Why Does It Feel Like Poor Play Is Acceptable (I'm Venting.)

[Raikki]

As with any group-based activity in life, there is no guarantee that people for that group-based activity are going to have that minimum level of competency/contribution you are referring to; as such, it is unreasonable to expect a pug to possess this level of competence 100% of the time. If you cannot accept this truth of pugging, you have the option of not pugging.

Are you joking? It is perfectly reasonable to expect people to behave as functioning and contributing members of a team. It's rather silly to say "some people will inevitably fail to meet what's expected of them, so you can't have any expectations of people anymore." You're not just lowering the bar, you're eliminating it. You are part of the problem.

[winsock]

Are you joking? It is perfectly reasonable to expect people to behave as functioning and contributing members of a team. It's rather silly to say "some people will inevitably fail to meet what's expected of them, so you can't have any expectations of people anymore." You're not just lowering the bar, you're eliminating it. You are part of the problem.

I'm not removing "the" bar, I'm raising "your" bar.

Tell me, what are you going to do about Johnny "only spams bootshine no matter what anyone says" Smith? Kick him from the party if you must, but you'll find complaining him out of existence to be unfruitful.

You were complaining a minute ago about players not having minimum understanding of the game when they queue for group content and went as far to say that they shouldnt queue. There is irony here in that you pug, but dont seem to have a minimum understand of what pugging is. By your own logic, you have no business pugging right?

Even if just 1% of the player population was a horror story, you are still subject to someone from that 1% becoming a party member should you decide to pug. In a pug, you have no control over who will be in your party and it is reasonable to expect that someone will not meet your expectations at sometime. Instead of whining about it on the forums, you can do something about by not pugging or by just accepting the fact that you will receive bad party members.