Quote Originally Posted by RecursiveRabbit View Post
Chill, speedrunners. If you want to do a speedrun of the dungeon, at least take the time to ask if everyone's okay with it. You don't want to find out if you've got new and confused people after you've had preventable party wipes that send you running across the map again and again. If you're the extreme perfectionist type, trying to shave off every unnecessary fraction of a second, get a dedicated, hand-picked party of people who enjoy that sort of thing and know what they're getting into.
I agree with most of the things you say here, but i think this point is not going to work. in 95% of the cases, all people want fast runs, of course people are not going to ask every time before they run off. So, instead, if you want to take it slower, you should say so at the beginning. If it's the first time you are in the dungeon, say so right away.

When i came back from a 2.5 years break and had a lot of catching up to do, i said so in the beginning if it was my first or maybe second or third run of something. Often people slowed down then.

I really like to help new people and i often explain stuff if someone is new. I keep it to the most important stuff if not asked for more detail though, because i think it's more fun if you don't know everything beforehand. If i see some big mistakes or misunderstood mechanics, i often say so during the fight.

That said: The most frustrating thing is, if there is no communication or at least impression of understanding coming from a new player. Before a dungeon, if the game says there are first timers here, i usually ask who it is, most of the time i get no reply. So i'm assuming it's just someone on a second character who already knows what is going to happen and i play like i do with a full party of experienced players.

Case in point: A few days ago i went to Sunken Temple of quarn, and in the party was a lvl 38 conjurer. I asked him whether he did all his class quests because he could be a white mage by now, not a conjurer anymore. I expected him not to know about how to become a white mage, or that white mage is even a thing, or maybe he made some other mistake and wanted to help with it. I got no response whatsoever, and stuff like that is really frustrating. Not to mention he screwed up the doom/instant kill mechanic of the first boss, and after he died he simply went offline. I would have helped and explained this mechanic beforehand, because it's really important and not intuitive, but if there is no reaction whatsoever, in the end everyone gets annoyed and frustrated.

TLDR: New players, communicate. People in this game are helpful, but if you just stay silent, they don't know you need or want the help.