Mediocrity should NOT be the standard for players in any content.

[ForteNightshade]

Holy elitist Batman.. might be time to step off your high horse brother... number one not everyone learns the same way and number two it’s hard to ask questions because most people, at least that I’ve seen would rather act like d-bags when someone makes a mistake rather that point of out or offer a solution. You want to help others improve simply don’t be a d-bag about. Personally I’d rather someone point out something I’m screwing up or forgetting about. Now if you try to be nice and the person has an attitude about it then all bets are off. It’s just that simple

This is... what's to learn about AoEs do more damage on multiple targets than single ones? It's basic math. 100x5 is more than 200x1. And yet you still see countless people at level 80 who won't. Likewise, several mechanics have been repeated endlessly. The stack indicator is used constantly prior to make level.

With that said, do you want to know why people say almost nothing nowadays? Because their advice—no matter how polite—is meant with variations of "you don't pay my sub," "I can play however I want" or <insert expletives here>. For a lot of people, they just stop trying after being told one too many times how horrible they are for daring to suggest you (general) are doing something wrong.

[Packetdancer]

With that said, do you want to know why people say almost nothing nowadays? Because their advice—no matter how polite—is meant with variations of "you don't pay my sub," "I can play however I want" or <insert expletives here>. For a lot of people, they just stop trying after being told one too many times how horrible they are for daring to suggest you (general) are doing something wrong.

I feel like I need to actually note that while I hear people reference this a lot as explanation for why folks don't offer feedback—and I'm sure this does happen to folks on a semi-regular basis—it hasn't been my own experience personally. Maybe it's because I ask in party chat "Hey, <whoever>, do you mind if I offer one bit of advice?" before I offer said advice, maybe I've just been extraordinarily lucky in the six months I've been back. So far no one's snapped at me, at any rate, and I've actually made new in-game friends out of the resulting discussion on two occasions.

Then again, there certainly are times I get the sense that any advice is probably not going to be well-received; if someone eats the floor repeatedly but started the run with party chat trash talk about how amazing their skills are, I'm probably not going to bother even asking.