What is it with Sensitive People and Raids?

[Neophyte]

Here is a typical sample of what I experience time and time again in every raid if it is new or not.


Xephatol first time for me Tuesday night. I enter and say it's my first time. Only thing one guy said was, "Not our first time." Tank and others speed off and hit all the trash groups up to the boss which was fine, typical useless trash mobs. Arrive at boss, they attack immediately and I just "wing it", trying to watch/hit/avoid what they do, learn mechanics along the way and not die myself.

The same thing happened through the whole instance. Not 1 word of pre-boss info to me. At the end I said ty and reminded them to maybe say few words at bosses for a while as it's new to help new people aclimate. I received a 3-word response from one guy, "That was obvious."

This is why I avoid any total pug groups period unless I HAVE to do content to progress. Unfortunately today, I had to do it to complete the new story. This appears to be a very unhelpful, sarcastic game population overall.

Regardless if the others were new, why do you expect advice on the first day?
They went in their first time maybe 1-2h before you and now you expect them to spoil the mechanics only so that you may take a bit less damage or may not die an neglible death?

[Besame]

But you're not locked in, you can leave at anytime. Anyone can leave the dungeoun if it doesn't meet their fanciful dreams where we all get on a voip together, say our hellos, explain every fight in length to make sure we all understand the easiest boss mechanics in any content, and distribute loot in a fair manner, and say our goodbyes to each other, never to be heard from again. If you don't like the people, take your 30 minutes or deal with the way people are., Or maybe you can just que with your friends, if you two have any..

If you are under the misguided misconception that you have "friends" (unless they are r/l ones), in an MMO you need a reality check...

[Nyghtmarerobu]

If you are under the misguided misconception that you have "friends" (unless they are r/l ones), in an MMO you need a reality check...

I do actually, and thankfully they don't suffer from the same delusions as you.

[LilLemay]

I do actually, and thankfully they don't suffer from the same delusions as you.

shots fired, and things like this is why I stay to smaller servers in MMO's, like Malboro. Everyone knows each other and we're all pretty nice, I mean yeah we have our share of not so nice individuals but other than that it's a pretty great community of people.

[bardaboo]

Looks like all the sensitve people are in here

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

The answers to this, for everyone, are simple: be the change you want to see. And keep it simple. Want advice on a run? Ask for it. Don't want advice? Let the party know you're new but want to try it for yourself. Don't be afraid to communicate. And leave your cynicism at the door. Was your last party toxic? I'm sorry. If the next instance doesn’t have the same party as before, don't act or treat them as if it were. Don't attack someone giving advice in old content, especially if no one else has bothered to speak up. Similarly, don't forget you were once new. We're all new every 3 months or so.

Be the kind of player you would want to party with, and you'll be amazed how easily you find exactly that.

[Renius]

I cannot remember the last time anyone took the time to explain to a party even when they know there are new people, but also I have seen lots of tanks that just get in without knowing the fight and hope for the best. I always start as a bard just to make sure I do not mess up real bad since I have no real knoweledge of the fight then I will switch to tank and try and help as much as possible, but yeah no communication is a very big part of today's raid state of affairs.

[Viridiana_Sovari]

Creator and any other raid in particular at close to minimum iLv is SUPPOSED TO BE A CHALLENGE.

Used to be. Isn't any longer. Creator is a joke.