watch a guide, you are not gonna die

[Driskus]

we all really gotta stop treating people that dont want to take their time to explain mechanics to someone that comes in blind to whatever duty and say that they are being rude to tell that person that is blind to watch a guide before hand, we got mentors to do that, but not everyone is a mentor, if you are just gonna go into a duty blind and ask for mechanics instead of being one of those people that wanna learn by themselves, then theres no point in not watching a video first, there are nice people that explain everything in 7 minutes tops, and everytime i tell someone to watch a guide when they ask for mechanics they get really mad like its an insult for me not to want to give them the mechanics if they couldnt get of their asses to know them. my time and everyones is worth more than people being lazy, we do duties everyday and we get people that dont even care to follow simple rules, and then someone comes in blind and we are all suppose to be friendly for them not wanting to take their time to watch a video? that type of action is not ok, and you all need to change that mentality.

It sounds like you'd be better off only using the PF and just set it to only allow players who have already completed the duty. I haven't watched or read a single dungeon or trial guide since Stormblood went into early access. Have I caused a couple wipes along the way? Absolutely. Not everyone is going to be perfect right from the start.

Expecting everyone to look up and watch a video before every new fight is just not realistic. In most cases, you could type a quick explanation in less than a minute instead of basically saying "go watch this 7 minute video while we wait." What tends to happen when I try to type in a quick explanation is whatever tank is there that's in a hurry just pulls as soon as the barrier drops, then we wipe halfway through the fight and have to start over. That tank usually ends up complaining about people "wasting their time" because of it, or they just ragequit and take the penalty after one wipe. In the end, its faster to just wait that 30 seconds and let them know what the important mechs are. If they say they want it blind, then I'm all for it. After all, I've went into everything blind for the past 2 years myself. Am I going to continue going in blind when Shadowbringers comes out? Definitely. Its more fun that way.

[TalosEscher]

It sounds like you'd be better off only using the PF and just set it to only allow players who have already completed the duty. I haven't watched or read a single dungeon or trial guide since Stormblood went into early access. Have I caused a couple wipes along the way? Absolutely. Not everyone is going to be perfect right from the start.

Expecting everyone to look up and watch a video before every new fight is just not realistic. In most cases, you could type a quick explanation in less than a minute instead of basically saying "go watch this 7 minute video while we wait." What tends to happen when I try to type in a quick explanation is whatever tank is there that's in a hurry just pulls as soon as the barrier drops, then we wipe halfway through the fight and have to start over. That tank usually ends up complaining about people "wasting their time" because of it, or they just ragequit and take the penalty after one wipe. In the end, its faster to just wait that 30 seconds and let them know what the important mechs are. If they say they want it blind, then I'm all for it. After all, I've went into everything blind for the past 2 years myself. Am I going to continue going in blind when Shadowbringers comes out? Definitely. Its more fun that way.

theres no problem in going blind, specially when the content is new, what is the biggest problem to me is when i tell people to watch a guide and they take it into a ridiculously level of rudeness, im not being rude when i tell people to watch a guide, it is the logical thing to do when you dont want to learn by yourself and if you are just gonna come in and ask for help, why not waste a bit of time to watch a video? i dont get the logic, it is not something degrading that will put someones feeling to the dirt for doing so, i do understand that my motives are petty and i could just ignore and let someone talk to 30 secs- to 2 minutes to explain someone mechanics, i just find it absurd that its the most disrespectful thing to tell someone to watch a guide in this game