The Sound of Silence

[bounddreamer]

I tend to give what I get back from the group. If the group is light hearted and chatty I participate. If it's just a "hello" and a businesslike run I don't try to converse.

[Malzian]

Most of my runs are fairly silent from beginning to end, though on occasion there can be some levity involved and sometimes people will comment when someone does something either stupid or when someone really plays the heck out of their job (I get a lot of thanks for actually using Foe and Paean frequently on my BRD). But generally I find a run where no one complains or bitches out is a good run... Get on, do work, get it done and get out clean. Nothing wrong with that.

[dragonseth07]

I'm too concerned with pulls and progressing to talk, generally.

[eaudaemon]

Most of the parties I get in df will stops at the initial greetings, and a good number of people does not even bother to answer them.

Then, a full run without a single word than myself trying to talk a couple times but met with a silence wall.

Well, cannot ask everyone doing chit-chat, but isn't it quite gloomy? When I do duties with fc mates we talk a good number of times and will end them nicely and timely anyway.

Are your runs that way? Do you prefer run silently but with maxed efficiency? Am I wrong?

I can try to talk more, but that would mean I have focus on typing and stop healing for a few seconds, maybe get a few laughs when we wipe.

[LalaRu]

I can try to talk more, but that would mean I have focus on typing and stop healing

Do you noticed it, too? The time you go on the keyboard for any reason, is the -exact- time someone needs sirious heal.

[eaudaemon]

Do you noticed it, too? The time you go on the keyboard for any reason, is the -exact- time someone needs sirious heal.

Yeah, well I remember this one incident where there was this BLM was too busy typing that he didn't have enough time to get out of an AOE, also that one time PLD was typing out orders that he lost enmity, but those were low level dungeons so I was thinking... Mentors!! dun dun dun... >.>

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Except people always compare this games sociability to that of FFXI (I know, I know) and that was also on consoles, and was apparently way more chatty. I doubt consoles have anything to do with it. More the mindset of going fast and being most efficient (though most players don't have the skill to be that efficient anyway lol)

[Confidence_Trick]

I like a hello and goodbye. The least we can do is acknowledge each other's presence.

[Chevronone]

With the frequency in which players receive temporary suspensions in this game over the most benign and juvenile reasons, I don't blame anyone for not speaking in this game outside of their FC and LS chats.

Getting suspended over using a profanity in a game which has a profanity filter set to default (which means the offended person would have had to turn their filter off to see the very thing they're offended by) is just one example.

It's almost as if people can't wait to be offended. So many just don't take the risk of even offering pointers as to not be construed as "harassment".

[Ririta]

With the frequency in which players receive temporary suspensions in this game over the most benign and juvenile reasons, I don't blame anyone for not speaking in this game outside of their FC and LS chats.

Getting suspended over using a profanity in a game which has a profanity filter set to default (which means the offended person would have had to turn their filter off to see the very thing they're offended by) is just one example.

It's almost as if people can't wait to be offended. So many just don't take the risk of even offering pointers as to not be construed as "harassment".

Be nice maybe?
It seems like you enjoy offending people and then get upset when they get mad and reports you.

And if one gets suspended over what one says, I doubt it's benign in any way -.-