Quote Originally Posted by Goji1639 View Post
I don't think there's anything overly wrong with offering unsolicited advice, but people should do so with the understanding that it's probably not welcome.

First, let's disregard all of the 90 minute timeout runs where nobody in the group can even name the game they're playing, that a few of us are claiming to always end up in. In certain situations even unwelcome advice is appropriate.

Now, let's assume a run where everything's going alright... Not great, just alright. Even if it's polite, do you honestly think people enjoy having their gameplay called out in front of the group when it wasn't necessary to do so? It's presumptuous and kind of pompous. Honestly, it would probably be received better if the advice was given in a private message instead of in group chat.

Regardless, I think a lot of people in this game, for some reason, just believe the whole world is very interested in their opinions. I feel like this is a community full of those people who walk around correcting peoples pronunciation of words, or critiquing their clothes and then acting baffled when someone finally tells them to just shut up. Like they never developed a sense of when picking at people isn't helpful, and is just annoying.
Similarly, there is a group of people in this game who walk around with the incredibly entitled opinion that anyone they're working on anything with is responsible for picking up their slack no matter the situation. I'd imagine these are people who were always lucky enough to get grouped with others in school who didn't mind putting in extra effort. At work they're likely intolerable nuisances who can hardly do their own jobs much less help anyone else but they still act like they're equal to their peers.

Irl analogues aside you don't get to determine when advice becomes necessary. For you that's before you time out in a dungeon, cool, just don't give advice before that point then.

Other people have different thresholds of acceptable play. They're going to offer advice when they see fit.

Perhaps the best way to avoid the embarrassment of being given unsolicited advice is educating yourself on the game and the job you're on - that way you're secure in your abilities if someone does feel the need to call you out on something and knowledgable enough about the mechanics of the instance you're in/job you're on that you're able to explain why what you're doing is correct.

Insulating people from discussion on improvement only causes the divide in the playerbase to widen.