I try to offer advice to people when asked, and always have in past games, even during my hardcore phase. It's just in me to be courteous, because it's who I am and I would also like people to be polite with me. I believe in giving people chances to learn things and understand that every one learns differently and at a different pace (just like in real life). I do however test the waters with them first and try to predict how they would handle constructive criticism. Even with being polite, I accept that some people just don't want to hear it, so I don't pursue. A lot of the time, I have found people to be reasonably receptive of it. There were some... interesting situations where they were not though, but I don't let that sour me and I move on.

As far as new people go, if I see some one is new I do ask "who is new to this?" and go from there. If they don't say anything, then neither do I. While it's a bit of a facepalm moment to admit their novice status after problems occur, I would say this is because of the fact that they are afraid of letting people know they are new. Not accounting for language barriers, be it for reasons of pride, ridicule/being chewed out, or vets leaving the group, not telling people they may need assistance in an instance is a problem in itself. Big thing with how I see it is that people can only help if you show a willingness to learn. That being said, I at least try to act like a decent person to others.

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Ha, I got that once with a trial, SoF if I recall. It was quite the laugh amongst us who stayed after downing it in a couple of tries once we got someone new (one who had already cleared it and a fresh player to the trial).