The interesting boiling point

[Yumi_umi]

Iearned how to type as a healer cuz we can get away with it.
Typin on ps3 controller is tough if ur not used to it. I have gotten used to it so i\\'m not too slow and can type even in intensive movement fights like t5 or titan.
On topic tho ppl r probably silent cuz
- they r just wanting to get it done
( quick clean run )
- they can\\'t speak ur language
( won\\'t use auto translate )
- they are talking to other ppl
( Ls or FC chat )
- they just don\\'t want to in general

[Yumi_umi]

Being new in this game gets u skewered but being new to ur job in a high level instance that requires u to know how to play ur role is another story.
* tank runs sastasha hm, wears high allagan gear and wep. But doesn\\\\'t know how to tank simple mobs efficiently. I call them out and what do you know, its a dps who rolled tank with loot they got from farming.
Technically the only time i chat is when funny stuff happens in the run, when learnig boss mechanics/ helping ppl or just for the hello and gj at the end. Also the exception of calling out ppl who don\\\\'t know how to do their job ( the painful days of pharos pre nerf where tanks would derp and dps would be low ) = possible healers rage quitting = me joining in progress :3

[Teveriel]

I often raise my brows at how antisocial many people seem to be in what is, by design, a pretty social game. It's unnerving to me.

[Snugglebutt]

In middle of fights and running between parts it is very understandable people are not chatting about the weather or random stuff to fill the silence.

Personally I am okay with just saying hello to people at the start to create a more friendly atmosphere for the run then only talking when see someone making some major mistakes (be very polite and explain the mechanics of the part where people are messing up on, not making the other player the target of negativity but instead helping them better understand the fight) or explaining fight before each boss battle begins if someone said they were new to the place.

Other than saying hello at start and explaining fight if someone says they new I tend to be quiet and see nothing wrong with that during a run given in most cases your in DF so it's cross-world gathering of players who you might not see again in which case bonding with them long term seems pointless.

[Jamez82]

I assume the people you're talking about OP are the antisocial, basement dwellers who have no real social skills and play the game more than they live their own lives outside it.

Don't hate them, feel sorry for them. They just need a hug.. so /hug them next time.

[Amelia_Pond_Behemoth]

I'd argue the same for healers because they have to heal through failed mechanics.

[Snugglebutt]

As a DPS the only mechanics I concern myself with are the ones that would affect me. The tank only needs to know the ones that affect them in my opinion, they should be concentrating on what they need to do and not whatever us DPS do which is a distraction they do not need. A healer is a more complex issue, since they have to be more concerned over what both parties are up to but a tank has no need to know what a DPS is required to do unless they choose to take that additional information on board personally as their choice.

That choice however to do so in my opinion compromises their concentration and they should focus on their job and not worry about ours so much. If we pull a mob off you by mistake by all means take it back and tell us to control our enmity better but just concentrate on your own mechanics and job, worry less about ours. If someone is new and they are a DPS, more often than not one of the other DPS will inform them of the mechanics that they need to know so a tank doesn't need to worry about that unless they want to learn it additionally, my point though is it is not required of a tank to know the mechanics that the DPS need to worry about.

[Staris]

The problem is not that people are new, the problem is when they are terrible (and happen to be new).

Plenty of good new players who don't have any problems.

[Mirakumi]

I didn't mean the tank had enmity problems. I meant in a way of they are new, we offered advice, but he/she still dies to some mechanics, apologizes then you have that one person that was silent go apeshit donkey balls on the poor guy. I assume if they didn't have patience to die in a duty finder roulette after mustering the courage to wait 60+ minutes for one then they obviously might need to go look into an FC.

I only say this as I was in a PT where the tank in "the lake?" new dungeon/ w/e. Was doing fine through the whole dungeon but tank turned the dragon on us while we were activating and disrupted us - we wiped - then the blackmage just exploded. Telling him he's never seen such a horrible tank, if he was on his tank he'd show him his giant epeen and should know never to turn adds towards the party etc etc. Meanwhile this person was quiet the whole dungeon.

I just find it funny how people can have these little spurts and yet somehow manage to keep calm until the last boss. etc.

I find it hilarious.

[VanilleFang]

When some one is new I always ask if they know what to do in said instance. If yes, then good. But I still ask on all bosses. If no, then I do a quick, important, run down on what to expect then explain things as they come.

If I am new I usually let people know I've read up on it and watched a video (Mizzteq is the best) so I'll do my best based on what I know.

Players who explode just think their time is worth more than yours, and think they are the best players ever and they can do it better than you. Its sad more than anything, that they live such a lonely and delusional life.

Having a keyboard for your Playstation is a godsend.

Edit (because I have to after seeing this):

it is the tanks job (leader and all that jazz).

Haha... what? No. It is everyone's. Seriously, this is pathetic. Just because you don't want to type doesn't mean you can sit there and go "Welp, the tank never told them. Not my fault." (you are basically saying this, by saying its the tanks job) Its is everyone's fault if some one new doesn't know what to do. Seriously.