"I Was Out of That!" (Some Life Lessons)

[Anna_Lannis]

Oh yeah, I'm being aggressive because people in FFXI play FFXIV expecting it to be different and not FFXI in a bright shiny package filled with nostalgia goggles and . Oh, I'm being a aggressive because OP is making the same argument everyone else is making, and pointing out some self-help books to seem wise and sagacious. "Hey look at me, I'm ARTSY!" Oh maybe I'm being aggressive because aggressive is a fancy sounding word politicians use to smear people?

I'd like to take this one step further and say this: As a player in a group with seven other people, you also have some responsibility to ensure that the tools with which you play are up to par. By this of course I mean your Internet connections. If one person continually drags the others down because of a shite ADSL link that was bad when it was installed 25 years ago, that is not fair on the party. I know this is bringing real-life variables into the game and that many people have little control over these things, but still: If your connection is a detriment to the group, that is as good a reason as any not to run that content.

THIS again. Why is it always one person against seven other people? One person is not always to blame. Just how many times in a group the same person over and over again? Most times its group A on mechanic X, and then next wipe is by person B and C on mechanic Y and Z. This isn't exactly the "growth" mentality OP is talking about, unless by "growth" mentality you mean, give everyone what they want and telling people what they want to hear, because its popular and that makes it the "right thing". One person against the group is another fortune cookie tactic. Next reply will involve words like "hard work" and "common sense".

[seekified]

THIS again. Why is it always one person against seven other people? One person is not always to blame. Just how many times in a group the same person over and over again? Most times its group A on mechanic X, and then next wipe is by person B and C on mechanic Y and Z. This isn't exactly the "growth" mentality OP is talking about, unless by "growth" mentality you mean, give everyone what they want and telling people what they want to hear, because its popular and that makes it the "right thing". One person against the group is another fortune cookie tactic. Next reply will involve words like "hard work" and "common sense".

I never said it is, all I meant is that it is my personal opinion that as gamers who play with and rely on other gamers we should ensure that our tools can do the job we need them to. People randomly screwing up mechanics isn't a problem, that's just how the game works and I'm fine with that as long as everyone tries to learn from it. When it becomes clear that one person's client is, as I said, a full second or more behind the server though, that is a problem that I do think that player should take responsibility for.