Tactful ways to inform people that they're playing badly?

[Dreakon13]

Nope. but people are generally not level headed when their performance is called into question.

Then I wouldn't worry about the TOS implications as long as you keep your cool. Keep in mind that while these people may not be level-headed, the people calling them out likely aren't always either. It's an opportunity for all of us to improve. But it's an opportunity to improve, only if we take it. Communicate with eachother, be the bigger person in learning to do so respectfully regardless of the hurdles you face, and don't hide quietly behind mechanics like votekick to do your speaking for you.

Pretend respectful communication is a class/job/role, and the people who make it difficult are a tough boss/dungeon. You'd continue to do your job to the best of your ability, even when adversity strikes, right?

[SerLuke]

I like how a response to me takes words out of my post to make it sound like I support not kicking people who are afk gets 4 likes yet my response saying that the part about communicating and trying got taken out gets ignored, keep it classy guys.

[Valderen]

I've never had a bad run because of "bad" players, but I've a few bad runs because of people telling other people how to play which almost always ends up in someone being toxic. Luckily this doesn't happen very often.

And to be honest, the only players I consider bad are the ones that get toxic. I don't care much about performance as long as things die and we complete the run.

[Krotoan]

I've already posted my stance on it. Suggest and encourage and accept that your advice may be taken badly and then stop.

[JohnSpawnVFX]

I like how a response to me takes words out of my post to make it sound like I support not kicking people who are afk gets 4 likes yet my response saying that the part about communicating and trying got taken out gets ignored, keep it classy guys.

I like how you're subtly shaming people into supporting your view while trying to denounce the opposite view.

[SerLuke]

I like how you're subtly shaming people into supporting your view while trying to denounce the opposite view.

Nope, I just want my view properly represented, that being said people taking words out of my response to try to misrepresent what I said should be ashamed yes.

Come to think of it, neither you or anyone else on that side of things has bothered to call him out for misrepresenting me and literally taking out words from my comment to make it look like I support people AFKing during duties, I'm guessing by your logic you support these tactics then because you called me out and not him?

I dunno how this even turned into a discussion about afking, "playing badly" is at least playing, while badly is an open ended definition that many have noticed is subjective depending on the player's standards, I think we would all agree people that join duties and just afk without notice aren't playing at all, thus I don't see how its relevant to the discussion.

[Hash_Browns]

I like how you're subtly shaming people into supporting your view while trying to denounce the opposite view.

I'm really more impressed that he keeps bringing up the like system that no one on this forum really cares about.

[Zsplash]

"Bro, you need to to increase your healing aptitude as it's quite deficient."

5 days later. GM pulls you into jail and asks if you know why you're here.

[MarniDawg]

Just had some experience with this myself. Was doing an expert roulette on rdm and noticed the other red mage was doing jolt > impact. Tank was still double pulling and stuff was dying, but VERy slowly (couldn't help the pun).

So I literally just said "hey x, if you use aero 2/ thunder 2 then impact it does a lot more aoe damage"

They said "ok" then gave it a try and everything died much faster.

I followed up with an "awesome " after the pull and all was good.

People just have to be open to suggestions and you have to be open to the fact not everyone will listen *shrugs*

[Mavrias]

"Bro, you need to to increase your healing aptitude as it's quite deficient."

5 days later. GM pulls you into jail and asks if you know why you're here.

This literally does not happen.