Elitist behaviour in dungeons: [venting]

[St0rmchild]

This might be important to remember (for everyone, on all sides of this argument):

When you choose to apply for ANY duty on Duty Finder rmember that it means you can be matched with ANYONE that qualifies for that duty, level/gear wise.

This includes, but is not limited to:
- Someone who's been struggling through content and just maanged to unlock it, having no clue what to do.
- Someone who's leveling/learning his alt class and hasn't quite got the rotation/knack for it.
- Someone who's comfortable doing things his way, and might not play the same style as you do.
- Someone who neurotically monitors parsers, spends evenings on spreadsheets tuning his character stats/gear/rotation to 101% efficiency.
- Someone who doesn't give a damn about the duty in question, all they want is the tomestones, and as fast as possible.

And any combination of that.
And possibly even stereotypes I missed.

This is what you must accept on Duty Finder.

If you cannot, or do not want to:

** DON'T APPLY TO ANYTHING ON DUTY FINDER **

I won't say I'm a saint, because I've had obstinate/obstructive/exasperated moments on DF myself (on both sides of it and I'll admit it) but for 99.9% of the time, the above is what I keep in mind when applying.

If I see people struggle on rotation, I'll try carefully: "Hey no offense but I noticed that ..."
If I see newbie bonus, I try and talk people through mechanics; sometimes on the fly (in case of rushers), preferably in advance.
If I see someone being a dick to someone trying to keep up, I stand up for that person -- and if it's aimed at me I'll happily point out why I'm struggling
(I'm new/not comfy with the duty/haven'tr done this much) and I'll ask for advice. If that advice consists of/amounts to "l2p scrub/git gud/stfu noob" etc
I have no problem dropping or getting dismissed.
Ultimately the joke's on them - they're now a person short and either I get to reapply, or a 30 minute break to cool down and try again.

[DevasWar]

This might be important to remember (for everyone, on all sides of this argument):

When you choose to apply for ANY duty on Duty Finder rmember that it means you can be matched with ANYONE that qualifies for that duty, level/gear wise.

This includes, but is not limited to:
- Someone who's been struggling through content and just maanged to unlock it, having no clue what to do.
- Someone who's leveling/learning his alt class and hasn't quite got the rotation/knack for it.
- Someone who's comfortable doing things his way, and might not play the same style as you do.
- Someone who neurotically monitors parsers, spends evenings on spreadsheets tuning his character stats/gear/rotation to 101% efficiency.
- Someone who doesn't give a damn about the duty in question, all they want is the tomestones, and as fast as possible.

God, if this isn't the most fantastic way to put this, I've ever seen, THANK YOU!

And yeah, just to 100% clarify, I was mostly referring to the people who care so much about the 101% efficiency, they'd rather bail than take slightly longer on a dungeon. And that also happen to play (how do I put this without making it sound dumb) "important roles". You know, if a dps leaves, not too big a hit to the party, there's almost always plenty other dps to be found and can be swapped out instantly, but a healer/tank bailing can, in worst case scenarios, take upwards of 20 minutes to replace, especially when you've already started the dungeon and they have to join "party in progress".

And it sucks even more, when it's someones attempt at continuing the msq, since you almost have nothing else to do before it's done.

But tldr; your quote is spot on.