So is this normal everyday thing?

[Maximilious]

I changed my grand company and I needed to do AV run for the quest for last rank, In the dungeon everyone seems fine and I noticed a lvl 48 (while everyone else was deleveled to 49) so I decided to NOT skip anything since I am a nice tank like that.

Anyways, here we are in the first room killing everything, then all the sudden a bard goes to the boss door and just chills there.

me "Hey, what are you doing?"

dps "Ah, just waiting for everyone at the boss, we already cleared the room"

me "hmm, there's a lvl 48 here, if I wanted to speed run this I would of done it by now"

dps "Are we going to kill every add in this dungeon?" bard keeps asking repeating like 6 times.

me "dude, if you're going to leave just leave"

dps "you know what I got better things to do than waste my time here" leaves then is instantly replaced by a dragoon.

what is peoples problem?

[Obysuca]

It's some mass problem with this new generation of gamers who want everything rushed and handed to them :/ I hope that fad dies off soon, so we can get back to real mmos

[Dusted]

Didn't realize you could delevel in this game.
Aside from that though, I feel the Bard, even though I never say it to intentionally rush anyone or run ahead I do often think it. However that's just me when I can't find a myth farming group in PF.

[Slipikin]

I don't care to clear everything in AV either. I get you were helping to level the member that was lower but if you let the seedlings sprout further on in the dungeon, you get great xp and they die quick. Killing everything in the first room isn't going to make that much of a difference. And it's not like it's a change of scenery and exciting...and the chest has crap pot in it. But I'd not made a fuss. I'm more inclined to go with the flow and find amusing ways to pass the time my own way.

With that said...the bard sounds like an tool but I'm sure we all encounter a few of those daily while gaming.

[Kiyouma]

Didn't realize you could delevel in this game.

I think he meant level synched.

But to the OP, I think this is definitely an everyday thing. Not just in a game but everywhere in real life. In society (I can only speak for American society however) we are constantly rushed to fulfill objectives so that we may maximize our daily productivity. And I think this rush is often shadowed in our virtual lives as well. We want to maximize our productivity in-game thus when slowing down or helping someone we tend to damage our ability to be as productive as possible in any given day. And well.. people don't like having to hurt themselves for the sake of someone else's gain.

Instead of it being a "fad" or a "generational" thing I believe it is more associated with our daily practices seeping into our gaming lives.

Or you know... I could just be over-exaggerating and blowing things out of proportions because I'm sleep deprived but unable to sleep. .___.

[Artemiz]

It's a common thing, people doing the roulette only for the tome bonus want to get it done as quickly as possible, they don't care for clearing the dungeon or getting all the exp on offer. It's a shame for those leveling jobs, especially DPS who have wait a while for the dungeon in the first place.

It's not just a low level dungeon thing either, Brayflox HM is quickly becoming a 15 minute speed run. It's the new WP and as more people get ilevel 100-110 gear it will just get faster. Many people try to treat low level dungeons the same way.

[Remilia_Nightfall]

"you know what I got better things to do than waste my time here" leaves then is instantly replaced by a dragoon.

Implying a MMO is not a waste of time in itself

Lol :P

[o3o]

Lol now he gets to spend his time waiting till he can que again

[MurakumoMillennium]

"hmm, there's a lvl 48 here, if I wanted to speed run this I would of done it by now"

Skipping trash that is out of the way and not on or even near the path to your objective = NOT a speed run. Skipping optional trash is just being smart, especially in a dungeon like that where a lot of groups have issues with time to begin with.

Also, for the people who think the point of a dungeon is to kill everything in sight and to go looking for unnecessary fights:

[Elvin]

You are nice tank and all that...

Maybe you intention was good, but with a lvl 48 and 3 other 50, you were making a favour to the level 48 making the other 2 lvls 50 spend more time there than the necesary. Or, to said it plain, you were being nice to 1 guy and been mean to 2 guys. That's not nice of you!


And yeah, of course you can say "It's jsut a game", but them again you are imposing your way to them.


Not a great problem, of course, but doing that and think that you are nice cause you help the lower level making the other 2 guys do what you want it's a bit...weird. Level shoudn't matter, there's people behind all characters :P

You are exactly like that bard, imposing your way of do it, but with tank power (More important to finish the dungeon)