Common Courtesy with End-game Raids/Dungeons

[Rivienne]

Did you know I can't possibly be any good? I am a failure of a player because "nobody learns without a video". I have been told this before.. Usually by someone who then eats a wotl or some silly avoidable mechanic and I have to raise them.

The biggest reason people fail content isn't because they didn't watch a video. It is because they fail to dodge, and they fail to communicate. Dodging isn't learned by a video, for most people, but by practice; and videos often seem to be used as a crutch by people who don't want to communicate with others.

Being in a social game means learning to communicate so people know that everyone is doing their part. If 4 people watched one strategy, and 3 watched a different strategy, and 1 is coming in blind; and they just all keep doing there thing over and over again, they will fail until they stop to communicate and work together. That one person who doesn't know the fight isn't going to be the reason they fail.

This is where videos fail, and the idea that you must watch one are a problem. If you want to watch one I certainly won't stop you. But better to communicate with your team, and practice dodging.

This doesn't mean I condone lying about experience. If someone wants form a party with a rule of experienced only, that is absolutely fine. But a video isn't experience. It is rarely even "know the fight". The toxic environments comes from this "overgeared/watched a video/everything is a speed run", being pushed down on people in duty finder/duty roulette or even in party finder where it isn't listed in the comments.

So a tip to those who really care about this: don't use duty finder/duty roulette; and state in your party finder comments experienced only. Anything else is clearly going to frustrate you.

For those who wish to go in blind: form your own party finder group. You will usually get people to help. Don't hijack someone else's party who clearly has a different goal in this game. Whether you agree with that goal or not.