Quote Originally Posted by Lone-wolfe-02 View Post
Why does it bother you if nobody says hello?, let their actions do the talking.
I don't think anyone(with exception to maybe one person) actually takes any offence to the fact; it's simply something that is noticed but forgotten about right after a run. The fact that is happens so frequently is what is most bizarre I think. I imagine it's a bit akin to that of a culture shock, you'd almost certainly noticed if someone didn't say "please" or "thank you" for example. Would you say nothing to a cashier in a small shop? If so then consider me equally surprised, it's just something that strikes people as odd. They're your teammates whether you like it or not, so they're not equivocal to a random stranger you sit next to on a bus and have literally 0 association with whatsoever. Everyone seems to be on the same page about not really wanting to strike up conversation or anything - in fact, I'd be a little jarred by it even though I know they only have good intentions - but not saying hello or "o/" or so much as emoting just comes across as refusing to acknowledge people because it's apparently too much effort to do so, and that's what seems peculiarly rude to some people.

Contrastingly, I don't really care how good or bad you are. Doing large pulls and finishing a dungeon in a timely manner is not impressive to me, it's simply playing your role to the best of your ability given your current mood and mental state at the time. I'm not particularly interested in giving anyone a mental ?/10 rating by the end of the run. If you can muster up a friendly "hello" and "goodbye/thank you", two simple phrases at some point throughout an entire twenty-minute+ period then consider my attention earned. An unfortunately low standard but that's how things are.