Quote Originally Posted by Jijifli View Post
Someone, please, explain to me why ANY advice is taken as some criminal offence. It doesn't matter what the advice is about. It could be basic rotations, could be stats, could be how to handle X mechanic properly, it doesn't matter. I've been ignored, lashed at, even harassed OUTSIDE THE DUNGEON over it.
1) People are offended by information that conflicts with their world view. It's called the backfire effect.

2) The game does not have "one true way" of doing things. Things change from patch to patch, and information in guides is often wrong by the next patch due to adjustments. This is because instead of building a guide about how to deal with the mechanics, the guide instead was rushed out to try and capitalize on ad revenue.

Several people on the forums are exceptionally rude about handing out advice that would be seen as insulting if not taken within the context of the game. Inside the game, players often will not give advice because it will be perceived as harassment if it's volunteered. Sarcasm does not transmit through text, at all. So your well meaning sarcastic "maybe X?" is the same as "you're not doing X, quit being bad."

Unless something a player was doing was counter-intuitive to getting through the dungeon, just don't volunteer information unless asked. Not every "Crown" knows everything, and not every "sprout" is actually a new player.

When I've been on an alt, I've had players condescendingly assume I don't know how to play the dungeon because the "bonus" message came up. Don't be that guy. All you need to do do is either:

a) "Would you like to know how to do this?"
or
b) Wait for a wipe and then volunteer the mechanics.

People do not like being spoiled, and do not like being told what to do. The era of "watch a guide/skip the cutscenes-watch it in the inn" rush abuse is over. Let players just play the game, and if you're in the notice network, you should be the first person to pipe up with "I'll run it with you" if you're just chatting and doing nothing. The Notice Network is not the global chatroom to ERP in.