How to give advice

[Sigma-Astra]

How to give advice:


Easy. Don't. Most players don't want the advice. Most want to be bad and will take offense if you even try to offer advice. They'll think you're condemning them or demeaning them and they will lash out at you. It leads to conflict and a waste of time.

A person being legitimately bad at a run also causes unnecessary conflict and also wastes people's time. They should realize that their parents aren't here to pat them on the head and give them a gold star for trying. Trying is important, but so is actually making the effort to improve and taking constructive criticism gracefully when you know you're in the wrong and could stand to improve your playstyle.

When I give advice, I try to be nice as possible and make sure that my tone can't come off any other way, however, when the other player refuses to A) Listen or B) tries to be snarky about it then C) I will either initiate a vote dismiss myself or just leave the party, take the penalty if I must, and find something else better to do with my time.

If you want to be bad, great, do it on your own time or with friends. I'm not paying $41 every quarter to sit through a healer that spams only Cure 1, a tank who refuses to use cooldowns, or a DPS who presses any button in a random order. Thanks in advance.