Quote Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh View Post
It's going to get to the point where people will (and probably have) expect everyone to master the mechanics on the day after the content was released...


Just to top the cake off, it's sad and hilarious that we get threads of people complaining about those who stay quiet, cause a wipe, then people go off on that person because they didn't say that they were new, yet we also have people who lash out against those that DO speak up that they're new or need quick instructions. Damned if you do....
Exactly. The point of a game is to have fun, and watching someone else tell me how to kill a boss or something in an RPG is not fun at all. I much prefer to just learn the stuff on my own. If the content has been out for weeks or months, then I'll use PF to learn it. If it's brand new, then I'm going to treat it like everyone else did - I'm going to go in blind, just as the people that created the guides had to do.

And yes, I've noticed that our community seems to shift based on what's happening at the moment. I honestly think we spend too much time arguing about how we should go about new content/new players instead of relaxing and coming to logical conclusions. No offense intended towards anyone, but people are way too eager to fly off the handle about everything. Heck, I just found some new players in Lost City of Amdapor a few hours ago, and I had more fun running with them than I have running with old players in quite some time.