I wasn't trying to single you out in particular. I just used your quote as it was the most readily available example. That being said, I've met more than a few people in the community, (here in particular), who will stand for little less than perfect. Those who quit on the first failed attempt at a boss or trial, those who kick people if they don't already know the run, and those who will vote to abandon if something goes slightly wrong because someone slipped up and a wipe happens. I've met quite a few players like this in here, and a visit to the forums of most popular games will show you that it's not limited to this game. A lot of people are becoming more obsessed with speed running everything just to get the loot, rather than actually enjoying the content they're running through.....

[NadienKirisame]

I know

I figured you where not directing it at me. Though the issue you are seeing is not just from vertical progression... I have seen the same stuff in horizontal progression games as well simply because this item that they want drops from this area and it will probably take 100 runs to get it so the faster they do it the sooner they can find the next part of the set they are trying to build. The vote abandon and dropping at the first wipe are other things that annoy me and I have had a few groups that some of my friends would be with me in and we would reject the abandon and say hey lets do this one more time and just watch for this or this and such and we would end up winning that pull. Just how it goes though...

I have also seen it in other games like XI where someone joined our group and when they got to the camp the leader started asking him about his gear and when the guy didn't have certain things he was kicked... of course that didn't work too well for that leader because I left right after and I was their healer.

These games take all kinds though you just have to do what you can...

The cat is bemused =-.-=